May 22-25

Hi K families!


Few reminders: 

• Please turn in your field day form letting us know if your child will take hot or cold lunch! 
• If you have any Box Tops, please turn them in by Friday, June 2nd. 

Upcoming events:
May 22: Family Night
May 26: No School
May 29: No School
May 30: Sportswear Day
May 31: Crazy/Odd Sock Day
June 1: Wear Orange
June 2: Dress Like Your Parents Day
June 5: Backwards Clothes Day
June 6: Sunglasses Day--Field Day and Mini-courses
June 7: Wear Bright Clothes/Last Day of School-11:30 Dismissal
June 11: Timber Rattlers Game 1:00

A peek at our week: 

Reading:  Kindergartners will be starting book clubs this week! These book clubs help us to learn more about characters and what is happening in the story. Kindergartners explore characters and stories by acting out. Here are the most important parts to remember when acting out books:

• Make your reading sound smooth (not. choppy. like. a. robot.)
• Check how your character is feeling! 
• Make your voice match the character's voice 
• Make your face and body match the character's 
• "Pop out" important parts of the book

Writing:  It's editing week! We will use our editing checklists and work with our partners to give suggestions and compliments. After making sure we have said all we want to say and drawn pictures that show many details, our writing will be ready to be published! First, writers will check to see that they have a beginning, speech bubbles, feelings, and an ending with a big action or feeling! Then, we will pay special attention to our sight words, punctuation, and upper and lowercase letters. I can't wait to send home true stories for you to enjoy!

Math: In order to get ready for the end of the year assessment, students will play a variety of math games for practice! Here are some of the games:

• Speed.  This card game helps students practice the number that comes before and the number that comes after a given number. 
• We will practice adding and subtracting within ten using a ten frame and bingo dotters. 
•  Using a dice within a dice (which we call baby dice), students will quickly add the two numbers they see together. Then, they will compare their number to their partner’s to determine which is greater.
• Students will play five frame Go Fish. Using five frames will help students to visualize adding and subtracting within five. 

Word Study:  We will continue to review all the Kindergarten sight words. We will especially focus on transferring this work to our reading and writing! 

Science: We will rotate through the following centers:

• We will watch videos and look at pictures of balls and ramps. Then we will draw blue prints for when we make ramps. 
• We will use paper tubes, wood, and bouncy balls to observe and explore.
• Scientists will be given Marble Works materials to build, observe, and take notes on what we notice.