I am praying 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!
Important Dates:
9/14 - Dodgeball Tournament: Glad Tidings Church, Liberty Hill
9/26 - Spirit/DOGS/Pizza Day
10/10 - Spirit Day (no pizza)
10/31 - Historical Dress Up Day (details coming soon)
***On Thursday, kindergarten will be finishing up our unit on the fruits of the spirit. Each day we have talked about a Fruit of the Spirit and have related it to an actual fruit. Our celebration will be during our snack time. Please see the Sign Up Genius link below to sign up to bring one of the fruits (these can be dropped off at the front desk or your child can bring them to the classroom) or to volunteer to help serve. We will only need enough of each fruit so that each of our 13 students can get a small portion. (2 pieces for each child is plenty) Thank you so much for helping us celebrate all that we have learned so far!
Math
Objectives:
1. To be able to count and recognize the numerals 1-10
2 To be able to write the numerals 1-10.
3. To be able to represent the numerals 1-10 on a ten frame.
Objectives:
1. To be able to count and recognize the numerals 1-10
2 To be able to write the numerals 1-10.
3. To be able to represent the numerals 1-10 on a ten frame.
- 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
Objectives:
1. To recognize all upper and lower case letters.
2 To produce all of the sounds of each of the first 26 phonograms.
3. To be able to blend together CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words using short a and e.
- 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
Objectives:
1. To be able to hold a pencil using proper pencil grip.
2 To be able to form all upper case letters properly.
3. To get all upper case letters sitting properly on handwriting lines.
Objectives:
1. To be able to hold a pencil using proper pencil grip.
2 To be able to form all upper case letters properly.
3. To get all upper case letters sitting properly on handwriting lines.
- Please keep working on pencil grip and making proper handwriting strokes! (generally left to right, top to bottom).
Spelling
Objectives:
1. To be able to write the correct phonogram when given the phonogram sounds.
2 To be able to segment 2 and 3 sound words.
3. To be able to blend sounds together to figure out the given word.
Objectives:
1. To be able to write the correct phonogram when given the phonogram sounds.
2 To be able to segment 2 and 3 sound words.
3. To be able to blend sounds together to figure out the given word.
- 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. (You call out the letter sounds, the student writes the letter that makes the/those sounds) 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,....
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 9/19 (this week)
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.
