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For this week we will be doing the following things in Reading and Number Skills. Please adjust to your own schedules and work as time allows: READING: We are on our last book in reading, and should be through all of the Phonic Stories! Please practice this last book, as it is an overview of the sounds your student has learned this year. As for the Phonic Stories, please read the last 5-6 stories for greater comprehension of our new word families. One day please have your child pick out their favorite stories from their folder and read them to you. On Friday, please read a new story to your student, and then question them for comprehension of what they heard. It is important to understand, as well as read! Number Skills: If you have not already done so, do pages 159-164. Our book is finished! Hooray for the students and parents! As the final assignment for our Kindergarten year, I have given you the packets containing the personal Newspaper for each student. Please help and encourage them as they fill out this booklet, and place in the clear file folder that came with it. I hope they will enjoy making these as a keepsake for their Kindergarten year! I will be contacting each of you to check in and listen to the stories being read. Have a great week, stay safe! Blessings, Mrs. States
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Dear Parents, This week we will do the main subjects of Reading and Number Skills. You may feel free to use the booklet worksheets to boost your child's grasp of the new word families. If you feel they will increase the understanding of the new sounds, feel free to do so. MONDAY: Reading: Read the current book. and the last 4 Phonic Stories. By now, you should have all of the Phonic Stories in the folder, and be practicing the last of our new word families! Number Skills: Pages: 151-154, Write by 2's and 5' s to 100. Please use correct formation and spacing. Encourage your child to take their time in writing these! WEDNESDAY: HAPPY EARTH DAY! Today is Earth Day. Please watch the movie, "The Lorax" with your child. During the movie, please talk about the cause and effect of the actions that the movie is showcasing. How our trees provide air for us to breathe, how one person's action can change the world for either the better or the worse. Also, talk about the importance of taking care of our world, as you do the worksheets that I have given you. FRIDAY: Reading the current book. By now, you should be on book 32, which is the last book of our Kindergarten year! What a great accomplishment! We all made it through the year, and our curriculum in a timely manner! Parents, please read a book to your child, and question them about their comprehension skills as they listen to you. Number Skills: Pages 155-158, do 15 simple addition and subtraction problems. Practice the number skill that you feel your child needs the most review. I will be listening to each of the students read this week, and I look forward to seeing them! Thank you parents, for all of your hard work! Have a great week! Mrs. States
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This week there is homework for Wednesday and Friday, as those are the days we would have had school. I will be sending you an e-mail with some worksheets to go in the lapbook that your child has worked on this semester. They may do all of them, or pick their favorite to do. All of these sheets are about bees as pollinators, however, I will be asking for your child to pick their favorite pollinator, such as: butterfly, bat, moth, hummingbird or bee, and write a report on it. They have until next Friday to do this, and it should be at least 7 sentences. Please include a picture to go with it, as these will go into their Science folder that they will keep. Wednesday: Worktext: Pages 245-250, Flag, Christopher Columbus, White House Phonics: Pages 293-298 Verbally practice the new word family of the new sound for "oo" Reading: Read the current book and the last 4 Phonic Stories. Have your child review the new word families from the past 3 reading books. Practice with these new sounds is the only way they will learn them. Number Skills: Have your child measure 5 objects and write the measurement down, with the name of the object. Write Now: Pages 157-159-160 Science: Please use the worksheets e-mailed in place of any worksheets for this week, unless you feel your child needs extra help in a certain area. Friday: Worktext: Pages 251-252 Mount Vernon, talk about the Bald Eagle being the symbol of our country. Phonics: Pages 299-302 Write Now: Pages 161, 162 Reading: Current book, and by now all the Phonic Stories should be in your child's folder. Please practice these new word families as your child needs to. Science: Work on Pollinator report, review the kinds of pollinators. We have talked about these in class, so they surprise you! Number Skills: Review the four coins we have learned, both their value and recognizing them. Do 5 addition problems involving 2 coins. I will be listening to your child read this week, I hope things are going well with this new learning style. Next week we will be doing something special on Wednesday, for Earth Day! God Bless each of you, Mrs. States
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This week's lessons are about planting a garden, plants, and seeds. We have talked about seeds in Science, ask your child about the coat a seed wears. The new sounds for this week are: "er", "ir", and "ur". Please do lots of reviewing and practicing these new sounds, as "Bossy R" is changing the way we say these vowels! Monday: Worktext: Pages 237-240, Have your child draw a picture of a garden, with the crops they would like to plant. Phonics: Pages 283-286, read the poem on 286 with your child, and talk about it. Practice the new word families from the pages today. Write Now: Pages 153-154 Reading: Read your current book, and the last 5 Phonic Stories. Review all of our service words. Number skills: Review 15 simple addition facts from the 3's and 4's. i.e., 3+4, 2+3, 4+5, 3+6. etc. Handwriting: (Skip page 85) Pages 86-88, Circle only the facts about birds, then put a star beside the facts you did not know. Talk about the difference between a fact and an opinion. An opinion is what YOU think about something, not what everyone else thinks about the same thing. For example: Anna likes the color blue, but Elisha likes the color red. The fact would be, both blue and red are colors, however,, everyone can have their own opinion about the best one! For worksheets please review and practice the new word families that are learned this week. WEDNESDAY: Worktext: Pages 241-244, review when to use the question mark. Give your child 4 sentences verbally, and ask them if it is a statement or a question. Phonics: Pages 287-292 Both new and review of "Bossy R" sounds Write Now: Pages 155-158 Reading: Practice your current book, and the last 5 of the current Phonic Stories. Please review all new word families that appear in the phonic stories as well. Number Skills: Pages 149-150 Handwriting: Pages 89-90, Remember that your child should write using the correct spacing, capitalization, and correct letter form. Practice the new word families as needed, such as the words: fern, burn and dirt all have the same sound, but different vowels. Sneaky "Bossy R"! I will be listening to each of your child's reading this week. Have a blessed week, and a very blessed Easter! If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call me! May God's Peace be yours, Mrs. States
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Monday through Friday// Divide up as you need to, but allow time for your child to absorb the new concepts. We are beginning our Purple Unit! This unit is our last unit, and what your child will start on in the first grade! There are new concepts, so please go over each one, as they will have new challenges and need extra support! Please feel free to call me with any questions for that support, if needed. Bossy R is our new helper in sounding out words. His character is located in the back of the Worktext book, have your child cut him out, along with the vowels on that page, and use them as they encounter new vowel sounds. Worktext: Pages 227-230, Talk about the story in the Bible, where Jesus was lost to Mary and Joseph as a boy (Luke 2:41-49) Have they ever gotten lost from their parents? Cut outs for Wortext pages are in the back of the book. Pages: 231-232, Talk about how houses and the conveniences that we have in housing todays compare to the time of Jesus. Pages: 233-234,Talk about how clothing was different in the time of Jesus, compared to today, i.e., tunic, girdle, mantel, headdress, all these were worn during the time of Jesus. Pages: 235-236, Talk about transportation in the Bible time. By foot, horses, mules, donkeys, People only traveled when they absolutely had to because of the hardship of traveling. (II Corinthians 11: 26-27) People also used boats during this time, but they were often poorly built and dangerous. How do we have traveling better today? PHONICS:: Pages 271, 273-274, 271: Poem, 273-74 "ar" word families. New word family: _ar: tar, bar, car, far jar, star Service word for this week is "WANT". Bossy R changes the sound of the vowel "a". Draw something that is purple on a piece of paper, write a sentence under it to describe it. Pages: 275-276, "ark" sounds Review some Bossy R sounds in these words: bark, dark, mark, shark, lark, spark, park, ****Remember Bossy R likes to take over and be in charge of the vowel sound. Do you see Bossy R in the word "ark"? Pages 277-278, "or" and "ore" word families. New word families: morn, born, fort, torch, fork, cork, //"ore" words---tore, wore, core, more, store, shore, chore. Please read each of these words to your child, and ask if they hear the Bossy R in the word: stop, chore, mop, tore, shore, store, chop, more, top, shop. Pages: 279-280, "orn" New word family: corn, born, horn, thorn, morn, torn Page: 281-282, Review of the new sounds. Please make sure your child has this new sound concept. WRITE NOW PAGES: 148 through 152 READING: Please read the current book that you child is on // In addition, read the last 5 Phonic Stories for review, and word families. When we have facetime I will be listening to all of these. Review all service words. NUMBER SKILLS:: This week, you will working with the different skills we have had this year: !) work on telling time, both using the analog clock, and the digital clock. Do 10 different times. Talk about a.m. and p.m. 2) Do a mixture of addition and subtraction problems, simple problems, do 15 of those and 5 story problems, verbally. Have your child write the problem you say and the answer. 3) Review the coins from penny to quarter, there worth and be able to recognize them. Do 5 story problems using coins.4) Have your child find 5 different shapes in your house, ask them if they are 2D or 3D.5) Review fractions, we have talked about halves, but not about quarters or thirds. Please help them with thee, there are some worksheets to help you in their worksheet papers. HANDWRITING: Pages 79-80, Gathering facts, write about an animal Pages: 81-82, Write about a dinosaur! Pages: 83-84, Use what you wrote about the dinosaur and retell to write a report. At least 5 sentences Use the supplemental worksheets as needed, and please let me know when you need more, I will email to you. Have a good week, I will be contacting each of you to listen to the progress your child is making in the reading books. stay home, and stay safe! If there are any questions, please call or text me. Mrs. States
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Hello, Parents, I hope all is going well at your homes and this new norm is working for you. Hang in there, our Lord is with us! The following subjects and pages all contain new concepts per day, so I would ask that as you come to these that you spend more time helping your child understand them. 1. Worktext: Pages 223-226. This week they are introduced to "y as the long I, y as the long e, the new "ight" words and still working on recognizing long vowels. 2. Phonics: Pages 265-270 These worksheets help with the new word families. 3. Write Now: Pages; 145-147. Be sure to use correct formation and spacing. 4. Reading: Please read the book that you feel your child has mastered, and on Wednesday, move on to the next book. It will contain new word families, so they will need guidance with those. 5. Phonic Stories: Please read the last 6 of these, and on Friday add 1 new one to the folder. Review all service words. 6. Handwriting: Pages 75-78. Be sure to use correct spacing, correct uppercase letters and punctuation. 7. Number Skills: Pages 145-148. Practice both addition and subtraction skills by doing a mixture of 15 problems. 8. Review of long vowels: Give your child these words, and have them tell you which sound they hear: ( sale, read, bike, see, tea, flute, feed, rose, wire, whale, shame, plate, snow, go, tune, light.) 9. Craft: After talking about how birds make their nest, have your child draw a nest, and draw their favorite bird next to it. 10. Worksheets that have been provided. Be safe, Mrs. States
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Parents: Here is a list of today and tomorrow's homework. I will post again on Wednesday. Monday: Worktext: Pages 219-220 Talk about Spring rain, and Spring weather. Phonics: Pages: 261-262, ***New word family, (y with the long I sound) Practice as many of these words as you and your child can come up with. Write Now: Page 142, This is the sentence "Pam is Shy." Have your child write that neatly and spaced correctly. Reading: Read the current book, and the Phonic Stories, the last 6 of those. Practice all the service words. Also practice the word "what" I have noticed this is a word that is not being recognized. Number Skills: Page 143-144. Practice adding different coins together. Do 5 problems. ****Make Rain- Pour hot water in a bowl, place clear plastic wrap over the bowl tightly. Watch the droplets form as "rain!' Handwriting: Write 3 sentences using the new word family of "y as the long I", such as: shy, by, fly, why, my, try. TUESDAY: IT IS SPRING< FINALLY! For Share and Tell have your child write 4 Sentences about their favorite part of Spring, and why that is. Worktext: Page: 221-222, "y as the long e sound) Phonics: Page 263-264//Practice several of this new word family. Help them recognize when they see this letter at the end of a word. Write Now: Page 144---"It is a sunny day." Use correct form and spacing. Take the time to write correctly. Reading: Read the current book, and the last 6 Phonic Stories. Practice each of the word families in these stories. Number Skills: Practice the time as in after the hour. Help your child recognize where the hour hand is when it is minutes after an hour. Do 7 of these. *****I have given you several worksheets. Do these as you feel needed. But please do at least 4 to 6 per day, this is to keep what they have learned in their minds, and help them retain the knowledge they have. This is very important. I will post again on Wednesday, and also be scheduling a time when we can read together, so I can listen to your child, and check in with them. I already miss each one! Stay safe, and healthy! Mrs. States
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Dear Parents, I have sent home Friday's work and worksheets. There is also a folder that has several worksheets to go along with the coming new lessons. Use them as you feel your child needs them. The one thing that I would like for you to do while we are all apart, is to spend extra time as a new concept is introduced. If there are new sounds, new word families, etc. Spend time on them so that your child has the opportunity ti learn these. I would like to facetime with each of your children at least once a week and hear them read the story book of the week. Please let me know what times and days are good for you. Feel free to call or text me at any time. I will have each week's assignments here on the blogevery Monday morning! Be well and stay safe! I will miss seeing you all! Mrs. States
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Dear Parents, Worksheets went home with your children on Monday for today. There are two reading books to practice on, both have new word families in them, please practice these. Read the new Phonic Stories as well. Pick out 3-5 Phonic Stories from our old ones, and have your child read them. Verbally go over the new sounds of "sh" and "ch", helping your child come up with words from each. As you say a word, they should be able to recognize the new sound. Number Skills: Continue to work on memorizing counting by 2's. Do 12 problems of both addition and subtraction. Mix them up, remind your child to watch for the correct signs. Handwriting: Write three simple sentences using a different punctuation mark for each, ?, !, and the period. Have a safe, warm day, see you on Friday! Mrs. States
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Hello, Parents! Your student's homework is in there folder from Wednesday. In addition, please go over the new Book 19, and the new Phonic Stories they have in their folders. Both the book and Phonic Stories have new service words, and new word families, so please practice these. Write five sentences using some of the "est" and "ust" words. Have a good day, stay safe! Mrs. States
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Dear Parents, Your child's Friday work went home with them on Wednesday. Please do that, emphasizing the new blends that we are learning. Practice on the new reading book, and the Phonic Stories. Be safe, see you all on Monday! Mrs. States
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Dear Parents, Your child's work for Monday and Tuesday went home in their folders on Friday. Please do each day on that day and not all at one setting. The new letters need to be practiced both in writing and using the new sound. Number skills: Practice using the clock, and counting by 5's, for each number increment. We did this on Friday, and it helped them understand more about the minutes passing by on the hour. Practice all reading materials, including the new word families. Stay warm and safe!! Mrs. States
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Dear Parents, Your child's homework for Monday went home in their folder with the Tuesday and Thursday homework. Please do each day's work as the day arrives, and not all the work at once. The students will absorb more by working a little each day. Since the new concept of Miss Silent and Miss Long working together has been introduced, they all have done very well. If they need a hint, remind them of these characters, and they will quickly recognize the new long vowel sound. Please have your student write the alphabet, both uppercase, and lowercase, using the correct starting and stopping place, as well as the correct spacing. Have your child go slowly, and neatly. Reading: They each have Book 26, and they need to work on the most recent Phonic Stories . Also, review five of the stories that we have previously had, and review all our service words, making sure each one is known. Number Skills: 1) Review different times on a clock 2) Review coins, especially the quarter, nickel and dime. Stay safe and warm! Mrs. States
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1. Phonics: We continue to wok on the long vowel sounds. Today, we cover the long "i" sound. Practice words in the "ine" and "ike" family. Remind your student where Marker e and Miss long are positioned over the vowels. Some words include: nine, pine, line, mine, vine, fine, shine, or like, bike, Mike, trike, strike, hike. Review these until the concept is understood, and your student can come up with long "i" words for themselves. 2. Handwriting: Write 5 sentences for your student without putting the spaces in, such as: Thesunwillshine!. Have your student rewrite them, putting the spaces in the correct place. Emphasize how important the spaces are to help a sentence make sense and be understood by a reader. 3. Hearing the sounds: Have your student point to themselves if they hear the long "i" sound in these words as you give them to them verbally: like, shine, tin, pine, fin, fine, tire, date, wire, mine, win. 4. Reading: Reading book 24 "Like the Snow" and the phonics stories. Read the newest phonics stories and review 5 older stories. Practice the book 24 an extra amount of time, as we will need to start book 25 on Friday. Go over the service words in the Phonic Stories notebook. 5. Number skills: Subtraction and addition, do 15 problems, mixing them up, making sure your student pays attention to the symbols. Verbally give your student 3 word problems, and have them write the problem and answer. 6. Science: Talk about the thermometer. Explain it tells us if it is cold or hot outside. Draw 4 thermometers filling in at different degrees, such as 20, 60, 80 or 10 degrees. Ask your child if each one is hot or cold. Ask if it would be a summer day or winter day. Continue to work on areas that your student needs the most help in, practice, they already know is helpful in their success. Stay safe in this winter weather and hopefully, we will be in school on Friday! Mrs. States
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Hello again, Parents! I am sure your students are missing school as much as you and I are! Our safety and warmth are important during this hard winter, though, so we will make do until this lets up! Thank you for all your help and support. The students are all staying on level ground despite our terrible winter. They are great! Below is the list for the work to be done at home today. We will get back into our daily worksheets next week.
1. Phonics: Review all the new word families of: "ing" "ank" and "ank". Help your student think of as many of these words as they can. For help with these, look through the Phonic Stories or the back of each reading book. 2. Please review all our service words from the reading books, as well as the sight words from the original page. Have your child work on some of the words that they struggle with. Write 5 sentences using our service words. 3. Reading: Book 22 AND the Phonic Stories. Read our most current stories, and read at least 7 from the past lessons. 4. Number Skills: Please continue to work on the concept of subtraction. Use both written problems, and use physical items, such as buttons, toothpicks, crayons or small items, both adding nd subtracting. Give your child 5 word problems verbally and have your child write the problem out, with the answer, and correct symbol. 5. Science: Ask your child what a Botanist does. Does a seed have a coat? What does vascular (veins) and non vascular (no veins) mean in a plant? What is the midrib? What 3 things does a plant need to grow? They have started on their lap books and are enjoying making them. I hope to see you all on Monday, have a safe and warm weekend! Mrs. States
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