S'mores! How To Writing

What a wonderful treat we had today in wrapping up our camping theme and our How To writing! Thank you to everyone who send in s'more supplies! Also a big thank you to Lisa Korst for supplying our ice cream for the letter "I" day. The kids LOVED it!

Tomorrow is letter "L" day. We will be singing ALL of the letter songs that we learned at the beginning of the year.

For the next 3 days in music, we will be changing our music schedule and adding a few extra practices to get ready for the music program.

Field day is next Wednesday June 4th. Let's hope for some sun!!

~Mrs. Perry

Summer Book List

Here is a link to Scholastic's Summer Book List. Hopefully this will be helpful to you as you continue to read with your child over the summer. I know how hard it is to find a good book in the library sometimes.

Summer Book List

Kindergarten Graduation & Music Performance

Mark your calendars and get your cameras and tissues ready for Tuesday June 10th because its graduation day!! Ceremony begins at 9:15 in the multipurpose room.

Classroom Update!

We are in the home stretch of kindergarten! As of today, there are only 24 more school days left! We are at a really fun time in kindergarten right now. Kids know the routines and expectations, they are all readers and writers and we are diving into more science content.

Here’s what we’ve been up to the last few weeks!

Reading: We have finished our Making Meaning curriculum which focuses on comprehension strategies but that doesn’t mean we’re done looking closely at text. We have been reading informational text about insects and gather facts to use in writing. 

Last week the students worked in pairs to read informational text on an insect of their choice. Then they created three sentences on sentence strips. Next they put those strips into a pocket chart and decided on sentence order and correct wording. Finally, they wrote their sentence in their insect books. This is called a Cooperative Strip Paragraph.. The kindergarteners did fantastic! I can tell they are ready for first grade! :)

I am also beginning our final Fountas and Pinnell reading testing. This is SO exciting for me! All the kids are doing fantastic! It’s so fun to see the measurable growth at the end of the year. Students need to be at an “instructional level D” to meet standard. On the final report card, I will list their reading level.

Writing: We are at the beginning of our last unit in our writing curriculum. The students are working on persuasive writing. They are busy writing books and signs trying to convince people to make the world a better place!

Science: Our study of plant and animal parts continues this week. We are focusing on the question, “How do plants and animals meet their needs?”

Math: We are nearly finished with our math curriculum. Currently we are working in cooperative groups to solve math word problems. The kids are so adept at solving problems! It’s really inspiring! We are also focusing on number sense with some “math gymnastics” and place value, through dice games.

Enjoy the sunshine!

Letter B: Buddy Day

Tomorrow, May 14th is "buddy day". This is part of our ABC countdown to summer. This is an optional activity. If your child is participating, they should coordinate their clothing with another friend (buddy). If your child doesn't have a buddy, they can be mine! I will be wearing jeans, a white t-shirt and tennis shoes. :)

ABC Countdown

Can you believe the school year is coming to a close? Where did the time go? Each year I do a fun activity to wrap up the year. For the last 26 days, we countdown the days to summer by doing a special activity each day. Here is a list of the activities we will be doing beginning Tuesday May 16th. I will send an email with a calendar of events to help you stay organized. This is an optional activity so don't feel pressure to get every day completed. :)

ABC Countdown

This year we are counting down to the last day of school. The activities planned for each day are listed below. I hope everyone participates in our special countdown celebration!

 Tuesday May 13^th 

 Art Day- Create a special ABC book.

Wednesday May 14^th

Buddy Day-Dress like your buddy (friend)

Thursday May 15^th  

            Color Day – Wear your favorite color for our color review day. 

Friday May 16^th

            Did you know? - Bring in an interesting fact to share with the class.

Monday May 19^th   

           Estimation Day – Lots of jars filled with various objects.  Can you estimate how many in each jar?  .

Tuesday May 20^th 

           Favorite snack day – bring your favorite individual snack today!

Wednesday May 21^th  

Graphing Day –bring in a special rock and we will graph: colors, size, texture, etc.

Thursday May 22^st  

Hat Day – Wear a hat in the classroom. 

Friday May 23^nd  

Ice Cream Bars

Tuesday May 27^th

Joke Day – write or type out an appropriate joke to share in the class joke book. 

Wednesday May 28^th   

Kindness Day – Show extra kindness to fellow Endeavour friends.

Thursday May 29^th

Letter of the Week Review Day

Friday May 30^th

Memory Day – Make a class book of our favorite Kindergarten memories.

Monday June 2^nd

            N umber Day—How many different ways can you count to 100?

Tuesday June 3^rd  

Outside Day – spend extra time outside today.

Wednesday June 4th

           Play Day – bring a board or card game to share.

Thursday June 5^th

Quiet Day – who will be the quietest student in our class?

Friday June 6^th

           Racing Numbers– How many numbers can you write in a minute?

Monday June 9^th

Silly Day- Wear something silly to school.

Tuesday June 10^th

           T-Shirt Day – Wear your favorite T-shirt to School. 

Wednesday June 11^th

Uplift someone day – give compliments to each other.

Thursday June 12^th

Vegetable Day – Bring a vegetable to share with classmates while watching a Video. 

Friday June 13^th

Walk – We will take a walk around the Endeavour grounds.

Monday June 16^th  

           EXciting surprise!  

Tuesday June 17^th

Year End Clearance Day – We will be cleaning and clearing out our room.  Clean up tables and the room.

Wednesday June 18^th

Zip Up Your Backpacks and Have a Terrific Summer.  Last day of school!