Welcome to Kindergarten
May's Calendar
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Dates |
Reading
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Social Studies
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Math
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Science
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April 30 – May 4 |
Phonemic Awareness/ Phonics
and TPRI Skills: Letter names and sounds,
rhyming, blending word parts and phonemes, deleting initial and final sounds
in words, letter to sound linking, finding letters, words, sentences in
passages; Spiral review of /ks/, /g/, /w/, /e/, /o/, /i/; Word families of
–ox, -ix, -ed, -en and blending with these endings. Sight Words: her, him Pre-decodable Book: ”Rex” Reading Theme:
“Animals Now and Then” Listening comprehension oral language, and
vocabulary development through these reading selections: If the Dinosaurs Came
Back; “Powerful Plant Eating Dinosaurs”; “Tyler’s Trip to the Library” Writing: A Dinosaur Story – “If the Dinosaurs
Came Back to School” |
Science
Unit |
Calendar: month, day and year Counting 1-100 and backwards from 20; Number word: one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Counting items and writing
numbers 1-20; Measurement: Length |
Animal Unit: Animal Coverings |
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May 7 – May 11 |
Phonemic Awareness/ Phonics: Continue to work on TPRI Skills;
Focus on Sounds of Jj /j/ and Qq /kwa/; Blend with these sounds; Build and
write words with short sounds of /i/ Sight Words: had, went Pre-decodable Book: “I Can Play” Reading Theme:
“I Know A Lot” Listening Comprehension, oral language and vocabulary
development through these selections: What Do you Know? “The Blind Men
and the Elephant”; “The Knee High Man” Writing: Complete sentences; Write questions and
answers. |
Science Unit |
Calendar: month, day and year Counting 1-100 and backwards from 20; Number word: one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Counting items and writing
numbers 1-20 Measurements: Mass |
Animal Unit: Animal features ·
Wings ·
Feathers ·
Scales ·
Teeth ·
Feet ·
beaks |
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May 14 – May 18 |
Phonemic Awareness/ Phonics: Continue to work on TPRI
skills; Focus on sounds of /y/ and /z/; Blend with these sounds; Build and
write words containing these letters/sounds; read sentences with sight words
and decodable words Sight Words: they, them Pre-decodable Book: “Where Is My Pup?” Reading Theme:
If You were A Fish “Ocean and Ocean Animals”; Listening
comprehension, oral language and vocabulary development through books related
to the ocean theme Writing: Write complete sentences related to
ocean theme. |
Science Unit |
Calendar: month, day and year Counting 1-100 and backwards from 20; Number word: one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Measurements: capacity |
Ocean Unit: Students will discuss creatures
found in the ocean. |
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May 21 – May 25 |
Phonemic Awareness/ Phonics: Focus on TPRI skills; Sprial
review of all letters & sounds; Word families of –ug, -ut,--un; Review and Test for the END of
the TEST Sight Words: Review ALL Pre-decodable Book: “My Pet” Writing: Will be related to the Ocean theme. |
Review and Test Week |
Calendar: month, day and year Counting 1-100 and backwards from 20; Number word: one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Review and test Week |
Ocean Unit: Review and test Week |
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May 28 – June 1 |
Complete 4th Nine
Weeks and END of the Year Testing |
Complete 4th Nine
Weeks and END of the Year Testing |
Complete 4th Nine Weeks and END of the Year Testing |
Complete 4th Nine
Weeks and END of the Year Testing |
Important Dates:
May 18, 2012 – Field
Day
May 24, 2012 – Field
Trip
May 29, 2012 – Award Assemblies
@ 9AM
June 1, 2012 – Last Day
of School…Early Release Day @ 12 PM
Sight Words for the Year
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Red The One Here A Is An I See And We Two Blue He She Big Have Small It No This |
Go Up Three Down Yellow Who Has Do Four Are In On Green What Five Can You At Like Too Not |
Orange Six Look Keep My By Come For Did Purple Seven Get Yes That All To Said
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Nine Brown Be Me Her Him Ten Zero Black Little With Had Went They Them So Were
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