Thursday, April 16, 2015

April 13th- April 17th

What We Are Learning
Reading:  This week we continued to practice two comprehension strategies.  Ask your child about the strategies Stop & Check for Understanding and Five Finger Retelling.
Alphabet: In alphabet this week, we looked at the _og word family (examples: frog, hog, log, etc.). We also learned about the blends pr and tr.
Writing: This week we continued our opinion writing unit. Instead of writing about things we like, we started writing about things we don’t like. Ask your child what they chose to write about!
Math: This week we started a new unit on measurement. In kindergarten, we measure items using non-standard units of measurement (example: cubes, sticks, or paperclips). This week we focused on measuring length.  We worked on describing what we measured using the words shortest, longest, shorter, and longer. Ask your child how long their foot is! 
Theme: During theme this week, we learned about animals. We focused on animal coverings, how they move, and their habitat. Ask your child what animal he/she researched.

Read! Read! Read!
Can you believe that kindergarten is almost over? That means that end of the year reading assessments are just right around the corner.  Willard has very high reading expectations.  Please make time to read with your child nightly. Thank you all for your support!

Spring Wonder Table
Keep an eye out for signs of spring that we can observe on our wonder table. Insects and plants are welcome!

Popcorn Words
Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn Words.
This week’s words:
want & your
Previous words:
out, new, over, her, give, day, what, was, when, where, with, this, love, him, will, play, she, did, for, of, you, come, here, have, said, are, got, get, it, on, had, has, he, do, look, in, like, and, a, up, at, I, see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember
April 24th: WOHE Night at Cardinals Game
April 29th: Talent Show Try-Outs
May 1st: Sock Hop
May 18th: Field Day
May 22nd: Last Day of School


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