Hello, Kindergarten Griffin Parents!
It was great seeing you all at the Spring Concert last Friday! We will continue to read Mouse Tales from our Classics to Keep books this week. We will continue to send home previously used books as we finish them.
Please remember to purchase your child's cap and tassel for the Kindergarten Promotion by next Monday, May 11th. 2026 Kindergarten Promotion Ceremony Cap & Tassel
All GHNO siblings will need to stay in their classroom during the ceremony. Thank you for your support and understanding. More information can be found below including times, date, and location.
This is going to be the last week of reading check-ins for the school year, and we will collect the reading bags next Monday, May 11th. We will continue to have our reading homework of reading 20 minutes each night and reading logs to fill out, but you will be able to read books from home like you did at the beginning of the year. The reading logs will be placed back in the red folders starting next week.
Coins for Math
We are asking that each child bring coins in a Ziploc bag for math. Students will be using the coins for the next couple of weeks. Please send the following coins with your child: 10 pennies, 5 nickels, 5 dimes, and 4 quarters.
Classics to Keep
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
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!
This Week
Math Skills
Ch. 12: Numbers up to 100
- Review
- Count on from any number to 100.
- Number patterns to 100.
- Performance Task- Chapter 12 Test
- Cumulative Test 5
Spalding
- Spalding Phonograms: continue to practice all 70 learned phonograms
- Identify phonogram sounds
- Identifying rhyming words
- Letter formation/pencil grip, writing phonograms on paper
- Jobs of the Silent Final /e/ (sheets are in red folder for more detail)
Literature
Mouse Tales
- Sequencing (beginning, middle, end)
- Making Connections and Predictions
Core Saying
Grammar
Poetry
History/Science
- Science:
- Plant Unit
Homework Reminders
- Be sure to read daily for 20 minutes; 100 minutes this week. Reading Logs will be collected next Monday, May 11th. Please record on the Reading Log page, sent in your child's reading bag. If you miss a night, please record 0 minutes and initial rather than leaving it blank.
- 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!
Upcoming Assessments
- Math Assessment – Thursday, May 7th: Ch. 12 Unit Test
- Spalding Phonogram Assessment – Thursday, May 7th: Students will write phonograms read aloud to them.
- Spalding Spelling Assessment – Friday, May 8th: Students will write spelling words read aloud to them.
Upcoming Events
- May 8 ~ Early Release Day
- May 15 ~ Early Release Day
- May 20 ~ Kindergarten Promotion
- May 22 ~ Last Day, Early Release Day
