Monday, May 13, 2013

Week of May 13th


In Math we will review all concepts taught this year and continue to work on our addition and subtraction facts.

Our new Reading story is called The House That Tony Lives In. We will discuss the setting of the story and who helps to build a house.

In Phonics we will work on combination or, er and the vowel pattern rule vc’lcv . When we have a word we must separate words into syllables, label the vowels, consonants and separate the consonants with a division line.


Everyone did a nice job on their End of the Year Kindergarten test and on DIBELS. We are very proud of their hard work and progress this year!

*Field Trip to Ringling Bros. Circus—Thursday, May 23rd Information is included in your folder. Please send it back ASAP.

 
*Kindergarten Graduation—Tuesday, May 28th in the high school auditorium

 
Last Day of School – May 31st Early Dismissal

Friday, May 3, 2013

week of May 6-10, 2013


In Phonics, we will learn digraph ee like in sheep and be reviewing all digraphs we have learned thus far. (sh, voiced and unvoiced th, long and short oo, ch)

  In Math, we will be reviewing concepts such as money (coins and their values) time (to the hour) estimating, counting patterns (1s, 2s, 5s, 10s) and addition and subtraction stories.

  Our new Reading story is called The Night Worker. We will work on the skill plot with a realistic fiction story.  We will also be working on exclamatory sentences and complete sentences.


We just took our last Dibels test of the year and we are working hard on our word writing and writing a sentence for our end of the year Kindergarten test.  Please also review letters, sounds, and words that begin with each letter.  Keep up the good work!



Please do not send toys to school.  Thanks for your cooperation!



Just a reminder that Kindergarten DVD orders are due by May 8th.  Thanks!


Monday will be Day 2, Book Exchange, Please remember your books.



*Field Trip to Ringling Bros. Circus—Thursday, May 23rd

please send back Field Trip paperwork if you have done so already

*NSE carnival day- Friday, May 24

*No school for Memorial Day-Monday, May 27

*Kindergarten Graduation—Tuesday, May 28th

*Early Dismissal for last day of school- Friday, May 31

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