Kindergarten Newsletter
May 16, 2022
As we approach the end of the year, the Kindergarten team would like to congratulate kindergarten students for a strong start. We were unsure what this year would bring and all agree that we are pleasantly surprised.
Don’t forget to keep reading through the summer. 20 minutes of reading a day will help prevent that summer slide and keep all that new kindergarten knowledge fresh.
We hope everyone has a fun, safe, and healthy summer!
Love,
The Kindergarten Team
Language Arts
What are we learning?
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For our last unit in LA students will be gaining skills in talking about the texts they read.
Readers:
- Are active listeners
- Speak in a loud voice so others can hear them
- Can react to an idea
- Can say more about another person’s thought
- Have feelings, thoughts, and/or ideas about a book
- Realize that their feelings, thoughts and ideas can change
- Invite others into the conversation
Home/School Connection
- Sight Word Practice: Continue to practice reading and writing these words at home!
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a
the
I
see
can
am
look
at
me
said
like
we
is
here
you
on
no
go
so
he
she
and
it
on
come
are
my
was
have
to
in
this
play
an
for
yes
do
up
- Have fun with reading! Students have learned a lot about reading strategies and how to read books, but now is the time for them to talk about books!
- After reading a book with your student ask them some of the following questions to strengthen their conversation skills about the text:
- What is happening in this part of the story?
- How is _____ feeling? How do you know?
- Do you agree or disagree with how the character acted? Why?
- How did the character change from the beginning of the book to the end?
- What can we learn from this book?
- What was your favorite part? Why?
- Does this make you think of anything? (Connections)
Math
What are we learning?
We will beginning our last unit, addition and subtraction. In this unit we will…
- Model and solve one-step story/picture problems involving sums to 10
- Extend ideas by modeling and solving one-step story/picture problems involving differences within 10
- Use objects to help solve story/picture problems
Home/School Connection
- I have 7 toys, you have three toys. Can you show me how we can find how many we have together? Show me how many more I have them you.
- Show 6 on your fingers. Can you make 6 in a different way? (use numbers 1-10)
- Ask students how many there are together.
- Ask students how many more.
- Encourage students to explain how they solved.
Science/Social Studies
What are we learning?
- Students will investigate and understand that change occurs over time and rates may be fast or slow.
- Students will learn that good citizens are responsible, helpful, honest, kind, and work well with others online and offline.
- Students will learn that good citizens follow rules, understand consequences, and contribute to their community.
Home/School Connection
- How have you changed this school year?
- What is the same and different about rules in our homes, our classroom, our school, online, and in our community?
- What makes a rule a “good rule”?
- How do our choices affect others?
Class Compliments
- Miss Matthews and Mrs. Dillon are so unbelievably proud of the amazing work their class and all of Kindergarten has done this year! They have learned so much and will go on to do great things in first grade! Way to go, Kindergarten…we’ll miss all of you😢!
- Ms. Powers and Mrs. T are excited to finish the year strong! We loved learning with you! We will miss you so much! Let’s make the rest of the year amazing!
- Mrs. Bender and Mrs. Santoro would like to acknowledge the whole class for an amazing year! Each student has worked so hard to reach their academic and personal goals. We know that you all make your mark on the world and change it for the better! Always believe in yourself :)
- Ms. Johnson and Mrs. B are excited to finish the year with this great group of kids! Your kindness, perseverance, and open-mindedness has made this year a great one.
Positivity Project
What are we learning?
- Positivity Project (P2) for the rest of the school year will be any makeup of topics missed or important topics that teachers would like to revisit.
Home/School Connection
- Check out https://posproject.org/p2-for-families/ if you are interested in discussion questions about any of the positivity project traits. Password is P2.
Important Upcoming Dates
- Friday May 20: Outdoor Movie at Terraset 6:00-9:00pm
- Monday, May 30: Memorial day, no school
- Wednesday, June 1: Kindergarten Field Day
- Friday, June 10: Last day of school, 2 hour early release