DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Wednesday, May 15th—Fieldtrip to Kettunen Center
-Monday, May 20th—Delayed Start
-Friday, May 24th—Fun to Be Fit (1:00)
-Monday, June 3rd—Track & Field (afternoon)
-Monday, June 10th—Last day of school
Our student of the week is Makayla Vanderhoef. Makayla enjoys art, role-playing in the dramatic play area, and learning about outer space. Her favorite place to go is to McDonalds and when she grows up, Makayla aspires to be a farmer. Congratulations to Makayla on being Student of the Week!
FIELDTRIP:
I still have a few students who need to send in their permission slips, photo releases, & $2.50 for our upcoming fieldtrip. Your child will need—a sack lunch, appropriate clothing for outside activities, & sunscreen (if desired). Just a reminder that Kettunen Center is also collecting non-perishable food items and paper products for the Feed the Need Project. We will provide a morning and afternoon snack and bug spray if needed. :)
FUN TO BE FIT:
Our 3rd Annual Fun to Be Fit Day is scheduled for Friday, May 24th beginning @ 1:00. I am looking for a few parent volunteers to come in and help supervise a small group—it’s easy for Kindergarteners to get lost in the sea of runners :) I am also looking for a couple of volunteers to provide 12 pks of bottled water for our class after the event. Please let me know if you’d be willing to help out in any way. :)
READING:
Our focus letter for this week is the letter Vv and our focus text is The Flower Garden, which we will use to work on vocabulary, text structure - classifying, & comprehension. We will introduce the sight words for & they and we will continue to reinforce the digraphs th, ch, wh, & sh at several of our stations.
WRITING:
This week we will wrap up our Unit on Informational Text—the students will be bringing their books home to share at the end of the week. They will also be bringing home their April Journals to share with you. This week we will complete two Type 3 Writings related to seasons and the weather.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will wrap up our Science Unit on Weather and Seasons. We will be reading several books related to chicks and their lifecycles, as we anxiously await hatching day—next week. We will also be reading some books about moms, as we prepare for Mother’s Day.
This week we will introduce the Quarter and practice making some fair coin exchanges. We will also continue to work on skip counting and addition. We will be reviewing several math concepts in preparation for end of the year assessments. The students really enjoyed creating 2D & 3D shapes out of straws, toothpicks, and marshmallows last week. I will post some of the photos on my blog so that you can check out their engineering and architectural skills. :)
