April 29th to May 3rd

Notes: Just a few reminders:

I hope everyone was able to enjoy this beautiful weekend! We had a great trip to the farm last week learning about the different animals and a farmers chores, to collecting sap from maple trees to make syrup and even learning a few different recipes in the kitchen! I had some very tired Kindergartners on the bus rides back to school. :) 

Language Arts: This week we will be reading The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. 

Throughout the week we will be doing different activities and crafts to go along with this story. We will also be discussing this story and talking more in depth about what we read.

Letter Sounds: Long vowel sounds.

Decodables: The Cutest Pet

Math: This week we will be focusing on ordinal numbers and using scales to balance and weigh different objects. 

Math Centers Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays. The centers are planned to reinforce our daily objectives and to meet the needs of all learners in the classroom.

Core Knowledge: Ms. Sather's class will be in Mrs. Makela's room to learn all about history. Check out Mrs. Makela's link for this weeks Core knowledge updates.https://sites.google.com/site/mrsmakelasclass/

This week we will be finishing up our farm unit with learning how crops get from the farm to the market and we will also be looking at modern agriculture and then starting up a unit on plants.

Homework:

*Read 20 minutes every night
*Practice adding numbers up to the #10
*Subtracting #'s 10 and less
*Review High Frequency Words Grade K 
*Practice IXL