8-14 to 8-18 Kindergarten HW


K week 28/14/20178/15/20178/16/20178/17/20178/18/2017Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipLove (Compassion)Whole school scripture memory work on Matthew 5: 1-16 begins next week
BibleJob 38:4-18Ps 18:1-6 (7-16)Rom 10:5-17Matt 14:22-33
MathEM-A p15-16EM-A p17-19EM-A p20-21EM-A p22-24EM-A p25-26Sets
SpellingAAS-Step 2 AAS-Step 2 p21-22AAS-Step 2AAS-Step 2 p23-24Oral Segmenting (VERY important!)
WritingD,PHWT-p11-12 (D,P)B,RHWT-p13-14 (B,R)
ReadingPhonograms
Parents read p347-360 of OPG
PhonogramsPhonogramsOPG= Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading
HistoryLittle Pilgrims - p1-7 God's Great StoryLittle Pilgrims - p1-7 God's Great StoryFocus: What is Histoy?
GeographyContinents and Oceans - Due 9/25
ScienceInsectsInsectsInsects
Memory WorkQuarter 1 Poem Due 9/27 and practice Timeline song

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I am enjoying getting to know your children! What a sweet treasure to be entrusted with helping to mold their hearts and minds. I hope your first week was a joyful and peaceful one. Do not be afraid to reach out to me or other parents if you feel overwhelmed or need some tips.

The next few weeks in class we are going to be learning about the special Fruits of the Spirit! These are actions that come from our heart when our heart is in the right place. These actions will help us to be wonderful students and friends. We will work on growing our fruit all year long! 

Mark 12:30 is our Kindergarten verse which we will recite (in song!) every day.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] Mark 12:30 

 Continue daily practice of the 26 individual letter phonograms from step 1 of All About Spelling. We will be working through step 4 of All About Spelling because the lessons are applicable to reading. After step 4, we will be taking a break to establish reading prior to introducing spelling.

***Our school wide scripture memory this year is Matthew 5:1-16 (KJV) We will be going over this during morning assembly, as well as in class and at home.

Important dates:
Monday, August 28 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms.
Monday, September 4 - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, September 6 - Picture Day

Math - (see table above)

Reading:
  •  Please use this time to go over letter sounds! (Yellow Phonograms)
  • Ideas: *call out a phonogram and have student write it with sidewalk chalk, wet paintbrush on sidewalk, shaving cream, a tray with sand or salt, playdough, etc. * Play hopscotch with phonograms. They have to say the sound before hopping to the next.
  • Read quality literature to your child to encourage the love of beautiful books!
    Writing:
    • Please have your child practice writing their first name correctly (beginning with a capital and the rest lower case).
    • Check for proper grip and that your child is starting their letter formation in the correct spot (generally from the top).
    •  Click here for a short video to help with correct pencil grip and using the handwriting paper correctly.
    Spelling:
    • If you have not already done so, please read over pages 6-14 in the AAS book to familiarize yourself with it.
    • Phonograms, phonograms, phonograms! Go over them at least twice each home day.
    • This week we begin oral segmenting. This is a crucial step for beginning readers. Please continue to practice this skill using your "chips" like the manual shows. **This can be a difficult skill for some students, so practice it each day at the beginning of your AAS lessons.
      History:
      •  This week we are discussing what history is, what is important to include in history, and how to measure history. It began with God and it is HIS story. For an optional extension activity at home, you could make a family tree starting with your child, then parents (you), grandparents for both sides and discuss that if we continued to fill this tree in, we would get to Adam and Eve.
      Science:
      • We begin our study on insects this week. Always a fun topic with Kindergartners! Please see the science syllabus for the objectives of this unit. The first objective we will be covering is identifying the parts of an insect.
      • THURSDAY: Worksheet "Parts of an Insect"- Discuss with your child the parts of an insect. Have your child cut and paste to complete the sheet.
      Song: (tune-Head, Shoulders, Knees and toes)
      Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs
      Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs
      Two antennas, compound eyes
      Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs

      Geography:
      • Kindergarteners will be expected to be able to point to the Continents and Oceans on a map. Click here for the song we use in class

      Memory Work:
      •  We have introduced 'Jesus Died Your Soul to Save' in class. This poem will be assessed on September 27. Please practice daily! Don't miss the opportunity to really discuss with your child the meaning of this beautiful poem.
      • TIMELINE SONG: We will be singing it in class a few sections at a time, and introducing the hand motions found in the link below. We have all year to work on this one! How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!!! Don't let the length discourage you! 
      • Click here for song 
      • Click here and here for Timeline song with hand motions.