Kindergarten News
Week of May 1-5,
2017
It is time to order school supplies for next year. Go to www.schooltoolbox.com. Type in
Rummel Creek Elementary and choose your child’s grade for NEXT year!
Mark your calendars for Kindergarten graduation on Friday, May
26th at 9:00 am in the cafeteria. This year
we have ordered caps and tassels for the children to wear for graduation.
The children will get to keep the caps as a memento of their kindergarten
year. The cost for the cap and tassel is $6.00. Please send exact
cash to school no later than Friday, May 12th.
Theme: Mothers Day
Reading: Our shared reading and interactive
read-alouds will be all about mothers and how much they do for us.
Writing: Writing will focus on all things we
appreciate about our moms.
Word Wall Words: REVIEW: red,
green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, to,
like, can, see, go, the, in, it, all, me, and, big, has, on, we, but, look, at,
little, for, he, said, was, not, she, this, come, you, are, get, some, with,
will, have, went, saw, so, make, up, what, that, out,
down, then, do, they, of
Word Study: review long
vowel sounds
Math: Our work with subtraction continues. We
will use a variety of strategies (counting back, number lines, ten frames,
concrete materials), to find what works best for each individual. We’ll
practice problem solving and draw pictures to illustrate the math sentence we
write.
Science: Continuing our study of cycles, we look at the
cycle of night and day.
Social
Studies: We continue our comparison of life long ago with life today.
Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.
Optional Activities:
· Monday:
Practice saying the sounds long vowels make. Can you make a list of at 5
of each sound?
· 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!
· Friday:
Pack up your library books!
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