Mrs. Lovenburg’s                                     

 Kindergarten Class Newsletter

March 8-12, 2010

Dates to Remember:

·        Mondays and Wednesdays are ice cream       

                    days.  $.50

·         March 12 and March 15-19   No School

SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Math

           The objectives this week are:

·         working on addition.

Phonics

      The objectives this week are:

·         practice saying the alphabet.

·      Oral Assessment #24

·      learning the difference between

consonants and vowels.

·      review letters Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa,

Nn, Mm, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk, Bb. Uu, Zz, Cc, Ee, Yy, Dd, Vv, Jj, Xx, Ww

·      words that sound the same or different

·      putting letters together to make words.

·      practice writing letter Qq

·      accented syllable

·      Initial (beginning), medial (middle), and

final sounds of words.

·      counting /qu/ sound in a sentence

·      rhyming words

·      practice spelling letter sounds and words.

·      coding vowels 

·      spelling words: quest, quill, quilt, quint, quit, quiz, squid

·      High Frequency Words:

·      Review Sight Words: to, for, from, four, into, one, you, said, have, do, love

·      New Sight Words:  was

·      Consonant blends: nd, bl, br, ft, dr, mp, st, fl, gl, gr, pr, sk, sl, sp, str, tr, tw,

·      number of words in a sentence

·      unblending sounds in words:

·      how many syllables are in words

·      compound words

·      Decodable Reader:

·      Fluency Reader: The Not Big Quilt

Science/Social Studies

      The objective this week is:

·         learning about emergency vehicles and helpers.

Reading

       Story:   ”Mayday! Mayday!” 

  ·         Identify /x/ words assessment and cause and effect assessment.

  ·        High frequency words we will review are (I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is, we, my, like, he, for, me, with, she, see, look, they you, of, do,  that, are, one, two, three, four, five, here, go, from). High frequency words we will learn are (yellow, blue, and green). Please practice with your child on learn and spelling these words.

·         Vocabulary words we will learn are yacht, rescue, pilot, sailor, mechanic, and shimmering. Please practice with your child on learning the meaning and using these words in a sentence.

·         Other words we will practice on reading are box, fox, mix, fix, six, was, Max, tax, Rex, and next.  Please practice with your child learning and spelling these words.

                 We will also work on:

·         preview/predicting the story

·         recalling and retelling

·         telling and asking sentences

·          cause and effect

·          complete sentences

·          initial, medial, and final sounds

·          group reading

·         sequencing

·          introducing consonant blends

·         writing words with consonant blends

·          blend phonemes to form a word

·         participate in frequent writing opportunities

·         fiction and nonfiction

·          speaking in clear,  complete, coherent sentences

·         recite short poems, rhymes and songs

·         show respect and consideration for others

·         uppercase and lowercase letters

·         daily fix-it sentences

·          rhyming words

·         Syllables

·          practice writing our name.

  ·         Practice reading little readers:  “Max”; “Rex’s Box”; “On the High Seas”; “Let’s Ride”; “Fox Can Fix It”

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Other News

·         At the end of the week I will be sending home a parent check sheet envelope with the work your child has done for the week. Please sign and send it back the following school day.

·         Your child will be bringing home

their binder with the 3 folders

each week.  Please check your child’s backpack for this binder.

o   Reading Folder

o   Homework Folder

o   Notes/ important papers

Folder

·         Please send back the binder

 with folders/homework and/ or little readers on Mondays and Fridays.

·         If by chance a little reader gets lost, you, as the parent, will have to pay $2.00 for each reader before your child is allowed to take another one home to read.

·         different from Mondays or   Fridays.

·         We have started our “Book-It Program”. Please make sure your child is reading every night.  If your child reads at least 10 books a month, he/she will receive a book-it certificate.  This will entitle your

child to receive a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.

              I sent home a word folder for your

              child to learn to recognize and practice

              spelling new words.  This folder will

               stay at home, and I will be sending

              new words each week to put in the

              folder.  This folder is a very important

              tool for your child to use while in  

              kindergarten.  If he/she learns to read

              each word without sounding it out, he/she

              will become a better reader.  Also, as your

              child learns to read each word, have them   

              to spell it.       

                        Thank You,

Mrs. Lovenburg