Ladybugs and Butterflies!

                                                      

This week we learned about the life cycle of a butterfly and continued talking about insects.  Here are some of the important things we learned...

Our centers this week included learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and writing about butterflies, reading and writing words with blends and silent e, writing about when we feel grouchy just like The Grouchy Ladybug, and learning about the life cycle of a ladybug.

In Phonics, we worked on the long o and long u sounds.  We continued learning about silent e and learned the power word "use".  We built words with long vowels and read a story called My Dog Duke. 

In Reading, we listened to and discussed a nonfiction book about the sun. We used text features to build knowledge about the sun and to learn about things we wondered about.  We also read a nonfiction story about bugs and sorted the names of the bugs by the number of syllables.  Our vocabulary words included bright, sphere, creature, and survive. 

We continued writing opinion pieces in writing.  We worked on being persuasive and convincing. Next week, we will start our final writing unit and will start getting ready for first grade writing! 

We wrapped up our unit on numbers to 100 but will continue working on them throughout the remainder of the year.  We will also revisit addition and subtraction to make sure we are ready for first grade math! 

Looking ahead...

Passport Parade 4/14

SAVE THE DATE! PEACE OUT KINDERGARTEN PERFORMANCE 5/15 at 12:45 (more info coming soon!)

Have a great weekend!

Jena