Our exploration of the rainforest habitat continues this week. Along with a
nonfiction book that will teach us more details about this habitat, we will
learn a bit in particular about the sloth. We will also be beginning an author
study on the wonderful Eric Carle. I’m super excited about sharing not only
his stories, but his artwork and ways of cultivating his ideas with the
kindergartners!
We continue our PBL work on our animals. At least a couple of days this
week will continue to be dedicated to our habitat focus on the dioramas. As soon as we
finish with that, it is on to our animal’s diet.
In math, we will be practicing our skip counting by 10s. Skip counting by 2s
and 5s was a bit tricky for some of the students. At this point in their learning,
this skill is introduced for exposure. We are hoping to aid them in seeing the
inherent patterns in counting and that smaller amounts make up larger
amounts. If your child does not seem to master the discrete skills of counting
by 2s and 5s, please do not stress. While it is a helpful skill, mastery of it is
not expected at this age (counting both by 1s and 10s to 100 is a Kindergarten
skill to be mastered). It can be helpful to reinforce the more familiar
counting patterns within skip counted by using Whisper- Loud counting
pattern: this is done by whispering the “skipped” numbers and saying the
“pattern” numbers louder. For example: whisper 1, loud 2, whisper 3, loud 4
AND whisper 1, 2, 3, 4, loud 5. Getting the whole body involved adds another
dimension and concreteness to the skill. Your child can crouch down on the
whispered numbers and stand/hop up on the out loud numbers. Also, counting
out real materials can be helpful.
We will also spend some time reviewing and practicing describing and
comparing shapes as well as our teen numbers- continuing to focus on how
these numbers are 10 and some more.
Please make sure your child has their 100 object bag ready to go for
Monday. If your child does not bring a bag, they will still participate in
the counting activities, but it won’t be quite as much fun.
HOMEWORK
Reading:
10 minutes each night. Reading can include reading stories, the poems in the
binder, sight words, and working on alphabet letter sound fluency.
Math:
Remember, math should be done for 10 minutes each night. Time spent with
the activities you got from Math Night is a great idea, too!
Monday- F.6 Learn to skip-count by tens
Tuesday- F.7 Skip-count by tens
Revisit a concept of your choosing for Wednesday and Thursday.
Some suggestions are:
* Any skill from the D skill section (Numbers and counting up to 20)
* Skip counting by 10, if it seemed tricky for your child
* Any shape skill that seemed tricky for your child, particularly
