September's Update

Ok, so here's an update on just what Ryn's been doing for the first month of Kindergarten.

Hooked on Phonics Level one:
-at lesson and review

• Fat Cat, Fat Rat

-an lesson and review

• Dan Ran

-ap lesson and review

• Hop book 1: Cat

-ag lesson and review
-ad lesson and review

Short a complete chapter review

• Hop book 2: Rag

-ig lesson and review

• Big Pig

-id lesson and review

• Matt Hid

-it lesson and review
Helper word lesson THE, IS, AND, ON

• Hop companion book - Dad and Sam
• On the Mat
• Hop book 3: Pig Wig

-in lesson and review
-ip lesson and review

• Hop book 4: Pig Wig can Hit

Short i complete chapter review
Lesson on adding "s" to make words plural
Helper word lesson LIKE, TO, THE, ON, IS, AND

• I Like It
• Hop book 5: Tag
• Hop companion book - Sam and the Mitt

-ox lesson and review

• Fox, Ox and the Box

-ot lesson and review
-op lesson and review
Helper word lesson WITH, WHAT, HAS, TO, AND, LIKE, ON, THE, IS

• What has Dots?
• What has Caps?
• Hop book 6: Pop Fox

-og lesson and review
-ob lesson and review
Helper word lesson WE, SEE, NO, ON, HAS, LIKE, WHAT, AND WITH, THE, TO, IS

• Hop book 7: The Fog

Short o complete chapter review

• Hop companion book - Pom Pom

Ryn has also been reading Leap Frog Tag pen Learn to read books. This month she has read:

• Casey Cat has a Hat
• The Fit-It Kid

This month, Ryn has also earned the Small Star Award from Starfall for being able to read all five short vowel books all on her own. These books include:

• Zac the Rat
• Peg the Hen
• The big Hit
• Mox's Shop
• Gus the Duck

Weekly sight word packets including the words:

UP, WHO, ASK GO, BLACK, SOME, RED, NO, FLY, AWAY, THERE, COULD, JUMP, DID, WALK, THE, ARE, ANY, SEE, UNDER, GIVE.

Weekly word family packets including:

-am, -ee, -un, -oad, -id, -ole, -en, -ose, -ot, -iles, -og, -ake, -et, -ace

We also worked a little on Rhyming and counting Syllables in words.

On to the maths...

• Parallelogram lesson
• adding ones and tens without carrying 
• Skip counting by 2's
• Telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour
• Pennies, Nickles, Dimes' Quarters
• Fractions: 1/2
• Subtracting ones and tens without carying
• Slip counting by 3's
• Tally Marks
• Fact Families
• Word problems
• Bar graphs
• true/false adding
• Cylinder lesson
• Rhombus lesson
• Line graphs
• Skip counting by 5's

Technically she did 7 weeks worth of weekly packets, and 15 Hooked on Phonics lessons...

We went to the Adirondack Balloon Festival, McWhorter's Apple Orchard, and The World Awareness Children's Museum as our field trips this month.

We also attend Library Story and Art Time, Home School play time at the park, and Roller Skating weekly.

She will also continue with her weekly piano lessons.