Newsletter Week 33 (Recap and NEW Info)!

**Scholastic Book Club: This month is the last time to order from our online book club!  Books make great gifts and also come in handy during the summer months! By ordering books or having your child read books throughout the summer, will help prevent your child from having summer learning loss!  Get your child a head of their class by reading this summer!  All the information is provided below:)  Happy Reading!

Warmer weather is soon approaching!  Please dress your child appropriately for these hot days, because we do go outside and it gets very warm in the classroom as well.  Since we do go outside twice a day, we ask that you do not send your child to school with open toed shoes.  The children play on wood chips, so we do not want your child getting splinters, cuts or a wood chip stuck in their skin.  Having closed toed shoes will help prevent an accident and keep your child safe on the playground:)  Make sure to send your child to school with ICE cold water everyday to give your child some relief from the hot temperatures.

       

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We have officially learned ALL the letters and sounds of the alphabet!  Now, we will use our sounds to help us with reading and writing new words:)  Next week spelling test List #19: king, sing, wing, ring, ding, sting, thing, bring, swing   Bonus words to study at home:  spring, cling.   Make sure to practice the bonus word (10th word) at home for homework.  Our 19th spelling test will be on Friday, May 10th.

Writing:   In May, we will focus on informational and narrative writing.

Math: This week we completed the last lessons in Module 5: lessons 16-23.   Next week we will complete Module 6: Lessons 1-5. . Please make sure you are completing the homework lessons with your child each night. This is our last math module!  

Science:  For May, we will focus on the relationships between animals and their habitats.  

Social Studies:   For May, we will focus on democracy; identifying our country’s flag.  

**Scholastic Reading Club: LAST TIME to order books for the year!!!

Class Code – RKYTJ     Order Due Date – 05/31/19

Dear Families,

This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 05/31/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ

Happy Reading,  Mrs. Fillmore

Other:

• Our last spelling/sight word test and homework packet will be on Friday, May 17th.  I ask that you continue to read the books in your child’s reading bag and you hit the 20 minute reading goal each night with your child:)  Continue to work on the sight word list as well!  Reading bags will be collected at the end of May:) 
• Since we will not be doing homework packets after May 17th,  you and your child are encouraged to visit the MAP links in reading and math during the weeks of May 6th-May 31st to better prepare your child for the test.  Please make sure your child is getting the appropriate amount of sleep and is eating a healthy breakfast during our busy testing month in May:)  
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• Every Friday we will wear our YELLOW Kindergarten t-shirts to show our Kinder pride at Haigh:)

• I am excited to report that out of 24 students who took the test, 19 students received a 100%  Woo hoo! I am so proud of each student who worked so hard all week to ensure they were successful on their test!  If your child received a 100%, they will write with a “smart” pen all day Monday and also participate in “NO shoes afternoon” on Monday as well:)  On Monday, once your child comes in from recess, they will be able to take their shoes off and relax for the last part of the day. Please make sure your child knows how to independently take off and put on their shoes.  I appreciate your support in this matter!  Also, make sure to wash your child’s socks as soon as they come home on Monday, they may be a little darker than normal;)  
• LAST time to order!!  Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/  Activation code: RKYTJ. The May date to order books will be May 31st.
• Please make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack.   We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation!

Housekeeping items:

• Please review NWEA links throughout the month of May with your child! 
• Please look over “upcoming events” on the blog!
• Warmer weather is soon approaching, which means our classroom will become very warm as well!  Please make sure you dress your child appropriately for the hot, sunny days!  Please do not send your child to school with open toed shoes!  Thank you!
• Continue to read the books in your child’s reading bag each day!  Reading bags will be collected at the end of May!

Upcoming Events:

May 13th- NWEA testing begins!

May 13th- Clean up Parade!  Please make sure your child wears their YELLOW Kindergarten shirt:

May 13th- MAP Review starts in reading and math!  Please use links located on the blog to better prepare your child for their last round of testing:)  Links will be available in May.

May 15th- Late start!  Students arrive an hour later at 9:35 a.m.

May 24th- May 27th– NO SCHOOL!

May 28th- School resumes

May 28th-May 31st- Spirit Week!  28th- summer hat/glasses day, 29th-backwards day, 30th- pj day, 31st- spirit day

May 31st- PBIS- board games and puzzles!

June 3rd-5th- NO SCHOOL!

June 6th- School resumes

June 10th- Field day (more information to follow)!

June 13th- Kindergarten Celebration (more information to follow)!

June 14th- 1/2 Day- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!  Have a nice summer:)

 

Reading Buddies: We read books with our buddies today:)