Mrs. Freeman's Kindergarten Class
Kindergarten is a happy, kind place for all! Every day is a new day, let's have fun together. What can you do today to make a friend smile?
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN 2020-2021
Welcome to Room 2 Kindergarten for the 2020-2021 school year. This year will be a memorable and very special one for all of us. If you missed our Virtual Open House this morning you can view a recorded one here. Click the link: https://www.wevideo.com/view/1809514830
I will see my new friends on Tuesday, September 1, 2020.
10 DAY ROTATING Specials Schedule 2020-2021
ROTATION 1: MUSIC AND COMPUTER LAB (9/1 TO 9/15)
ROTATION 2: LIBRARY (9/16 TO 9/29)
ROTATION 3: ART (9/30 TO 10/14)
ROTATION 4: GYM (10/15 TO 10/28)... WEAR OR BRING SNEAKERS
ROTATION 5: SPANISH (10/29 TO 11/11)
Here are some Kindergarten skills to work on... (SPRING SKILLS)
Please contact me at all with any questions at: lfreeman@westbrookctschools.org
HERE ARE SOME KINDERGARTEN SKILLS TO WORK ON:
Remember to read nightly for at least 15 minutes with an adult. (book bag books, easy reader books, RAZ reading)
Practice your sight words daily.
Finger tap and blend sounds to read CVC words (hat, bat, bit, fit, hit, hut, nut...)
Practice adding numbers to 10. Solve story problems aloud together. (I saw 7 cows on the farm. 3 more cows joined them. How many cows are on the farm altogether?)
Write a story about your day. Include a beginning, middle, and end to your story.
Past Learning Mats from 2019-2020
Kindergarten Friends, you can find our past learning mats below. Click to open and enjoy! You can revisit past lessons or links if you would like!!!
My Learning Mat Thursday 6_4_2020 purple.pdf
My Learning Mat Wednesday 6_3_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Tuesday 6_2_2020 purple.pdf
My Learning Mat Monday 6_1_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Thursday 5_28_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Wednesday 5_27_2020 purple.pdf
My Learning Mat Tuesday 5_26_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Thursday 5_21_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Wednesday 5_20_2020 purple.pdf
My Learning Mat Tuesday 5_19_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Monday 5_18_2020 purple new.pdf
My Learning Mat Thursday 5_14_2020 purple.pdf
My Learning Mat Wednesday 5_13_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Tuesday 5_12_2020 purple.pdf
My Learning Mat Monday 5_11_2020 green.pdf
My Learning Mat Wednesday 5_6_2020 purple.pdf
My Learning Mat Tuesday 5_5_2020 green.pdf
Links to our Kindergarten Daily Lessons...
Writing Paper: Fundations Lined Paper with Box.pdf
Math Activities Checklist: Math Checklist - Distance Learning 2020.pdf
Count to 100 by 1's with Jack Hartmann (at the zoo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkxjAa3755U
Count to 100 by 1's with Jack Hartmann (Grandma and Grandpa): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVwjmC-gpBU
Visit the Bridges Parent link for Kindergarten Math learning (Don't forget to click on the K tab once opened): https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/families/bridges2
Distance Learning Links:
Mo Willems Lunch Doodles! : A great way to maintain your child's fine motor skills while encouraging them to draw some of their favorite story book characters! https://www.youtube.com/
All About Fundations and Reading Workshop:
Your child will grow as a reader this year! Early in the year, we will be focusing on our phonemic awareness skills and learning specific letters and sounds. Come Winter, we will begin blending to read and write CVC words together. As the year progresses, students will be reading and building sentences with an uppercase letter to start and a punctuation mark to end each sentence.
We will take part in Reading Workshop every afternoon, as students learn skills and strategies to become super readers! Kindergarten readers will be able to think about their words as they read... Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?
By the end of Kindergarten, your child should be able to:
- recognize and produce rhyming words
- clap syllables
- point to words when they read
- recognize snap words (sight words)
- look at the first letter of words and use picture clues
- sound out 3 letter words (CVC words)
- answer story questions (setting, character, problem, solution, etc.)
If you would like to learn more about the Connecticut Common Core State Standards please click here.
To practice reading skills at home, visit these websites...
All About Writing Workshop:
By the end of Kindergarten, your child will be writing complete stories, with a beginning, middle, and end! Students will learn the difference between information, narrative, and opinion writing. Your child will be able to...
- segment an oral word into individual sounds
- write letters to match sounds
- use spaces between words
- write words with lowercase letters
- use ending punctuation
- spell snap words correctly
- use transition words to connect pages
If you would like to learn more about student expectation, you can click here to go directly to the Connecticut Common Core Writing Standards.
All About Bridge's Math:
Numbers! Numbers! Numbers! Your child will be using numbers in a variety of ways with our Bridges program! They will be...
- writing numerals 0-20
- recognizing numbers 0-100
- counting to 100
- identifying and describing both 2D and 3D shapes
- adding and subtracting within 5
- using base 10 sticks and ones cubes to build numbers to 100
- identifying before and after numbers
- solving story problems
- counting by 1's, 5's, and 10's to 100
- recognizing and counting pennies, nickels, and dimes
Visit the Kindergarten Bridges Math Program to learn more...https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/families/bridges2
If you would like to learn more about the specific Connecticut Common Core Math Standards click here.
To practice these skills at home, visit these websites.
All About Science and Social Studies:
In Science, students are learning about materials and motion! We will be integrating physical science, earth science, and engineering ideas, while using the following materials: wood, paper, and fabric. If you’re an expert in this field and would like to lead/assist with a science investigation, please let me know!
In Social Studies, students have been focusing on Families as communities. Students will discuss family responsibilities, rules, decisions, and traditions. We will explore wants versus needs and how families can be different.
HELPFUL LINKS:
Ms. Godfrey's K Computer Class:
https://dis.westbrookctschools.org/classes/31073/computer_lab/
Lunch Menu:
