Kindergarten News Feb. 18-22

Monday, Feb. 18 President’s Day No Classes	Tuesday, Feb. 19 Literacy Word Work:  and, to, go, for Phonemic Awareness:  Blending and Segmenting Phonemes with Picture Cards Read Aloud:  The Wheels on the Bus Concept:  Text Organization and Summarizing Vocabulary:  Opposites from The Wheels on the Bus Math  8-6  Slides, Flips, and Turns Independent Activity:  Practice 8-6
Wednesday, Feb. 20 Literacy Word Work: for, see, and, to, go, dig Phonemic Awareness:  Blending and Segmenting Phonemes “Stop and Go” Read Aloud:  Look for Wheels Concept:  Text Organization and Summarizing Skill:  Brainstorm /ig/ words Math  8-7  Combining and Separating Shapes Read Aloud:  Shapes, Shapes, Shapes Independent Practice: Practice 8-7	Thursday, Feb. 21 Literacy Word Work: for, see, my Phonemic Awareness: Blending and Segmenting Phonemes/Putting Sounds Together Read Aloud:  The Little Engine that Could Concept:  Cause and Effect Vocabulary:  Position Words Math  8-8 Symmetry Independent Practice: Tearing Matching Parts Activity and Practice 8-8
Friday, Feb. 22 Word Work: to, and, here, my, see, have Phonemic Awareness:  Blending and Segmenting The Little Engine Words Read Aloud:  Vroom, Chugga, Vroom, Vroom Concept:  Cause and Effect Vocabulary:  Parts of a Car Math  8-9 Equal Parts Independent Practice:  Create Equal Part Pizzas and Practice 8-9	Notes from the Teacher: *There will be no classes on Monday, February 18th.  *Your child should be able to count objects and recognize random numbers through 30 and beyond, identify consonant and vowel sounds, and have a general knowledge of some of our kindergarten site words this quarter. *Research shows that children who are read to a minimum of 15 minutes each night experience greater success at school. *Thank you to all of our room parents who planned and/or hosted our spring party!! Mrs. Jass, Mrs. Jenison, and Ms. Markwardt