Field Day Pics

Carnival Pics

Students went to different game stations and enjoyed a popsicle treat to celebrate a successful kindergarten year. Thank you Felicia for volunteering!!! Here are a few snapshots.

Baby Chick

Our first chick hatched on Saturday, May 23rd. Two more have hatched since then. The chicks will have a happy life laying eggs at Mrs. Jones' sister in laws farm.

Summer Resources

Sight Words

-     Make a memory game out of flashcards

-     Jenga http://kindergarteniscrazy.blogspot.com/2013/03/sight-word-literacy-center-activities.html

-     Yellow sight word folder- continue to review

Writing

-     Cut words out of magazines and newspapers to make a new sentence.

-     Get a summer time journal and write often

-     Review names of end marks and where to put them in a sentence

Math Facts

-     Flashcards

-     Making ten http://teachmoment.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/shake-rattle-drop-and-friends-of-ten.html

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Reading

-     Scholastic.com

-     Leveled Reader comparison chart or google for various charts

-     http://www.qaelibrary.org/uploads/2/5/6/9/2569936/reading-a-z-correlation-chart.pdf

-     Public Library

-     http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html

-     http://thefutureinreading.myon.com/GetGAREADING

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Websites (multiple subjects)

Starfall.com

 Abcya.com

Mobymax.com username & password is your child’s name

http://thekidshouldseethis.com/

www.upraised.org/go/rivereves

georgiastandards.org

Last Week

Special Days & Events

Monday-Pirate/Beach Day
Bring a towel to school
Award Ceremony at 8am in the cafeteria

Tuesday- Pet Day
Bring a stuffed animal in your bookbag

Wednesday- Bubble Day
Kindergarten Party/Carnival 9-10am

Thursday- Game Day
Bring a game to school

Friday- Autograph Day
No bookbags at school today


Thanks for a great year!

Specials Last Week

Specials for the last week:

Monday- Art
Tuesday- STEM
Wednesday- Media Center
Thursday- PE
Friday- Music

School Family Update 5.11

Specials
Monday: Author visit
Tuesday: Music
Wednesday: no special
Thursday: no special- Field Day
Friday: PE

Reading
Students are working on identifying long and short vowels.

Writing
Students are focusing on writing more sentences, using the word wall, and remembering capitals and punctuation.

Social Studies
Students are learning about personal finance. We will discuss needs and wants. Students will also make a book in which they describe how they will earn, spend, save, and share money.

Math
This week students are learning about graphing. On Monday, we went on a shape hunt and graphed our results. The vocabulary we are focusing on is most and least. We will graph how we come to school, our favorite color, and favorite summertime activities.

Other
Field day is Thursday! Please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes. There is no need to bring a water ball. There will be water stops along they way. We will also have drinks in the room when they finish. Rain date is May 15th.