May 11, 2009

Dear Parents,

Happy Mother’s Day to our moms and grandmoms.  We appreciate all you do to help us learn and grow.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  On Tuesday, the Kohl/McCormick Storybus will visit our kindergarten class.  We are excited about the opportunity to experience this Literacy Museum on wheels.

          • Sincerely,

The Kindergarten Team

Theme: Animal Families

Reading

  • Self-Questioning:  Asking questions before, during, and after reading
  • Identifying lower case letters
  • Blending consonants and vowels
  • Identifying words that are opposites
  • Recognizing sight words: Days of the Week; Color Words

Math

  • Developing a sense of the duration of an hour
  • Number stories
  • Adding and Subtracting
  • Understanding place value (How many tens, how many ones?)

Science

  • Comparing guppies to goldfish

Social Science

  • Exploring the concept of teamwork

Homework

Monday –Practice writing  the lower case letters of the alphabet a-z. Math- Home Link 8-2

Tuesday- Write your color words.  Draw and color pictures to match.

Math – Divide a sheet of paper into 4 parts.  Write a time of day at the top of each box.  Draw pictures of events that could possibly take place at specific times of the day.

Wednesday –Write a letter to a special friend.

Math- Write numbers from 1-30.

Thursday – Write a list of sports and a list of vehicles.

Math- Practice counting from 1-100.

Friday- Complete a Reader’s Response worksheet.

For Your Information

  • Kohl/McCormick StoryBus
  • Parent Volunteer Breakfast, Thursday, May 14, 2009.
  • Field Trip to Lincoln Park Zoo, Friday, May 29,2009.
  • Kindergarten Celebration-June 10th, 9:45 a.m.

*Please dress your child appropriately for the weather.  We will be going out side daily.

You may contact us at via e-mail: lstuttley@sbcglobal.net or phone (773) 535-1765  or (773) 535-1949 if you have any questions or concerns.  Thank you.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!