May’s Newsletter
Welcome Spring! Here is an overview of the topics that will be covered in the month of May!
Reading/Language Arts:
*Books of interest: Rain, Runaway Bunny, Mushroom in the Rain, Spring is Here, The Spring Rabbit, Clifford’s Spring Clean Up,  Puddles, Frog and Toad, The Mixed Up Chameleon, and our class favorite Stuck!
*Concepts of Print:

• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, return sweep
• Identify front and back covers of book, title page, author, illustrator, page numbers, beginning and end of text
• Differentiate letters, drawings, numerals, and words
• Recognize that print provides meaning
• Recognize that pictures support text

*Phonemic Awareness:

• Given a spoken word set, identify if the medial sounds are the same or different
• Recognize changes in sounds (initial position) to change words

*Comprehension:

• Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story including the problem and solution
• Use context to determine the meaning of words (semantics) through listening to stories and reading early emergent or appropriate level books
• Monitor fix-up reading strategies, pictures, and first letter cues
• Recall important information from text

*Poetry Folders:

• Retell the events of a poem

*Letter/Sound Identification:

• Review digraphs- ch, th, sh, wh, ck
• Review short vowel sounds-a, e, i, o, u

*Rhyming Chunks:

• -it, -ap

*Word Recognition:

• Review all kindergarten sight words. Please encourage your child to use these words when they write so they can read and spell them independently.
• We will introduce the following trick words she, we, he, me, and we.
• 

Writing independently to convey ideas.
Write independently (using approximated) spelling.
Contribute to a shared writing experience with the teacher about a topic that has been read or discussed in class.
The writing goals will be met in a variety of ways:
Independent Writing: Students write and illustrate an idea following a group lesson.
Journal Writing: Students draw and write about a topic of interest.
 
All writing lessons will focus on:

• Proper letter formation
• Capital letters to begin sentences
• Spacing between words
• Punctuation at the end of sentences
• Approximated spelling for unfamiliar words
• Correct spelling for sight words

Listening and Writing: With much practice, the children are becoming more comfortable with this skill. The teacher dictates a sentence and the students independently write the sentence.
 
 Math:

• Continue counting to 100
• Combine and remove concrete objects from a set and describe the results
• Understand greater than, less than, and equal to
• Combinations that equal 5.
• Play this fun game. …. Ask child the following question using numbers 0-5. “ I have_______. I wish I had 5. How many more do I need?
• We are working towards reaching the end of the school year goal of counting backward from 20-0. This is much more challenging to do. Count back by 1’s from varied numbers.
• Examples:

Start @ 10 Stop @1
Start @ 20 Stop @ 11
Numeral Sequence: What number am I?
Kindergarten children are also working on reaching the end of the school year goal of increased fluency with number sense from 1-100.
I am between 5 and 7, what number am I?
I am between 7 and 9, what number am I?
I am between 10 and 12, what number am I?
 
 
 
 
 Extensions in Literacy, Math,
Science and Social Studies
 
Children collect and record data using observation and simple instruments.
Children will explore balls and ramp Science Kit over the next 6-8 weeks.  We are very excited! Our Science study will include learning how different balls move when they are rolled, bounced, and thrown and when they are rolled down ramps.
 
 Important Dates to Remember
 
       
 
 

• Monday May 21^{st………..} ˝ day for students….senior project day
• Monday May 25^th…… No School, Memorial Day

 
 
Lastly, the week of May 18^th will be  the last week for volunteering. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us in the classroom.  We appreciate it!
 
 
 May’s Newsletter
Welcome Spring! Here is an overview of the topics that will be covered in the month of May!
Reading/Language Arts:
*Books of interest: Rain, Runaway Bunny, Mushroom in the Rain, Spring is Here, The Spring Rabbit, Clifford’s Spring Clean Up,  Puddles, Frog and Toad, The Mixed Up Chameleon, and our class favorite Stuck!
*Concepts of Print:

• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, return sweep
• Identify front and back covers of book, title page, author, illustrator, page numbers, beginning and end of text
• Differentiate letters, drawings, numerals, and words
• Recognize that print provides meaning
• Recognize that pictures support text

*Phonemic Awareness:

• Given a spoken word set, identify if the medial sounds are the same or different
• Recognize changes in sounds (initial position) to change words

*Comprehension:

• Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story including the problem and solution
• Use context to determine the meaning of words (semantics) through listening to stories and reading early emergent or appropriate level books
• Monitor fix-up reading strategies, pictures, and first letter cues
• Recall important information from text

*Poetry Folders:

• Retell the events of a poem

*Letter/Sound Identification:

• Review digraphs- ch, th, sh, wh, ck
• Review short vowel sounds-a, e, i, o, u

*Rhyming Chunks:

• -it, -ap

*Word Recognition:

• Review all kindergarten sight words. Please encourage your child to use these words when they write so they can read and spell them independently.
• We will introduce the following trick words she, we, he, me, and we.
• 

Writing independently to convey ideas.
Write independently (using approximated) spelling.
Contribute to a shared writing experience with the teacher about a topic that has been read or discussed in class.
The writing goals will be met in a variety of ways:
Independent Writing: Students write and illustrate an idea following a group lesson.
Journal Writing: Students draw and write about a topic of interest.
 
All writing lessons will focus on:

• Proper letter formation
• Capital letters to begin sentences
• Spacing between words
• Punctuation at the end of sentences
• Approximated spelling for unfamiliar words
• Correct spelling for sight words

Listening and Writing: With much practice, the children are becoming more comfortable with this skill. The teacher dictates a sentence and the students independently write the sentence.
 
 Math:

• Continue counting to 100
• Combine and remove concrete objects from a set and describe the results
• Understand greater than, less than, and equal to
• Combinations that equal 5.
• Play this fun game. …. Ask child the following question using numbers 0-5. “ I have_______. I wish I had 5. How many more do I need?
• We are working towards reaching the end of the school year goal of counting backward from 20-0. This is much more challenging to do. Count back by 1’s from varied numbers.
• Examples:

Start @ 10 Stop @1
Start @ 20 Stop @ 11
Numeral Sequence: What number am I?
Kindergarten children are also working on reaching the end of the school year goal of increased fluency with number sense from 1-100.
I am between 5 and 7, what number am I?
I am between 7 and 9, what number am I?
I am between 10 and 12, what number am I?
 
 
 
 
 Extensions in Literacy, Math,
Science and Social Studies
 
Children collect and record data using observation and simple instruments.
Children will explore balls and ramp Science Kit over the next 6-8 weeks.  We are very excited! Our Science study will include learning how different balls move when they are rolled, bounced, and thrown and when they are rolled down ramps.
 
 Important Dates to Remember
 
       
 
 

• Monday May 21^{st………..} ˝ day for students….senior project day
• Monday May 25^th…… No School, Memorial Day

 
 
Lastly, the week of May 18^th will be  the last week for volunteering. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us in the classroom.  We appreciate it!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 May’s Newsletter
Welcome Spring! Here is an overview of the topics that will be covered in the month of May!
Reading/Language Arts:
*Books of interest: Rain, Runaway Bunny, Mushroom in the Rain, Spring is Here, The Spring Rabbit, Clifford’s Spring Clean Up,  Puddles, Frog and Toad, The Mixed Up Chameleon, and our class favorite Stuck!
*Concepts of Print:

• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, return sweep
• Identify front and back covers of book, title page, author, illustrator, page numbers, beginning and end of text
• Differentiate letters, drawings, numerals, and words
• Recognize that print provides meaning
• Recognize that pictures support text

*Phonemic Awareness:

• Given a spoken word set, identify if the medial sounds are the same or different
• Recognize changes in sounds (initial position) to change words

*Comprehension:

• Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story including the problem and solution
• Use context to determine the meaning of words (semantics) through listening to stories and reading early emergent or appropriate level books
• Monitor fix-up reading strategies, pictures, and first letter cues
• Recall important information from text

*Poetry Folders:

• Retell the events of a poem

*Letter/Sound Identification:

• Review digraphs- ch, th, sh, wh, ck
• Review short vowel sounds-a, e, i, o, u

*Rhyming Chunks:

• -it, -ap

*Word Recognition:

• Review all kindergarten sight words. Please encourage your child to use these words when they write so they can read and spell them independently.
• We will introduce the following trick words she, we, he, me, and we.
• 

Writing independently to convey ideas.
Write independently (using approximated) spelling.
Contribute to a shared writing experience with the teacher about a topic that has been read or discussed in class.
The writing goals will be met in a variety of ways:
Independent Writing: Students write and illustrate an idea following a group lesson.
Journal Writing: Students draw and write about a topic of interest.
 
All writing lessons will focus on:

• Proper letter formation
• Capital letters to begin sentences
• Spacing between words
• Punctuation at the end of sentences
• Approximated spelling for unfamiliar words
• Correct spelling for sight words

Listening and Writing: With much practice, the children are becoming more comfortable with this skill. The teacher dictates a sentence and the students independently write the sentence.
 
 Math:

• Continue counting to 100
• Combine and remove concrete objects from a set and describe the results
• Understand greater than, less than, and equal to
• Combinations that equal 5.
• Play this fun game. …. Ask child the following question using numbers 0-5. “ I have_______. I wish I had 5. How many more do I need?
• We are working towards reaching the end of the school year goal of counting backward from 20-0. This is much more challenging to do. Count back by 1’s from varied numbers.
• Examples:

Start @ 10 Stop @1
Start @ 20 Stop @ 11
Numeral Sequence: What number am I?
Kindergarten children are also working on reaching the end of the school year goal of increased fluency with number sense from 1-100.
I am between 5 and 7, what number am I?
I am between 7 and 9, what number am I?
I am between 10 and 12, what number am I?
 
 
 
 
 Extensions in Literacy, Math,
Science and Social Studies
 
Children collect and record data using observation and simple instruments.
Children will explore balls and ramp Science Kit over the next 6-8 weeks.  We are very excited! Our Science study will include learning how different balls move when they are rolled, bounced, and thrown and when they are rolled down ramps.
 
 Important Dates to Remember
 
       
 
 

• Monday May 21^{st………..} ˝ day for students….senior project day
• Monday May 25^th…… No School, Memorial Day

 
 
Lastly, the week of May 18^th will be  the last week for volunteering. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us in the classroom.  We appreciate it!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 May’s Newsletter
Welcome Spring! Here is an overview of the topics that will be covered in the month of May!
Reading/Language Arts:
*Books of interest: Rain, Runaway Bunny, Mushroom in the Rain, Spring is Here, The Spring Rabbit, Clifford’s Spring Clean Up,  Puddles, Frog and Toad, The Mixed Up Chameleon, and our class favorite Stuck!
*Concepts of Print:

• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, return sweep
• Identify front and back covers of book, title page, author, illustrator, page numbers, beginning and end of text
• Differentiate letters, drawings, numerals, and words
• Recognize that print provides meaning
• Recognize that pictures support text

*Phonemic Awareness:

• Given a spoken word set, identify if the medial sounds are the same or different
• Recognize changes in sounds (initial position) to change words

*Comprehension:

• Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story including the problem and solution
• Use context to determine the meaning of words (semantics) through listening to stories and reading early emergent or appropriate level books
• Monitor fix-up reading strategies, pictures, and first letter cues
• Recall important information from text

*Poetry Folders:

• Retell the events of a poem

*Letter/Sound Identification:

• Review digraphs- ch, th, sh, wh, ck
• Review short vowel sounds-a, e, i, o, u

*Rhyming Chunks:

• -it, -ap

*Word Recognition:

• Review all kindergarten sight words. Please encourage your child to use these words when they write so they can read and spell them independently.
• We will introduce the following trick words she, we, he, me, and we.
• 

Writing independently to convey ideas.
Write independently (using approximated) spelling.
Contribute to a shared writing experience with the teacher about a topic that has been read or discussed in class.
The writing goals will be met in a variety of ways:
Independent Writing: Students write and illustrate an idea following a group lesson.
Journal Writing: Students draw and write about a topic of interest.
 
All writing lessons will focus on:

• Proper letter formation
• Capital letters to begin sentences
• Spacing between words
• Punctuation at the end of sentences
• Approximated spelling for unfamiliar words
• Correct spelling for sight words

Listening and Writing: With much practice, the children are becoming more comfortable with this skill. The teacher dictates a sentence and the students independently write the sentence.
 
 Math:

• Continue counting to 100
• Combine and remove concrete objects from a set and describe the results
• Understand greater than, less than, and equal to
• Combinations that equal 5.
• Play this fun game. …. Ask child the following question using numbers 0-5. “ I have_______. I wish I had 5. How many more do I need?
• We are working towards reaching the end of the school year goal of counting backward from 20-0. This is much more challenging to do. Count back by 1’s from varied numbers.
• Examples:

Start @ 10 Stop @1
Start @ 20 Stop @ 11
Numeral Sequence: What number am I?
Kindergarten children are also working on reaching the end of the school year goal of increased fluency with number sense from 1-100.
I am between 5 and 7, what number am I?
I am between 7 and 9, what number am I?
I am between 10 and 12, what number am I?
 
 
 
 
 Extensions in Literacy, Math,
Science and Social Studies
 
Children collect and record data using observation and simple instruments.
Children will explore balls and ramp Science Kit over the next 6-8 weeks.  We are very excited! Our Science study will include learning how different balls move when they are rolled, bounced, and thrown and when they are rolled down ramps.
 
 Important Dates to Remember
 
       
 
 

• Monday May 21^{st………..} ˝ day for students….senior project day
• Monday May 25^th…… No School, Memorial Day

 
 
Lastly, the week of May 18^th will be  the last week for volunteering. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us in the classroom.  We appreciate it!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 May’s Newsletter
Welcome Spring! Here is an overview of the topics that will be covered in the month of May!
Reading/Language Arts:
*Books of interest: Rain, Runaway Bunny, Mushroom in the Rain, Spring is Here, The Spring Rabbit, Clifford’s Spring Clean Up,  Puddles, Frog and Toad, The Mixed Up Chameleon, and our class favorite Stuck!
*Concepts of Print:

• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, return sweep
• Identify front and back covers of book, title page, author, illustrator, page numbers, beginning and end of text
• Differentiate letters, drawings, numerals, and words
• Recognize that print provides meaning
• Recognize that pictures support text

*Phonemic Awareness:

• Given a spoken word set, identify if the medial sounds are the same or different
• Recognize changes in sounds (initial position) to change words

*Comprehension:

• Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story including the problem and solution
• Use context to determine the meaning of words (semantics) through listening to stories and reading early emergent or appropriate level books
• Monitor fix-up reading strategies, pictures, and first letter cues
• Recall important information from text

*Poetry Folders:

• Retell the events of a poem

*Letter/Sound Identification:

• Review digraphs- ch, th, sh, wh, ck
• Review short vowel sounds-a, e, i, o, u

*Rhyming Chunks:

• -it, -ap

*Word Recognition:

• Review all kindergarten sight words. Please encourage your child to use these words when they write so they can read and spell them independently.
• We will introduce the following trick words she, we, he, me, and we.
• 

Writing independently to convey ideas.
Write independently (using approximated) spelling.
Contribute to a shared writing experience with the teacher about a topic that has been read or discussed in class.
The writing goals will be met in a variety of ways:
Independent Writing: Students write and illustrate an idea following a group lesson.
Journal Writing: Students draw and write about a topic of interest.
 
All writing lessons will focus on:

• Proper letter formation
• Capital letters to begin sentences
• Spacing between words
• Punctuation at the end of sentences
• Approximated spelling for unfamiliar words
• Correct spelling for sight words

Listening and Writing: With much practice, the children are becoming more comfortable with this skill. The teacher dictates a sentence and the students independently write the sentence.
 
 Math:

• Continue counting to 100
• Combine and remove concrete objects from a set and describe the results
• Understand greater than, less than, and equal to
• Combinations that equal 5.
• Play this fun game. …. Ask child the following question using numbers 0-5. “ I have_______. I wish I had 5. How many more do I need?
• We are working towards reaching the end of the school year goal of counting backward from 20-0. This is much more challenging to do. Count back by 1’s from varied numbers.
• Examples:

Start @ 10 Stop @1
Start @ 20 Stop @ 11
Numeral Sequence: What number am I?
Kindergarten children are also working on reaching the end of the school year goal of increased fluency with number sense from 1-100.
I am between 5 and 7, what number am I?
I am between 7 and 9, what number am I?
I am between 10 and 12, what number am I?
 
 
 
 
 Extensions in Literacy, Math,
Science and Social Studies
 
Children collect and record data using observation and simple instruments.
Children will explore balls and ramp Science Kit over the next 6-8 weeks.  We are very excited! Our Science study will include learning how different balls move when they are rolled, bounced, and thrown and when they are rolled down ramps.
 
 Important Dates to Remember
 
       
 
 

• Monday May 21^{st………..} ˝ day for students….senior project day
• Monday May 25^th…… No School, Memorial Day

 
 
Lastly, the week of May 18^th will be  the last week for volunteering. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us in the classroom.  We appreciate it!