9/22/2015

September 21-25

SPIRIT WEEK

Tuesday: Favorite Color Day
Wednesday:​  Pajamas or Comfy Clothing
Thursday: Sports Day
Friday: Wear your favorite outfit!

LITERATURE
Pete the Cat: Rockin' in My School 
We're Going On a Bear Hunt
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
We will be focusing on identifying the title, front/back of book, author and illustrator, and making connections to the text through our class discussions and activities.

MATH
During the months of September and October students will work on the following skills:
·         numbers 0-10 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
·         matching and sorting: size and shape
·         2-dimensional shapes
·         patterns :AB and ABB
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
Letters Ee, Ff, Gg, Jj
Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.
Drawing and Labeling Pictures

CORE KNOWLEDGE
Nursery Rhymes and Fables: This unit will introduce students to nursery rhymes and fables that have been favorites with children for generations.  Students will learn classic rhymes like “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,”  “Humpty Dumpty,” and “Hickory, Dickory, Dock,” as well as classic characters such as Humpty Dumpty and Little Miss Muffet.  Mother Goose and other traditional poems help students learn vocabulary and build phonemic awareness.  By listening carefully to nursery rhymes and repeating or reciting them by heart, students develop an awareness of language that will help them become better readers and writers.  Because nursery rhymes are fun and involve everyday activities, Kindergarten students can relate to them.