Mrs. Wilcox’s Kindergarten News:
wwilcox@iss.k12.nc.us
Nov.2-6 Read:Time to Sleep, A Bed for Winter, and Dinner at Panda Palace;
Nov. 5- Report Card
Nov. 11th No School
Nov.9-13 Read: Animal Babies in Grasslands; What do you think the author
wanted us to learn in this story? Who were the animals from the story
yesterday? What was the author trying to teach us? Which is your favorite
animal? Why? Name the animal baby, and see if students can name the mother.
Nov. 16-20, 23 &24- Read: Wild about Bears, Bear Snores On and other bear
books
Stories about Thanksgiving. Diverse cultures /histories-Contributions of Native
American cultures.
Writing daily.
No school: Nov. 25,26,&27
Nov.30-Dec. 4th- If I could go to Antarctica and Homes Around the World.
Dec. 2nd-Progress Report
Dec. 9th Early Release Day
Dec, 14th Polar Express/Gingerbread House Day-Parents are welcome! More
information to come!
Science: Migration- Tie into global aspects with globe/maps/continents.
Live zoo cam of Pandas-(Dinner at Panda Palace)-China-different cultures.
Hibernation and adaptation
Animal Babies in the Grasslands-Discussion with students on Global differences
and similarities.
Social Studies: Voting, Veterans and American symbols.
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HOMEWORK: See monthly calendar for homework. I would love for you to
read with your child every night for at least 10 minutes. I send home little
readers for your child to read and they can read their library book with you!
Keep up the great reading!
Tuesday Nov. 3rd show and tell for letter J
Tuesday Nov. 10th show and tell for letter K
Tuesday Nov.17th-show and tell for letter L
Tuesday Nov.24th –show and tell for letter M
Fun games at home to help review skills include: Chutes and ladders
-sort the laundry
-count the groceries as you shop
-let your child help you write out the grocery list
-have your child point out numbers in the environment
-count cars as you travel over the holiday season
-use magnetic letters and have your child form words with them
-after you read a story have your child tell you what they just read-this is great for recall
of information! Can they answer who , what, when , where, why questions about the
story
-Have your child help when you bake-talk about measurement.
Words to know- the, is, it, a, an, and, am, on, so, go, to, do, up, no, yes, I,
see, can, me, my, he, she, in, said, like, have, little, look, come, have, her, here,
his, him, be, did, for, get, if, jump, they, we. with, was, yellow, blue, you, your,
red.
Quarter 2 ELA Essentials
I can identify all letters and all letter sounds
TRC Goal is level B.
I can read 35 sight words
I can ask about unknown words in a text
I can read a book from left to right
I can read a book from top to bottom
I can turn the pages of a book from front to back in order
I can tell where the top & bottom of the book is located
I can tell where the front and back of the book is located
I can understand the difference between pictures and print in a book
I can read text with purpose
I can have a conversation with others about text
I can draw a picture to share information about a book
I can tell more information about a book
I can answer questions about unknown words in text
I can understand the difference between letters and words
I can understand that letters make up words
I can understand that words make up sentences
I can understand words are separated by a space in the print of a book
I can draw a picture to explain what I think about a book
I can tell what I think about a book
I can write what I think about a book
I can read text with purpose
Math 2nd Quarter: I can count aloud by 1’s to 50
I can write number from 0-10
I can count a group of objects and write the matching number up to 10
I can count forward from any number that is not 1 (1-25)
I can add one more to a group (0-9) and tell how many there are
I can choose the best way for me to count a group of objects up to 10
I can make a group bigger by adding objects
I can make a group smaller by taking away objects
I can tell about shapes in my world
I can tell where objects are using positional words
I can name a circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, cube, cone, cylinder
and sphere
I can recognize flat shapes
I can recognize solid shapes
I can sort/group objects by flat and solid
I can draw shapes
I can build shapes
I can use an attribute to sort groups using least to greatest
I can find the answer when two groups are added together
I can figure out how many are added to a group when I know how many in all
I can figure out how many I started with when I know how many are added and
how many in all
Thank you for your continued support in emphasizing our school rules of being
respectful, responsible, and safe.