Did you know there are 17 different kinds of penguins? The shortest penguin is about the size of our backpack and the tallest penguin is about three backpacks. This week the kindergartners learned all about the penguin from their size and species to what they like to do for fun. We found out that penguins move by waddling, hopping, tobogganing, swimming, diving, and surfing. They eat fish and krill for lunch. And not all penguins live where it is really cold, some live where it is warm. This week we discovered the difference between facts and opinions and completed several can/have/are charts. Then we completed a class book full of penguin facts. We also spent some time this week taking the NWEA standardized test for winter. We are halfway through the school year and this test will provide our teachers with valuable information about what we know and still need to learn.
Ball Words is our new self-paced sight word program based on the Dolch Word Mastery Lists. Each list is a group of 20 sight words. There are 11 sets of words. Students have the opportunity to learn up to 220 words this year. Each set of words is placed on a different type of ball or sports equipment. The first set of ball words are what we call Baseball Words. Students will work on this set until they can read them easily for me. When they have done this successfully, they receive a Baseball Word Champ Certificate and a new list of ball words to master. Please work on them at home as we continue to work on them at school.
Monday:
No School
Tuesday:
Reading
Reviewed Fiction and Nonfiction
watched two video clips - identified if they were fiction and nonfiction
listened to two stories -identified if they were fiction and nonfiction
Started our Catholic Schools Week Writing Project: What is our favorite thing about the School of St. Philip?
Winter NWEA Reading Test: Foundational Skills, Language & Writing, Literature & Informational, and Vocabulary Use and Functions
One-on-One End of the Quarter Testing: Prayers
Math
Calendar
Decomposing Numbers - using 2 different color blocks, we had to find all of the ways to create a given number.
Religion
Gospel Weekly - Jesus has the Holy Spirit.
Wednesday:
Reading
Introduced to Facts and Opinions
Watched videos about penguins
Listened to 2 books about penguins
Identified different facts about penguins
Filled out a can/have/are chart together as a class
Catholic Schools Week Writing Project: What is our favorite thing about the School of St. Philip?
Math
Calendar
Practiced counting by tens
Put together a puzzle by counting by tens
Winter NWEA Reading Test: Numbers & Operations, Algebra, Geometry & Measurement, and Data Analysis.
Thursday:
Reading:
Introduced to new sight words: but & said
Read our new emergent reader, I Love the Cold!
Listened to the book Penguins & watched a penguin video
Identify facts about penguins
Complete a are/can/have fact sheet- writing 2 sentences for each area
Math
Calendar
Friday:
Reading:
Checked ball word level
Station rotations
Played with Marble Run
Played with Gears
Played with Geomakers
Graphing colored Goldfish
Completed a personal report card
Math
Calendar
Religion
Mass
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