Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!
We have a busy month ahead, as we wrap up the school year. Please remember to read through the blog and keep up with homework. It is very important that students are here every day on time (unless sick or excused absence) and are not leaving early- we are taking grades up until dismissal most days and up until the last day of school.
Looking Ahead:
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!
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.
Classics 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
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 have collected library books, so 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
- Counting on from any number (stopping at 40)
- Skip counting to 100
- Counting by 1s to 100
Please feel free to practice this at home, in the car, or whenever you get the chance with your scholars.
- Counting on from any number (stopping at 40)
- Skip counting to 100
- Counting by 1s to 100
Language Arts Skills
- Spalding Phonograms: no new phonograms
- Spelling Words: hand, ring, live, live, hill, late, let
- 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
- Problem/Solution
- Point of View
- Annotations
Poetry
History/Science
- Science:
- History:
- American Symbols
- Bald Eagle (strength, courage, and freedom)
- American Symbols Assessment, Thursday (5/1)
Homework Reminders
- Be sure to read daily for 20 minutes; 160 minutes this week. Reading Logs will be collected this Thursday. 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 scholars write the list of phonograms and words once; on Wednesday in preparation for our spelling test the list is written twice.
- Memorize poem by Thursday!
- There will be reading and phonogram card homework on Tuesday, but no Spalding written homework on Tuesday (due to field trip).
Upcoming Assessment
- WPR Assessment – Wednesday, April 30
- History: American Symbols – Thursday, May 1
- Spelling Assessment – Thursday, May 1
Upcoming Events
- April 29 ~ Sea World Field Trip
- May 2 ~ Battle of the Flowers Holiday; No School
- May 9 ~ Spring Concert
