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.

Library

All library books must be returned by this Friday, May 15th.

If you have lost a book, you must pay for it (prices vary). Any outstanding charges will result in your child's report card not being sent home.

School Family Update 5.4

We are in the home stretch!

Our specials for this week:
Monday- Music
Tuesday- PE
Wednesday- Art
Thursday- STEM
Friday- Media Center

Monday is an all day STEM Day. The first 2 hours students will be participating in the Georgia STEM challenge which asks students to make a boat out of one piece of paper. The goal is to make the strongest boat which will be tested by counting how many pennies the boat can hold. They will fill out their Stemfolio and go through the engineering process. Then, students will work at their tables to make a vessel for the egg drop. Please send in materials for the egg drop. No packing materials and the final vessels must be 12x12. At 1:00, students will watch their vessels be dropped with an egg from the top of the school.

Tuesday is a regular schedule.

Wednesday morning we have 2 in house field trips meaning they are at the school. Students will learn more about animals from the Chattahoochee Nature Center. They will learn about the seasons with the Orbit balloon.

Thursday is a regular schedule.

Friday is Muffins with Mom in the morning! It is from 8-9am. Students will sing some songs and then you will eat muffins and particpate in a few fun activities. The rest of the day will be a regular schedule.

What are we learning?
Reading
Students are practicing identifying long and short sounds of o. Some students will learn the long vowel rules like bossy e or two vowels. We will discuss suffixes and affixes. Please review what a setting is when you read stories at home. It has been in the homework a few times. Many students missed this question.

Writing
Students will continue to write various genres and choose their topics. We are working on adding details and putting how you felt in their weekend journals.

Science
Students are studying plants. They will compare plants and discuss plant needs. We are growing grass in our classroom. We will experiment with planting grass and not watering it and not giving it sunlight. Our chick eggs have been delivered and students will help care for the eggs as part of our Project Based Learning (PBL). Students will also research an animal and record what they learn.

Math
We will be reviewing math concepts. I noticed a weakness in shape comparison and identification as well as measuring weight with a scale.

Cagle Farm Pictures

We had a great time! I hope your child told you all about it!