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.
This week, your scholar will bring home an RSVP slip for Kindergarten Promotion in their red folder. Please indicate how many family members and friends will be attending so we can plan accordingly. Kindly return the form by the end of the week or as soon as possible. Thank you!
Today, we started Mouse Tales and will read stories from this book for the next 2 weeks. Please send as soon as possible so your scholar can participate. More information found below!
Spring Concert: Please read the information about the Spring Concert, which is mandatory this Friday, May 1st at 5:30PM located at Trinity Baptist Church. Please have your child use the restroom BEFORE joining the class line. Students are to wear concert dress attire, and sneakers or athletic shoes are not permitted. Please no water bottles, tissues, etc. We look forward to seeing all their hard work!
*Note that students will be rehearsing all week during afternoon specials at 1:30, so please try not to pull your student early. Thank you!
Looking Ahead:
Kindergarten Promotion
Please Save the Date for Kindergarten Promotion!
Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Great Hearts Northern Oaks gym
Sections A and B ceremony at 8:30am
Sections C and D ceremony at 12:30pm
Formal invitations to follow soon
Students will wear their school uniforms along with caps/tassels that can be purchased here!
We’re looking forward to this precious celebration of their year!
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 the remaining books we will read, 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.
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), replace the book (labeled with a note), or visit the PSO Website to pay the missing book fee (link found below).
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
- American Symbols Assessment, Tuesday April 28th
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.
- Friendly reminder that you can find the phonogram video links by visiting this link and scrolling to the bottom of the page.
- Phonogram cards: Spalding Education – Your student's literacy begins with you
Upcoming Assessment
- WPR Assessment – Thursday, April 30th
- History: American Symbols – Tuesday, April 28th
- Spelling Assessment – Friday, May 1st
Upcoming Events
- May 1 ~ Early Release; Spring Concert (Required)
- May 8 ~ Early Release
- May 15 ~ Early Release
- May 19 ~ Promotion Rehearsals (Students only, please make sure your student is at school in the morning for practice)
- May 20 ~ Kindergarten Promotion
- May 22 ~ Last Day of School
