Kindergarten completed Unit 2 and will begin Unit 3, next week, in the
Phonics to Reading Curriculum. Unit 3 focuses on short o, as well as letters Hh, Rr, Bb, and Ll . Each lesson builds off the previous lesson, so that students can start to decode words and read before learning all the letters/sounds. Each lesson incorporates decodable texts and high frequency words (sight words). These decodable texts will be sent home for added practice. Sight words for Unit 3 are: do, you, what, this, and, under, or, are, up, down. This list of sight words will also be sent home. Unit 3 will continue to focus on initial, medial, and ending sounds. Isolating these sounds will help students decode and read words more accurately and fluently.
For handwriting, students will continue practicing learned letters through Phonics to Reading and the Handwriting Without Tears program.
Pre-Kindergarten is following the same sequence of letters as Kindergarten. We are focusing on Uppercase letter formation and letter-sound using the Lively Letters Program and Handwriting Without Tears. Whole group instruction is used for introducing letters, then small groups for differentiation based on grade and skill level.
PreK will also be working on the theme of Amazing Animals throughout the month of December and into January. Different focus areas (All Kinds of Animals, Animal Homes, Creepy, Crawly Insects and Animals Grow and Change) will be discussed using a variety of literary texts and activities.
