Friday, May 17, 2013

May 20-24

Here's what we'll be covering this week.

Don't forget Friday, May 24th is SUPER TEAM DAY!  Parents are welcome to come eat lunch with their children and stay for the fun activities to follow.  This year Kindergarteners will be competing in the first Kindergarten Tug-O-War! GO K-1!!!


Reading: Lesson 29
  • Phonemic Awareness: review all concepts 
  • Phonics: Review Short Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
  • High-Frequency Words: review
  • Robust Vocabulary: adventure, explore, tame, amazed, completely, jolt
  • Comprehension: Continue to distinguish between reality and fantasy, work on generating questions about a story
  • Literature: Reading A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts and Igor, The Bird Who Couldn't Sing by Satoshi Kitamura
  • Writing: Personal Narrative
  • Unit 6: Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers
      • 6.10: Length and Height
        • Objectives: compare to identify which object is longer or shorter; compare to identify which object is taller or shorter; identify the shortest, longest, or tallest object in a group
        • Vocabulary: longer, shorter, taller, longest, shortest, tallest, centimeter (cm)
      • 6.11: Weight and Capacity
        • Objectives: explore, order, and compare weights of objects; explore, order, and compare capacities of objects
        • Vocabulary: light, lighter, lightest, heavy, heavier, heaviest
      • 6.12: Temperature
        • Objectives: identify temperatures as hot and cold; compare temperatures
        • Vocabulary: hot, cold, warmer, cooler
      • 6.13: Numbers Through 120
        • Objectives: explore place value in numbers through 120; write numbers through 120
        • Vocabulary: tens, ones, more, fewer, less, vertical, horizontal
      • 6.14: Write Number Words
        • Objectives: read and write number words
        • Vocabulary:one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
            • Math Homework: 
              • Monday: 
              • Tuesday: 6.11
              • Wednesday: 6.12
              • Thursday: 
              • Friday: 6.14