May 8th

The days are just flying by!  On Monday I will be out of the classroom to help with Kindergarten Round Up.  As your little ones are getting ready to move on to first grade, we are ready to welcome a whole new group of kindergarteners.

Murray Lake parents have out done themselves!!  This week of Staff Appreciation has been so much fun and we have been so blessed with delicious food, gifts and very festive decorations! Thank you!  Thank you!  

Next week Thursday we will be headed to the Wittenbach Nature Center.  Parents are welcome to join us!  It's a fun filled day of science learning for our kindergarteners.  We will arrive at the center at 9:30am and leave around 1:30pm.  Your child will need to bring a cold lunch and drink as we will be eating at the center.  If you are planning to join us, please send me a quick email so I can equally distribute parents among each group.  Thank you!

For Your Calendar:

May 14th--Field Trip to the Wittenbach Nature Center 9:30-1:30pm.  We will be eating lunch at the nature center.  Please pack a lunch and drink for your child.  We will need parent volunteers to meet us there.  Let me know if you are available to attend!  All parents are welcome!

May 21st -- Kindergarten End of the Year Family Picnic at Creekside Park in Lowell.  We hope all our Kindergarten families will join us for a picnic lunch and playtime!  10:45am-1:30pm  Younger siblings are encouraged to come, too!

May 22nd--Field Day 9:00-11:30am -- 1/2 day of school...12:00pm dismissal

May 28th--Field Trip to the Dairy Discover Farm 10:00-12:00.  All parents may attend.  Cost $6 per parent attending.  Student admission is paid for by MLE Family Links fundraiser.  

Reading

Theme:  Colors

*The job of the author and illustrator

*Listening for middle vowel sounds and ending sounds

*Letters/Sounds:  Practice the letter names and sounds for fluency.  

*Building words with known letters

*Taking picture tours/walks through a book

*Using an illustration to tell a story

*Make connections to our own lives when we read a book

New Sight Words:   then     when

Review Words:  a      the    and      go    had     he    I      see    has     you   we   of    am   is   at    to  have    as     in      it      is    his    can    him    on   did    girl   for  but   up  all  look  with  her  what  was   were  said  that  they  down boy out little do she be there

Writing

*Informational Writing

*Using sight words and known sounds to write simple sentences

*Capitalizing the first word in a sentence

*Writing beginning, middle and ending sounds in CVC words.

*Space between words

*Period at the end of the sentence

Math

*Introduction to 3 dimensional shapes:  cones, spheres, cubes and cylinders

*Understanding subtraction 0-10

*Composing and decomposing numbers from 6-10

*Writing and solving addition and subtraction problems 0-10 using manipulatives

*Counting to 100 by 1's and 10's

Reminders

*Send a snack daily

*Library books are returned on Thursdays

*Literacy Bags returned on Mondays

*Send a water bottle daily

*Once a month ice cream Fridays are free for all :)

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