Kindergarten is reviewing “El Cuerpo” unit, and beginning “La Bandera” this week. Our vocabulary will be: la bandera (the flag), las estrellas (the stars), las rayas (the stripes), Los Estados Unidos de America (the United States of America), libertad (liberty), hermoso (beautiful), and rojo, blanceo, y azul (red, white, and blue). Ann Bradley—–Kindergarten and Encore Spanish
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Kindergarten: Mrs. Maeyaert
Posted by CMaeyaertWeek of May 24th-28th
This week in the Wonderful World of Kindergarten…
We’ve made it to the last week of school! Can you believe how time has flown?? This week will be very eventful and exciting. On Tuesday, please join us for Closing Ceremonies at 9:10 in the Sanctuary. Tuesday afternoon, we will have the second round of our Academic Decathlon. So far, both classes are tied! On Thursday, we will be having our end of the year party, at 9:00. Please join us!
Spelling/Grammar/Language: This week, we will continue to review the 70 phonograms, verbally and written. We will identify rhyming and non-rhyming words and review the pronunciation, spelling, and markings of the words we have learned thus far. We will practice individual speech sounds and work on correct directionality for writing letters as we continue working on writing the phonograms we have learned. We will write words in our spelling notebooks and we will practice these words throughout the week and review them on Friday. Our spelling words for this week will include: well, about, men, man, for, ran, run, was, that, and his. We will continue working on proper nouns and identifying the differences between common and proper nouns. We will place special focus this week with places, and discussing the city and state in which we live. We will create oral sentences and pictures to identify common and proper nouns. We will continue discussing informative, narrative, and informative-narrative literature. We will discuss that informative-narrative literature contains many facts and will identify examples of informative-narrative literature that we read throughout the week. We will also be making connections between our prior knowledge and what is stated in the books we read. We will talk about checking understanding, making connections, and predicting. We will identify the author’s purpose, type of writing, and the elements of the text, including the sequence of events. Our reading selections this week will include Little Bear, The Three Little Kittens, Ten Apples Up on Top, Oh The Places You’ll Go, and other selections we have enjoyed throughout the year. We will also be reading aloud as a class. I will be sending home small readers for your child to practice reading.
Unit Study: We have completed our journey around the globe! For the remainder of the year, we will be reviewing. We will review even the places we visited at the beginning of the year, including our own community of Waco. On Tuesday, we will be having our second round of the LOCS Academic Decathlon. One of our areas of questioning will come from our Unit Study travels.
Math: This week we will complete Chapter 12: Numbers to 100. The vocabulary for this chapter includes: hundred chart, count by 1’s, 1 ten/ 10, 2 tens/ 20, 3 tens/ 30,….9 tens/ 90, one, count by 2s, count by 5s, count by 10s, odd number, and even number. For chapter 12 this week we will be focusing on pairs and odd and even numbers.
Bible: This week we will be reading the story of “Jonah and the Great Fish.” Please discuss this story at home with your child, and let them narrate to you.
Nature Study: This week we will be discussing the tarantula. We will introduce that they are arachnids. We will discuss which class the tarantula belongs to, and then post the picture on our Animal Kingdom wall.
Show and Tell: There will be no Show & Tell for the rest of the year. We will be too busy!!
Have a wonderful week!
If you have any questions, please contact me at cmaeyaert@liveoakclassical.com.
Kindergarten: Mrs. Cox
Posted by Sydney Cox
This week … May 24th– May 28th
We’ve made it to the last week of school! Can you believe how time has flown?? This week will be very eventful and exciting. On Tuesday, please join us for Closing Ceremonies at 9:10 in the Sanctuary. Tuesday afternoon, we will have the second round of our Academic Decathlon. So far, both classes are tied! On Thursday, we will be having our end of the year party, at 9:00. Please join us!
Spelling/Grammar/Language: This week, we will continue to review the 70 phonograms, verbally and written. We will identify rhyming and non-rhyming words and review the pronunciation, spelling, and markings of the words we have learned thus far. We will practice individual speech sounds and work on correct directionality for writing letters as we continue working on writing the phonograms we have learned. We will write words in our spelling notebooks and we will practice these words throughout the week and review them on Friday. Our spelling words for this week will include: well, about, men, man, for, ran, run, was, that, and his. We will continue working on proper nouns and identifying the differences between common and proper nouns. We will place special focus this week with places, and discussing the city and state in which we live. We will create oral sentences and pictures to identify common and proper nouns. We will continue discussing informative, narrative, and informative-narrative literature. We will discuss that informative-narrative literature contains many facts and will identify examples of informative-narrative literature that we read throughout the week. We will also be making connections between our prior knowledge and what is stated in the books we read. We will talk about checking understanding, making connections, and predicting. We will identify the author’s purpose, type of writing, and the elements of the text, including the sequence of events. Our reading selections this week will include Little Bear, The Three Little Kittens, Ten Apples Up on Top, Oh The Places You’ll Go, and other selections we have enjoyed throughout the year. We will also be reading aloud as a class. I will be sending home small readers for your child to practice reading.
Unit Study: We have completed our journey around the globe! For the remainder of the year, we will be reviewing. We will review even the places we visited at the beginning of the year, including our own community of Waco. On Tuesday, we will be having our second round of the LOCS Academic Decathlon. One of our areas of questioning will come from our Unit Study travels.
Math: This week we will complete Chapter 12: Numbers to 100. The vocabulary for this chapter includes: hundred chart, count by 1’s, 1 ten/ 10, 2 tens/ 20, 3 tens/ 30,….9 tens/ 90, one, count by 2s, count by 5s, count by 10s, odd number, and even number. For chapter 12 this week we will be focusing on pairs and odd and even numbers.
Bible: This week we will be reading the story of “Jonah and the Great Fish.” Please discuss this story at home with your child, and let them narrate to you.
Nature Study: This week we will be discussing the tarantula. We will introduce that they are arachnids. We will discuss which class the tarantula belongs to, and then post the picture on our Animal Kingdom wall.
Show and Tell: There will be no Show & Tell for the rest of the year. We will be too busy!!
Please e-mail me if you have any questions scox@liveoaklassical.com
Music with Mrs. Still
Posted by cstillMAY IN GRAMMAR OF MUSIC CLASSES
Here are some highlights of our planned studies for the month of May:
- We will review all of our composers from the year throughout this month. We will also review all the music theory concepts we have learned through games and other activities. This will prepare us for the “music” section of the Academic Decathlon in which the Houses of Galena, Quartz, Azurite, and Amethyst will compete!
- NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE: The Spring Choral Concert for Grammar 2, Grammar 3, Grammar 4/5, and Logic/Rhetoric choir will be Tuesday night, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. Participation for students in these classes is mandatory. In the unusual event that a family emergency prevents a student from being at the concert, parents must clear this absence with the Head of School, Alison Moffatt. Ball games are not considered acceptable reasons for missing the concert. CONCERT DRESS IS REQUIRED.
- Each grade level will have a special unit study this month, in many cases to tie in with topics studied in the core classroom.
JK – Peter and the Wolf
K – Peter and the Wolf and “Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery”
G1 – Peter and the Wolf and American Patriotic Music (including Sousa)
G2 – Verdi’s opera “Aida” set in ancient Egypt
G3 – Gustav’s “The Planets”
G4/5 – Musical stories and tunes from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars of America
If you have questions, please contact me at cstill@liveoakclassical.com.