What's Happening the Week of January 30th Through February 3rd

Kindergarten

Phonics----The students will contiue their study of words that contain the letter "Yy".  Some "Yy" words are:  yam, yak, yell, yap, yes, yelp, yen, and yet.  The students will learn that the letter "Yy" is a consonant---keyword---yarn.  Then, the students will begin their study words that contain the letter "Dd".  Some "Dd" words will be:  dog, doll, disk, sad, desk, drum, said, and, had, did, slid, hid, mud, red, rid, stand, and sand.  The students will learn that the letter "Dd" is a consonant----keyword for the letter "Dd" is ----dog.

Reading----The students will read word lists, word families, and phonics booklets.

Math----The students will continue learning about ----money.  The students will learn that a coin has two sides---a head side and a tail side,  The students will learn about the value of a penny, nickel, dime, and a quarter.  The students will learn how to count money.  Each Kindergarten student was given a small change purse, in which each students is to keep several of each kind of coin.  Then, the coins will be observed and counted each day.

Handwriting----The students will be printing their first and their last name, and the letters "Yy" and "Dd".

Religion----The students will continue learning through their "Growing In Love" religion book.  The students will learn that God made us to be a family.

First Grade

Phonics----The students will learn about the digraph "ai", and a sound that "y" makes at the end of a word------"a long e" as in jelly.

English----The students will continue their study of adjectives.  Then, the students will review the naming part and the action part of a sentence, nouns and pronouns.

Spelling----This week, the students will be reviewing some of the spelling words that were Units 19-23.  The spelling words are:  path, whip, brave, gave, bike, nine, home, bone, tree, green, me, and we.  This week's spelling test will be on Thursday, February 2nd.

Handwriting----The students will be printing the letter "r",  the "After Meal Prayer", "Holy Mary Prayer", and a page on the "Ten Commandments".

Writing----The students will be writing their own story with the characters from "Me on the Map" story.  The students will also be writing spelling word sentences.

Science----Everyone will be learning about "insects", "how animals grow", and "how a butterfly grows".