This week we learned about many historical figures! We began the week by learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in honor of Presidents day and then when we returned to school we were able to delve into studying about some important African American historical figures for Black History Month.
Our class was assigned to learn about Aretha Franklin for our Black History month influential figure, so we were able to jam out to some “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” Ask your child if they remember any facts about Aretha (hints: queen of soul, sold 75 million records across the globe, first woman in the rock n roll hall of fame, sang at 3 different presidential inaugurations). Then today we were able to take a virtual field trip along with the other kindergarten classes inside Ruby Bridges shoes to learn all about how she was the first African-American child to integrate schools in the South. We had rich conversations about celebrating our differences and the conversations and learning bonded us as a class even further. Next week: We will be concluding our measurement unit in math and refreshing ourselves on tally charts and data before moving on to our addition and subtraction unit. When we discuss tally marks, we will say, “1,2,3,4, shut the door!” We will then talk about creating a tally chart from data (pictures). After creating a tally chart, students will work on graphing their data in a bar graph. Students will work on answering questions like which group had the most, which group had the least, how many more did one group have than another group, how many did group 1 and 2 have altogether. Students will begin having a pre-assessment on our next unit of addition/subtraction on Thursday. In reading, we will study nonfiction books. We will discuss that expert nonfiction readers collect expert words (vocabulary words) about their topics- words that are important to know. They collect these words on a special chart and use them when they teach others. We will also learn that we may come to words that we don’t know. We can find out what these words mean in different ways- using the picture, checking the glossary, re-reading, asking/talking with a partner, etc. We will also review labeling the pictures in our nonfiction books as well as continuing to learn from the pictures and words and putting all of the information together to re-tell what we have read. This reading unit will tie in nicely with our new science unit as we move into learning about animals and habitats and read many nonfiction books about various species! In phonics, we will be working on the following: c saying /c/ and /s/, g saying /g/ and /j/, and r controlled vowels review. In writing, we will continue our "How-To" writing unit. We will review everything we need in our how-to pieces- an introduction page to grab the readers attention by asking a question, use transition words, draw detailed diagrams with labels, number the steps, and use the word “you.” Students will revise their how-to book(s) to think through any warnings, suggestions and tips they may have for their reader. They will think through what will go wrong and write things like, “Don’t forget to…” or “Be sure to… Students will also work on acting out their steps and thinking about something the steps are like, then including that comparison. This might follow the structure, “First, you...just like a…” Students will continue to think of more ideas for how-to books, thinking about things they have spent this school year doing and learning.
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