Important dates:
Monday, August 27 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 29 - Pizza Day! Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with jeans or uniform bottoms.
Monday, September 3 - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, September 10 - Picture Day
I am having so much fun getting into a learning routine with your little ones! At Fortis we not only value academics, but their heart and their spirit as well. We have been focusing on love, joy, and peace and what it looks like to care for others. We are reading some wonderful stories, as well as beautiful scripture. I hope to see you at Open House on Monday!
This week we will start the lessons from Ordinary Parent's Guide to Reading (OPG) beginning with lesson 27 in class. 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.
Math :
This week we will start the lessons from Ordinary Parent's Guide to Reading (OPG) beginning with lesson 27 in class. 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.
Math :
- Please make oral counting part of your daily routine. This can easily be done on your car ride to school!
- Numbers 0-10 may seem like an easy skill, but in class, we are using tools such as a ten frame, number line, rekenrek, and subitizing cards to really solidify the understanding of these numbers. We want our students to have a very strong number sense. We encourage you to use these tools at home as well. You can find them here: http://www.fortisacademy.net/singapore-math/
- Story problems are another great tool you can add on to your math lessons. We will start doing them daily at school. Give your child manipulatives and the different math tools mentioned above, along with paper and pencil. Let them choose how they would like to solve the problem. After they come up with an answer, have them explain to you how they came up with it.
Examples:
- I see 4 bees and 3 ladybugs in the garden. How many insects do I see?
- Johnny had 7 apples. He gave 2 to his brother. How many are left?
- Sally had some cookies. Her friend gave her 3 more. Now she has 7 cookies. How many cookies did she have to start with?
- There were 6 crickets. Some hopped away. Now there are 3 left. How many crickets hopped away?
- Sarah baked 3 pies. She used 2 apples to make each pie. How many total apples did she use?
Reading:
- For lesson 28 we suggest you use your All About Spelling letter tiles and board!
- Please read the instructor note in lesson 27 about sounding out words - when sounding out, phonograms should not be separated, they should be blended - no pausing or stopping between letter sounds.
Spelling :
- Review phonogram and key cards.
- Continue to review the first 3 lessons if student is still needing practice with these pre-reading skills.
History :
- We will be discussing Adam and Eve after we wrap up the study of Creation.
Science:
- THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Worksheet: Insect Observation - Please return in blue folder on Monday.
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 9/24
Memory Work:
- Please work on memorizing our poem "Jesus Died Your Soul to Save". Students will say title, author, and then recite poem on September 26th.
- 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 and here for Timeline song with hand motions.
