Weekly News & Homework: May 13th-17th


Weekly News: May 13-17


Thank you all SO much for making me feel so beyond appreciated during our Teacher's Appreciation week! I loved every flower, note, treat, supply, and donation to our classroom! THANK YOU!!!
Can you believe that we only have three more full weeks left of kindergarten?! This year and my time with the students has flown by! I am amazed and so proud of how each and every student has grown and at how they have grown as a class. I am looking forward to having a fun-filled last few weeks together.
We enjoyed honoring our mothers on Friday at our Mother’s Day Celebration.  Thank you for joining us for this very special day.  I hope all of you wonderful mothers enjoyed your day and had a lovely Mother's Day weekend. 

This week we are studying and learning all about plants. Students will be planting their own little "potted plant pal" to take home on Friday. 
The kids did a fantastic job sharing their community service projects! Thank you parents for all of your support!!


End of the Year Events: The end of the year is coming quick and I wanted to let you know {IN ADVANCE!} what we have planned! Make sure to SAVE THE DATES...

Monday, June 3:  Pajama Day!  Wear your favorite pajamas to school.

Tuesday, June 4: BSC Field Day. We are having a school FIELD DAY with all of kindergarten, first and second grades, and TK friends! We will rotate through fun centers outside in the morning. We would love parent helpers on this day! More information will be coming soon. Thank you so much for your support!

Wednesday, June 5: Last Day of Kindergarten Celebration. We will have a very special last day of school KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM CELEBRATION on this day. We invite you to join us at 11:15 as we sing a special song, read our last book together as a class, look through our memory/writing books, and watch our "Kindergarten Movie". We will also be having our big end of the school year assembly at 9:00 on this morning, so mark your calendars for a full day of events!!


What Are We Learning This Week?:

Sight Words: VERY, EVERY, ABOVE, BELOW, ALWAYS 

Letter Team: There are NO new letter teams! Remember to practice ALL letter teams so that you are well-prepared for first grade.

Reading: We will be reading and learning all about plants. We are learning the different parts of plants and also what plants need to survive. 

Writing: This week, we will write about plants. We will continue to work on our writing goals each day in our journals. 

Math: We will continue to work on addition and subtraction, ways to make 10 and fluency through five, and sharpening our mental math skills.

Leadership: We will continue to ROAR and discuss what it means to have a growth mindset!

Homework: May 13-17

Flashcards: Don't forget to make new flashcards for each sight word and letter team. New words for this week are: VERY, EVERY, ABOVE, BELOW, ALWAYS. Study all sight word and letter team flashcards. I will begin our end of the year assessments this week. 


Phonemic Awareness: Please work with your child on: rhyming, blending, segmenting, syllables, and beginning/middle/ending sounds. 


Reading:  Play Smarty Ants for 10-15 minutes each night. Read your Book Bag every night. This includes: fluency passages, paper books, sight word and letter team pages, and library books. 


Writing: Practice writing EVERY day.  You can practice writing a 5-8 sentence Step up to Writing paragraph in your at-home journal.


Math: Play Dreambox for 10-15 minutes each night. Continue to discuss ways to make 5 (and ways to make 10!), numbers in base ten (in the number 16, how many tens and how many ones?), addition and subtraction number problems and word problems, 2D and 3D shapes, and the Doubles Song. Count the money in your bank. 


QR Codes: Download and print the QR Code practice pages on ParentSquare. Work on these pages together.

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