Week 2 Q4

 


Dear families,

In Quarter 4, the students will transition from 5 spelling words a week to 6 words, then 7, 8, 9, 10 words a week. It will be important for you to help your Kindergartner focus on doing quality homework in Spalding every night. Students often remember the spelling of the previous spelling words or how to spell the current word lists, but it takes practice and consistent review to understand the 'why' of the markings so that those markings move from short term memory to long term memory. The Cumulative Phonogram test over 55 phonograms will be in the around the last week of April or first of May. Also, students will have a cumulative Spelling test around the same time, and it will be 10 words a day for 10 days - 100 words. One day at a time, one word at a time. This is easily doable! 

Mrs. Bernal

What we learn this week!

Notes:

Spalding: Students reviewed all the phonograms learned in kindergarten in preparation for the cumulative test oral and written by the end of April. Also, for fourth quarter, students will have a Spelling cumulative test with all the spelling words learned in kindergarten. Please continue practicing at home, phonograms, and spelling words. Students used their pink notebook to write their new spelling words/sight words (ring, live, will, late).

Reading reminders:

  • Your child should read to an adult as daily homework.
  • Practice sight words as daily homework. Assessments on Wednesdays.
  • Minimal goal by the end of fourth quarter, master 100 sight words, but the sky is the limit! Students will grow confidence for first grade when they master the sight words.

Literature: Our poem this week is “Rain, Rain, Go Away”. Another classic story this week! The Velveteen Rabbit! Students created a lapbook. We analyzed the characters, the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We reviewed the parts of a book and where to find those parts.

Math: Subtraction unit started on Tuesday by just taking away from a group to show subtraction. By Thursday, students were able to take a group apart to show subtraction. Manipulatives are an excellent resource when practicing this concept. Keep practicing subtraction stories at home.

Science: Students were “detectives” this week in the rainforest! Ask your child to show you their detective journal. We discussed what deciduous forest plants are and look like. Finally, we reviewed what “endangered” means, and some animals that sadly are in this situation.



History/Geography: We continued studying about the American Symbols and created some beautiful projects with those symbols. Students understand the importance of these symbols, and why they need to be respectful and honor them. Your child can recite the Pledge of Allegiance by themselves! 


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