Hickory, NC 28601
phone: 828.256.9492
fax: 828.256.1475
KINDERGARTEN!
April 6th-April 9th
Hello!
Our Spring all-school celebration is on Thursday, April 9th. We will have early dismissal at 2pm that day. Spring Break Begins at 2:01 pm
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!!!!!!!!!Current Unit of Inquiry
The Places You'll Go!
Central Idea
People go from place to place.
Inquiry Into
Modes of transportation.
Patterns of transportation.
Reading
Book-I CAN READ
Targeted Reading Strategy
- Retell
Objectives
- Use the strategy of mentally retelling while reading
- Sequence story events
- Discriminate initial sound /r/
- Associate the letter Rr with the sound /r/
- Capitalize the first word in sentences and end with appropriate punctuation
- Learn vocabulary for members of a family
Vocabulary
- High-frequency words: I, with, my, to
- Content words: read, mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, sister, brother, dog
Book-Getting Around the City
Targeted Reading Strategy
- Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
- Compare and contrast
- Discriminate medial vowel sounds
- Associate the letter Uu with the short /u/ vowel sound
- Recognize naming words
- Categorize words
Vocabulary
- High-frequency words: I, go, to, my, on, a, the, he, she, goes
- Content words: skateboard, bike, car, subway, taxi, bus, ferry boat, walk, house, school, work, airport, store, office
Thanks for all you do! We are still waiting for the Praying Mantis hatch! Have a wonderful and relaxing break! I'll miss the children and look forward to hearing their adventures when they return to school!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Schramm
P.S. Please join us with your family at the Spring party!
