KindergartenKorner Room105
April2017
LanguageArts/Reading
Themes:
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Spring–Whatdowesee,hearanddoinSpringtime?
storiesaboutSpring
learningaboutthedifferentseasonsandhowtheyarethesameanddifferent
DownontheFarm–Whatisafarm?Wholivesonafarmandwhatjobs
dotheydo?Whatkindsofanimalsliveonafarm?Whatdoweusethatcomesfrom
farms?Whatarethedifferenttypesoffarms?
Farmstories:CowsintheKitchen(theanimalssneakuponthefarmerwhenhe
sleepsandgointhehouse),Mouse’sBirthday(theanimalsonthefarmgivemouse
differentpresentsforhisbirthday…whathappenswhenheblowsouthiscandles?),
OldMacDonaldHasAFarm(identifyinganimalsthatliveonthefarmandthe
soundstheymake),Rosie’sWalk(ahenwalksthroughafarmwithafoxchasing
her…directionalandpositionalwordsidentifywhereshegoes).
Wehavealargenumberofnon-fictionandfictionbooksaboutthefarmthatwewill
readthroughoutthetheme.
Writingfocus:
Icanwriteacompletesentence.Icanuseacapitalletteratthebeginningand
punctuationattheend.Icanwriteusingspacesbetweenwords.Icandrawand
writetoexplainatopic.
Math–Unit53-DGeometry
DesigningandMaking3-DShapes:
- Icanrecognize3Dshapes.
- Icansort3Dshapes.
- Icanmatch3Dshapestoobjectsaroundme.
- Icancompare2Dand3Dshapes
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–MapsandGlobesandTheSevenContinents
Whatisamap?Whatisaglobe?
Thesevencontinents–locationsandfacts
o Namethesevencontinentsandidentifyplants,animalsandsymbols
relatedtoeachcontinent
Thefouroceans
o Namethefouroceansandwheretheyareonamap
MeontheMap–IdentifyingwhereweliveintheworldfromCommunityto
World.
-Weather
-Identifyingdifferenttypesofweather
-WeatherintheSeasons
-Whatdoweliketodoinourfavoriteweather?
-Learningaboutweathertoolsandhowweusethem
Homework:
Reading:
Pleasecontinuetolistentoyourchildreadeachnightandreturntheirsigned
readinglogsandbookseachday.
Math:
Countingto100orhigher:
- by1’s,5’sand10’s
- by2’sincreasingby10eachtime(2’sto10,thento20,thento30,etc.)
- Writenumbersfrom1-31orhigher
- Countbackwardsfromanynumberupto31
Writing:
Practicewritingtheirfirstandlastnametogether.
Writesentencesaboutstoriestheyhaveread.
100BookClubMembers!!!
Ournewestmembersare:
SafaAli
AyubHussein
HarperSlade
OliverHance
AbdilwahidMohamed
Parent’sCorner:
WehavegymonMondaysandTuesdayssopleasemakesureyourchild
hastennisshoesthosetwodays…THANKS!!
***EXTRACLOTHING!!!
Pleasemakesureyourchildhasextrapantsandunderwearincaseofanaccident.All
extraclothingwassenthomebeforespringbreaksoareplacementshouldbesent.We
tendtogooutsidealittlemoreinthewarmerweatherandaccidentshappenJ
Thankyou!!!!
UpcomingSchoolEvents/FieldTrips,etc.
Friday,April21st–SpringPictureDay…onlystudentswithmoneywill
betakingtheirpictures.
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Tuesday,May2 –KindergartenRegistrationintheafternoon
Thursday,May4th–ArtExtravaganzaandDonutsforDads
Friday,May5th–KindergartenShowcaseat10AMand2PM.
**Noticedatechange
Wednesday,May10th–FieldTriptoOliverKelleyFarm
§ SpringBikeandWalktoSchoolDay
Wednesday,May17th–KindergartenFieldDayintheAfternoon
Thursday,May25th–LyndaleReader’sClubPicnic
Thursday,June8th–FieldTriptoMinnesotaZoo
Wednesday,June14th–LastdayofSchool