Unit 1:   I, like, the, and
Unit 2:   see, we, a, to
Unit 3:  come, me, with, my, you, 
               what, are, now
Unit 4:  is, of, many, how, so, 
               where, find, from, but, this,
               came, on, who, that, be,                         will, into, your, go, for, 
                 here, they, up, soon
Unit 5: make, new, play, them, 
              give, say, said, good, could,                  ate, was, then, all, she,
               when, some, over, her 



 

Tuesday: "Hog in a Hat" pp. 142-147
Thursday: "Kid Hid" pp. 148-153

April 16, 2021

Dear K-A Parents,

Welcome back!  We have jumped right into the school routine!  The children had challenging learning center work this week.  They rose to the occasion and accepted the challenge!  The children had a difficult writing assignment that involved our weekly sight words and incorporating sight word phrases in 6 different sentences.  I thought it might be interesting to see if they could do this...and this class did a fantastic job!  We, also, read a story about a garden; described in pictures the sequence of events when planting a seed; and planted sunflower seeds.  Another group did marble painting umbrellas for our hallway bulletin board.  Finally, our last group did some measuring from their desks to locations throughout our room... we will continue to work on the concept of measuring! 

Language Arts:  The essential question this week was: "What steps can someone follow to plant and grow flowers?"  We added 6 new words to our word wall.  We focused on the short sound for the letter "E".  The children are doing a great job "sounding out" words and  remembering their sight words.  The letter E sound is new and remembering has been a bit tough.  But, it will come with time!

Math:  We have finished chapter 8 this week.  The children will have their chapter review/test on Monday.  We will be moving on to the concept of  2D and 3D shapes.  

Religion: We worked on a chapter titled "Jesus Wants us to Love". We talked about other ways to tell someone they love them rather than using those 3 words.  Have you noticed your child being more helpful than usual?  If so, please, email me to tell me what he/she has done.

Social Studies: We covered 2 topics this week.  The first was "What are oceans like?"  The second was "What does a map show?"  We will be learning more about maps next week, too.

Science:  We finished our unit on Matter this week.  The children worked on a booklet on Matter that came home on Wednesday.  While the topic of Matter can be somewhat difficult for a kindergarten student to understand, I truly believe the K-A kiddos developed a fairly good understanding!

Have a nice weekend!

Karen Lagasse