Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!
It was great seeing you all last Friday at the Spring Concert- the students did amazing thanks to all of their hard work and practice with Mrs. Abrego! 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) and are not leaving early- we are taking grades up until dismissal most days and up until the last day of school we will have tests.
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!
Promotion Details: All will be the morning of Wednesday, May 28th.
KA and KB Sections: 8:30 AM
KC and KD Sections: 10:15 AM
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:
This is the last week of reading check-ins and sending home reading bags (due next Monday); however, it will still be part of their nightly homework to read for 20 minutes at home and to fill out the reading log.
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, especially as we are doing some end of the year one-on-one skills practice. Your child will receive a new list or book, as the teacher assess for fluency and comprehension when reading with each scholar. We will only have a couple of more weeks left of reading bags.
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
- Ch. 12 Assessment (Wed., 5/14)
- Cumulative Assessment #5 (Thurs., 5/15)
- Money Unit will start on Friday
- Looking at each coin
- Discussing value of each coin
- Learning how to count each coin
Please practice these skills at home as well, especially recognizing and counting numbers to 100 (counting by 1s and by 10s).
- Counting On
- Looking at each coin
- Discussing value of each coin
- Learning how to count each coin
Language Arts Skills
- Spalding Phonograms: no new phonograms
- Spelling Words: land, cold, hot, hat, child, ice, play
- 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
- Annotations
- Virtue of Friendship
Poetry
History/Science
- Science: Plants
- Photosynthesis
- Plants: Make own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
- Difference between Deciduous and Evergreen plants (keep leaves and lose them)
- Why are plants important to our environment
- How plants grow their own food, how it's harvested, and stored
- Learn about farmers/farm to table
- George Washington Carver, his discovery of the many uses of peanut plants
- Photosynthesis
- Plants: Make own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
- Difference between Deciduous and Evergreen plants (keep leaves and lose them)
- Why are plants important to our environment
- How plants grow their own food, how it's harvested, and stored
- Learn about farmers/farm to table
- George Washington Carver, his discovery of the many uses of peanut plants
- History:
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
- Ch. 12 Math Assessment – Wednesday, May 14
- Cumulative Math Assessment #5 – Wednesday, May 14
- WPR Assessment – Thursday, May 15
- Spelling Assessment – Friday, May 16
Upcoming Events
- May 16 ~ Early Release
- May 23 ~ Early Release
- May 26 ~ No School- Memorial Day Holiday
- May 27 ~ Kindergarten Promotion Rehearsals; Early Release
- May 28 ~ Kindergarten Promotion; Early Release
- May 29 ~ Early Release; Last Day of School
