Kindergarten Updates





Fourth Six Weeks Kindergarten Work:  

We reinforce each activity with different types of indoor and outdoor games whenever possible. For example with spelling we play horse using his spelling words, or throw the baseball back and forth with each of us spelling a word before we can throw.  We also put pudding in zip lock bags and use our fingers to trace out our spelling words. We also google and find pictures of the words or actions in a pi, making a scavenger hunt out of it. For our sentences we like to act them out. For example if the sentence is “Go pet the dog, please.” He will say the sentence as he goes and pets the god. So when creating his sentences I try and think of things he can do after he reads them to reinforce what he read. I will also write the separate words on note cards and hide them throughout the house. I will write the main sentence on the dry erase board and Drake will search for each word in the sentence and place it under the correct word on the board. When he has found them all we read the sentence together and then he will hid and I will find. For math I always get the items out so he can physically handle them. If I am adding 5 cans and 2 cans I will get 7 cans out for him. It really helps him if he can read it, see it and touch it. I also will write all his words on note cards and will lay the out and we will make sentences from them or I will say find me all the words that begin with “t” or end with “p”. Find me “see”. He gets high fives for each correct one or sometimes an M&M for each correct one as a bonus snack. 

Spelling words:
big, go, has, not, on, said, in, are, and, love, do, that, of, look, you, me, it, with, she, an, he, for, to, see, my, we, have, is, the, at, can, like, am, I

Daily Sentence:  
We have been working with learning the difference between the different types of sentences: exclamatory, (shows strong emotion) interrogative (asks a question, ends in a question mark), declarative (makes a statement, punctuated with a period), and imperative (command or polite suggestion, ends in a period or exclamation mark).
The big dog is barking. (Declarative)
It would look better over there. (Imperative)
Can I go to the party? (Interrogative)
Do you have a big brother or sister? (Interrogative)
He has it in his hand. (Declarative)
The dog is not here. (Declarative)
She is not with me! (Exclamatory)
Who has cards for our class? (Interrogative)
Close the door. (Imperative)
Please be quite. (Imperative)
My book is on the table. (Declarative)
The shoes are on my feet. (Declarative)
Can I sit on the mat? (Interrogative)
Turn in the lights! (Exclamatory)
We have PE outside. (Declarative)
We have lunch at the table. (Declarative)
How many cats do we have? (Interrogative)
Here is your blanket! (Exclamatory)
Where are your socks? (Interrogative)
Those books are for coloring. (Declarative)
Please stop doing that. (Imperative)

Writing:
Monday: Write your name three times
Tuesday: Use 3 of your spelling words in a sentence.
Wednesday: Fill in the missing letter worksheet. Ex: sa_d; _love; c_n
Thursday:  Write 3 sentences using at least 2 of your spelling words. Ex: The big dog said you love me.
Friday:  Write a sentence with your name in it. Ex: Drake likes to read.

Math:
Mondays: Practice writing your number 1-10
Tuesday: Add objects worksheet. Ex: 3 shirts and 2 shirts= 5 shirts
Wednesday: Worksheet for coloring larger item, smaller item, items that are the same size, items that have the same number objects.
Thursday: Write the missing numbers; count and write. Ex: 8 circles, write the number eight (8)
Friday:  Trace the numbers and draw a line to match each number with the correct number of items. 

  Language Arts:
Color the picture that ends with b, d, p, e
Color the picture that begins with s, w, t, c
Circle the word that completes each sentence: Ex: I can ___ (Go, He)
Write –ip, -ug to make each word. Ex: (mug picture) M_ _. (Jar Picture) J _ _

Reading:
 GOOD FRIENDS
This Place in the Snow
Bond, Rebecca
Bootsie Barker Bites
Bottner, Barbara
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Cronin, Doreen
A Weekend With Wendell
Henkes, Kevin
The Giant Hug
Horning, Sandra
Perfect the Pig
Jeschke, Susan
Violet’s Music
Johnson, Angela
Armadilly Chile
Ketteman, Helen
George & Martha
Marshall, James
Widget and the Puppy
McFarland, Lyn
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed
Pearson, Emily
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Rathmann, Peggy
Elizabeth and Larry
Sadler, Marilyn
Goldie and the Three Bears
Stanley, Diane
McDuff Goes to School
Wells, Rosemary
Manana, Iguana
Whitford Paul, Ann
Jubal’s Wish
Wood, Audrey
FAMILY
April Foolishness
Bateman, Teresa
This is the Van that Dad Cleaned
Campbell Ernst, Lisa
I am Too Absolutely Small for School
Child, Lauren
Diary of a Worm
Cronin, Doreen
Meet the Barkers
DePaula, Tomie
Daffodil
Jenkins, Emily
Everybody Makes Mistakes
Kole Maclean, Christine
Thomas’ Snowsuit
Munsch, Robert
A Pocket Full of Kisses
Penn, Audrey
Little Raccoon’s Big Question
Schlein, Miriam
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Viorst, Judith
Knuffle Bunny
Willems, Mo
Concept Books
The Turn Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book
Campbell Ernst, Lisa
10 Little Rubber Ducks
Carle, Eric
Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack An Alphabetical Adventure
Cronin, Doreen
Color Farm
Ehlert, Lois
Food for Thought: The Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds
Freymann, Saxton
Waving- a Counting Book
Sis, Peter
Little Quack
Thompson, Lauren
Alphabet Adventure
Wood, Audrey
Rhyming Stories
Boom Chicka Rock
Archambault. John
Hey Mama Goose
Breskin Zalben, Jane
Sleepy Bears
Fox, Mem
Chicka, Chicka, 1,2,3
Martin Jr., Bill
To Market, To Market
Miranda, Anne
Chimps Don’t Wear Glasses
Numeroff, Laura
Silly Sally
Wood, Audrey
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Yolen, Jane
Folktales and Fairy Tales
The Gingerbread Man
Aylesworth, Jim
The Gingerbread Baby
Brett, Jan
The Mitten
Brett, Jan
The Little Snowgirl
Croll, Carolyn
Three Little Kittens
Galdone, Paul
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You
Hoberman, Mary Ann
Tops and Bottoms
Stevens, Janet
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Sturges, Philemon

Bible/Character Study:  
 Stay with each verse for one week or longer if having a difficult time with memorization.
Monday: Say the verse together, talk about the meaning. Pick out any spelling words we know. Pray
Tuesday: Say the verse together, verse application to life. Pray Also, AWANA night!
Wednesday: Drake says the verse, I will help when needed. Let Drake tell me what the verse means and how he can apply it to his life. Make corrections-ALWAYS ENCOURAGE. Pray
Thursday: Drake says the verse, I will help when needed. Let Drake tell me what the verse means and how he can apply it to his life. A. Draw a picture of the topic: Ex: Obedience-Drake making his bed when I ask. B. Find a coloring page online that goes with Bible verse for Drake to color. Pray
Friday: Drake says verse, tells me what it means and how he can apply it to his life. Pray.
Verses we memorized (hopefully) this six weeks:
1.       “Then he went down to Nazareth . . . and was obedient.”
LUKE 2:51, NIV.
2.      “Even a child is known by his actions.” PROVERBS 20:11, NIV.
3.      “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature.” LUKE 2:52, NIV.
4.      “Be kind . . . to one another.” EPHESIANS 4:32, NIV.
5.      “Let the little children come to me.” LUKE 18:16, NIV.
6.      “[Jesus] came to seek and to save what was lost.”
LUKE 19:10, NIV.
7.      “Love your neighbor as yourself.” LUKE 10:27, NIV.
8.      “Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.”
JOHN 11:5, NIV.
9.      “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”
LUKE 19:38, NIV.
10.  “He now showed them . . . his love.” JOHN 13:1, NIV.
11.  “You are worthy . . . God, to receive glory and honor
and power.” REVELATION 4:11, NIV.
12.  “We believe that Jesus died and rose again.”
1 THESSALONIANS 4:14, NIV.
13.  “We are looking forward to a new heaven.”
2 PETER 3:13, NIV.

Geography:
 Identifying north, south, east and west by using the sun and moon locations when walking. Sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Location of Texas on a map compared to Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Washington. Naming the continents to songs while pointing to them on the globe: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Learning our address, city, county, country. Distinguishing between land and water.

Music (M,W,F)

Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin: Listen to different songs from the composer’s daily while doing school work. Talk about why he does or does not like each song. Dance along to the music, talk about the composer’s life while dancing. Find coloring pages of the composer; find other musicians who have redone his work-who do you like better? Why? Why Not? Try and hum the music back as you listen. Describe how the music makes you feel.

Art (T/Th) Differs from day to day: painting, working with clay, building with legos, coloring, etc


 

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