OSLS Kindergarten News
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March 1, 2014
Special Activities this Week:
★ The students had a “dino”mite week! Along with our regular activities for Jesus Time, it was
emphasized that every living thing was created by God. That would include the
dinosaurs. It is amazing how many books do not acknowledge the Lord’s creative
power. I hope that if there is only one thing that the students learned this week, it
would be that in the beginning God made all things. There are many unanswered
questions about these creatures and someday we will be able to ask our Lord in
heaven.
★ We worked on their spatial awareness and attention to lines and curves as they drew
dinosaurs. Then we renamed the dinosaurs as we substituted each student’s first
name for the first part of a dinosaur word. They had fun using watercolors to create
a colorful design on their drawings.
★ They pretended to be paleontologists. They learned that paleontologists take
measurements of bones and make drawings. Then the students learned to use a ruler
to make drawings of bones that were so many inches long.
★ It was fun to watch the students explore fossils with magnifying glasses. They drew their
observations and put labels on their drawings.
★ They made a number of dinosaur books and stories. What an imagination they have!
★ In Science the students learned about materials. They went on a scavenger hunt in the room to
find and record things that were made of plastic, wood, metal, cloth and paper. Then we made a list
of some of the results.
★ We investigated the texture of materials. Each table had a variety of fruits or vegetables and
the students had to find an example of something that was rough or smooth and write a sentence
describing what they found.
★ In Reading the students have been learning what pronouns are and how they take the place of
other nouns.
★ Students practiced words with long vowel combinations in the computer lab.
★ We watched a video on dental health and learned how to take care of our teeth.
★ Also we learned about objects in motion through a Scholastic video. The students learned
about forces, particularly push and pull. They learned how weight makes a difference on the force
needed.
Upcoming Events
March 3
Report Cards were sent home in the Friday Folders. Please keep the copy inside the
brown envelope. Sign the envelope and return just the envelope on Monday, March 3.
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If you have any questions, please place a note inside the envelope.
Ash Wednesday - Chapel at 8:40a.m.
Donuts with Dad sponsored by PTL 7:45-8:20a.m.
March 31-April 4 No School – Spring Break
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April 21
WE WILL HAVE SCHOOL - SNOW MAKE UP DAY - PLEASE MARK YOUR
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April 27
Kindergarten sings at the 10:45a.m. service.
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Homework
Memory Work for Fri., March 7 is: “ Humble yourselves…..casting all your anxieties on Him,
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New Books to save in your child’s book box to practice reading regularly:
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I Were a Dinosaur…
New Words for Third Trimester Test in May
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zero, think,
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Second Trimester Words
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went, come, with, need, Jesus, you, what, who, from, are, now, give, here, there, if, would, wear, how, put,
ck a all, out, when, to, will, of, many, where, so, find, came, but, want, they, he, she, into, your, be, home, soon,
for, love, could
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First Trimester Words
n on our I, can, the, go, up, red, yellow, green, blue, orange, see, brown, gray, white, pink, black,
purple, this, is, me, we, like, and, an, a, am, as, has, my, it, in, not, that, sees, have,
yes, no, look, at, on, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, was, do
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★ Help your child read words with long vowel patterns such as: _a_e, (make), _i_e (bike), _oa_ (soap).
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Help your child recognize numbers in the teens. Practice the concept that the teens are one set of
ing by ones,
ten and so many more ones.
★ Help your child with short vowel sounds. Practice CVC words. Examples: bag, beg, big, bog, bug.
★ Have your child listen to a sentence that you say. Have him/her count the words. Then have them
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look at a sentence. Have him/her count the words.
★ Have your child tell you how many syllables are in words: snow = 1 syllable, snowman = 2 syllables 2
snowmobile = 3 syllables, etc. (Note that even though snowman has 2 syllables, it is only one word.)