Information for this week...

Phonics: We will continue working with “long vowels” and the “sneaky e” rule this week. Long vowels are when the vowel says its name—not the sound! We are also working on fluency skills by reading a lot of “decodable” books and nursery rhymes in our poetry notebooks!

Vocabulary: We have started to read another chapter book, Charlotte’s Web! In addition to working on comprehension skills, I am pulling 3 vocabulary words out of each chapter. Children’s literature is full of fabulous words that will enhance your child’s vocabulary. We are calling these vocabulary words WOW words. We have been doing vocabulary lessons throughout the year, but kids are more excited about these because they are excited about the story! I am going to give you a pretty long list of words—some from last week, and the rest are words we will learn this week. Try to use these words in your conversations at home—your children will be excited they know what these “fancy” words mean!!
· Last week’s words—vanished, adore, wept, trust, wander, commotion
· Words for this week—grazed, interesting, budge, racket, chuckling, determined, effort, calmly, ancient, thoughtful, sobbed, pleasant, delicate, boast, tremble

Sight Words: Here are your child’s individual list of sight words—test Friday. Some children are not recognizing sight words they have already passed off in books. If you see that your child is having this trouble, please help them practice “old” sight words. If you need a list of the first 100 words, just let me know!!

Math: We will begin measuring WEIGHT and VOLUME this week. We had a good review of subtraction last week and will review some addition this week as well. If you see your child is struggling in these areas, PLEASE help them practice at home!

Writing: Kids are ROCKING with their writing these days…light bulbs are going off and I am so proud!!!

Theme: We will continue studying habitats this week. We have studied The Wetlands—mostly pond animals, and the Rain Forest. We will study the OCEAN this week! The kids love learning about different environments and the animals that live there!

Extra Information
-Our class has DIBELS assessments in the library Tuesday morning. Please make sure your child is here and ready to do their best!

-Thanks to Jaelyn, Micah, Sarah, Chante’, Deacon, Zachary, Alyssa, Connor, and LaDarius for sending in their $5 to make their Mother’s Day Craft! Please send money as soon as possible!!

-I will be sending home order forms for Kindergarten Memories—a DVD of pictures set to music of all the fun activities we have done this year. Each DVD will be $10. After I buy supplies, the profits will go into our donation account to buy supplies for next year. You will make checks payable to TPS. These are always really cute and special, and I hope you will order one for your child!

-Unless you have turned May Day money into the office, the only kids I have armband money from are: Chante’, Katlyn, Alyssa, and Connor. Please send your $10 so your child can participate!!

-Check out the important dates on the side bar!

Information for this week...

Phonics: We will continue working with “long vowels” and the “sneaky e” rule this week. Long vowels are when the vowel says its name—not the sound! We are also working on fluency skills by reading a lot of “decodable” books and nursery rhymes in our poetry notebooks!

Math: Measurement skills are improving! We will be reviewing addition and subtraction skills this week. These skills need a constant review/revisit!

Writing: Kids are ROCKING with their writing these days…light bulbs are going off and I am so proud!!!

Theme: We will continue studying habitats this week. We have studied The Wetlands—mostly pond animals, and we will start to learn about The Rain Forest this week. The kids love learning about different environments and the animals that live there!

Extra Information:
· Important dates coming up…
April 22nd--We will take Kindergarten Graduation pictures first thing in the morning. You MUST PRE-PAY for your child's picture to be taken. Make checks payable to main image photography!

April 23rd--We will be in school that day because we used the weather day earlier in the semester.

May 7th--May Day! Send in money for May Day packets soon!

May 19th--End of the year party/field trip to Shelby Park for a portable petting zoo, water spouts, playground, games, and a picnic! More information will be coming home soon, but mark your calendars to join in our day of fun!!!

May 21st-- Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony at Valley View Baptist Church. Because we have so many children, there will be two ceremonies. We will graduate at 8:30!

Graduation Pictures

We will be taking Kindergarten Graduation pictures Thursday, April 22nd at 8:30. Your child will wear a white cap & gown for the picture. If you want your child's picture taken, you MUST pre-pay. The order forms went home last week. If you need another order form, let me know. Make all checks payable to main image photography.

Tips for better pictures...
1. Wear a white or very light colored shirt--colors will show through the white gown.
2. For girls--"flat hair" looks best! It is hard to fit the cap over pony tails, braids, or large bows!!


Money is due the morning of April 22nd. If you have not brought it by 8:15, your child's picture will not be taken!!!

Information for this week...

Phonics: We will continue working with “long vowels” and the “sneaky e” rule this week. Long vowels are when the vowel says its name—not the sound! We are also working on fluency skills by reading a lot of “decodable” books and nursery rhymes in our poetry notebooks!

**We are almost finished reading Matilda! Reading a chapter book is helping their comprehension skills. Plus, it is such a cute story and the kids LOVE it!

Sight Words: Here are your child’s individual list of sight words—test Friday. Some children are not recognizing sight words they have already passed off in books. If you see that your child is having this trouble, please help them practice “old” sight words. If you need a list of the first 100 words, just let me know!!

Math: Kids are having some trouble adjusting to using rulers. If you see that your child is having trouble with measurement on their daily work and need a ruler to practice at home, I will be happy to let you borrow one. Just send me a note! We will continue working on addition and subtraction as well!

Writing: Children are beginning to improve with their writing! We are learning to write several sentences and adding details. Keep up the good work!

Theme: We will continue studying habitats this week. We have studied The Wetlands—mostly pond animals, and we will start to learn about The Rain Forest this week. The kids love learning about different environments and the animals that live there!

Extra Information:
· Please continue to encourage your child to focus and behave at school—spring fever is getting the best of a lot of the class.
· Don’t forget to be working on your homework chart in your folder. Your children should be reading a good bit at night, but not many are coloring in their monthly reading paper—please help them remember!!
· Remember to send your child’s snack EVERYDAY! I am out of “extra snack!!”

MEASUREMENT FUN!

The kids used different manipulatives to measure each other today...and we had a blast! Here are some quick snapshots of the groups working together to measure!

We love Miss Ginny!!

PTO Performance...

Friends...super excited to see each other for the special show! These are some friendly sharks!!

TWINS! I wonder if this shark could eat his "seahorse sister?!?!"

Lining up for the show!

So cute!

Deacon, Sarah, Chante', Connor, and Katlyn all had speaking parts in the shark rap...and they had it going on!! WAY TO GO!!

Come see the SHARKS tonight!

Hope to see you all tonight for the PTO performance at the Bobby Miller Center! We are ready for a great show!! Be in the gym by 6:15!!!