Kindergarten Monthly
May 2012
Our
monthly newsletter will be posted on our blog, as well as on the Kendall
webpage. To access the monthly newsletters on the Kendall webpage, please use
this address, http://kendall.ipsd.org/Subpage.aspx?id=722, and then click on the tab “newsletters”. Please check the blog at the end of the month
for the next month’s information! Your
child’s teacher will put a week in review on her own classroom blog that will
be written with the children and it will go over what was learned that week.
Look What’s Going on…
Literacy
During the
course of the school year, your child will be involved in many language arts projects. These projects will be both group and
individual efforts. Some will come home
and others will stay at school to be used for reading practice. All the projects are designed to extend
literature, expose your child to print, and provide enjoyment.
The literacy focus skills for May will be to practice
retelling, telling a story, and reviewing comprehension strategies.
In May we will be learning one sight word each
week. The sight words for May are little,
one, me, are and here. A complete listing of our sight words should
have come home with your students in their popcorn tubs.
In May we
will be learning about the letters Y, Z, Q, and U. Please continue to review
the Jolly Phonics sounds as well as our “letter of the week”.
We will be reading books relating to our
literacy focuses, such as Little Quack’s New Friend, Five Little
Ducks, Zink the Zebra, & Sally Jean Bicycle Queen. Which story is your child’s favorite?
Writing Ideas
When your child is writing at home, please remember to encourage
capitalization at the beginning of sentences, spacing between the words and
correct ending punctuation. We thank you
in advance for your continued support at home.
If you are interested here are some additional writing topics:
I like to
pretend, I feel silly when, I know how to, I just love, If I were older I
would, I’d use a magic wand to, tell about your favorite game, what do you
think is funny, I like to play, what do you want to be when you grow up.
Writing is a great way to express yourself.
Math
This month,
we will be learning about double digits, numbers in sequence, ones, tens and hundreds,
telling time to the hour, function machines, the dollar bill and number stories
with calculators.
Reminders…
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Stop, Walk
& Talk
We continue to encourage and model the stop,
walk and talk method for students. Students are becoming more comfortable using
these methods to assist them when they come to a difficult situation with a
friend. They are also doing a great job
following the Patriot Guidelines.
News…
FIELD TRIP -
DuPage Children’s Museum….
KM & KW—May 22nd
KB – May 25th
SUMMER!!!!
A summer
Kindergarten packet will be posted on the blog before the end of the
year. It will contain ideas of skills to
reinforce over the summer. It is very
important for your child to keep practicing the skills taught in Kindergarten
throughout the summer. It’s like
learning a foreign language… if you don’t consistently use it when you are
first learning it, you will lose what you learned.
Field Day
Field day is
May 30th and quickly approaching! This
is a special day for the Kindergartners as it is their first time experiencing
Field Day. During their morning or
afternoon session, they will be grouped with other children in 1st—5th grade
along with a teacher leader. The teams
go through several different stations, ran by parent volunteers, consisting of
games and sports.
On this day
there is an all school picnic where parents are welcome to come eat with their
children. Parents are not required to come! Please look for the note that will be
sent home from Mrs. Guerrieri for the specifics on the lunch guidelines.
Kindergarten
Bubble Day
On May 31st,
the kindergarteners will be going outside to explore bubbles. This is a culminating activity to our water
unit. Please send a small container of
bubbles to school with your child on Thursday, May 30th. Please do
not send them in before this date.
Patriots Guidelines!
Kindergarten teachers have been spending a lot of classroom time
reviewing our Patriots Guidelines and what they look like at lunch and recess
as well as in the classroom. Ask your child
to share the patriot guidelines and what they look like and sound like with
you.
Important Dates…
May 14 – No School
May 22 – KM & KW to Museum
May 25 – KB to Museum
May 28 – No School
May 30th – Field Day
May 31st – Bubble Day
June 1 – Last Day of School (10:10 dismissal)
