Dear Family and Friends, What an absolutely fabulous weekend it was in our area! It was great to see the kids with a little sun on their cheeks and happiness in their hearts. Since we have a short week this week we decided that we would combine this week and next week in our weekly update. We have reached our final theme, Earth Day is Every Day. This final theme pauses to appreciate the variety, beauty, and wonder of the natural world before exploring the concept of stewardship for our delicate planet Earth. We will learn the importance of recycling, reusing and reducing our waste. We will even look for ways to take care of our own community! Our KinderRoots book this week will be, Too Busy to Sleep, which focuses on the sound that /ng/ makes when they are found together. We tweak this concept slightly in our classes and we discuss /ing/…It really is easier for us to teach! Our last KinderRoots book will be sent home next week and it will be Shep the Sheep and it will focus on the sound that /sh/ produces. Let’s make these last two books our best yet! For the remainder of the year in math we are going to be reviewing back to previously taught concepts. We will reintroduce some of our favorite math games and introduce some fun new ones! We will continue to talk about geometry, number sense, patterns, puzzles and more. We will finish our Opinion writing unit next week! This really has been an enjoyable unit. The kids are seeing problems not just with our small community (home and school)! They really are seeing the world differently. They are beginning to see that problems exists in our world like littering, and wasting materials. Not only do they see problems in the world, they are suggesting solutions to improve the problems. We have a lot of work ahead of us to get ready for kindergarten graduation so we will be very busy! Summer is right around the corner and the kids are getting excited. We have had a wonderful year and can’t wait to celebrate the end of the year with all of you! LOOKING AHEAD… -Last Day of School June 13th: Kindergarten Graduation! More Information to follow. Have a great Day!! Mrs. McCants & Mrs. Rawling
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Dear Family and Friends,
What a great weekend! As the weather begins to warm up we encourage families to enjoy being outside as much as possible. It has been a rainy spring and we could all use a little vitamin D! This week we will continue with our theme, Water Wonders. This week we will learn the importance of water to all living things. Together we will also identify different purposes of water. We will learn about water in our environment as it recycles from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again. By the end of the week we will understand the importance of caring for our Earth’s most wondrous natural element! Our new KinderRoots book will be, A Day at the Farm, which focuses on the sounds that /ee/ and /ea/ make when they are found together. The books are going to continue to get more challenging as we get closer to the end of the school year. Just think…There are only two more books after this one! Please continue to practice reading with your child. In math we will finish our official lessons on the teen numbers however, we will continue practicing games to gain mastery in teen number compositions. We will begin our last small unit in math which involves measuring and comparing weights. Measuring and comparing weight is always a fun concept to teach! We are still in our Opinion writing unit and we love this unit! Everyone is beginning to write wth a solid purpose. We are starting to include reasons why problems exists and give helpful suggestions or solutions. We will continue to encourage independence while writing because they CAN do it! *We could really use extra snacks in the classroom to help us get through the remainder of the year. If you are out and about and thinking of us we would appreciate it! Ideas: Goldfish, granola bars, graham crackers, popcorn etc… LOOKING AHEAD… -No School Monday, May 27th: Memorial Day -Last Day of School June 13th: Kindergarten Graduation! More Information to follow. Have a great Day!! Mrs. McCants & Mrs. Rawling Dear Family and Friends,
Hopefully everyone enjoyed their weekend. For those of you that are moms we hope that you all had a fantastic Mother’s Day. Being a mom is a tough job, but it’s also one of the best jobs around! This week we will begin a new theme, Water Wonders. This week we will expand our knowledge of animals by exploring creatures that inhabit the water, particularly fish! We will discover how these creatures are similar to and different from people and other animals that we studied previously. We will also learn about fish as pets and fish in the wild. Our new KinderRoots book will be, Big Bob’s Bad Day, which focuses on the letter Rr. Again, this book is challenging! Continue practicing each night with your child. If they need a break from reading you can always have fun with buddy reading. Take turns reading sentences or pages. In math we are really looking closely at teen numbers. We will be learning that teen numbers are 10+some more. We will be doing a lot of work with ten frames and number identification. The teen numbers are still tricky for some however, it is getting easier with practice! Our opinion writing unit is well underway. We will be learning that it is important to get our readers attention by giving specific examples why our problems exist. We will also learn that we need to make sure we get our pieces to people that can help fix our problems. This unit has already been so much fun because they kids have really taken ownership of their problems and writing! LOOKING AHEAD… -No School May 27th: Memorial Day -Last Day of School June 13th: Kindergarten Graduation! More Information to follow. Have a great Day!! Mrs. McCants & Mrs. Rawling Dear Family and Friends,
We send our apologies for being a day late for our family update. Meeting our future kindergarteners set us off a day for our planning. We hope that you all enjoyed your extended weekend! We finally have a normal week and typical schedule in kindergarten. This week we will continue our theme, Fur and Feathers. We will introduce characteristics of mammals and birds this week. We are going to build on information that we learned during previous units. We will be classifying animals by their characteristics, discussing the human body and bringing back some information about farm animals. Our new KinderRoots book will be, Hot Muffins!, which focuses on the letter Hh. This book is a challenging book! All that we ask is that you continue to read with you child every night. If the text seems too difficult for your child you may wish to read the text along with them. Have your child practice by pointing to each word as they read. We continue to work on math fluency activities. We have been playing games that help us practice this new skill. As we move forward we will be working on our combinations of ten and ways to make ten. Investigating and understanding numbers and how they work is critical in setting up a strong foundation for math skills! We are officially in our opinion writing unit. During this unit we ask the children to look for problems all around them. They have been thinking about problems at home and school. Not only are they going to identify problems but they are going to be learning why their problems exist and how the problems can be fixed. LOOKING AHEAD… -No School May 27th, Memorial Day -Last Day of School June 13th: Kindergarten Graduation! More Information to follow. Have a great Day!! Mrs. McCants & Mrs. Rawling |