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Mrs. K's Kindergarten Korner
March 9, 2010
The class continued to work with the short "O"
sound this past week. We read the Starfall
decodable book Pop, Pop, Pop. We continued with
our celebration of Dr. Seuss literature.The
children enjoyed reading Green Eggs and Ham. For
snack we had green eggs made from whipped
cream and green sherbet. The class became familiar with a not
so well known Dr. Seuss story The 500 Hats of Bartholemew
Cobins. The story really kept the children's interest during our
read aloud time.
The Kindergarten made hats of their own. Each child made a red
and white hat, added a red ribbon and whiskers to look like the Cat
in the Hat. The class wore their hats to wish Dr. Seuss a happy
birthday on our KNN News.
Our 7th Grade Buddies joined in the Dr. Seuss celebration and read
stories by Dr. Seuss to the Kindergarten. Each child got to hear a
favorite story and do a book report.
Mrs. Yevich also joined in our celebration and read The Cat in the
Hat Comes Back. Afterwards the class did some journal writing
about a visit from the Cat in the Hat.
Our assemblies on Thursday and Friday were
wonderful! The children learned about recycling
and dinosaurs. We got to make a fossil print and
dig for a sharks tooth during the Jurassic Jr.
presentation.
This past week we began chapter 9 "Readiness
for Addition and Subtraction" and chapter 10 "
Geometry and Fractions". We enjoyed using goldfish and mini
marshmallows to show addition sentences for the numbers 8-10.
The best part was eating the snacks at the end of the lesson.
Our Religion lessons for the next few weeks
will focus on the miracles and parables of
Jesus. This past week we read and discussed Jesus
feeding the 5000 and Jesus healing the Centurion's
servant. The class chooses a Lenten practice for the day each
morning. We are working onbecoming closer to Jesus by learning
more about Him and actingmore like Him.
KINDERGARTEN
FIRST TRIMESTER GOALS
STARFALL LANGUAGE ARTS
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics:
Following oral direction
Identify rhyming sounds
Recognize initial and final consonant sounds
Environmental sounds
Blend letters to sound out words
Count the number of syllables in a word
Spell simple 3 letter words with consonant-vowel-consonant pattern
Homonyms
Opposites
Reading:
Recognize high frequency words
Read decodable books
Print Concepts:
Identify the front and back cover of a book
Identify the title of a book
Identify the title page of a book
Recognize and name upper and lower case letters
Distinguish letters from words
Recognize sentences are made up of separate words
Follow words from left to right and top to bottom on a printed page
Understand that printed material provides information
Comprehension skills and strategies:
Identify illustrator and author
Use pictures and context to make predictions about a story
Identify rhyme
Same/different
Cause /effect
First/next/last
Describing words
Alliteration
Rebus text
Distinguish fantasy from realistic text
Ask and answer questions about essential elements of a story
Identify story characters, setting, conflict and important events
Retell a story in sequence
Be introduced to legends, biographies and a dictionary
Use American Sign Language
Identify primary and secondary colors
SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE
Use a map and distinguish between land and water
Be introduced to school environment and jobs
Identify jobs people do
Identify similarities and differences in appearance and behavior of animals
Structure of common animals and plants
Follow rules
Consequences of actions
National symbols
State symbols and icons
Traffic symbols
Our country now and long ago
Compare/contrast
Past/present
Historical figures and holidays
Folklore
How people lived in earlier times
Seasons and weather
Using 5 senses to observe
Environment and recycling
Days of the week and months of the year
Character traits; responsibility, flexibility, citizenship and caring
RELIGION
We will cover Unit 1 "God Loves Us". The goals of this unit are for the children to be aware of God's love through the good people, events and things in their lives. They will appreciate their own uniqueness.
MATH
We will cover Chapters 1-4
Chapter 1 Position and Sorting
Chapter 2 Graphing and Patterns
Chapter 3 Numbers Through 5
Chapter 4 Numbers Through 10
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