The kindergarteners celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday this week. We enjoyed learning about the author & illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and listening to his books. Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated 44 books. We noticed right away, Dr. Seuss’ stories rhyme. Each time we read one of his books, we found all of the different rhyming words. We worked a lot on rhyming this week. We even made our own rhyming book. We also worked on identifying two different kinds of sentences, asking (questions) and telling (statements). We each wrote a letter to the Cat in the Hat telling him about ourselves and asking him questions. Then we created a picture of the Cat in the Hat by following the given directions. The highlight of the week was when we made a special Cat in the Hat snack. We put a marshmallow with a cat face on a stick and added bananas and strawberry slices to create his hat.
Monday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to our new words, here, your, & no
Reviewed our sight words
Read through our emergent reader, My Hat
Worked on identifying asking and telling sentences
Introduced to biographies
Listened to the story, Dr. Seuss
Read the story, All About Theodore Seuss Geisel
Listened to the story, The Cat in the Hat
Created a Cat in the Hat hat
Completed an in or ip worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Reviewed 3D shapes
Played I Spy 3D shapes
Completed a 2D and 3D sorting worksheet
Religion:
Colored the 5th Station of the Cross: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
Tuesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Reviewed asking and telling sentences
Identified the correct end mark for the sentence
Listened to the story, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
Wrote a letter to the Cat in the Hat
Completed an -id secret word worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Tall Enough to Ride - measuring with nonstandard measurements
Religion:
Prayed Stations of the Cross together as a school
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Listened to the story, Green Eggs and Ham
Reviewed rhyming and word families
Created a Dr Seuss Hat rhyming book
Completed a Secret Word ip worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Subtraction Symbol
Religion:
Colored the 6th Station of the Cross: Veronica Wipes Jesus’ Face
Thursday:
Discovery Day - We had some preschoolers from around town join us as we danced and sang with the Jolly Pops.
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Listened to the story, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Finished our rhyming books
Completed a it & ig sorting worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Colored the 7th Stations of the Cross: Jesus Fall for the Second Time
Watched a video of St Kateri Tekakwitha and colored her picture
Friday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a Secret Word worksheet
Listened to the story Fox in Socks
Labeled the different parts of the Cat in the Hat
Created our own Cat in the Hat snack with marshmallows, strawberries, & bananas
Watched The Cat in the Hat and compared it to the book
Directed Drawing - Created a picture of the Cat in the Hat by following the directions
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Mass