Begin to work with your child on the following:
Tying their shoes
Start working on saying whole name and learning birthday.
Reading/Language Arts:
Starting after spring break: I am working with all the children on their
reading skills. At least five students a day will have time to read to me
each day. There are so many wanting to read so please have your child read
easy readers with you at home too.
Read at least 15 minutes a day to your child. Talk with your child about who
the story is about
Letters and sounds of: P, U, O, M, X, A, D, T, S, R, H, AR, J, K, F, B, G, C,
L, E, Th, N, short oo, long oo, I, ch, long o, long e, w, long i, ow/ou, long
a, ir/er/ur, V, Y, or, Q, oi/oy, wh, Z, Long U, ng,
Review: P, U, O, M, X, A, D, T, S, R, H, Ar, J, K, F, B, G, C, L, E, Th, N,
long oo, short oo, I, ch, long o, long e, w, long i, ou/ow, long a, sh,
ir/er/ur, v, y, q, oi/oy, wh, z, Long U, or, ng
Blend books: ar, th, ch, ou/ow, sh, ir/er/ur, or, wh, oi/oy, ng
Vowel books: short a, long a, short e, long e, short i, long i, short u, long
u, short oo, long oo
Sight Words
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
The Napping House
Zoo Books
The Hungry Caterpillar
There Was An Old Lady
Billy Maria and the THunderstorm
Words: pup, pop, mom, ox, ax, dad, top, stop, rat, hat, star, jar, mask, fox,
bus, gum, cat, lamb, elf, bathtub, hen, moon, book, pig, owl, cake, sheep,
chick, goat, bee, well, kite, girl, van, yak, horn, queen, boy, toy, whale,
prize, mule, king, pot, jug, sock, map, box, cap, dog, tent, Santa, rocket,
hen, car, jet, kid, frog, bat, bug, cup, log, bed, moth, pen, boot, foot, lid,
chimp, cone, tree, web, fly, clown, skate, shell, bird, vest, yo-yo, quail,
cowboy, whistle, zoo, cube, corn, and ring
Read nursery rhymes and talk about words that rhyme.
Humpty Dumpty, Hey Diddle Diddle, Little Bo Peep, There Was an Old Lady, and
Mary Had A Little Lamp, Hickory Dickory Dock, Little Miss Muffet, Per Peter
Pumpkin Eater, Jack and Jill, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Dr. Seuss books
Work on color recognition and recognizing the letters in the color words and
for those who are ready the words.
Complete your home-reading link form and return every week.
Complete Cold Stone reading form and turn in each month.
Turn in monthly calendars
Writing:
Writing name
Writers Workshop-details, forms of writing
Handwriting With Out Tears: E, F, D, 1, P, B, 2, R, N, 3, M, Review, 4, H, K,
5, L, U, V, 6, W, X, 7, Y, Z, 8, C, O, 9, Q, G, 10, S, A, Numbers for Me, I,
T, J, c, o, s, v, w, words for me, capital letters, t, words for me, review,
a, d, g, sentences, words for me, i, e, l, words for me, k, y, words for me,
j, r, n, m, words for me, h, completed our books.
Ideas
Writing Sentences
Conventions
Lined Paper
Math:
Counting to 100
Counting by 10's to 100
Counting backwards 10 to 1
Counting by 5's to 100
Counting by 2's to 100
Shapes
Counting objects
Attributes
Graphing
Patterning-AB, ABC, AAb, AABB, AABBB, AABBBC, so on
Sorting
What number comes next
Body height comparison (longer, shorter, taller)
Numbers 0-20
Project 1: numbers around the world, address, phone number
Spin a number game
Positions
Counting Games
Patterns in our world
Making a number grid
Number strokes
Sequencing numbers
Tricky Teen Numbers
Number stories
Symmetry
Estimating
Roll the number graphing
Pan Balance
Writing Numbers 0-10
Dominoes
Measurement
Monster Squeeze
Probability
Train Game
Counting by tens
Teen Frame Game
Misc Games
Top It
Number Line Game
Counting from numbers other than 0 and 1
Roll and Record with two dice
Making shapes with string/body
What I want for Christmas Graph
Comparing shape
Subtraction symbol and beginning to subtraction number storie
attributes
What's my rule
Tens grouping
daily event ordering
calculators
grouping by 5's
tally marks
measuring
trading for 10's
100th day
Number grid
Valentine Math
Penny
Nickel
Surveys
Counting to a beat
I spy shapes
Number books-writing as far as we can
solid shapes
dimes
number stories
dividing groups in half,
read my mind game,
tools for measuring time
skip counting calculators
mapping
quarters
building shapes with toothpicks and marshmallows
dice addition
Plus or Minus game
Double Digits
Numbers Sequence
Weaving
100's game
clocks
function machines
The dollar
Science:
Summer
Fall
How Pumpkins Grow
Leaves
Wild Fires
Webs
Spots and Stripes
Garden Helpers
Farm To Market
Handwashing
Food Prymid
Winter
Ground Hogs Day
Spring
Healthy Eating-milk group
Chicks and other items in eggs
Earth Day
Zoo Animals
Plant
Thunderstorms
Rain
Social Studies:
Routines & Rules
How we get to school
How can we be a good friend
Saying Nice Things
Apology Accepted
How to ask a friend to play
Asking Some one to stop
Getting the teachers attention
Good touch/bad touch/mixed up touch
Personal Space
Listening to others
Sticking to the Point
Respecting others by words and actions
Thanksgiving
Kwanza
Hannaukah
Mexican Christmas
5 Senses
New Year Activity
Martin Luther King
Diversity-Mrs. S
Kansas
Days of the Week sequence
President's Day
Peer Relations
Decision Making
Bus Drills
Personal Safety
