Important dates:
Wednesday, September 13 - Spirit day!
Wednesday, September 27- Pizza Day
I pray that your days at home are going well, and that your family has settled into a good schooling routine. I am continuing to enjoy getting to know your little ones! As you get into your Reading lessons, keep in mind that every child progresses at a different rate. Please let me know if you need any support or have any questions!
Math
- Continue to make story problems a part of your daily routine! Pull out manipulatives, blank ten frames, paper and crayons and let them figure out the answer. Encourage them to explain to you how they came up with the answer.
Reading
- Continue practicing Phonemic awareness activities! (segmenting words, blending, etc. There are some examples under Spelling below)
- Remember to have your child blend the words they are reading!
Writing
- Please keep working on pencil grip and making proper handwriting strokes! (generally left to right, top to bottom).
Spelling
- Daily phonogram review and instruction. Focus on mastery of our 26 phonograms!
- Please continue to review AAS steps 1-4. We will resume with step 5 in a few weeks.
- Dictate phonogram sounds for your student to write. Have fun with it! Use sidewalk chalk outside, shaving cream, a tray of salt, etc. (Or just use a dry erase board)
- Here are 2 fun songs to play word games with:
Listen, listen to my word,
Tell me all the sounds you heard: /dog/
Student segments word into phonemes: /d/ /o/ /g/
Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
If you think you know this word,
shout it out.
If you think you know this word,
shout it out.
If you think you know this word,
then tell me what you heard.
If you think you know this word,
shout it out.
/d / /o/ /g/
Student blends phonemes into word: /dog/
Do with several 2 and 3 phoneme words: add, eat, hi, lie, way, and, bite, cut, jug, note, nap, sip,....
History (see table above)
Science
- We are anxiously awaiting our delivery of live catterpillars!
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. Due 9/25
Memory Work:
- Spending a few minutes each homeschool day going over all memory work, will help make the process of memorization much easier.
- "Jesus Died Your Soul to Save". Students will say title, author, and then recite poem on September 27th.
- Matthew 5:1-16 has been introduced in class. We will go add a verse every other week.
- 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!
- Click here for song
- Click here and here for Timeline song with hand motions.
