Kindergarten Times
April 2016
Reading/Language Arts
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Text Reading and Comprehension:
Ask/answer questions to understand characters and setting in a story
Retell key details in a text
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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:
Multiple meaning words (phone rings /diamond rings)
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Phonics: words ending with –eg, -et, -ell,-est
Writing
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Expression of Thoughts and Ideas:
Drawing and writing to convey ideas using pictures/letters/known words
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Writing Process:
Gather information to answer a question
Understand and use question words (who, what, where, when, why, and how)
Math
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Counting and Cardinality: Represent position in a set with ordinal numbers
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Represent addition and subtraction with a
variety of methods. Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and
subtract within 10.
Science / Social Studies
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Life Sciences: Identify how humans are similar and different
Animal movement
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History: Compare toys of past and present
Identify and compare tools of past and present
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Geography: Identify methods of travel of past and present
Identify methods of communication of past and present
Calendar
April 26th – No School
May 20th – Kindergarten Orientation: No School for current kindergarten students