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Saint John of the Cross Parish School

Rooted in Faith Growing in Knowledge

Kindergarten News May 14, 2012

           Kindergarten News

                    May 14, 2012

Religion

We will

  • continue working on our booklet to celebrate Mary, the mother of Jesus, by learning about some of the important stories of her life.
  • attend the May Crowning celebration on Monday, May 14.

Mass preparation – The Feast of the Ascension

Language Arts

We will:

  • be introduced to capital/lowercase Zz and blend and decode words with z.
  • continue using/practicing correct spacing, capitalization and punctuation in sentences.
  • practice adding /s/ or /es/ to write plural words.
  • learn if a noun is singular or plural.
  • read a story that recaps the adventures of the Superkids throughout the year.

New decodable words:

New memory word:

The memory words (sight words) are:

Cass     Oswald     Golly    Alf     God     Jesus     see     likes     go     the    Doc     Sal    I    red     orange     blue     yellow    green     purple     one     two    three    four    five    six     seven     brown    black     Frits    Ettabetta    eight    nine   black   in    was   the   Hot Rod  has   ten   yes   no   said     Superkids   play    of    yes   of   no   are   Supernoodle   for   put    to   who   what   when   where   why   said   you   was

The decodable words are:

clad     class     clog     doll     glad     glass     gloss     Lad     gag     lass     log     loss     salad     add     cod     cog     Dad   dog    odd     gas      sad     sag     sod     I     did     dig     dill     gill     lid     Sid     sill     is     ill     slid     act     at     cast     cat     cost     cot     dot     got    it     last     list     lost     lots     sat     sit     slot     still     stilt     Tac     tag     Tic     tilt     Toc     toss     tot     cliff     fad     fast     fat     fig     fill     fist     fit     flag     flat     floss     fog     gift     if     lift     loft     off     sift     staff     stiff   Ed   egg    elf   fed   fell   felt   get   led   left   leg   less   let   self   sell   set   sled   Ted   tell   test   had   hat   held   hid   hill   hit   hog   got   hot dog   has   cuff   cut  dug   dull   dust   fluff   fuss   gull   Gus   gust huff   hug    hut    hug   stuff   tug   us   bad   bad   bag   bat   bed   bell   belt   best   bet   big   bill   bit   blast   blob   boss   bud   bus   but   club   cub   glob   tub   brat   crab   crust   drag   dress   drift   frog   grab   grass   rabbit   rag   red   rest   rid   rub   rug   rust   scrub   an   ant   and   band   bun   button   cabin   can   contest   dentist   dragon   end   fan   fantastic   fin   fun  grin   grunt   hand   hen   hunt   in   insect   land   lend   lent   nest   net   not   nut   on   ran   ribbon   robin   run   sand   sent   snag   stand   sun   ten   tent   tunnel   until   am   animal   comic   glum   gum  ham   him   lemon   mad   mat   medal   melon   melt   men    mend   mess   miss    mitten   mud  muffin    must   smell   bump   camp  cap   clap   clip   crisp   cup   damp   drip   drop   dump   flaps   flip   flop   gulp   gumdrop   happen   help   hiccups   hip   hop   hospital   lamp   lap   lip   lump   map   mop   nap   nip   pants   pass   past   pat   pen   pest   pet   picnic   pig   piglet   pigpen   pill   plan   planet   plant   plastic   plum   pond   pop   pot   present   press   problem   puff   puppet   ramp   rip   sip   slap   slip   slop   snap   snip   spend   spill   spin   spot   stamp   stomp   stop   stump   tap  tip   top   trip   up   upset   eleven   oven  seven   van   vast   vat   velvet   vent   vest   vet   visit   swim   twig  twin  wag   wagon   web  wed   well   went   wept   west   wet   wig   will   wilt   win   wind   windmill   ask   back   bank   basket   brick   bucket   clock   crack   cricket   desk   drink   duck   ink   kept   kick   kids   kiss   kit   lock   mask   muck   pack   pick   pocket   rick  rocket   sack   sick  sickness   skip   skip   skit   skunk   snack   sock   stick   quack   quick   quilt   quit   jab   jack   jacket   jam   jet   job   jog   jug   jump   junk   just   ax   box   boxes    fix   fox   mix  next   ox  oxen    sandbox  six   wax  yell   yelp   yes   yet   yuck   yum   buzz   fizz   fuzz   pretzels   quiz   zip

 

Math

This week we will:

  • identify function rules and generate numbers that follow those rules.
  • apply addition and subtraction rules.
  • use rules to determine missing numbers.
  • play “What’s My Rule?” with numbers, using a function machine.
  • be introduced to the minute hand on an analog clock.

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday – Baton Show
Wednesday – Band Concert
Friday – Memorial Games

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