March 30-April 2

NOTES:
Thursday: Career Day Presentation/Early release at 1:00
Friday: No School

LITERATURE

Focus: Character Traits

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Tug-of-War

MATH

This week's focus: Addition and Subtraction

During the months of April and May students will work on the following skills

• numbers to 100 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• addition and subtraction
• ordinal position: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
•  patterns : ABA and shrinking
• capacity
• telling time to the hour
• money: identify coins and the coin’s value, counting coins with the same value

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will be the authors of their own pattern books using books with a repetitive pattern as mentor texts. 

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Animal Study- kindergarteners will learn about various animals {polar bears, whales, eagles, wolves} for the next few weeks. We will examine non-fiction text features such as diagrams, bold words, table of contents, captions, and headings.

March 23-27

Notes: Friday, March 27 ~College T-shirt Day & OSA

LITERATURE

Focus: Character Traits

• The Bremen Town Musicians; Folktale
• Momotaro, Peach Boy; Folktale
• The Story of Jumping Mouse; Folktale

MATH

This week's focus: Numbers to 100

During the months of April, May, June students will work on the following skills

• numbers to 100 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• addition and subtraction
• ordinal position: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
•  patterns : ABA and shrinking
• capacity
• telling time to the hour
• money: identify coins and the coin’s value, counting coins with the same value

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will be the authors of their own pattern books using books with a repetitive pattern as mentor texts. 

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Animal Study- kindergarteners will learn about various animals {polar bears, whales, eagles, wolves} for the next few weeks. We will examine non-fiction text features such as diagrams, bold words, table of contents, captions, and headings.

March 16-20

LITERATURE

Focus: Character Traits

• 3 Billy Goats Gruff
• The Wolf and The Seven Little Kids
• The Bremen Town Musicians 

MATH

This week's focus: Interim 3

During the months of January, February, March students will work on the following skills:

·         numbers 0-31 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·         addition

·         interpreting and analyzing graphs

·         tally marks

·         matching and sorting: 3-D shapes

·         patterns : ABC, ABBA, growing patterns

·         comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

·         Using a balance to measure weight

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will be the authors of their own pattern books using books with a repetitive pattern as mentor texts. 

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Animal Study- kindergarteners will learn about various animals {polar bears, whales, eagles, wolves} for the next few weeks. We will examine non-fiction text features such as diagrams, bold words, table of contents, captions, and headings.

March 9-16

Progress Reports

Student progress reports for the second trimester are now available for viewing. You can access progress reports via the Cologne Academy website - click here to go to the parent portal.

Below is the grading key for the kindergarten progress reports:

E=Exceeds the Standard

M=Meets the Standard

P=Progressing Towards the Standard

LITERATURE

Focus: Character Traits

• Chicken Little
• Three Little Pigs
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff

MATH

This week's focus: Review for the Interim

During the months of January, February, March students will work on the following skills:

·         numbers 0-31 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·         addition

·         interpreting and analyzing graphs

·         tally marks

·         matching and sorting: 3-D shapes

·         patterns : ABC, ABBA, growing patterns

·         comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

·         Using a balance to measure weight

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will be the authors of their own pattern books using books with a repetitive pattern as mentor texts. 

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Animal Study- kindergarteners will learn about various animals {polar bears, whales, eagles, wolves} for the next few weeks. We will examine non-fiction text features such as diagrams, bold words, table of contents, captions, and headings.

March 2-March 6

LITERATURE

Focus: Character Traits

• What is a character trait?
• Physical character traits v. internal character traits

MATH

This week's focus: Measuring and comparing weight and height

During the months of January, February, March students will work on the following skills:

·         numbers 0-31 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·         addition

·         interpreting and analyzing graphs

·         tally marks

·         matching and sorting: 3-D shapes

·         patterns : ABC, ABBA, growing patterns

·         comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

·         Using a balance to measure weight

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will be the authors of their own pattern books using books with a repetitive pattern as mentor texts. 

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Animal Study- kindergarteners will learn about various animals {polar bears, whales, eagles, wolves} for the next few weeks. We will examine non-fiction text features such as diagrams, bold words, table of contents, captions, and headings.