KINDERGARTEN NEWS
January 27, 2012
Please practice letters of the alphabet. Practice printing them and identifying the letters. A good way to identify letters is to use flashcards or look in books for them. Ask your child, Can you find the f on this page? and other news BOOK ORDER DUE TOMORROW!! Your child should be able to break apart simple 3 letter words into the sounds in the word. For example, cat: /c/ /a/ /t/, bug /b/ /u/ /g/. Please practice this at home. This is the time of the year when kids have outgrown their shoesif you keep a pair here at school, ask your child how they are fitting. If you have questions, please email or call! 296 6221 or [email protected] We have some new additions to the website. Under the Sight Words category, we have added some fun songs to help your child remember some of the words we have learned so far. http://carlsonskindergarten.weebly.com
We are now singing What is the last sound that you hear in dog, dog, dog? Can your child isolate that last sound in a word and tell you the sound???
We are doing more writing in class. We are working on sounding out words when we write, putting spaces in between words in sentences, and adding details to pictures that we draw. This week we made a list of everything a snowman needs in our journals after we read a story called All You Need for a Snowman. The children are sounding out words. I hope you had a chance to review your childs report card. If you have any questions, please let me know. I will send home some of the assessments I completed with your child next week for you to review as well. Can your child read simple 3 letter words? We have been practicing this lately. Can they read rug, hat, sun, rob, him, etc.? We also practice reading make believe words, like jiv, bux, gaf, etc. LETTERS/SOUNDS WE KNOW LETTER(S) OF THE WEEK N and E please practice making upper and lower case Nn and Ee this week. Please also practice the other letters we have learned from previous weeks. Review words that begin with each letter. Listen for words that begin with each letter. Find the letters in books you read!
c, o, a, d, g, m, l, h, t, i, j, k, p, u, b, r, f, n,
MATH: We are counting to 100 often. We are counting backwards from 13. We are learning how to skip count. The children listen and help me count by 5s up to 90. We skip count to 100 by 10s. We sequence numbers as well. Does your child recognize the penny and the dime and know the value of each? We are counting money with dimes and pennies. This is a skill that takes time and lots of practice. We are learning teen numbers. We are learning that teen numbers always start with 1. Have your child sing our teen number song to you. We are using a ten block and ones to show teen numbers. They should be able to print numbers 0 19 as well. We are learning greater than and less than. Did you play monster squeeze yet? We continue to practice adding. We are learning what number comes after? And what number comes before? For example, What number comes after 37? Before 56? WORDS WE KNOW NEW WORDS
can, see, I , a, is, for, the, like, you, and, play, to, at (and at words: cat, hat, bat, sat, rat, etc)
Introducing the words me, he, be, we, she. Find these words in books at home when you read. Can your child read these words and spell them? Can your child read/recognize the names of students in his/her class?
