November Update

November has been a busy month in kindergarten. Here are some things we have been learning & what's to come..

Reading:

We have learned ALL letter sounds, and are working on chunks and vowel patterns. 

• Sh (quiet sound-pointer finger by mouth)
• Th (rude clown-sticking out his tongue)
• Ch (like a train)
• ee/or (EEYORE)--(hands up like donkey's ears for EE then down for OR)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKq8s8154s&list=PL9EuK5QW6-TdxO2fnIVBL3sR4CuAWszId&index=3

We have been making connections from our own lives to our reading, and making inferences and predictions to work on comprehension skills. 

PLEASE be reading EVERY night & let me know if the books are too hard/easy. 

RAZ KIDS is a great free app to work on at home on the computer or the ipad. My login is: medminster1

Strategies to decode words: 

• Flippy the Dolphin  (flip the vowel sound from short to long as needed)
• Chunky the Monkey (look for chunks in words when sounding them out)

Words to Know:

• She
• Is
• and
• me
• we
• has
• to 
• he 

Writing:

We have been "Launching Writer's Workshop" so far, and moving into writing Narratives/Stories. 

Math Skills:

• Numbers 5-10
• Teen numbers
• Counting to 100
• Counting by 10s and 5s
• Shapes: Circle, triangle, rectangle, square, hexagon (moving into 3D shapes)
• Basic understanding of what addition and subtraction are 

What's to come....

CHRISTMAS & WINTER BREAK!!!! If your family celebrates any other holiday during the winter months please let me know and we can incorporate that into our celebrations! ALSO: Keep letting me know if your child wants me to come to any extra curricular event this winter!