Important dates:
Monday, September - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!
Monday, September 10 - Picture Day
I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend! Tuesday will be a regular homeschool day. Looking forward to seeing my sweet students on Wednesday.
We have begun our study on the life cycle of insects, and will move into the life cycle of butterflies very soon. I will be ordering live butterfly caterpillars to observe in class! What a magnificent way to see, up close, God's amazing design and provision for one of his smallest creatures :)
Make sure you are checking the homepage of the Fortis blog each day as well as this grade level page. Important school wide information will be posted there!
Math
- Though it may feel like we are going slow or the curriculum is not challenging enough, there are many foundational math skills that we are developing in these first few units. Identifying sets, assigning a numeral to a set to make it a number, and writing digits are skills that we often clump all together with 'counting', but they are each their own math milestone! The units that we are covering in "book A" are preparing us for the big things we will be doing down the road!
Reading:
- Our OPG lessons have begun! It might be helpful for your little one if you write the words on a dry erase board for him/her to read.
- Click here for a link to the short vowel story rhymes I introduce in class (this week is "short a") to help the children remember the short vowel sound of the vowels.
Writing:
- Please continue to enforce correct pencil grip and proper handwriting strokes! You are helping create habits that will last a lifetime and improve efficiency in writing.
- As you work on the number formation pages in HWT, please feel free to modify the numerals 2 and 6 from what the book shows.
Spelling
- Review phonogram and key cards.
- Step 4 is rich in letter, phonogram, and phonics work. Though this lesson was covered last week, please continue to segment words, alphabetize letter tiles, and dictate sounds with writing.
History
- This week we are learning about Adam and Eve! In class we will be creating a creature while reviewing creation. The students will then get to name their creature, just as God commanded Adam to name all the creatures!
Science
- Feel free to dive into the life cycle of insects at home!
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:
- 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 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.
