We are studing the vowel long "a" , and reviewing the vowel short "a", "i", "u", "o",and short "e."
A a Cheer
A is for alligator acorn on trees
A is for "Ah-choo!" when you sneeze
A is for apples when baked in a pie
A is for airplane up in the sky
Hooray for A, short and long-
The most awesome, amazing letter of all!
We will work with the words:
cake mail rain sail rake pay tail
We have started studying Spelling. Each week your child will work with six words to spell. It is important that they write each word three times each. We have included it with the Fun Work. This is an important part of reading! Please make sure your child does this every week.
Books:
Loving to Read
I will send home a new book with your child.
Please sit with your child them and let them
read to you, or you to them. If they need assistance, help them sound out the word. Remember the key word is "love." Hold your child in your arms and read.
Abe Lincoln's Hat Martha Brenner
Abraham Lincoln Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire
If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln Ann McGovern
A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln David A. Adler
If you Grew Up with George Washington Ruth B. Gross
A Picture Book of George Washington David A. Adler
The Story of the White House Kate Waters
Success-O-Gram
Timmerman School Kindergarten Five
February
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Please do not share the flu! Don't send your sick child to school.
Math:
We are working with sets that have 10 to 20 members. We are learning about the concepts of less, more, and equal to (same as).
We are working with sums by counting up.
We are beginning to work with differences by counting down.
We are reviewing the names and values of the following coins:
quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.
The children should review their additions facts for the family of four (4).
4 3 2 1 0 4 5 6 7 8 9
+ 0 +1+2+ 3+ 4 -0 - 1 - 2 -3- 4 - 5
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
We will review the ones through one hundred and ten's families. Please help your child with this. To be a member of the one hundred and ten's family, the number must begin with the numeral one, and there must be three numerals.
100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109
110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119
120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129
President Barack is our 44th president. He lives in the White House. Hawwaii is the home state of President Obama.
Another symbol of America is the White House. President John Adams moved in the White House in 1800, even though it wasn't quite finished. The phrase "White House" was frequently used to refer to the President who lived and worked there, and not the building itself.
The American Flag was created by Betsy Ross. The flag had only thirteen stars on a blue field and thirteen stripes to represent the first thirteen colonies. The flag today has fifty stars on a blue field. There is one star for each state in our nation. We honor our flag by saying the pledge of allegiance.
The Statue of Liberty is another symbol of America. It can be found at the entrance of New York harbor. It is made of copper by a French artist named Auguste Bartholdi. He was commissioned to design a sculpture to celebrate the one hundred year of the Declaration of Independence.
The sculpture by Gutzon Borglum , on Mount Rushmore features the faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. South Dakota's Black Hills provide the backdrop for Mount Rushmore, the world's greatest mountain carving.
