What's Happening This Week-----April 4th Through April 8th

On Monday, April 4th and Tuesday, April 5th, I will be giving the Up-and- Coming Kindergarteners to be next school year, the Missouri KIDS Test.  Mrs. Werdenhausen will be the substitute teacher, in the Kindergarten Classroom, for those two days.

Kindergarten

Phonics----The Kindergarten students will continue their study of the sound that the letter "Jj" makes----keyword----jar.  The students will learn that the letter"Jj" is a consonant letter.  Then, the Kindergarten students will learn the sound that the letter "Xx" makes----keyword----fox.  Fox ends with the "Xx" sound.  The students will learn that the letter "Xx" is a consonant letter.

Reading----The students will be reading word lists and the phonics booklet-----"Pig's Jet".

Handwriting----The Kindergarten students will be printing the letters "Jj" and "Xx".

Math----The Kindergarten students will begin a unit on "Money".  The students will be learning the value of each coin, what each coin looks like---it's size and color and what is on each coin.  Addition problems and writing numbers from 1-100, will be continue to be studied.

Religion----The Kindergarten students will continue to learn about "Easter and Jesus'  new life.  Then, the students will learn about "Sharing Faith".

Science----The Kindergarten students will continue their study of "Energy----Light and Heat".

Crafts----The crafts will center around the "Spring" season.


First Grade

Phonics----The First Grade students will be learning the soft "C" sound as in circle, "ir" sound as in bird and "ur" sound as in turtle. The "igh"=long i sound as in high, will also be studied.

Reading----The First Grade students will be given the 5th reading book in the First Grade reading book series----"Gather Around". The students will be reading the story----"The Story of the Blue Bird".  Then, the story----"Frog and Toad All Year" will be read.

Spelling----The First Grade students will continue their study of Unit 32----long "o" words.  Unit 32 Spelling word test will be on Wednesday, April 6th.  Unit 32 spelling words are:  slow.grow, show, low, blow, snow, boat, coat, goat and road.  The Challenge Words are: yellow and shadow.  The Special Words for Writing are:  far, year and does.  Then, Unit 33, will be studied.  In Unit 33, the students will be learning words that end with "ed".  Unit 33 Spelling words are:  played, fished, rained, jumped, showed, slowed, wished, needed, stayed and mailed.  The Challenge Words are:  worked and parked.  The Special Words for Writing are:  after, under and off.  Unit 33 Spelling Word Test will be next week, on Tuesday, April 12th.

English----The First Grade students will be reviewing past items that have been studied, such as "Adjectives, Writing Sentences Correctly, Using Capital Letters Correctly, etc.".

Writing----The First Grade students will be writing their own stories-----one story about a clown and another story about a bird.