Kindergarten Times
March 2016
Reading/Language Arts
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Use informational texts to identify text features, develop understanding of unknown
words, and gather information on a topic
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Ask and answer questions about key details in text
Writing
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Learning to be a writer: conventions (editing for spelling, periods, and capital letters)
Drawing and writing to convey ideas using pictures/letters/known words
Informative writing: name a topic, supply information about the topic.
Opinion: name a topic and state an opinion about the topic.
Math
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Describe, compare, and compose two- and three-dimensional shapes.
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Math vocabulary will include: cylinder, cone, sphere, cube, rectangular prism, pyramid,
sides, corners, circle, square, triangle, rectangle, and hexagon.
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Representing addition and subtraction within 5.
Science / Social Studies
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Life Sciences: Compare external features of animals and how they use them for
survival. Compare animal features and human features.
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Economics: Identify natural resources and the goods that we produce from them.
Identify types of local markets and how goods are acquired.
Calendar
March 24- April 1 – Spring Break
April 8 – Field Trip to Clarksburg HS for The Little Mermaid stage production