This week in reading, the comprehension focus was: Students explore text features of expository nonfiction.  Students also identified what they learned from a nonfiction book and used wondering to help them understand the book.  The vocabulary words they learned were: prey, object, unusual & fact. The popcorn words we learned were: eat, please, want, with.  In our phonemic awareness program, we have been working with s blends such as st, sc, sk, sm, sn, sl, sw and sp.  We also reviewed short e word families such as -ed, -en, -et, -est, -ell.  In math we have been working on counting by 5's, graphing, and subtraction.  Kindergarten students should demonstrate fluency with subtraction facts within 5.  First, we focused on -0, then moved on to -1.  Next week we will use the strategies we have learned to solve -2 problems.  We will continue to work on addition and subtraction for the rest of the year.  Have a great weekend and Happy Easter!   

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Unit 7: Wondering (using expository nonfiction)

New Vocabulary: assist, injure, recover, clever

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  assortment, enjoy, gooey, container, scrumptious, whirl, scramble, determined, proud, snatch, furious, comfort, welcome, allow, frustrated, decide, practice, slam, filthy, concerned, moan, enormous, observe, patient, scoop, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn, healthy, prevent, load, important, useful, similar, repair, communicate, active, haul, switch, swiftly, prey, object, unusual, fact 

Word Families: -ot, -op
Phonemic Awareness: review digraph sounds wh, ch, sh, th & l-blends bl, cl, fl,gl, pl, sl & r-blends br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr & s-blends sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final & medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction, fluency of subtraction facts (-2), counting by 5's
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters & numbers
Popcorn Words: came, make, ate, ride
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Wednesdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Thursdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
phonics: recognition & sounds of/making words with s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Counting by 5's to 100, Number formation, recognition, place value and counting objects #1-20,
Practice popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at, on, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they, eat, please, want, with
Read together :)