Kinder Week 33 (T/TH)

                                         

Hang in there, you are almost done!  It has been such an amazing year and you have all done a fantastic job with these kids.  They are so sweet, so polite, so helpful, and now they are READERS and spellers and mathematicians! Congratulations!

Important Dates:

4/27 - Fortis Campout Potluck! Come join us for dinner at Cedar Breaks Park in Georgetown!
4/29 - Logic and Rhetoric Fine Arts Showcase 6:30-8:30
5/2 - Spirit/DOGS/Pizza Day
5/3 - K-5 Grammar Choir Performance 8:45-9:00
5.4 - Grammar Theater Showcase
5/9 - Spirit Day (Last Day of Kindergarten)
5/10 - Senior Graduation 4-5

Math 

Objectives:

1.  To be able to count by 2's to 20.

2.  To understand even and odd numbers.

3.  To understand halves and fractions.

  •  Please make sure that you complete the lesson at the bottom of the pages and extend it by using other numbers/scenarios.
  • We are working on counting by 5's (to 50) and by 2's (to 20). Please work on this orally with your student.
Reading
Objectives:
1.  To review reading and accurately blending words and sentences with long vowel/silent e pattern.
2.  To begin reading and accurately blending words and sentences with the vowel pairs ai and ay.

3.  To continue to grow in reading fluency.

  • Have your child read to you every day! READ,READ, READ!!!!
Writing 
Objectives:
1. To be able to form all upper case letters properly on handwriting lines.
2. To be able to form all lower case letters properly on handwriting lines.
3. To be able to  write first and last name properly on handwriting lines.
4. To be able to accurately copy a sentence (using handwriting lines) correctly


  • Keep monitoring proper pencil grip and correct letter formation! Have your student self-correct any backward letter or number! They should be gaining speed and accuracy in their copywork, by this point in the year.
    Spelling
    Objective

    1.  To be able to identify open and closed syllables.
    • Please introduce Key Cards 14, 15, 16 this week. Continue to review all key cards (especially 11, 12, 13), along with phonograms at the beginning of each lesson.
      Geography
      Objectives:
      1.  To be able to sing the names of the Pacific states of the US.
      2. To begin learning to draw the world map.
      • Pacific States will be the last Geography song for the year! Due Wednesday.
      Memory Work
      Objectives:
      1. To memorize "true, good, and beautiful" pieces and recite to the class.


      • Above the Bright Blue Sky is  DUE THURSDAY.
      •    Please take a few minutes each homeschool day to review memory work! (Poem, geography song).
      K week 334/29/20244/30/20245/1/20245/2/20245/3/20245/6/2024Co-Teacher Notes
      DiscipleshipSelf Control: Choosing Christ-like behaviors to help reach my goals. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline.
      ~2 Timothy 1:7
      Read AloudRead aloud or audio book for at least 20 minutes and then have your child narrate. and have child do an oral narration.Read aloud or audio book for at least 20 minutes and then have your child narrate. and have child do an oral narration.Read aloud or audio book for at least 20 minutes and then have your child narrate. and have child do an oral narration.Read aloud or audio book for at least 20 minutes and then have your child narrate. and have child do an oral narration.
      BibleReview Ephesians 6: 10-20Armor of God: Lesson 5 and 6Armor of God: Lesson 7 and 8
      MathEM-B p152EM-B p153EM-B p154-155 and practice addition and subtraction math facts.EM-B p156EM-B p157 and practice addition and subtraction math facts.EM-B p158 and practice addition and subtraction math facts.No math journals for the month of May. Please practice math facts using manipulatives or ten frames when needed. Here is a simple game to play to practice as well. Just print gameboard (pages 6-9 would be best) and use any object (penny, rock, etc) and a dice.
      SpellingAAS-Step 24AAS-Step 24 p113-114 (Lesson 24 in NEW AAS) "Spell on Paper" and "Dictate Sentences" 1-3 in spelling journal to return tomorrow.ReviewPage 114 of AAS (page 226 for NEW AAS): Dictate sentences 4-6 for your child to write in Spelling Journal.These last few lessons have been a bit more challenging. Please review them as well as blue key cards 1-16

      Link to optional activity directions
      WritingOral Narration and CopyworkCB pgs 80-81Oral Narration and CopyworkCB pgs 82-83CB pgs 84-85
      ReadingReview L85OPG L86OPG L86 and 15 minutes from a leveled readerOPG L 87OPG L87 and 15 minutes from a leveled reader
      EnrichmentRead Aloud: Wonders of Nature by Jane Werner Watson
      Art Selection:       A Girl with a Watering Can by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
      Music Selection: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, by johann Sebastian Bach
      Poem: "Butterfly" by Benjamin Franklin
      GeographyUnited States: Pacific States Due 5/2 (Thursday)
      Memory WorkAbove the Bright Blue Sky Due 5/2 (Thursday)