This week we will focus on phonological review. We will practice final sound deletion (ex: the word is cat now delete the /t/ → the word becomes ca) and practicing initial sound deletion (ex: the word is stop now delete the /s/ → the word becomes top). We also will read some spring themed stories to get everyone excited for the spring season. 

We will be finishing Unit 7 in our Literacy Curriculum. Students will continue to explore what plants (living things) need to survive and grow, and how plants are able to get what they need from their environment.

For phonemic awareness, students will practice blending CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. We will introduce the letters “Yy” and “Vv,” as well as review the letters “Ww” “Kk” “Qq” and “Ee.”

Because of the short week this week, we will be taking a break from our normal curriculum, and working on an Author Study with our students. We are going to be taking a look at books that are written by the author Mo Willems, and looking for similarities and differences in books that are written by him. We will be looking at the writing style, as well as the illustration style in these different books. Of course we will still be working on our core literacy components such as phonemic awareness practice, making sure we know our letters and sounds, and making sure we know all of our sight words. 

We will be introducing unit 7! Time is going by so quickly! In unit 7, students explore what living things, mostly plants, need to survive and grow. In addition to this, they will learn how these living things get what they need to survive from their environment. 

For phonemic awareness, students will continue to work on blending CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words and will work with the letters ‘Kk’ and ‘Ww’. We will dive deeper into what are digraphs (a combination of 2 letters that make 1 sound - example: ‘sh’).

This week in literacy, we will be on our 3rd and final week of talking about What is a Culture? We will be introducing the /z/ sound. We will also be looking at the z sound as it occurs at the end of the word, where it is spelled as an S (ex. Chins, his, is). For our phonemic awareness, we will be working on matching words by their beginning sounds, and matching words by their ending sounds. We will also be working to identify the beginning and ending sounds of different words. We will be reading more about different cultures around the world, by reading My Dadima Wears a Sari and A Collection of Cultures.

Please continue working on the February sight words at home.

This week, we will continue our unit theme of culture and traditions. We will explore this theme through our investigation questions of: How do we prepare for a celebration? What makes a culture unique? We will introduce the letters Uu and Xx this week. During phonemic awareness we will practice final sound deletion (ex: say the word rat, and now take away the /t/, what’s the new word: ra). During writing we will write explanatory text using first and then for our guide. We will write how to wash our hands, how to brush our teeth, and more. Please practice the February sight words at home. 

This week we are going to explore culture with two stories: Pass it Down and Cultures and Holidays around the World. In these two stories, we will learn about how traditions are continued through families and take a closer look at how specific holidays are celebrated like Kwanza and Harvest festivals. Alongside this learning, we will also be practicing our letter sounds J and F. We will also continue to practice blending cvc words with vowels o, i, u, and a. Lastly, please continue to work with your kindergarten on their sight words. We will be sending home the February sight words this Friday in their Friday folders. 

This week we are going to be diving into a new Unit, and in this unit, we will be taking a look at what is a culture. We will be talking to the students about different cultures around the world, and how different traditions are celebrated. Alongside this learning, we will also be introducing the sounds for letters J and F. We will also continue to work on blending words, and reading sight words as well! 

This week we are going to continue our previous explorations of homes! This week, we will read a book about the steps of constructing a house and pondering the essential question, ‘What makes a home?”. We will be introducing the sounds of /Gg/ and reviewing the sound of /Rr/, and /Oo/. The goal is for your students to isolate those sounds at the beginning of a word, in the end of a word, and eventually in the middle of a word. Please practice sight words at home with your student.

This week in literacy, we will be reading some winter classics including The Mitten and The Polar Express. Accompanying these read-alouds, we will be working on our fine motor and comprehension skills with some crafts! Don’t worry, we will be continuing our work with phonemic and phonetic awareness through poems, letter work, songs, and more! 

This week we will be continuing Unit 4 of the Literacy Curriculum. We will learn the sound that letter O makes, as well as what sound the letter R makes. We will be building on our work of phoneme segmentation last week, and continuing our work by stretching out the words, and trying to write them as well. On top of this, we will be continuing to take a look at the question “What makes a home?” and reading more stories about what different types of homes can look like. 

This Week, we will begin Unit 4 of our literacy curriculum. Your students will be introduced to the letter sound of /b/ and /c/ and practice phoneme segmentation, which is breaking apart words into their individual sounds (ex: bat  → /b/  /a/  /t/). We will be learning about homes during this unit and answering the question, what makes a home? Your students will read a variety of texts that teach them about different types of homes and why homes are important. They will begin to understand why we need homes and how homes are built around the world.

This week in Literacy, we will be finishing our last lesson in our unit about pushes and pulls! In this lesson, we will dive into two realistic fiction books. One about fun ways to move and the other about rides at an amusement park.  For Phonemic awareness, we will identify words that begin with the same sound. For phonological awareness, we will be introducing a new superhero letter… the letter i! Feel free to ask your kindergartener the other superhero letters we’ve learned so far! Lastly, don’t forget about our November sight words! We’ll be adding our December sight words soon! 

This week in Literacy, we are continuing our 4th Unit in our literacy curriculum. As a reminder, this unit is all about pushes and pulls. We will be continuing looking at books and stories about pushes and pulls, and how we use different forces of motion every day. For Phonemic awareness, we will be working on phoneme deletion. For example we will be saying a word, and then taking away the first sound (The word is Picnic, now say the word with the /p/ sound: icnic). We will also be introducing the L sound, and the N sound! 

This week we will begin Unit 4 of our literacy curriculum. This Unit is all about movement and how things move. Your students will read stories, poems, and nonfiction texts about push and pulls to expand their knowledge about the concept. For phonemic awareness practice, your students are working on initial sound matching. For example, they will be asked to identify which two words begin with the same sound ex: (winter, window, carpet). This week we will finish writing lowercase letters e and z in our abc journals.