Hey, Little Ant!

Phonics

This weeks word family was - op. We also practiced s blends sn, sp, sl, sw.

Popcorn Words

This week we started brining our popcorn word rings home. These rings should be bright back to school everyday so that we can continue to add more words as we learn them. These words should be practiced as quickly as possible to help the students with their fluency and recognition of the words.

We learned: came, make, ate, ride

Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, we, me, am,  did, not, can, is, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, no, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, five, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, who, what, where, say, away, play, eat, please, want, with

Reading

During our reading time this week we read the book Hey, Little Ant. We learned the vocabulary words crook, decide, squish, and mates. While reading this book we worked on forming our own opinions and supporting them with evidence from the story. We asked each other what we thought the boy should do in the story, squish the ant, or let it go to freedom.

Math

In math this week we started our shapes unit. We looked at the characteristics and attributes of these shapes. We looked at words to describe these two shapes. Next week we will continue our learning of shapes.

Important Reminders:

April 30th- Feed My Starving Children- Only a few spots left! Sign up before it is too late!

Friday May 22nd- Aaron Reynolds author visit as our third installment of the Ide Literacy nights. Aaron Reynolds will spend the day at Ide. Bid on a chance for your child to have lunch with this New York Times bestselling author at the Center Cass Auction. Link on the home page of ccsd66.org

Kindergarten Musical will be May 28th at 7:00pm, Find the music below to practice at home.

Kindergarten Musical Practice Music Email me with any questions!

From Seed to Plant

Phonics

This weeks word family was - ot. We also practice s blends sc, sk, sl, sm.

Popcorn Words

We learned: eat, please, want, with

Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, we, me, am,  did, not, can, is, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, no, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, five, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, who, what, where, say, away, play

Reading

During our reading time this week we read the book From Seed to Plant. We learned the vocabulary words germination, pollination, sprout, and soil. This book taught us the life cycle of a plant. We used this new knowledge to complete many different activties including labeling a plant. This book was nonfiction so we looked at the different features of a nonfiction story such as labels on pictures, glossary, and index.

Our weekly reader connected with our Reading because it was also about plants. In the weekly reader we sequenced the steps to planting and growing a bean plant. We also connected with math by looking at the number of seeds in a piece of fruit (grown from a plant) and graphing it. Then we read the graph to answer questions.

Math

In math this week we worked on measurement and data. We started graphing the information we have found and then using our graphs to answer questions. We focused on questions such as which group has more, which group has less, which group has more than (a specific) other group.

Important Reminders:

April 30th- Feed My Starving Children- Only a few spots left! Sign up before it is too late!

Friday May 22nd- Aaron Reynolds author visit as our third installment of the Ide Literacy nights. Order forms for books are attached to "Week at a Glance" email from the Ide office. Please print and fill out this form if you would like to order any of these books. If you need a paper copy please let me know and I can print and send one home with your child. These book orders are due April 24th.

Kindergarten Musical will be May 28th at 7:00pm, Find the music below to practice at home.

Kindergarten Musical Practice Music Email me with any questions!

We love our Earth!

Phonics

This weeks word family was - ip. We also practice r blends, gr, pr, and tr.

Popcorn Words

We learned: say, away, play

Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, we, me, am,  did, not, can, is, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, no, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, five, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, who, what, where

Reading

During our reading time this week we read the book Miss Fox's Class Goes Green and 10 things we can do to help our Earth. Both of these books taught us the importance of taking care of our Earth. They also gave us new ideas on how to take care of the Earth like having a toy swap with friends, riding our bikes to school, and using both sides of a piece of paper. We made a graphic organizer with four ways we were going to be more "green." Then we attached it to a watercolor painting we made.

Math

In math this week we worked on measurement and data. Specifically we worked on sorting objects by different attributes such as size, color, and shape.

Important Reminders:

April 27th- 30th MAPs testing

April 30th- Feed My Starving Children

Friday May 22nd- Aaron Reynolds author visit as our third installment of the Ide Literacy nights. Order forms for books are attached to "Week at a Glance" email from the Ide office. Please print and fill out this form if you would like to order any of these books. If you need a paper copy please let me know and I can print and send one home with your child. These book orders are due April 24th.

Kindergarten Musical will be May 28th at 7:00pm, Find the music below to practice at home.

Kindergarten Musical Practice Music Email me with any questions!