Weekly News & Homework: May 20th-24th

Weekly News: May 20-24



Each child took his or her plant pal home on Friday. Make sure to give it plenty of water, sun, and air so it will grow!

This week we are learning all about the seasons and weather. 

There is no more Success Academy and this is the last week of electives.

There is no school Monday, May 27th due to Memorial Day. Have a nice three day weekend with your families. 


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. We will relax and read and play fun games together. 

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 some special songs, read our last book together as a class, look through our memory 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: SUMMER, FALL, WINTER, SPRING, WEATHER.

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 read all about our different seasons and different weather. We are done with our paper books for the year, but we are still taking home book bags. This will be our last week of fluency and our last week to take home library books.

Writing: This week, we will write about our seasons and weather. We will also write all about what we have learned in kindergarten this year. 

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 20-24

Flashcards: IT IS OUR LAST WEEK OF SIGHT WORDS! New words for this week are: SUMMER, FALL, WINTER, SPRING, WEATHER. Study all sight word and letter team flashcards.


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 wallet. 


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

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