Kindergarten is the BEST place on Earth!

Reading: We will be reading the book How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots by Barbara Knutson. It is a Swahili folktale about friendship. We will be discussing the vocabulary in the text and the meanings of the words. The we are making story maps for the guinea fowl and ending with creating our own guinea fowl characters... with white spots of course. :) (I tried finding a reading of the book on Youtube. However I was not lucky... so I chose another African Folktale for the students to enjoy. ) Our Word Family is the -an family, our blend is sl-, our vowel focus will be letter u again (short sound & long sound) and we will review all of the Sight Word learned through out the year. :) Here is a link to the sl- blend power point I made. :)                                    
                             
At home, discuss African Folktales with your child and possibly watch videos of them on Youtube. A few of my favorites are Anansi the Spider and Zomo the Rabbit. **The video above is a variation of the Anansi story.
Science/Social Studies: We will be working on projects for International Cultural Day again this week. The animals we will be making this week are giraffes and zebras.
At home, discuss the animals with your child. Ask them to tell you the steps for making the animal heads. :) Then ask them/ teach them facts about Africa.


Math: We are finishing up the Topic on composing and decomposing numbers. This time around our numbers are larger~ 11-19. When discussing the numbers, your child will be asked to make a number by having the ten frame and then ask how many ones are needed.
We will be taking the practice test on Wednesday and the real test on Thursday. :)
At home, go over the same type of questions with your child. If your child is having trouble go back to composing and decomposing up to 10. Then when they seem more comfortable with the process, go on to the larger numbers.