Weekly News: Q4W6 April 21-25

Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!

We hope everyone had a great weekend!  Please be sure to send in the classics to keep on the correct date, so that your child has a book to follow along in (dates listed below). We started Mouse Soup today, 4/21.  We only had 4 students bring in their books today, and we do not have enough in the class set to pass out or even for students to share with neighbor.

Looking Ahead: 

Field Trip: 

Next Tuesday, 4/29 is our Sea World Field Trip- please make sure that you read the next paragraph through for all of the details.

 

The field trip fee will cover the cost of student tickets and transportation. We are asking that parents pay $20 per student enrolled in K-6, with a family maximum of $60. Please ensure this is completed as soon as possible to avoid any last-minute problems delaying our departure.  Thank you!  We will receive a list from the front office of students that have slips on file, so no need to let us know separately.

 

We do have scholarships available. If paying the fee is a hardship for you, please submit the Field Trip Scholarship Request Form to brooke.schultze@greatheartstxschools.org.

 

Kindergarten Promotion

Each student will wear a graduation cap and a tassel along with their Great Hearts uniform. Your child’s cap and tassel can be ordered via the following link: Promotion Caps/Tassels. These are one size fits all and sold as a set for $12.  The set will be delivered to school.  Please complete your order by Wednesday, May 15th so we will be ready for Promotion!

Additional details, including times, will be sent at a later date, but you may mark your calendars for the morning of Wednesday, May 28^th. 

Each ceremony will conclude with light refreshments for the families and scholars to enjoy before the students return to class.  

All scholars will need to arrive at school on time as usual, and we will have our regular mid-morning/afternoon schedule following the ceremonies.  Great Hearts scholars complete academic lessons through the last day of school, so we will have lessons and activities planned for the remainder of our ceremony day.  

Here is Configio link for the Kinder teacher to send to parents when the time comes to communicate with parents about purchasing the Cap & Tassel.

https://greatheartsnorthernoaks.configio.com/pd/7054?code=mK2vGlmXCB

Classics to Keep

We're nearing an exciting milestone in Kindergarten as our Literature classes will shift from teacher read-alouds to the student-led reading of some wonderful books!  As we look forward to the start of the 4th Quarter, we will begin reading our first Classic to Keep.  As you purchase these books and prepare to send them in, please help us preserve our class Sense of Wonder as we explore these stories and have the scholars experience them for the first time in class.  We will be sending them home as we finish each book, and we love when the students enjoy them again and again at home.  Stated simply, please do not read the books with your child before we read them in class.  

Below is a list of all 5 books we will read in the upcoming weeks, along with the ISBN.  Please try to purchase the same ISBN as we will be using in class so that all students will have the same page numbers to follow along as we read together.  All books are readily available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble, for about $5 each.  

Little Bear                                   978-0064440042
Little Bear’s Visit                        978-0064440233
Mouse Soup                                978-0064440417
Mouse Tales                               978-0064440134
The Grasshopper on the Road    978-0064440943

It is important that each student have their own copy at school to complete with the readings for Literature class each day.  Please only send in one book at a time and label the book with your child's name (inside cover or on the front- we already have a few lost by the cubbies).  Thank you!

Book order and Dates:

Mouse Soup- 4/21

Mouse Tales- 5/5

Grasshopper on the Road- 5/12, 5/19

This Week: 

Reading Bags/Check-Ins:

Reading logs still need to be signed and completed each night for homework.  Please make sure that your child brings their reading bags back to school each day in their backpack.  It will vary week by week when your child reads with their teacher and how often. Your child will receive a new list or book, as the teacher assess for fluency and comprehension when reading with each scholar. 

We will be collecting library books this week, please make sure they are turned in ASAP. Please reach out to the front desk, if you do not know what book you are missing. You can send in $20 to the front desk (in an envelope) or replace the book.

This Week Academics:

Math Skills

• Ch. 12- Numbers to 100
• Skip counting
• Counting to 100 by 10s
• Counting on from any given number to 100
• Recognizing numbers to 100

Language Arts Skills

• Spalding Phonograms: no new phonograms
• Spelling Words: had, over, must, make, street, say, come
• Identify letter names
• Isolating sounds in words
• Identify phonogram sounds
• Identifying rhyming words
• Letter formation/pencil grip, writing phonograms on paper
• Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters; naming letters
• Identifying rules and markings on spelling words.

Grammar

• Kindergarten Memory Books

Literature

Mouse Soup

• Problem/Solution
• Point of View
• Annotations

This week book: Mouse Soup 

Next week book: Mouse Tales, Monday, May 5th

Core Saying

none

Poetry

A Diller, A Dollar

History/Science

• Science:
• Objects in the Sky Assessment: Monday, 4/21

• History:
• American Symbols
• The American Flag
• Statue of Liberty
• White House
• Liberty Bell

Homework Reminders

• Be sure to read daily for 20 minutes; 100 minutes this week. Reading Logs will be collected next Monday. Please record on the Reading Log page. If you miss a night, please record 0 minutes and initial rather than leaving it blank.
• Spalding handwriting practice. Spalding homework will continue to be in the Written Phonogram and Spelling Word Review format-please read the GH logo homework sheet for instructions.  On Monday-Wednesday scholars write the list of phonograms and words once; on Thursday in preparation for our spelling test the list is written twice.
• Memorize poem by Friday!

Upcoming Assessment

• Science: Objects in the Sky – Monday, April 21
• WPR Assessment – Thursday, April 24
• Spelling Assessment – Friday, April 25

Upcoming Events

• April 25 ~ Full Day Friday
• April 29 ~ Sea World Field Trip
• May 2 ~ Battle of the Flowers Holiday; No School
• May 9 ~ Spring Concert

Have a wonderful week!

Together for our children - The GHNO Kindergarten Teachers