Update for April 29

Hello! This week we finished up our letters and words for the year--yay! We also finished up subtraction and took our test today.

I have posted the May calendar on our class website. Next week we will be learning about -ch words and reviewing all the letters.

On Monday, I will be sending home a circle with a letter on it for your child to decorate. We will be making a caterpillar to celebrate how much we've learned this year. There is a letter explaining it in the bag with the circle, but I just wanted you all to be on the look out for it. It will be due on Friday.

Notes and reminders:
--The Smoke Signal that was sent out today indicated that spring pictures were sent home this week. Our pictures have not been sent home yet! I just didn't want anything to be concerned that they were lost or you did not receive them.

--We will be doing our DIBELS testing on Friday! That will be the end of our testing for the year. We will do our regular end of trimester assessments the week after the zoo trip (5/16-20).

--Here is some info for the day of the zoo trip (Monday, May 9):

AM: You will come to school as usual at 7:35, but you will be staying until the end of the day. Please make sure your child knows how he or she is getting home that day. I believe every child has an adult coming along except two, so to make it easy, I would recommend just having your child go home with that person that day. I will make sure the other two students make it to the right place at the end of the day!

PM: Your child will need to be at school early on this day. The doors open at 7:35 and the tardy bell rings at 7:45. You may send your child on the bus if you'd like--it will be the same bus they ride on the way home. You can call transportation to find out what time pick-up is. You may also just bring your child to school as usual on this day. If you are coming on the trip, I would recommend just taking your child home with you, and I will send the rest of the students home as usual unless I hear otherwise.

Chaperone info will be coming home next week. If anyone has any questions about anything relating to the zoo, please feel free to email or call!

Have a great weekend!

Update for April 25

Hello! This week we are learning about the letter U, the -ug word family, and the word "he." In math we are learning about subtraction. We will also be continuing our MAP testing on Wednesday and Thursday, and DIBELS testing will be next week. This will be our last week to learn a new letter and word! We will spend the remainder of the school year reviewing the letters and sounds and learning about the sh, th, ch, and wh sounds. We are going to skip through the rest of our math series as well, hitting on the things that are most important. Unfortunately we don't have time to do every math lesson in half day kindergarten, but they will still know everything they need to for first grade.

Our zoo field trip is on Monday, May 9. We have tons of chaperones coming with us! If you are coming along, be on the lookout for some chaperone information coming home soon with more info about when to be here etc.

Our field day will be Wednesday, May 18! Get excited!

We will be having a summer birthday party the last week of school. More info to come later!

If you have not yet returned your child's signed progress report, I MUST have these back as soon as possible!

Have a great week!