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Kinder Crew

Kindergarten Crew News

We are Learning:

​Language Arts: ​​​​​​​​

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• Wonders: Unit 6, Week 2: What's the Weather?

• Letter/Sound: Kk and ending -ck

• High Frequency Word(s): she, was

• Print Concepts: Structure of a sentence - starts with a capital letter, spacing between words, punctuation at the end, complete idea (including a noun and a verb).

• Handwriting: I can use a pencil with proper hand grip. I can write letters using the proper starting point and use the correct sequence of strokes for each letter. 

• Rhyming words

• Syllables

• Isolate or segment sounds in CV, CVC and CCVC words (2-4 sounds; e.g. on, cat, moon, dream, cloud, sleep)

• Writing our first name (capital at the beginning, the rest lowercase letters)

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Math:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• Module 4: Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10​

• Solve add to with result unknown word problems to 8
  with equations. Box the unknown.

• Solve put together with total unknown word problems to
  8 using objects and drawings.

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Expedition: Happy Habitats​​​​

• Habitats provided food, water and shelter for plants and animals. We discussed what would happen if we put a plant or animal in a different habitat, could it survive?

• Animal adaptations such as camouflage, blubber, fur, big/small ears, webbed toes, smell, etc. can help animals survive in their habitat.

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** Daley crew has library on THURSDAYS and Jacobson crew has library on FRIDAYS. Kindergarten is only allowed one book at a time**

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Take Note:​​​

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Are you reading every day?

Our students are working so hard on their letter names and sounds as well as blending those sounds together into words. One way we can continue to support this skill is by reading 20 minutes every night. This includes:

• Doing the daily section of our homework

• Letter/sound flashcards

• Practicing high frequency words or blending non-sense words

• Reading phonics books.

You can access our reading program online for a small subscription fee. Currently, you can get the first 30 days free with code 30FREE. They have amazing books for our students to read online or you can purchase the actual books to read at home. Please go to iseesam.com and click on "Digital Subscription Edition". We recommend starting at Set 1. If that seems too easy for your student, we are happy to do a placement assessment to see where they should get started - just send your crew teacher an email. We also have a few copies in our classroom you can borrow on an as needed basis. Thanks!