Sound Work: Now that we know all lowercase and uppercase letters and sounds of the alphabet, we are learning the spellings and sounds of digraphs and how to use them in words. We are spelling and writing CVC words ourselves, and we are listening to and writing sentences, creating rhyming families, and practicing our letter formation. We are continuing to learn one sight/trick word per week and have created books using these words. We have learned all about digraphs and how to read and spell words with these special sounds as well. We now can independently write complete sentences using proper mechanics and our best spelling!

 

Reading: During our current connections unit, we read books about children and multicultural lifestyles around the world. We discussed how we are alike and different than real children around the world and characters of our books. We learned how to read books and then make connections from our reading to ourselves and our own lives, other books we’ve read, and the world. These are called text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections, and these connections make reading meaningful to us as readers. We then completed a venn diagram with a friend and illustrated our favorites in order to learn how we are different and the same. I continue to meet with guided reading groups weekly to enhance my students' independent reading progress with fluency and comprehension.

 

Writing: 

We welcomed spring by reading books about bugs and insects; we learned about their body parts, what they eat, where they live, who their friends are, and special features and behaviors. We will take notes and turn our notes into sentences to create another nonfiction research report! We will illustrate our subtopic pages and covers to create beautiful keepsakes. It has been rewarding to watch my students automatically and properly use uppercase letters, spacing and punctuation as they eagerly express their ideas. They have created beautiful written masterpieces!

 

 

Math: We are now skip-counting and singing Macarena Math by 2s, 5s and 10s; we get faster each day! We have learned about 2D flat & 3D solid shapes and their attributes through the use of songs, manipulatives, games and activities. We can name their attributes, compare them, draw them and we love to find real-life objects in these shapes!

 

SS & Science:

This past month we became meteorologists and studied the weather! We kept a daily weather chart, observed the sky and ground, learned about and used weather instruments, conducted experiments and observed the sun's effects on the earth right before our eyes as the snow outside melted during our warmer days and made surfaces hotter. We created structures to make surfaces less hot in the shade and we learned about cloud types and the water cycle through songs and art.

 

Thank you for your continued cooperation and support in making kindergarten a smooth and magical experience for your child!