This week we read the story, Chicks and Salsa and continued to identify characters and setting.  We also talked about farm animals and are completing a research journal about horses. The vocabulary words we learned were: problem, discovered, encouragement, overwhelmed, disappointed.  Our new popcorn words were: was, saw, are, well.  The word family that we worked on was -ob.  Our math activities have been focusing on addition and subtraction.  We ended the week with a fun field trip to the DuPage Children's Museum.                                                  A Peek At Next Week: 
                      Reading: Rainbow Fish
                          Popcorn Words: pretty, funny, under, find

Math: Addition and Subtraction within ten (solving problems using different strategies)
     Library: Tuesday & Thursday 

Art: Wednesday
   Music: Fridays
   Gym & Recess: Everyday
 Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters 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, ch, sh, ng, th, qu. ou, oi, ue, er, ar
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, no, go, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, five, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they, eat, please, want, with, came, make, ate, ride, was, saw, are, well
Math: counting to 100 by 1's and 10's, recognizing & comparing numbers 1-20, finding the missing number 1-20, recognizing and naming shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, rhombus, hexagon, cube, cone, sphere, cylinder) patterns, addition and subtraction within 10
Reminders:  

ABC Countdown next week...

Monday (C) Crazy Hair Day

Tuesday (D) Dance Day

Wednesday (E) Extra Recess Day

Thursday (F) Freeze Pop Day

Friday (G) Game Day

         

This week we started celebrating Earth Day!  We read stories such as Miss Fox's Class Goes Green and 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World. We made art projects and wrote about how we can help our Earth, even as kindergartners. Our new popcorn words were: eat, please, want, with.  The word family we were working on was -ot.  In math we have been working on addition and subtraction, and strategies we can use when solving problems.  

                                     A Peek At Next Week:

                                                    Reading: Hey Little Ant
                                           Popcorn Words: came, make, ate, ride
Math: Addition and Subtraction within five (solving problems using different strategies)

                                             Library: Tuesday & Thursday

                                                     Art: Wednesday

                                                        Music: Fridays

                                                  Gym & Recess: Everyday

                                               Things to review and practice: 

Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters 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, ch, sh, ng, th, qu. ou, oi, ue, er, ar

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, no, go, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, five, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they, eat, please, want, with

Math: counting to 100 by 1's and 10's, recognizing & comparing numbers 1-20, finding the missing number 1-20, recognizing and naming shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, rhombus, hexagon, cube, cone, sphere, cylinder) patterns, addition and subtraction

Reminders:  To celebrate Earth Day, please have your child wear a GREEN SHIRT on Tuesday, April 19th.  Our school will be taking a group picture on this day.  Also, there is an Open House,Book Fair and Art Show at Elizabeth Ide School on Thursday, April 22nd from 6:30-8:00.  If you are able to attend, the students would love to share their school with you.