Bear Snores On  Karma Wilson

Point to and ask what the letter is:  Review of the letters A-Z.

Name the letters in the days of the week.

Ask what sounds the letters make:  Emphasis on the sound of “t.”, “m”, “a”, “s”, “p”, and “k”.

We are beginning to blend the following words:  Sam, mat, at, am and Tam.

We are working on the “at” and “am” family words.

Practice reading these words.

I                 am            the            little      to     a    we     my    like

Mom           dad           cat         dog          man   have    is 

AMAZING WORDS!               

Words to practice using around the house:

Sleep, winter, cave, woods, storm, blustery

We are learning about characters in this book.  We are discussing similarities and differences between the characters.

We will discuss the sequence (first, next, last) of the story in the books that you read to your child.

We are comparing and contrasting what we know.

We are discussing when and where the story takes place.

Predict what could happen in the book before you read to your child it by looking at the cover.

We are learning to retell a story by looking at the pictures.

We are learning about main ideas.

We are learning about our story through the use of graphic organizers.

We are discussing realism and fantasy.

We are learning that new topics begin with a heading.

We are reviewing that nouns name people, animals, places, and things.

We are learning about proper nouns.  They begin with capital letters.

We are being introduced to adjectives.  We are learning that adjectives describe nouns.

We are learning that there are adjectives for sizes, numbers, colors and shapes.

We are learning about nouns for more than one.

We will practice printing our first and last names.

Practice making the strokes going down.

We are printing numerals.

We are printing letters in the alphabet.

We are learning that rhyming words are words that sound the same except at the beginning.

We are listening for the beginning sounds and ending sounds in words.

We are looking at the number of syllables in a word.

We are learning that sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period.

We are learning to dictate sentences.

The children are completing sentences.

We are writing our names the “Kindergarten” way.  (large letter and then small letters for the rest)

We are labeling our work in our daily journal.  We are using nouns for people in captions.

We are beginning to revise and edit by checking our work. 

We are learning to respond to literature.

We are practicing responding to literature.

We are learning to expand our vocabulary.

We are learning to leave messages.

We are learning about announcements.

We are listening for directions.

We are learning to be good friends.

We are learning about family traditions and customs.

We are learning about the basic needs of animals.

We are learning about animals and their environments or habitats.

We are learning about different kinds of water.

We are learning about ocean environments.

We are observing the effects of weather.

We are learning about bird nests.

We are practicing doing the Sign of the Cross.

We are working on the following prayers:    Bless us, O Lord

                                                                       Glory to the Father

                                                                       Hail Mary

We are learning about Joseph and the Amazing Coat.

We are exploring patterns.

We are working with numerals.

We are learning about yesterday, today and tomorrow.

We are learning to log on by ourselves.  We are learning to type in our user name and password.  We then log on to internet explorer.  We are learning how to get to the Literacy Online Games on our Holy Family Kindergarten website.