He is Risen!!! I am so thakful for the sacrifice that Jesus made for me! I am praying that the beauty of the Resurrection becomes real and meaningful for your child this year!
Five weeks left! This makes your kindergarten teacher very sad! I have thoroughly enjoyed your children, and am SO proud of how much they have grown this year. Even though I know they are ready for 1st grade, it will be hard to say goodbye. Thank you for allowing me the chance to be a small part of their lives. You co-teachers (many of you first timers!) have done an AMAZING job this year!
**On Thursday, April 17th Kindergarten will be making Resurrection Eggs together. Please have your child bring in 12 plastic Easter eggs and a 12 count egg carton. You will need to number the eggs from 1-12 (using a Sharpie). Please label the bag/baggie that you use to transport the eggs with your child's name or include them in the egg carton
Important Dates:
4/15: Senior Thesis Night
4/18: Good Friday: No School
4/22: Easter Tuesday: No School
4/25-4/27: Spring Campout
4/28: Logic and Rhetoric Theater Showcase
5/3: Grammar Theater Showcase
5/8: DOGS/Pizza/Spirit Day
5/10: Nerf Tournament
5/15: Last Day of Kindergarten!
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!
-Psalm 127:3-5
Math Objectives:
1. To be able to order numbers
2. To recognize and order ordinal numbers (1st - 10th)
3. To understand different ways to measure time.
- This week we continue to focus on ordering, and will introduce ordinal numbers. We are also focusing on understanding the different ways to measure time (our day, time, calendar).
- PLEASE continue reviewing at home the bigger topics we have touched on : adding/subtracting, tens/ones, numbers up to 40, number bonds. Repetition is so important for our young kiddos!
ReadingObjectives:
1. To begin reading and accurately blending words and sentences with hard and soft c/g.
2. To be able to verbalize understanding of the spelling rule applying to the sounds of c/g.
3. To continue to grow in reading fluency.
- Remember to begin the lessons by reviewing our current sight words and reading over words/sentences from previous lessons. *Reviewing and repetition is key!
- This week we focus on the hard and soft sounds of "c" and "g". We learned in AAS that when "c" is followed by e, i, or y, it makes the soft sound. The same rule applies for "g".
- Please follow up each lesson and mini book review, by having your child read to you, a book at their appropriate level. This should be done at a separate time of the day from their OPG lesson.
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.
SpellingObjective
1. To be able to spell words that have "nk" at the end.
- We have already been practicing the phonogram nk in reading. In this lesson students will build upon their knowledge to apply the phonogram to spelling.
- Remember to begin each lesson by going over yellow phonogram cards and blue key cards.
GeographyObjectives:
1. To be able to sing the names of the Pacific states of the US.
2. To begin learning to draw the world map.
- Click here for the Geography songs for the year.
- Pacific States will be the last Geography song for the year! Due 5/1
Memory WorkObjectives:
1. To memorize "true, good, and beautiful" pieces and recite to the class.
- "Above the Bright Blue Sky" is our final poem of the year.
- Please take a few minutes each homeschool day to review memory work! (Poem, geography song)
| K week 30 | 4/14/2025 | 4/15/2025 | 4/16/2025 | 4/17/2025 | 4/18/2025 | 4/21/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Charity- "If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing." -1 Cor. 13:2 | |
| Read Aloud | Read aloud or audio book for at least 20 minutes and then have your child narrate. | | Read aloud or audio book for at least 20 minutes and then have your child narrate. | | Good Friday: No School | Read aloud or audio book for at least 20 minutes and then have your child narrate. | Oral Narration: Read any story to your child then have them retell the story to you with as much detail as they can remember. |
| Bible | | Discuss: Going Home | Read aloud: God sends help from JSB. | Discuss: "God sends help" and make Resurrection Eggs. | Read aloud: A new way to see from JSB. | |
| Math |
Practice addition facts using flashcards. Links can be found here. | EM-B p129-130 | EM-B p131-132 and Day 3 math journal | EM-B p 133-134 | EM-B pgs 135-136 and Day 4 math journal | *For flash cards: if your child is not ready to do these in their head, add dots to the cards so they have a visual of what the number sentence means. |
| Spelling | | AAS-Step 21 | AAS-Step 21 p96-97 (or Lesson 20 in NEW AAS) "Spell on Paper" and "Dictate Phrases" 1-3 in spelling journals to return tomorrow.** | AAS-Step 21 | AAS-Step 22 p99-100 (or Lesson 21 in NEW AAS) through "Spell with Tiles" | **Your child is ready to move beyond writing phrases. I encourage you to expand these phrases into short sentences so they can practice starting with a capital letter and ending with punctuation.
Link to optional activity directions |
| Writing | | Oral narration and copywork | CB pgs 64-65 | Oral narration and copywork | CB pgs 66-67 | *Extention opportunity: Have your child give you a sentence that tells what the read aloud story was mostly about. Write it for them, then have them copy the sentence into their spelling journal. They will be allowed to present their sentences to the class if they would like to. |
| Reading | | OPG L77 | OPG L77 and 15 minutes from a leveled reader. | OPG L78/79 | OPG L79 and 15 minutes from a leveled reader. | |
| Enrichment | Read Aloud: He is Risen
Art Selection: Pieta by Michelangelo
Music Selection: "Ave Verum Corpus" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Poem: "Every Day" by Felix Mendelssohn | | |
| Geography | United States: Pacific States Due 5/1 | | |
| Memory Work | Above the Bright Blue Sky Due 5/6 | |
