Week 10 Q2

 



Dear families,

The concert was beautiful! Congratulations to the students for that effort! Thank you to Mrs. Carpenter! As always, all her concerts are beyond expectations.

Mrs. Bernal

What we learn this week!

Notes: Please read during the winter break at home. Reading shouldn’t be homework, children should read for pleasure. If possible, review phonograms and sight words. One more week!

Spalding: We reviewed all the phonograms learned! We introduce the new phonograms EY, WH, EW, OE. Students used their pink notebook to write their new spelling words/sight words (last, not, us, am). More two letters’ phonograms will be learned next semester. At the end of kindergarten, students must master 70 phonograms.

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 second quarter, master 36 sight words. (5 sight words a week), but the sky is the limit!

Literature: This week, we read the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Students identified the setting, characters, problem, and solution. They sequenced the story and talk about the characters. We explained that fairy tales have an evil character, royalty, and a magical component.

Math: This week, students learned how to make and break apart numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. We used linking cubes to model with hands on, wrote the number, practice how to count, and all the different combinations to make certain number.

History/Geography: We read "Arrow to the Sun" from the Antigua Pueblo, and continued reviewing about the Native Americans. Later, students reviewed/test for concepts they have learned. Finally, we introduce the Wampanoag tribe.

Science: Students were having fun with STEM activities all week! We use gingerbread man cookies for all of them. Your child will take home a packet with all the pages and investigations they realized. Ask your child about them!


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