Kindergarten
News
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Monday April 21st to April 25th
This
week in Phonics we are learning about the diagraph “sh”. A diagraph is when two letters come together
to make one sound. We code digraphs by
drawing a line under them. This reminds
the children that the two letters only make one sound.
Monday April
28nd will begin diebels testing with the Reading department, and
very soon we will begin getting the testing started for the last report card. The reading department retests all of the
children at the end of the year.
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They are
tested on letter identification, sounds, and the students have to give a word
that begins with each letter of the alphabet.
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A sentence will be dictated, and the children
will have to write it. This is done one
word at a time.
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They will be given 10 minutes to write as many
words as they can think of, and that’s why you are seeing us working on word
families. I have had children in past
years write more than 100 words. This
you can practice all of these things at home, the more use to doing this, the
easier it is for them the day of the test.
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Next week we
will be working on topic 11, composing and decomposing numbers to 19. If your child did not meet the goals for
counting to 100, please practice this daily at home. It is a common core standard that needs to be
met before first grade.
JWe
are introducing the story “Mayday, Mayday” in Reading. Its genre is”
informational text” and the comprehension skills is “cause and effect”. This is
a real story full of adventure, and the children love it. They will be learning about transportation
that helps in an emergency.
JMonday April 21st will be day # 5 on the school
rotation and we will have music class.
We are beginning to practice the songs for our kindergarten graduation.
JThe children
are permitted to wear gym clothes on Monday because we will be going to the
baseball field for some fun activities provided by a club at the high school
called Teens against Tobacco”.
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