Hanlen's Happenings: May 2016

Kindergarten News

Week of May 9-13, 2016

Please remember that Monday-Wednesday this week we have students taking the STARR test in upper grades. To keep a quiet atmosphere, the office has requested no parent helpers on these days. Please do not come each lunch with your child Monday- Wednesday, as well. Thank you for understanding.

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Mark your calendar for May 16^th and May 17^th! (THIS IS A CHANGE!) We need parent helpers to make the Kindergarten graduation caps. If you would like to help, let your teacher know. Come at 10:00 on those days. It is easy and goes fast with a lot of helper hands.

May 19^th, Kindergarten is going on a field trip to see a play at Memorial High School! We are allowed to take 5 parents per class. If you would like to join us as a chaperone, please let your teacher know. If we have more than 5, we will draw names. Siblings will not be able to join us that day. This play begins at noon so it will be a middle of the day type trip. We will be leaving RCE around 11 and parents joining will need to meet us there. Details will be forthcoming.

Theme: Ocean!

Reading: Shared reading and interactive read-alouds about the ocean.

Writing: Using ocean animals/experiences to write both fiction and non-fiction.

Word Wall Words:

REVIEW: WE HAVE NO NEW WORDS THIS WEEK……PLEASE REVIEW ALL WORDS!

I, the, see, like, my, is, and, do, was, me, go, said, that, for, in, your, if, you, can, to, on, there, where, after, into, he, she, but, has, of, make, could, it, we, little, him, her, are, very, first, what, than, long

Word Study: review digraphs: th and wh

Math: Addition/Subtraction using a variety of methods. Beginning to learn the idea of doubles: 1+1, 2+2, etc..

Science: Continue with Ocean

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

Monday: Draw our planet. Do you have more water or land?
Tuesday: Use a story at home to practice “retelling” the plot and characters of a book.
Wednesday: Play Take Away 1 or 2. If you can’t remember, you each get 15 pieces of cereal. Take turns taking away 1 or 2 (you decide!). First one to get rid of all of their cereal is the winner. If you don’t play with cereal, you can play with any small pieces of junk!
Thursday: Visit www.raz-kids.com