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Kindergarten Teachers: L to R: Mrs. L. Herndon, Ms. Schwind, Mrs.
Morgan, Mrs. Jenkins, and Mrs. C. Herndon.
5/18/2013We have had a VERY exciting week in Kindergarten! I'm sure you have heard about the 26 chicks that were hatched in Mrs. C Herndon's incubator. The children got the opportunity to hold one of the chicks for pictures. We hope you enjoyed your child's photo attached to their writing about this wonderful experience. We made a class book for our library, too.
For homework this week, please take the poem, "To the Farm" out of the folder and place it in your child's reading notebook. Your child should be able to read and track all of the poems in the notebook at this point, so please continue to use it for practice.
Continue to work on addition and subtraction problems with your child as we will focus on this for the remainder of the year in math. We have made so much progress in reading and math this year- I'm SO proud of the children!
We will have a guest presentation about pigs this week. We are looking forward to our field trip to the farm on May 29th! Thank you for returning the permission slips and interim reports.
Have a great week! 5/17/2013Our class has BIG news!!! 26 chicks hatched in our class and many right before our eyes!!!!! I am sure you have heard about them and hopefully saw the photo of your child holding one of the chicks! We have read many stories, written about them and learned about the chicken life cycle!! What exciting hands on learning!!!
For homework, please complete the farm sights sheet, read the baggie of books, practice sight words, work on the addition sheets and read aloud together!!
We look forward to our field trip to the farm on May 29th. We will have a guest presenter provide a lesson on pigs for the entire kindergarten on May 20th. Lots of happenings!!! 5/13/2013
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Monday, May 13 - Art
Recite and track the weekly poem.
Practice counting …. Try to get to 125.
Review your sight words. How many do you know?
Read with someone. What did you read?
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Tuesday, May 14 – Library
Recite and track the weekly poem.
Write a sentence about something you need
Practice adding two groups of objects together and counting how many you have in all
Practice tying your shoes
Read with someone. What did you read?
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Wednesday, May 15 – Library
Recite and track the Weekly Poem. Write three words that end with th.
Review your sight words
Review your coins and their values.
Read with someone. What did you read?
What did you read_____________________________________________
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Thursday, May 16 - Technology/P.E. Friday, May 17 – Music
Recite and track the Weekly Poem. Point and say words you recognize
Read with someone. What did you read? _____________________
Practice tying your shoes
Student Name_____________________________________________
Parent/ Guardian__________________________________________ |
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What We Are Working On
- Formation of letters and producing letter sounds
- Blending and segmenting sounds to read and spell words
- Concept of word and tracking familiar stories and poems
- Adding two groups of objects together and counting how many are in all
- Counting to100 and skip counting by 5’s and 10’s
- Distinguishing between needs and wants
- Retelling and summarizing stories
- Writing/Drawing about experiences
- Recognizing sight words
- Writing first and last names | 5/11/2013We really enjoyed making books, and messages and art projects for Mother's Day. I hope you enjoyed reading your child's own words and that you all enjoyed a lovely Mother's Day.
Thanks to the Garden Patch of Orange for donating plants for the children to bring home to our moms.
For homework this week, please add the "Colors" poem to your child's reading notebook. Practice tracking the poem each night. Review the sight words and find some in your books. I will be ending the "take-home books" in two weeks so that I can inventory and repair the books before the school year is over.
We are working on addition and subtraction, so please review the enclosed study guide for activities you can do with your child at home. Help your child work on the Community Helpers project. It will be due next week.
Our Kindergarten has an incubator with 40 eggs and this week marks when they should be hatching! I'm sure you will be hearing all about this excitement in our building soon.
Thank you for your support and have a great week!
5/10/2013We have continued to discuss and read about the farm this week. We have focused on a different animal each day. The children acted our the "Three Billy Goats Gruff" and did an awesome job!!! We have been working on addition and coins in math.
The children were thrilled to make Mother's Day cards and take the plants home they grew from seeds!! Hope you all have a great day!!!
Next week, we hope to welcome the chicks and we are so EXCITED!!! I am sure you will be hearing about them!
For homework, please complete the home counting record, sight word review, practice with addtion and coins and enjoy reading together. Your child will love reading to you as well!!! Have a wonderful week!!! 5/6/2013
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Monday, May 6 - Art
Recite and track the weekly poem.
Practice counting …. Try to get to 120.
Review your sight words. How many do you know?
Read with someone. What did you read?
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Tuesday, May 7 – Library
Recite and track the weekly poem.
Write a sentence about taking care of the earth
Practice adding two groups of objects together and counting how many you have in all
Practice tying your shoes
Read with someone. What did you read?
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Wednesday, May 8 – Library
Recite and track the Weekly Poem. Write three words that end with ug .
Review your sight words
Practice adding two groups of objects together and counting how many you have in all
Read with someone. What did you read?
What did you read_____________________________________________
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Thursday, May 9 - Technology/P.E. Friday, May 10 – Music
Recite and track the Weekly Poem. Point and say words you recognize
Read with someone. What did you read? _____________________
Practice tying your shoes
Student Name_____________________________________________
Parent/ Guardian__________________________________________ |
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What We Are Working On
- Formation of letters and producing letter sounds
- Blending and segmenting sounds to read and spell words
- Concept of word and tracking familiar stories and poems
- Adding two groups of objects together and counting how many are in all
- Counting to100 and skip counting by 5’s and 10’s
- Distinguishing between needs and wants
- Retelling and summarizing stories
- Writing/Drawing about experiences
- Recognizing sight words
- Writing first and last names | For homework in addition to reading daily be sure to read your Community Helper booklet several times. When reading, remember to ask some of the comprehension questions which were included in your homework. In math, complete the addition paper and review identifying coins and adding coins up to 10 cents.
Look for your project update note in your Tuesday folder and begin working on your community helper project.
We are beginning to do end of the year testing this week. I know it's hard to believe! Spring PALS asssessments will be this week. Please be sure your child comes to school every day and is on time unless he is sick.
Have a great week! 5/5/2013The children learned a rainbow song last week and sang it so sweetly each morning. They memorized ROY G BIV to help them know the correct order of the seven colors of the rainbow. I hope you enjoyed the rainbow projects that they brought home.
This week, please add the "Seed" poem to your child's reading folder. We will continue to learn about seeds, plants, life cycles and living things. Help your child collect a few seeds during the week to share with the class on Friday. We will even be using my seeds to do math! Please help your child practice identifying the four coins and their values. Also practice adding mixed coins, as this is a tough skill. They will be assessed this week. We will continue to work on addition and subtraction through centers, recording sheets, games, and direct instruction, so please practice with your child. Thank you for choosing your child's project for our Community Helper unit. Please begin to work on this project this week, once your directions are sent in the Tuesday folder. Read the books in the baggie with your child each night, practice sight words, and return all completed work in the folder on Friday.
**PALS testing will take place this week. Please be sure your child is well rested and to school on time as we will be breaking the assessment into smaller components each day.
Thank you for your support, and have a very Happy Mother's Day! 5/3/2013We are reading and learning about the farm. As a beginning to our community helpers unit, the children are learning about the jobs of a farmer. We are looking forward to the community helpers projects the children will be completing. Our spring field trip will be a trip to a dairy farm at the end of May.
We candled our eggs this week to see if any chicks were inside. Looks like at least 38 out of 41 have chicks. Cannot wait to see how many hatch!! The children are great helpers with checking the thermometer to make sure the eggs are warm enough.
For homework, please complete the rainbow sheet/color words, read the baggie of books, practice sight words, practice identifying coins, telling their values and adding nickels and pennies. We are beginning addition skills in class. Enjoy reading together everyday!!! 4/28/2013For language arts be sure to include reading your take home booklets and books in a bag. Complete your reading contract and write one sentence about something you read.
In math review counting to 100. Continue to review identifying coins and their values. Add 2 nickels together and add 1 nickel and up to 5 pennies together. You may always go further with this by adding more coins. We are beginning to work on addition. Please complete the addition worksheet.
Look over the Community Helper paper, choose one of the projects you would like to work on, and return your choice by this Friday, May 3. Projects are not due until May 22.
Reminders:
Return your child's pictures or payment by May 3.
PTO Family Movie Night May 3 at 6:30.
Return the Community Helper project choice by May 3.
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