Friday, January 17, 2020

January Week 2

Kindergarten News 1/17/20

Greeting: Cow Handshake
Activity: Weather Show
Muscle Words -
  This Week: like
  Review: went, want, big, little, in, it, and, am, at, can, an, my, the, to, do, is, see, he, she, me, we, be, yes, no, I, & a
  Next Week: love
Readers Workshop: We talked about how we all have SCHEMA (memories and experiences) which help us understand and connect to books and stories.
Math: We focused on combinations to 5. We played lots of games, and used math manipulatives, to explore all the ways to make 5! For example: 0+4, 1+3, 2+2, 3+1, and 4+0 all equal 5.
Fundations -
This Week: Upper Case Letters
  Review: All of the Lower Case Letters
Next Week: Upper Case Letters
Writers Workshop: This month we are working on Opinion Writing. The students are learning to:
1. State their opinion
2. Support their opinion with two or more details
3. Write the word BECAUSE to help support their opinion
4. Have an exciting ending which restates their opinion in a different and fun way
Science and Global Citizenship: We learned about The Water Cycle! We continued to think about where puddles come from and where puddles grow. We learned about evaporation and different types of precipitation. We put celery into a jar filled with red water and looked for changes in the celery and the water level over time. We shared our observations during our Scientist Meetings!
Dates to Remember:
January 20th - No School
January 31st - 8:10am Celebration of Learners


Weather Show
(Fill in with sun, rain, snow, or wind)


Snow, Snow, Snow!
Here comes the snow!
Heard the weather show today,
Snow, Snow, Snow!
SNOW!



Water Cycle Cha Cha Cha


Evaporation, Evaporation,
Water floating to the sky.
Cha-Cha-Cha!


Condensation, Condensation,
Clouds forming in the sky.
Cha-Cha-Cha!


Precipitation, Precipitation,
Water falling from the sky.
Cha-Cha-Cha!


The Water Cycle, The Water Cycle,
Always happens all the time.
Cha-Cha-Cha!