Friday, April 30, 2010

WEEK OF MAY 3-7, 2010

KINDERGARTEN HOMEWORK
MONDAY - THURSDAY: EACH NIGHT STUDY READING WORD LIST #18
BRING IN SHOW & TELL ITEM FOR SH
PRACTICE COUNTING BY 2, 5, 10
READ BEFORE BED FOR 10 MINUTES
KINDERGARTEN NEWS
THIS WEEK WE WILL BE LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE DIGRAPH SH AS IN SHARK AND SHIP. SHOW & TELL WILL BE ON FRIDAY. PLEASE SEND IN AN ITEM THAT HAS THE DIGRAPH SH IN IT.
THE STUDENTS ARE DOING WELL WITH ADDITION. WE ARE TRYING TO GET LOTS OF PRACTICE EACH DAY. WE ARE USING MANIPULATIVES AND PICTURES TO HELP THEM LEARN THE CONCEPT OF ADDING GROUPS.
IN READNG WE WILL FINISH THE BIG BOOK, "IF YOU GO TO ANTARCTICA" THIS WEEK. THE CHILDREN ARE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE ICEBERGS, PENGUINS, WHALES AND SEALS. THEY WERE ALSO VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE ANTARCTICA IS LOCATED ON OUR GLOBE. OUR NEXT STORY IS "ABUELA." IT IS ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL AND HER GRANDMOTHER (ABUELA IS THE SPANISH WORD FOR GRANDMOTHER). THE CHILDREN WILL BE INTRODUCED TO SOME SPANISH WORDS IN THIS FANTASY SET IN NEW YORK CITY.
AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE YEAR CHILDREN WILL BE TESTED BY THE READING TEACHERS. DIBELS TESTING FOR KINDERGARTEN WILL BE DONE ON MAY 4TH AND 5TH. THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
OUR FIELD TRIP IS COMING SOON. WE WILL BE GOING TO LAKE TOBIAS. WE WILL BE GOING WITH MISS LEIBIG'S CLASS ON THURSDAY, MAY 13TH. WE HAVE A RAIN DATE OF MAY 20TH. A LETTER WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THE FIELD TRIP WILL BE COMING HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER.
MONDAY, MAY 3RD IS DAY 6 AND WE HAVE MUSIC CLASS!
REMEMBER: TUESDAY, MAY 25TH IS KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION @ 6:30 P.M. MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

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