Week of April 20

Our Resources for the week are: Monday- #1-18 MUSIC and #19-37 P.E., Tuesday-MUSIC Wednesday- #1-18 in the class and #19-37 P.E., Thursday- 1-18 P.E. and #19-37 MEDIA and Friday- ART. FSA Testing is going on Tuesday- Friday, so Resource Time is 8:50-9:35 on those days.

Friday is  HAT DAY. Please have your child bring their hat to school in their backpacks. We only wear them in the classroom and during recess.
We have two students joining the Six Year Old Club this week~ Brian 22nd and London 23rd. :)

London is bringing in Fun Friday Snacks! 

OOOOOOH DON'T FORGET~ Monday, April 27 is our Field Trip to the Florida Theatre to see CURIOUS GEORGE!!!

MATH

We are beginning subtraction!

ELA

The sight words we are focusing on are just, name, way and went. Make sure to practice letter sounds daily with your child- use lowercase letter cards. The word family for this week is -ug. (Only make real words... not pretend words.) Our blend for the week is sl-. We will continue practicing segmenting words, producing medial sounds for words (we will focus this week on the O sound= short o~dog and long o~boat), substituting sounds for words at the end.

Our Reading lessons will be about figuring out the main point in a text and the reasons an author gives to support the point. We will be discussing the books Germs, Germ, Germs and We Can Stay Safe.  Our Writing Lessons will be about writing the reasons mentioned in the books. While still remembering spaces, sounds, sight words and punctuation. :)

Also, we will be celebrating Earth Day on Wednesday by reading the book Earth Day-Hooray! We will discuss different bodies of water and landforms found on Earth, along with what it means to "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle"... plus we will make an Earth Day craft!





SCIENCE
We are working on the benchmark : SC.K.14.2. Comparing real and pretend animals~ we will be watching video clips and discussing whether the animals shown are real or pretend.

Scholastic Book Order

We sent home the Scholastic Book flyer today. :) Look over it with your child and decide what books you would like to order. This will be our last order... so order books to read now, but also books you can surprise them with over the summer. :) Don't forget, books make great presents! :)

Orders are due by May 1!!

You may submit the order form with payment to us or order online.

Week of April 13

Our Resources for the week are: Monday- #1-18 P.E. and #19-37 MEDIA, Wednesday- #1-18 MEDIA and #19-37 P.E. and Thursday- ART. FSA Testing is going on Monday and Tuesday, so Monday's Resource Time is 8:50-9:35.

Friday is  PATRIOTIC DAY. :) Make sure to wear lots of red, white and blue.

Kinley S. is bringing in Fun Friday Snacks!

MATH

We are taking the addition we learned and applying it to a new benchmark.

MAFS.K.OA.1.2: Solve addition and subtraction word problems and add and subtract within 10.  The students will learn different strategies to solve problems. Continue practicing math facts at home! They are getting really quick with their answers!!

ELA

The sight words we are focusing on are very, after, things and good. Make sure to practice letter sounds daily with your child- use lowercase letter cards. The word family for this week is -in. (Only make real words... not pretend words.) Our blend for the week is fl-. We will continue practicing segmenting words, producing medial sounds for words (we will focus this week and next week on the I sound= short I~fig and long I~bike), substituting sounds for words at the end.

 

 Our Reading lessons will be about identifying similarities and differences about a topic. (Last week we compared two stories that all the girls LOVED... so this week I thought I would gear our books towards the boys. :) Hope they enjoy it!) We are comparing and contrasting two machines: Dump Trucks and Backhoes.

     

Our Second Step lesson is about Problem Solving. :) We will focus on resolving conflicts with others to find a solution that both people can agree with. I searched for a video on Youtube and I was able to find a ton, but I really liked The Berenstain Bears! Enjoy!

 Our Writing lessons will be comparing something with yourself. We will use the sentence started We are different because.... The students have done great sharing similarities between themselves and others, so I know they'll be great at this too!! Make sure your child writes using all their sounds (words need to be written with a beginning, middle and ending sound) and sight words. Along with spaces and punctuation.  

 SCIENCE
We are working on a new benchmark this week : SC.K.14.2 Recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants with characteristics and behaviors they do not have in real life. We will have fun comparing real animals and plants with imaginary animals and plants. I am sure the children will have fun with this science benchmark.
 

PLAY DAY SHIRTS!!!

We are sending home a second notice about ordering your Play Day T-Shirt today. We have only had a few orders and we wanted everyone to have a chance in case they want to order one.

All orders are due by FRIDAY, April 10th.

**Also, if anyone can donate silly string for Play Day, please send it in and we will have it sent to Mrs. Gordon. THANKS in ADVANCE for supporting our School. :)

London's Art Work

Every year our Art Teachers, Mrs. Phillips and Ms. Miller, chose Art Work to be displayed at the Downtown Library. Well our very own London Barlow had her Chicks in the Garden work chosen!!! :) Her Mother was able to send us a picture of London with her work. 

CONGRATULATIONS London!!

Week of April 6

**We are in need of glue sticks. If possible, please send some in for the students.**

Our Resources for the week are: Monday- #1-18 MEDIA and #19-37 ART, Tuesday- #1-18 P.E. and #19-37 MEDIA, Wednesday- ART and Friday- MUSIC. Wednesday is an Early Release Day. :)

Friday is SCHOOL COLOR DAY. :) Make sure to wear lots of blue and yellow.

Kian is bringing in Fun Friday Snacks!

MATH

As we continue our addition unit, this week we are working with the number ten to master the Florida Benchmark, K. OA.1.4: For any number from 1-9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number. Students will find different combinations that make a whole group of ten. Here is a great interactive game using a ten-frame which is a tool we use often in class. Give it a try and let us know how you like it! http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3565

ELA

The sight words we are focusing on are take, know, give and back. Make sure to practice letter sounds daily with your child- use lowercase letter cards. The word family for this week is -ot. (Practice asking your child , "Who can we invite to the -ot House Party?" Please make sure all their responses are real words.) Our blend for the week is cl-. (Be ready for your child to think of lots of words!! A few examples that are in the slideshow I made= clock, clam, class.) We will continue practicing segmenting words, producing medial sounds for words (we will focus this week and next week on the E sound= short E~pet and long E~sheep), substituting sounds for words at the end (ex bag~ change the /g/ to a /t/ and the new word is bat.)

Our Reading lessons will be about comparing and contrasting two similar stories. Our Kindergarten Continent of study is Africa, so I chose a story from our country of study and a fun comparing stoy. The stories are The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and Walt Disney's Cinderella. Watch both video's below and discuss the similarities and differences with your child. :)

Our Writing lessons will go along with the stories we are reading. We will fill in the areas of a Venn Diagram showing how the stories are alike and how they are different- some students will draw pictures, some will write sentences and some will do a combination of the two. (You can see the Venn Diagram below.) We will also write sentences to match the information listed on the Venn Diagram using sentence stems: 
The books are alike because ____________. 
Both books have ____________.

The stories are different because ____________.
One story has a ____________ and the other story has a ____________..


 

SCIENCE
The moon does not always appear to be the same shape. Our homework from last week helped us see that the shape appears to change. Watch “Peep” as he discovers the same thing!

Happy Easter!!

This week Mrs. Pitts' Mom, Ms. Lori came in and made Easter eggs with everyone. They turned out so cute... we had to take pictures and post them on the blog. Enjoy the sideshow and have a Happy Easter!!

Customize your own slideshow design

Youtube Videos!!

The class LOVED the video's we found on Youtube this week. :) They danced to the beats and before we knew it, they were singing the words to ALL the songs!!  We thought we would put them on the blog just in case they wanted to listen to the songs at home. :)

Enjoy!!