Summer Fun!

Focus on Curriculum                 May 26, 2017  

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short u family ug.  We thought of words, as a class, which ends in ug. The students came up with (rug, tug, mug etc.)

Reading:  This week we read What Would You Do with a Tail like This?  We learned the new vocabulary terms: pesky, warn, squirted, scoop, leap, and capture.   We also read King of The Zoo and many other fun children’s books.   Our poetry binders will be coming home this week.

Writing: We wrote in our memory books which will be coming home next week. We continued writing in our new writing journals. In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

 Sight Words:   This week reviewed all of our sight words. We now have ninety five words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, here, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink, black, orange, white, brown .

Math:  We played many fun math games reviewing all the concepts we learned this year.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.  Please continue to practice addition facts that add up to ten along with subtracting numbers up to ten.

Congratulations to all my kindergarten students for doing such a great job at the concert tonight.  I am very proud of you.

We will welcome children’s songwriter Jim Gill to school on Tuesday who will put on a private concert for the kindergarten class.

Thank you to all the parents who helped out in our class throughout the year.  I was so happy to work with such a great group of students all year.  I hope everyone and his or her family has a very safe and happy summer!

Thank you to all for the great year!

Remember:

Thursday June 1st.  Fun activities will be planned for the children.  Please wear comfortable shoes and dress according to the weather because we will be outside weather permitting.

Last Day of School is Friday June 2^rd-Half Day!

Read to your child every night!

Almost Time For The Zoo!

Focus on Curriculum                 May 19, 2017  

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short u family un.  We thought of words, as a class, which ends in un. The students came up with (sun, bun, fun, etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Giraffe’s Can’t Dance.  We also learned the new vocabulary terms: prance, bold, splendid, sneered, and crept.

Writing: We wrote about Gerald the Giraffe.  In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

 Popcorn Words: This week we learned the sightwords black, orange, white, and brown.  We now have ninety five words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink, black, orange, white, brown . Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued to practice addition facts that add up to ten, along with subtracting numbers up to ten.  We also worked on counting by tens and grouping by tens. Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. 

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on summer safety.

Art:  In class we made a giraffe project with a poem on the back.  We are getting very excited about our upcoming zoo trip.

Remember:

Kindergarten Musical 7:00 P.M. Thursday May 25^th at Lakeview

Read to your child every night!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

                    

Focus on Curriculum                 May 12, 2017  

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short u family um.  We thought of words, as a class, which ends in um. The students came up with (gum, glum, plum, etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Elmer and Elephants by National Geographic for Kids.  We labeled the parts of an elephant.  We also learned the new vocabulary terms: migration, herd, drought, instinct, and herbivore.

Writing: We wrote about what makes each of us special, just like Elmer the elephant.  We continued our unit in writing where we are focusing on writing our very own multiple page stories.  In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense. 

 Sight Words: This week we learned the sight words blue, yellow, red and pink.  We now have ninety one words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink. Please practice the sight words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued to practice addition facts that add up to ten, subtracting numbers up to ten and grouping by tens.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.

Art:  We completed an Elmer the Elephant project, along with two Mother’s Day projects.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Remember:

Read to your child every night!

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays 

 

We have gym every day.  Please remember your gym shoes.

 

Please check the green folder daily.

Turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school! - The class with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.

Ocean Life!

Focus on Curriculum                 May 5, 2017    

Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics sounds. Now we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.  We like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember them.  Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year. It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and the sound of that letter.

Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short o family og.  We thought of words as a class that ends in og. The students came up with (log, dog, jog etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Rainbow Fish and Sharks by National Geographic for Kids.  In Rainbow Fish we talked about how important sharing and giving are and how they are more rewarding than receiving.  

Writing: We continued to write in our journals.  In our journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing.  We also reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.  .

 Popcorn Words: This week we learned the sight words pretty, funny, under and find. We now have eighty eight words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find.  We are going to keep our sight words in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please practice the sight words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued working on addition facts that add up to ten, along with subtracting numbers up to ten.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. 

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on Sharks!

Art:  We completed two Rainbow Fish projects.  

                                   

Remember:

Read to your child every night!

Do not forget to place your Scholastic book orders.

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays 

 

We have gym every day.  Please remember your gym shoes.

 

Please check the green folder daily.

Turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school! - The class with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.