WELCOME TO MRS. BEIER'S KINDERGARTEN

                                                  I am so proud of your child's progress!!! 

Happy Easter!  Happy Spring!

School will be closed from March 16 - April 29, 2020.

Homework- Class work- Please continue to review concepts and skills.
ELA- Sign in to Pearson Realize to see what we are learning in each lesson.
You have all recieved four packets with instructions in a separate folder with your childs ELA and Math work for 4 week to be completed and returned to school when we open. Please read the stories until your child could read them fluently. You may want to review with your child some of the workbook pages and read the other short stories in each lesson.
***Be sure to check the dates on each packet for that week.*** 

In ELA, the story for  lesson 4.6  is Abuela. The UNIT 4 theme is  "What would it be like to have an adventure." Abuela's had a city adventure. Review Letter Ee words.

The Unit 5 theme is Transportation.
In lesson 5.1 the story is, " Max Takes The Train."  The question of the week would be,
" What are the different ways of going places?" Review Letter Jj and Ww words and popcorn words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s963EsRlHRM

In lesson 5.2 the story is," Mayday! Mayday!".   The question of the week would be,"What kinds of transporation help us in an emergency ?" Review Letter Xx words and popcorn words. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkqadovXSU

In lesson 5.3 the story is, " Trucks Roll!".   The question of the week would be, "What kind of transportation help people do their job?" Review Letter Uu words and popcorn words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIyat2V3OBQ

In lesson 5.4 the story is,  "The Little Engine That Could."  The question of the week would be, "What kind of work do trains Do?" Review Letter Uu words and popcorn words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT9fv_ELbnE

In lesson 5.5 the story is, "On The Move." The question of the week would be, "How do people in different parts of the world travel?" Review Vv and Zz words and popcorn words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4VhKeWLGU0&t=52s

Lesson 5.6 the story is, "This Is the Way We Go to School."  The question of the week would be, "How do children around the world get to school?" Review Yy and Qq words and popcorn words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eBZAh1lN2E&t=6s

All of these stories can be found on www.youtube.com.  Have you child listen to the stories and ask them questions for understanding.  Complete the pages in the packet for each lesson. Please continue to have your child practice spelling words with the short vowels that we have covered. Have your child read the REVIEW SHEETS to you. 

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Math-Sign in to  My Math to see more examples.
In Math, we have started Chapter 11, which concentrates on Geometry. Student will learn about two-dimensional shapes. They will be able to name and identify a square, circle, rectangle, triangle, and hexagon. Students will use attributes to identify a particular shape. For example: a vertex is where two sides meet, sides are straight lines making the shape and round describes circular shapes. They will learn how to use smaller shapes to form larger shapes. For example: smaller triangles can form larger triangles and smaller squares can make a rectangle. On the My Math website are videos on the bottom of the page to watch so your child will  have a better understanding of each lesson. Please complete the workbook pages for each lesson.

Watch Jack Hartmann - Two Dimentional Shapes-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Uv8Cl5hvI

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Religion
Here is the religion login:
https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@learnfromhome
Go to Sadlier Religion Resources--select Let's Go--select Our Program--We Believe Catholic Identity Grade k-6-- than click on GradeK Unit 4. Check out the videos and complete the Chapter for that week.  Please continue to say the Hail Mary, Our Father and Glory Be,

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The Story of Easter-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PSgoPdKQFQ&t=1302s
What is Palm Sunday- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTmbTuutBgg&t=34s

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Science and Social Studies
Learn how a rainbow is made. View the video, and than try to make a rainbow. Don't forget to send me some pictures.
https://mysteryscience.com/trending/mystery-5//light-color/209?nopopup=true&s=md%3Arainbow-activity&mdemail#slide-id-0

 Scholastic Learn at Home- choose kindergarten grade level- and click on - Take Me There
You will be able to watch stories, read books, do word match and more. There are lessons for the children everyday.  Please do one each day. They are great!
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-prek-k.html

This is a list of website for families to use while school is closed.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Sgk9Pq5eCRJFvnjM9PNdei21z5-AQ6l0-bJqFE7n25o/mobilepresent?slide=id.p
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There is alway something to do. Scroll down and complete the extra credit on this website in your homework journal.
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April News

What a wonderful time of the year! Spring is upon us and nature's showing promise of new life.

In the months of April and May our units of study will include Easter, Spring, Earth Day, Plants and Seeds. These are exciting units because it ties in with many parts of the curriculum! We will be discussing growing, changing and renewing during this time.

Review Needed Skills - I am so proud of your child's reading readiness and math progress!  Please continue to REVIEW all letter sounds, vowel sounds, word families and popcorn words daily. Have your child read the stories to you that are sent home every week for homework and the other little booklets we read together in class. 

Mastery of the following skills is essential to insure success for the beginning reader.
Kindergarten READING GOALS:
* Accurate recall of letter sounds with particular attention to the five short
   and long vowel sounds.
* Quick association of letter sound, name and formation.
* Can identify first, middle and last sounds. (s a d)
* Can read CVC words. (Consonant, vowel, consonant)
* Can write a sentence. (Start with capital letter, use spaces between words and
   end with punctuation.)
* Can recognize and produce rhymes. (mat, sat)
* Can read all sight words.
* Smooth blending of three or more sounds without pausing between sounds.
* The ability to attack a new word by sounding it out, rather than guessing. 

***WORD FAMILIES AND RHYMING WORDS. Give your child a word from the word families list and have them write all the words they can make using the two letters. Play rhyming games or I Spy games with them. Help your child everyday to connect letters and sounds by making sure that he or she has plenty of easy books for reading practice to build vocabulary.
 Have your child continue to write sentences using their popcorn words, word families or just have them sound out words to write. Remember when writing; use a finger space in between words, a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and the proper punctuation at the end of the sentence.
Help your child everyday to connect letters and sounds by making sure that he or she has plenty of easy books for reading practice to build vocabulary. 

In Math, we have started Chapter 11, which concentrates on Geometry. Student will learn about two-dimensional shapes. 

 Mastery of the following skills is essential to insure success in Math.
 Kindergarten MATH GOALS:
*Can tell which group has more or has less.
*Can count any number of objects 1-20.
*Can count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s.
*Can solve addition and subtraction problems within 20.
*Can write numbers 0-20.
*Can add more objects to make numbers 1-20 from any given number.
*Can fluently add and subtract within 10. (2+3=5, 4-1=3)
*Can identify 2D Shapes.
*Can identify 3D Shapes.
Look for opportunities in your daily life to count objects with your child and talk about numbers, review calendar  math, 1-to-1 correspondence up to 30, practice writing and recognizing  number words from 1-20, counting to 100 by ones, tens and 5’s, and sorting objects around the house.

In Religion we have started our unit on "Celebrating God's Love"'. In this unit the children will learn to celebrate God's gift of love with others. Through the life of a seed, the children are introduced to the mystery of life and death. They will learn that through the cross they received new life in Baptism to live as Jesus did. The children will reflect on the joys of this world and learn about the joys of heaven. They will know that the greatest joy comes from experiencing God's love. 
Please continue to pray the "Hail Mary, "Our Father, and "The Glory Be". 

April- Extra Practice Writing At Home
Many of these exercises say "draw and write". Let the children experiment with writing. Let them sound out words to spell. If the children do any extra credit work at home, please have them bring it to school for a surprise or special recognition stickers.
1.    Write and draw 3 things that start with the letter "J".
2.    Write and draw 3 things that end with the letter "X". (Example: fox, box)
3.    Write and draw 3 things that start with the letter "W".
4.    Write and draw 3 words from the "-ut" family.
5.    Write and draw 3 words from the "-un" family.
6.    Write and draw 3 words that end with the letter "T".
7.    Write a story using the words "First", "Next", "At last".
8.    Write and draw one sentence for each word.(blue, green)       
9.    Write and draw one sentence for each word.(what, where)
10.  Write and draw one sentence for each word.(said, come)
11.  Write one sentence for each word. (was, yellow)
12.  Draw a plant and label the parts. (Example: leaf, stem)
13.  Write and draw about a sport you like. 

Secret Message - Happy Spring to you! Write this message on a piece of paper and bring it in for a surprise. 

April- May Literature

Favorite Easter Books:
The Easter Story by Brian Wildsmith
Easter by Gail Gibbons
12 Twelve Friends by Joy Hutchinson
The Easter Story Retold by Carol Heyer
Love One Another Retold by Lauren Thompson
The Story Of Easter by Patricia Pingry
Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 
Recheck’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco
Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown 
The Big Bunny and the Easter Eggs
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Dubose Heyward
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous 
The Jelly Bean Fun Book by Karen Capucilli
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bian
Bear's Eggs by Ingrid Schubert 
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller 
Clifford's First Easter by Norman Bridwell 
Daisy and the Egg by Jane Simmons
 Hedge’s Surprise by Jan Brett
The Adventures of Pelican Pete: A Bird is Born by Frances Keiser
The Bird's Gift : A Ukrainian Easter Story by Eric A. Kimmel
The Egg by M. P. Robertson
The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth
The Legend of the Easter Egg by Lori Walburg

Spring Literature
Are You Spring?   by Caroline Pitcher
As the Earth Turns Spring  by Lynn M. Stone
Beginning to Learn About Spring  by Richard Allington
and Kathleen Krull 
Chicken and Egg  by Christine Back and Jens Olsen
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones  by Ruth Heller
Clifford's Spring Clean-up  by Norman Bridwell
Dandelions  by Mia Posada
Diary of a Sunflower  Carol Pugliano   
Egg!   by A.J. Wood
First Day of Spring  by Sharon Gordon
Growing Vegetable Soup  by Lois Ehlert
Hamilton Duck's Springtime Story  by Arthur Getz   
Hello, Spring  by Mary Packard 
Henry & Mudge in Puddle Trouble  by Cynthia Rylant
Hopper Hunts for Spring  by  Marcus Pfister
How Do You Know It's Spring  by Allan Fowler
How To Build A home  by Maria Fleming
I Love Spring!  by Stephen Kroll
I Wish I Were A Butterfly  by James Howe
Insects Are My Life  by Megan Mc Donald
It's Spring  by Samantha Berger and Pamela Chanko
Let’s Find Out About Spring  by Martha And Charles Shapp 
Let's Look at the Seasons - Springtime  by Ann Schweninger
Marshmallow  by Claire Turlay Newberry
Miss Rumphius  by Barbara Cooney
Mrs.Toggle's Beautiful Blue Shoe  by Robin Pulver
Planting a Rainbow  by Lois Ehlert
My First Spring  by Matthew Lambert  
My Spring Robin  by Anne Rockwell
Poppleton in the Spring  by Cynthia Rylant
Rabbit’s Good News  by Ruth Lercher Bornstein 
Rain  by Robert Kolan
Rain Talk  by Mary Serfozo         
Rain Drop Splash  by Alvin Tresselt
Robin's Home  by Jeannine Atkins
Seeds Grow  by Angela Shelf Medearis
Simon Welcomes Spring  by Gilles Tibo
Spring : An Alphabet Acrostic  by Steven Schnur
Spring Changes  by Ellen B. Senisi
Spring Comes to the Ocean  by Jean Craighead George
Spring is Here  by Taro Gomi
Spring Song  by Barbara Seuling
Spring's Sprung  by Lynn Plourde
Spring Thaw  by Steven Schnur
Step Into Spring - A New Season  by Jane Belk Moncure
That's What Happens When It's Spring!  by Elaine W. Good
The Amazing Dirt Book  by Paulette Bourgeois
The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring  by Lucille Clifton 
The Easter Egg Artists  by Adrienne Adams 
The Egg Tree  by Katherine Milhous
The Great Smokey Mountain Salamander Ball  by Lisa Horstwa
The Happy Day  by Ruth Krauss
The Legend of the Bluebonnet  by Tomie DePaola
The Reason For A Flower  by Ruth Heller
The Reason For Seasons  by Gail Gibbons
The Robins in Your Backyard  by Nancy Carol Willis 
The Seed  by Eric Carle
The Spring Rabbit  by Joyce Dunbar  
The Tale of Peter Rabbit  by Beatrix Potter
The Tiny Seed  by Eric Carle
The Ugly Duckling  by Hans Christian Andersen
The Velveteen Rabbit  by Margery Williams Bianco
The Very Hungry Caterpillar  by Eric Carle
This Is the Rain  by Jane Wattenberg
Turtle Spring  by Deborah Zagwyn
Waiting for Spring Stories  by Bethany Roberts
What Happens in the Spring  by Kathleen Costello Beer 
When Spring Comes  by Robert Maass 
When Summer Ends  by Susi Gregg Fowler
When The Earth Wakes  by Ani Rucki
When Will It Be Spring  by Catherine Walters
Where Butterflies Grow  by Joanne Ryder
Wonderful Worms by Linda Glaser