May 29 Memorial Day-NO SCHOOL

• If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to your child's teacher via email or talking points
• If your child is in need of a winter coat, please let their teacher know.

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• In the month of May, students are continuing to work on the alphabet. Students will be able to identify letters and letter sounds of the alphabet. 
• We are continuing to work on spelling phonetically. That means sounding out a word slowly and writing down all the sounds that are heard. 
• Students are focusing on persuasive writing, which means writing about opinions or ideas.
• We are continuing to identify and spell high frequency words. 
• In reading, we are learning about characters, feelings, problems/solutions, cause and effect to dive deeper into a story. This helps students understand books better and be able to make meaningful connections to what they read. 

HOME PRACTICES

• Have your child write a story and draw a picture to go along with it. 
• Read with your child and ask them questions 
  • Examples of questions: What was the character feeling? What happened in the story? What does the story make you think of? What did you like or dislike about the story?

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Students are learning to compare two objects or events according to one or more attributes. They are comparing longer vs. shorter, taller vs. shorter, heavier vs. lighter, hotter vs. colder, etc.
• Students are learning to investigate fractions. They are focusing on one whole and one half fractions.
• Students are learning to model and solve single step story and picture problems with sums and differences to 10.

HOME PRACTICES

• Have your child compare which cup is taller vs. shorter. Have them compare what is heavier than their backpack. Have them make a line with their toys and compare which one is longer vs. shorter. Make all of this into a game. Have your child make you guess and have them tell you the correct answer. 
• Have your child use objects around the house to create math problems. For example, I have two grapes and you give me seven more. How many grapes do you have altogether? You have 5 cookies and I ate two. How many cookies do you have now?

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Students are learning all about plants! We are learning about the plant life cycle and what a plant needs to live. 
• Students are learning about identifying simple places on a map. Understanding that map and globes show different perspectives
• Students are learning how to measure change over time. 

HOME PRACTICES

• Ask your child what does a plant need to survive? Do humans and plants need the same things?
• Have your child recite the plant life cycle and different parts of a plant. 
• Ask your child to draw you a picture of themselves now and as a baby. Ask them how they have changed?

• A few of the AAP curriculum and strategies that kindergarten students have engaged in this month are:  Science–Project Clarion: What Do Plants Need to Thrive?
•  Ask your child more about which strategies they engaged within their classroom in this month.

February

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Learning to read and recognize high frequency words.
• Phonetically sounding out words when spelling. 
• Learning about characters in print
• Writing personal narratives
• Learning about character’s feelings

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice sounding out words that are unknown.
• Practice writing first and last names.
• Practice writing a story about something they experienced. 
• Ask child questions about a story they read or you read 
  • “What was your favorite part?”
  • “What was the main idea of the story?

January

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Learning to read and recognize high frequency words.
• Phonetically sounding out words when spelling. 
• The difference between fiction and nonfiction texts.
• Make predictions about stories. 
• Identify the beginning, middle and end of a story. 
• Adding details to writing.

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice sounding out words that are unknown.
• Practice writing first and last names.
• Practice writing a story about something they experienced. 
• Ask child questions about a story they read or you read 
  • “What was your favorite part?”
  • “What was the main idea of the story?”

December

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Building letter and sound knowledge of y,z,v,w and short vowels
• Building Routines and Procedures for Word Study
• Non Fiction Texts: Listening, reading, writing
• Understanding the connection between letters and their sounds
• Practicing drawing pictures about real life.

HOME PRACTICES

• Identify letters in their last names
• Ask ending sounds of things around the house
• Read books to your child and ask questions about something you heard

February

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Count forward orally by ones from 0 to 100 
• Identify the number after, without counting, when given any number between 0 and 100 
• Identify the number before, without counting, when given any number between 1 and 10
• Count forward by tens to determine the total number of objects to 100

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice counting toys.
• Practice writing their numbers.
• Practice counting aloud

January

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Counting forward to 31
• Read/write numbers 0-20
• Count how many are in a set up to 20. 
• Understanding Part Whole relationships.
• Composing and decomposing numbers to 5.

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice counting toys.
• Practice writing their numbers.
• Practice putting together two sets of numbers. 
  • 2 socks and 3 shirts, how many pieces of clothing?

December

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Compare sets of objects
• Read and write numbers 0-20
• Identify the number before and after a given number
• Count 0- 31
• Count backwards from 10
• Explaining our thinking mathematically 

HOME PRACTICES

• Count items around the house or toys
• Group more, less, same 
• Practice writing teen numbers

February

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Learning how people, places, things, and ideas change over time.
• Everyday life today is different from everyday life long ago.
• Some things change over time, while other things remain the same.
• Learning how pushes and pulls affect motion

HOME PRACTICES

• Talk to your child about how things change over time
• Ask your child about forces in motion 

January 

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Community Helpers, different jobs that make up a community.
• Identifying places and objects on a map.
• Living vs. NonLiving things–what does a living thing need to survive?
• Studying daily weather patterns.
• Learn about seasons and the changes in weather. 

HOME PRACTICES

• Ask your child about a community job they learned in school.
• Have your child look or listen to the daily weather forecast. 
  • Ask them if they will need a jacket, raincoat or an umbrella that day. 
• Have your child keep a weather chart or journal at home.

December

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• 3 R’s: Respect self, others and property
• Making Choices
• Change over time
• Holidays & traditions
• Maps & globes
• Making observations
• Living & non-living
• Weather
• Animal needs 

 HOME PRACTICES

• Practice respect self, others and property
• Give your child tasks to do around the household. 
• Practice independency 
• Talk to your child about holidays celebrated with family
• Go on a nature walk. 
• Talk about what you living and non living things observed.
• What is the weather like? What items do  we need for this weather?
• Discuss animals needs

November

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Building letter and sound knowledge of p, ch,u, b, r, f, w,  r, e, and n
• Building Routines and Procedures for Word Study
• Listening and comprehension
• Understanding the connection between letters and their sounds
• Practicing drawing pictures about real life

HOME PRACTICES

• Identify letters in their names
• Ask beginning sounds of things around the house
• Ask questions about their day
• Read books to your child  
• Ask them about what you just read. 
• For example: “What happened in the story?”

October

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Build letter and sound knowledge of g,m,l,ht,i,j,k
• Building Routines and Procedures for Word Study
• Listening and comprehension
• Begin to understand that letters make sounds
• Practice drawing pictures about real life

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice identify letters in their names
• Ask beginning sounds of things around the house
• Ask questions about their day
• Read books to your child 

• Ask them about what you just read. 
• For example: “What happened in the story?”

September

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Letter Learning with Names
• Building Routines and Procedures for Word Study
• Listening and comprehension
• Begin to understand that letters make sounds

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice identify letters in their names
• Ask beginning sounds of things around the house
• Ask questions about their day
  • Read books to your child 
  • Ask them about what you just read. 
  • For example: “What happened in the story?”

November

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Creating and extending patterns
• Read and write numbers 0-20
• Identify the number before and after a given number
• Counting to 30
• Count backwards from 10
• Explaining our thinking mathematically 

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice counting
• Count items around the house or toys
• Identify patterns in the real world
• Practice writing numbers

October

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Exploring math tools
• Read and Write Numbers 0-10
• Identify the number before and after a given number
• Counting to 20
• Count backwards from 10
• Explaining our thinking mathematically 

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice counting
• Count items around the house or toys
• Identify patterns in the real world
• Practice writing numbers

September

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Exploring math tools
• Sorting by size, shape, color
• Patterns 
• Counting 
• Explaining our thinking mathematically 

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice counting
• Sort laundry or toys
• Identify patterns in the real world

November

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• 3 R’s: Respect self, others and property
• Making Choices
• Change over time
• Holidays & traditions
• Maps & globes
• Making observations
• Living & non-living
• Weather
• Animal needs

October

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Good Citizenship
• 3 R’s: Respect self, others and property
• Making Choices
• Change Over TIme
• Be able to describe locations of people, places and things
• Making Observations
• Squirrels 
• Ants
• Pumpkins

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice respect  self, others and property
• Give your child tasks to do around the household. 
  • Practice  independency 
• Go on a nature walk. 
  • Talk about what you observed.
  • What senses did you use?
• Discuss making good choices.

September

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING

• Good Citizenship
• 3 R’s: Respect self, others and property
• Making Choices
• Change Over TIme
• Be able to describe locations of people, places and things
• Making Observations
• 5 senses 
• Shadows 
• Pumpkins

HOME PRACTICES

• Practice respect  self, others and property
• Give your child tasks to do around the household. 
  • Practice  independency 
• Go on a nature walk. 
  • Talk about what you observed.
  • What senses did you use?
• Discuss making good choices.