Hello Kindergarten Families,
I can’t believe it is the middle of May already! I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful weekend and having a happy Mothers Day! I love sunny days! Be sure the students come with water bottles this week so they can stay hydrated.
I just want to say a special thank you for your kind words and gifts last week. I really feel fortunate to be your child’s teacher. I look forward to seeing them each and every day!
These final weeks will primarily be a time when we “put it all together”. One special way we will do this is by having each student read a book to the class. Please help your child find a “just right” book (one they can read with expression and fluency and is not too long) to share with us beginning May 18th. This will require some practice. Please be sure they can easily read the book with a presentation level voice and are comfortable turning the book around to show us the pictures.
Spring MAPS- we will be taking our second MAPS this coming Tuesday, May 12th. This final series of MAP tests for the year is very important. Please make sure your child is set up to do his/her best with plenty of sleep and a healthy lunch. We will be taking our test at 1:00.
Kindergarten Time Capsule- Thank you to all the parents who have sent in your child’s boxes so far. If you haven’t, please send in a shoebox this week. Then between now and Tuesday May 26th please collect some items to go in the time capsule. Another special idea is to write your child a letter. What you include or how you do this is really up to you, but the original kindergarten time capsule I saw had a letter addressed to the child as they graduate from high school sharing who the young child is now and dreams for them as they mature into young adults. Letters from grandparents are also sweet. Feel free to send in small mementoes you think might be fun to see in 12 years too. Again, please send the box in this week and all items to be put in by 5/26.
Into the Jungle
This Friday, May 15th, we will have a free dress day to celebrate the talent show. This year’s theme is Into the Jungle! Students can dress in jungle theme clothes, anything appropriate for school. We look forward to seeing all of the fun spirit as we watch the awesome talent show performances.
REMINDERS:
Wednesday: – perfect uniforms
Friday: Into the Jungle
Specialists
Monday- PE and spanish
Tuesday- library and Computer Lab (We will not be checking out books this week.)
Wednesday– art
Thursday- Music and PE
Friday- Music
Curriculum
Language Arts – This week’s theme is “How can I help at home?” Skills we will be working on this week: rhyming, long vowels, blending and segmenting phonemes, substitute phonemes, reading with fluency, and writing complete sentences on a single topic.
Sight words- Sight Word Review. Please make sure you’re practicing every night so the kids gain fluency. Fluency- the ability to quickly and precisely recognize words.
Math- Math review
Homework
Tuesday- Happy numbers
Wednesday – Just right book
Calendar Updates
- Lunches of Love
- May 15th – Talent Show
- May 21st – Wax Museum
- May 22nd – Field Day, Noon Dismissal
- May 25th – No School, Memorial Day
- June 4th – 8th Grade Graduation
- June 9th – Kindergarten Graduation, This is the last day of school for kindergarteners. After graduation, students will be released to their parents to go home.