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!
***Now is the time to start thinking about how to maintain your child's progress over the summer. Please make sure to check your email for a packet of things to do over the summer for review. It would be a good idea to go ahead and print these now so that they are ready to pull out this summer.
Important Dates:
5/2: Grammar Theater Showcase
5/9: NERF Tournament
5/14: Last Day of Kindergarten!
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.
- Continue to review all rule cards, along with phonograms at the beginning of each lesson.
Geography
Objectives:
1. To be able to sing the names of all of the states of the US.
2. To begin learning to draw the world map.
Memory Work
Objectives:
1. To memorize "true, good, and beautiful" pieces and recite to the class.
- Above the Bright Blue Sky is DUE Tuesday.
- Please take a few minutes each homeschool day to review memory work! (Poem, geography song).
