Welcome to the Jungle: May 2009

Sight Words and Word Families

Listed below are the sight words and word families that have been introduced in our classroom so far this school year. The students' ability to recognize these words is a major element in the beginning stages of reading. I encourage you to work with your child using flash cards at home. Thank you for all of your support!

Sight Words:
I ~ see ~ look ~ at ~ my ~ we ~ like ~ big ~ can ~ a ~ to ~ an ~ this ~ and ~ go ~ in ~ you ~ is ~ here ~ get ~ did ~ for ~ have ~ it ~ am ~ said ~ the ~ me ~ will ~ with ~ come ~ play ~ she ~ do ~ not ~ what ~ he ~ went ~ her ~ are

Word Families:
-at, -an, -ap, -it, -in, -ig, -ot, -op, -en, -et

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Week of June 1st

Our Jacksonville Zoo field trip will be tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Please make sure your child is dressed in comfortable clothes and shoes. The summer heat is in full swing so you may want to send your child with a bottle of water for the day. Lunch will be provided for all students. If you are planning on being a chaperone please meet us at school at 8:45 a.m. Our Kindergarten End of the Year Party will kick off on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. We have lots of outdoor games and activities planned for the students. Come join in on the fun! Lunch will be provided as well for all students. Our class is in charge of the dance station, so if you have any music that you would like to lend us please send it in with your child on Monday. Our Kindergarten Graduation will be held on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. in our classroom. I hope to see you all there! Just one last reminder that Friday's dismissal will be at 12:00 p.m. Please make sure to send in all supplies for the party/graduation on Monday. Each child needs a plain white t-shirt to paint. Also if you have not sent in a white 3-ring binder yet for your child's memory book, please do so by Monday. Thank you all for your support this year :) I appreciate each and every one of you and I look forward to a fantastic final week in Kindergarten!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Week of May 11th

Just a reminder, our field trip to Jaguar Stadium will be Monday May 11th! Don't forget to wear your teal :) This week we will be starting our Eric Carle author study. So go ahead and ask your students to practice their retelling strategies with the new books introduced daily. Our new genre of writing is persuasive. The students are writing to persuade and convince their readers of their opinions on various subjects. We have started working on addition and subtraction in Math Workshop. This week the students will be incorporating those skills with story problems. Lastly, in Science Workshop we will begin a study on various zoo animals in order to prepare for the upcoming field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and I am looking forward to another memorable week in Kindergarten!