This week, the kindergarteners had a fantastic time celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday! We loved learning about Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, who was both an author and an illustrator. Did you know he wrote and illustrated 44 amazing books?
One fun thing we noticed right away is that Dr. Seuss’ stories always rhyme! Every time we read one of his delightful books, we searched for all the different rhyming words. We spent a lot of time practicing our rhyming skills this week and even created our very own rhyming book! In addition to rhyming, we focused on identifying two kinds of sentences: asking questions and making telling statements. Each of us wrote a special letter to the Cat in the Hat, sharing fun facts about ourselves and asking him some questions. To add to the excitement, we followed directions to create our own picture of the Cat in the Hat! The highlight of our week was making a delicious Cat in the Hat snack. We used a marshmallow with a cat face on a stick and added slices of banana and strawberries to make his iconic hat. What a fun week it has been!
Monday:
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation practice
Introduced to our new words, there, up & down
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 ock & op matching worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Played Growing Train
Religion:
Guided meditation and journaling about Moses receiving the 10 Commandments
Reviewed the story of Moses
Watched a video about Moses
Tuesday:
Reading
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation practice
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 -ot secret word worksheet
Labeled the different parts of the Cat in the Hat
Math:
Calendar Binder
Introduced to 3D shapes
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Discussed Ash Wednesday and Lent
Colored a picture about receiving Ashes
Watched a video where Brother Francis explained Lent
Wednesday:
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation practice
Listened to the story, Green Eggs and Ham
Reviewed rhyming and word families
Finished our letter to the Cat in the Hat
Completed a Secret Words worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Worked on our Zoo’s
Religion:
Attended Ash Wednesday Mass
Thursday:
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation Practice
Listened to the story, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Completed a ub Secret Word worksheet
Created our own Cat in the Hat snack with marshmallows, strawberries, & bananas
Math:
Calendar Binder
Tangrams - used a given set of shapes to create a new shape using flips, slides and turns
Religion:
Watched Brother Francis Lent meditation and wrote in our journals
Colored the 1st Station of the Cross - Jesus is Condemned to Death
Friday:
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation Practice
Reviewed rhyming
Created a Dr Seuss Hat rhyming book
Directed Drawing - Created a picture of the Cat in the Hat by following the directions
Math:
Calendar Binder
Religion:
Mass
Watched Brother Francis Lent meditation and wrote in our journals
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