We are having our special Howard’s Donuts for Dads on Friday, June 3rd at 8:45-9:20 in the classroom. We are celebrating this Father’s Day event early because Ramadan. Dads will be doing a short craft and enjoying some donuts with their kindergartner!
Hope to see you then!
-Ms. Mohamed
A letter has been sent home today. Below is the information sent home by the home room parents:
We will have a Birthday Celebration in class on Friday, June 3rd. We are asking for a $5.00 donation for each child. If you would like to contribute more it is greatly appreciated. Please send the cash in an envelope with your child’s name on it to class by Thursday, May 26. Ms. Mohamed will collect it. The party will be during their lunch hour and cheese pizza will be provided. You do not have to pack them a lunch. The money donation will help to pay for the pizza, drinks, cupcakes, a small gift for each and a Birthday Surprise the kids will love!!!!!
Ms. Mohamed
Short and exciting week…….
READING and WRITING–The Zoo What do we want to see? What do we hope to see? What will we see?
SPELLING WORDS- as him went of cub rub grub scrub (2 cold words)
MATH- using shapes to make other shapes or real objects. Lots of fine motor development practice. students will need to build and trace.
SCIENCE-Life Cycle of the Butterfly
SOCIAL STUDIES- Memorial Day
Looking ahead…
Field Trip Notes:
Field Trip Money and permission slips are due on Thursday May 19th. If you have a zoo pass you may make a copy and send it in.
Literacy Unit: I know a lot (continued…)
Reading: We will read Leo the Late Bloomer. We will make a personal connection and discuss how we changed from the beginning of Kindergarten. We will also read Jack and the Bean Stalk and Mouse Deer Crosses the River. We will analyze each story for specific vocabulary and create Frayer Models for each.
Punctuation focus: We will work on mixed up sentences and focus on end marks. An example would be:
Mixed up sentence:
likes Dad us. to play with
Correct Sentence:
Dad likes to play with us.
Writing: We will write complete sentences stating our abilities thus far in Kindergarten. The sentence will be: In KG, I can___. We will create a flower that bloomed for the year to connect to our mentor text.
Spelling: come, make, so, hog, log, dog, jog, frog (2 cold words from the -og family)
Math: We will continue to simple addition and subtraction. We will continue to work with missing addend. We will continue to explore 10 more, 10 less, 1 more, and 1 less using a number chart as a tool/resource. We will also review shapes and using them to build other objects/shapes.
Social Studies: We will identify a law and how to be safe. We will also discuss what is a constitution and how it connects to us in the classroom. We will also discuss what it means to be a good citizen.
Thanks for those who donated Cans for the Howard Garden and a special thanks to Jake’s mom for helping!!
Mark Your Calendars:
Have a great week!
-Ms. Mohamed
Reading: We will continue our unit on What we know. We listen to riddles and try to guess what they are based on the clues provided. (A lot of thinking will take place here)
Writing: Students will create their own riddles. We will try to guess what they are by thinking what clues were given. Students will be expected to write a question and students will answer a question in complete sentences.
Spelling: one, two, red, blue, trip, grip, snip, clip (and two cold words from the -ip word family)
Accuracy/Fluency Strategy: Blends and digraphs focus this week. dr-, sn-, tr-, cl-.
Math: We will be working on addends. We will also explore the number chart by practicing add one more (move one to your right on the chart), one less (move one left on your chart), add ten more (move one down on the chart) and ten less (move one up on the chart). We will also explore adding doubles and doubles plus one.
Science: Exploring solid, liquid and gas
Social Studies: Amazing People (Famous historical figures)
Reminders:
-Ms. Mohamed
Thank you for all the lovely surprises this week. If I never had a chance to thank you personally, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is a true pleasure to work with your children everyday.
Happy Mother’s Day and have a lovely weekend.
-Ms. Mohamed
Thank you moms for coming out and enjoying this lovely time with your child! Have a lovely Mother’s Day and restful weekend!!
-Ms. Mohamed
Great job Naveen, Xavier, Zahraa, Layla and Dania for applying what you learned and reusing recyclable items to make the Earth a better place!
We are continuing this unit: What you know
Reading and Writing: : We will be reading Mothers Day books. We will create one. We will discuss and write about multiple activities we do with mom.
C.A.F.E. Strategies:
Comprehension: Re-reading our writing.
Accuracy: blending words to make sounds, Rhyme
Fluency: Long and short vowels
Expanding Vocabulary: Spacing between words, punctuation
Spelling: where, me, Dad, bad, had, mad, lad, glad (and 2 cold words from the -ad family)
Math: We will continue to be working hard on the missing addend. It will look like this :
3 +__= 8
5 – __= 3
We will also continue to review adding and subtracting number problems within 15. It would look like this:
13 +2=
It could be viewed as 10 +3+2= 15, always make a ten and add more to it!
We will also learn about adding doubles and then doubles plus one.
Science: We are continuing to investigate solid, liquid and gases. We will also continue our documentation of our plants.
Social Studies: We are still participating in Make Our School Green Campaign. We will continue to collect soda pop cans or bottles to be deposited. We will then give the money to our representatives to plant flowers in front of Howard.
REMINDERS:
Thank you for your support! See you Monday!
~Ms. Mohamed
Our kindergarten class would like to invite Moms (or anyone who can attend on your behalf) to our kindergarten Mother’s Day breakfast celebration on Friday, May 6th from 9:15-9:45. Invitations are on their way!
See you then!
Thanks!
Ms. Mohamed