Kindergarten News May 7-11

Monday  N Day:  Make Necklaces! Word Work:  A, I, go, see, the, to Phonemic Awareness:  Phoneme Substitution “Jack and Jill” Read Aloud:  Run Away Concept:  Beginning, Middle, End Activity:  Create a Foldable Math:  11-1  How Many Are Left? Read Aloud:  Mystery of the Missing Meatball Activity:  Promethean Board Activity and Practice Page 11-1 Homework:  Share your foldable with an adult at home and retell the story Run Away.	Tuesday M Day:  Mr. Thompson comes in to read! Word Work: play, see, my, like Phonemic Awareness:  Phoneme Substitution with Picture Cards Read Aloud:  Splash Concept:  Beginning, Middle, End Activity: Create a 3 Window Frame of Story Math:  11-2  Taking Away Read Aloud:  If You Give a Pig a Party Activity:  Promethean Board Activity and Party Supply Worksheet Homework:  Poetry Notebook
Wednesday L Day:  Amy Bates comes in to tell about the summer reading program at the library! Craft:  Make Cards Math:  11-3  Comparing Read Aloud:  The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activity:  Promethean Board Activity and Worksheet Homework:  Practice writing your first and last name 5 times.	Thursday K Day:  Get a Kiss from your Teacher J! Word Work:  a, and, are, for, go Phonemic Awareness:  Phoneme Substitution  “Bugs” Read Aloud:  Baby Animals Play Concept:  Short u Sound Activity:  ug Worksheet Math:  11-4  Using the Minus Sign Activity:  Practice Page 11-4 Homework:  Write 5 ug words.
Friday J Day:  Bring a Joke to share in class! Reading:  Theme 10 Week 1 Assessment Math:  11-5  Finding the Difference Activity:  Use unifix cubes to solve subtraction problems Homework:  Show an adult which signs we use in subtraction (- and =).	Notes from the Teacher: *Kindergartners MUST be able to tie their own shoes and zip their own coats now. *Thank you for checking your calendar nightly to see what special days we have to look forward to! *As the end of the school year quickly approaches, please check your child’s folder nightly for important notes and information. *Please encourage your youngster to practice writing his/her first and last name at home. Mrs. Jenison and Ms. Markwardt