Our Academic Enrichment time is daily from 12:00-1:00pm. This time is specifically designed for our Kindergarten students to join together as a group to work and progress through the advanced materials and lessons in the Montessori primary curriculum with Mr. John. Ms. Kristen begins this group time with additional handwriting and journaling lessons. Throughout the school day in their classroom they are still working individually with their classroom teacher on these and other materials at their level.
Junior Great Books Reading Group
Junior Great Books is a foundational reading program that introduces students to a variety of literary genres, while teaching critical thinking and comprehension skills. Our Kindergarten students meet twice a week as a small reading group. During this time, they listen to a story being read to them and take turns reading the story aloud. Students pause during readings to think critically about the story, identify the different parts of the story, such as the characters and main ideas, make predictions about what might happen next, and learn new vocabulary words, using the context to understand the meaning. Each week your child’s reading group teacher will email information about the current story.
11/28: Parts of a Animals
- Parts of a mammal, amphibian, and bird
- Parts of a reptile and fish
- Working with animal puzzles and control charts
12/05: Parts of Arachnids/Insects
- Parts of a spiders
- Parts of a wasp
12/12: Use of a Ruler
- Inches and Centimeters
- Measuring with a ruler– practice with many different objects
- Recording measurements
12/22—1/3 Christmas Break—School Resumes Wednesday, January 4th
Synonyms of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
11/28: no synonym/sight words of the week
12/05: no synonym/sight words of the week
12/12: no synonym/sight words of the week
Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:
- Practice measuring different objects at home and recording those measurements.
Mr. John will be sending homework home to reinforce these lessons. Please turn homework into the orange box outside of Mr. John’s classroom. Please email him if you have any questions: jkotradi@thesmarterkids.com.