What Are We Doing?


   We are now in the last few weeks of the year. It is hard to believe how fast this year has gone by and how far the children have come. We are very proud of all of them!
Now that we are completing the alphabet, our main focus is on preparing for first grade! We are concentrating on:

 Reading
  • Using reading strategies
  • Story elements
  • Comprehension    
Writing
  • Using sight words and words that we know
  • Using sounds to form words
  • Using capitals and punctuation
  • Writing 3 or more complete sentences
Number Sense
  • Counting to 100 and beyond
  • Understanding more and less
  • Manipulating numbers
  • Simple addition and subtraction concepts
          ** See below for further details for math and writing

   As kindergarten teachers we will always continue to provide a comprehensive, rigorous curriculum balanced with developmentally appropriate practices in a safe and caring environment. We want the children to learn and to love learning!

Listed below is what we have been and will be working on!
 
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Letterland Characters:
 Aa/Annie Apple, Bb/Bouncy Ben,Cc/Clever Cat, Dd/Dippy Duck, Ee/Eddy Elephant, Ff/Firefighter Fred Gg/Golden Girl, Hh/Hairy Hat Man, Ii/Impy Ink, Jj/Jumping Jim, Kk/Kicking King, Ll/Lucy Lamp Light/Mm/Munching Mike, Nn/Noisy Nick, Oo/Oscar Orange, Pp/Peter Puppy, Qq/Quarrelsome Queen, Rr/Red Robot, Ss/Sammy Snake, Tt/Talking Tess, Uu/Uppy Umbrella, Vv/Vicky Violet, Ww/Wally Walrus, Xx/Fix-It-Max, Yy/Yellow Yo-yo Man, and Zz/Zigzag Zebra

Sight Words:
 a, go, come, is, said, blue, funny, here, make, the, away, find, jump, one, two can, in, my, red, where, and, for, it, not, up, big, I, look, see, you, down, little, play, we, three, help, me, run, yellow, all, to, came, into,
 our, well, black, now, good, pretty, with, am, he, ride, there, what, brown, must, so, under, will, are four, please, that, was, but

Math Concepts:
  • Counting 1-30
  • Matching sets of objects & number
  • Positional and directional words
  • Using shapes to cover a design
  • Read & write numbers 0-30
  • Ordinal Numbers 1st-10th
  • Comparing and sequencing (height and length)
  • Identify and Build Shapes (triangle, rectangle, square, circle, cube, sphere)
  • Comparing attributes of objects
  • Patterning
  • Calendar
  • Likenesses and differences of shapes
  • Estimating
  • Equal Shares
  • More and Less
  • Simple addition and subtraction concepts
Writing:
The children are expected to:
  • Write two or more sentences on one topic
  • Use fingerspacing between words
  • Use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and for names.
  • Use punctuation at the end of a sentence (period, exclamation mark, or question mark).
  • Use sounds to write words
  • Use sight words
  • Draw a picture that matches their writing
  • Read back what they wrote

  
  
 
Last Modified: Saturday, Apr. 28, 2012
 
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