Kinder Weekly Updates Q4W10 (5/18-5/22; Last Week)

 Hello, Kindergarten Griffin Parents!

We've made it to the last week of such a wonderful year, and the time sure flew by! 

This week we will continue sending books and supplies home little by little in your child’s backpack – please check backpacks daily to empty out the materials and lighten their load.  Thank you!

Be on the lookout for an email from Mrs. Albertson (Reading Specialist) who will be sending out emails to all families with End of Year mCLASS reports and the dyslexia screener letters. We are so proud of the incredible reading growth your children have shown this year. On Friday, students will be bringing home an end-of-year bag with their next 3 leveled readers to keep at home, and a summer reading challenges will be sent home soon. 

Please note that any absences other than those excused due to illness will result in a zero for any missed work or tests on the last day of school. We are not able to administer these assessments prior to the scheduled testing days which can be found below under "Upcoming Assessments." Thank you for your understanding and diligence. 

Promotion

Ceremony Times: 

8:30am

KA- Brown/Cisneros

KB- Quick/Copeland
 

12:30pm

KC- Ash/ Krauss

KD- Simmons/ McConnell

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

The students will practice for promotion on Tuesday (the day before) so please make sure ladies wear hair in a way that we can still comfortably put the cap on for BOTH days. I will list a few ideas below that are cap-friendly vs. hairstyles to avoid:

• Cap-Friendly: Low bun, low ponytail, half-up/half-down, soft curls or waves, braids, or simply wearing their down naturally. 
• Avoid: High buns or top knots, high ponytails, big volume at the crown, updos (anything tall), and hair accessories (bows, clips, etc.)
• We will not be putting bobby pins to hold caps or combing hair for touch-ups, so we recommend using hold spray or gel 

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 will complete academic lessons through the last day of school, including assessments, so we will have lessons and activities planned for the remainder of our ceremony day. Please do not take your child home after the ceremony.

This Week

Math Skills

Money

• Coins
• Pennies
• Nickels
• Dimes
• Quarters
• Identify and Count Coins
• Counting Like Coins
• Counting Coin Value
• Money Assessment, 5/19

End of Year Review

• 100s Chart
• Numbers to 100
• Flat Shapes 
• Circle
• Square
• Triangle
• Rectangle
• Solid Shapes
• Sphere
• Cube
• Cone
• Cylinder
• Addition and Subtraction
• EOY Cumulative Assessment, Friday, May 22nd

Spalding

• Spalding Phonograms: continue to practice all 70 learned phonograms 
• Spelling Words: sea, sea, blue, cool, earth, feed, fur
• Identify phonogram sounds
• Identifying rhyming words
• Letter formation/pencil grip, writing phonograms on paper

Literature

Grasshopper on the Road

• Seminar

Core Saying

none

Poetry

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary 

History/Science

• Science:
• Plant Unit
• Life Cycle of a Flower
• Plant Assessment, 5/18
• End of Year Cumulative Assessment, 5/19

Homework Reminders

• NO reading log or agenda; only Spalding homework in preparation for the tests 
• Spalding homework will continue to be in the Written Phonogram Review format-please read the GH logo homework sheet for instructions. Monday- Wednesday scholars write the list of words and phonograms once; on Thursday in preparation for our Spelling Test the words our written twice.
• Memorize poem by Friday! (Not graded)

Upcoming Assessments

• Science Assessment – Monday, May 18th: Plant Unit
• Math Assessment – Tuesday, May 19: Money Unit
• Science Assessment – Tuesday, May 19th: EOY Cumulative 
• Spalding Phonogram Assessment – Thursday, May 21st
• Spalding Spelling Assessment – Friday, May 22nd
• Math Assessment - Friday, May 22nd: EOY Cumulative

Upcoming Events

• May 19 ~ Kindergarten Promotion Rehearsals
• May 20 ~ Kindergarten Promotion
• May 21 ~ Early Release
• May 22 ~ Early Release; Last Day of School

Have a wonderful week!

Together for our children - The GHNO Kindergarten Teachers