March 1st

It's March's Reading Month!

Please check your folder for all the information about reading hours for at home reading!  Kindergartners can earn time by enjoying books on their own, or with a family member reading to them.  For every hour they read each week, they will get their name added to our school drawing for some fun prizes!  Join the fun and practice your reading!

Phonics/Reading

This week we learned about letter Rr and it's sound /r/ and the letter Ll and it's sounds /l/.  We also learned that both of these letters can show up as the second letter in a word and blend in with the first sound (/br/, /cr/  /dr/, /sl/, cl/, /pl/, etc.)  When we segment these sounds to decode or write them we say each sound on it's own. When we read them, however, we want to blend and flow the two sounds together.  The /r/ and /l/ sounds, especially in blends are tricky for 5 and 6 year old's to pronounce and hear.  We will continue to practice segmenting and blending these sounds in words.

Here are some words to practice reading and writing at home:

flat  slip   slug   left   brag   drop

Can your child read these sentence?

I got a lot of lids.

I see the frog.

Get the drum from me.

New Heart Word:  see    from    look 

he     be     me    him     had    has

(These are the irregular words that we must learn by heart.)

Decodable Sight Words:   did   can   cut    up    us   got   big    

Our full list of Heart Words so far:  Our goal is to be reading and writing each of these words fluently:  

the    I    and   at    a   if   it  

 is    in   as   an   am   on   not   to   do   of   said   can

up   us   but   got   get  did   us   big    see   from   look

he     be     me    him     had    has

Math

We are learning to...

*Decompose numbers to 10 into number bonds

*Subtract within 10

*Write subtraction number equations

*Identify and count teen numbers

*Count to 100 by 1's and 10's

Writing

We are learning to...

*Write an opinion

*Label illustrations with all the sounds we hear

*Retell our stories

*Form letters correctly and neatly

* Write simple sentences with correct ending punctuation 

*Capitalize the first word in a sentence

*Put space between our words

Reminders

*  Send a snack daily.  Be sure it is separate from their lunches and easy to find.

*  Return library books every Thursday.

Take a Peek at our Week...

Dr. Suess fun!

Gym time!