Kindergarten is a busy place. The kindergartners have been working hard.
Things we have been working on:
Letters, letters, letters........... Letter sounds are an important part of kindergarten. Although we will continue focusing on one letter at a time for further study, kindergartners should be familiar with all 26 letters capital and lowercase. Kindergartners should know most of the letter sounds as well.
Words, words, words............ We have been reading words. The kindergartners are getting good at sounding out beginning words. They should also be able to recognize our sight words. The sight words that we have covered so far are listed below.
the a my that and I is said in we it are you on have to me go do for he as she his has at with was be see this of not from they your there here put who what make were her where then made into will but him did get up if all be so some been does us their would done must than about very
Numbers, numbers, numbers.............. We will cover 1-31 officially, we will learn numbers farther as they are ready. Students should be able to read and understand these numbers, recognize patterns, count objects, understand words such as more, less, above, below, beside, fewer, greater, and same.
Counting benchmarks: 1st quarter: 25 2nd quarter: 50 3rd quarter: 75 4th quarter: 100
Kindergarten students need to be able to recognize penny, nickel, dime, and quarter as well as know how much each coin is worth.
We work on addition and subtraction during the second semester.
All of the kindergarten students are involved with guided reading for 45 minutes daily. The students attend three sessions in their groups during this time. One session is with me. During their time with me we are working on reading stories at their level.
- we read stories
- discuss character, setting, and plot
- punctuation marks including period, question mark, and exclamation mark
- letter sounds, beginning sounds, ending sounds, medial sounds
- sequence
- main idea and supporting details
- author's purpose: entertain, inform, or persuade
- problems and solutions
- naming words and action words
