Apples

We are working on learning the sounds in our fourth sound book (ai, j, oa, ie, ee/or).  This sound book is challenging and features double letter sounds.  We learned the rule "when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking" to help us remember the double letter sounds.  Learning and applying these sounds is very difficult for our Kindergarten kids!  Please practice producing the sound when shown the letters, writing the letters when given the sound, and blending words that contain these sounds (pie, tie, train, boat, goat, bee, see, fort, etc).  It is very important for students to begin to apply this letter/sound knowledge when reading unknown words. 

Our class has been reading nonfiction and fiction stories around an apple theme!  We have been making mini-books that contain our Kindergarten sight words and have been practicing reading these stories to ourselves and to a partner!  We are working on reading with a "reading finger" and pointing to the words as we read. The Kindergarten students are so excited to be able to READ these stories!  Continue to practice the 31 Kindergarten sight words at home.  The more fluent our students become with these words, the better reader he/she will become!  The students really enjoyed making homemade applesauce and eating it on Wednesday,  (Recipe for Applesauce: 20 sliced and peeled apples, 1 cup of sugar, and 1/4 to 1/2 a cup of Red Hots.  Cook in a crockpot on HIGH for 5/6 hours, mashing the apples several times while cooking).  Ask your child if he/she enjoyed our homemade applesauce!

We are continuing to build our number sense.  We have been focused on the numbers in the teens!  We have practiced identifying the numbers, writing the numbers, ordering numbers, and playing fun math games to help us manipulate the numbers.  Continue to practice number identification at home!

Schedule for Next Week:
Monday - D Day
Tuesday- A Day
Wednesday - B Day
Thursday- C Day
Friday- D Day