***Our last day of school is Friday, May 25, 2012. It is a full day of school. Class parties are scheduled to begin around 1:30 in the afternoon. Parents are welcome to attend.
Have a safe and fun summer. I hope to see many of you back in late August. Remember to keep reading over the summer. "Bridge" workbooks are helpful to bridge the gap between kindergarten and 1st grade and to help keep the students' skills fresh.***
***Reminder: There are no after school clubs the week of May 21-25. Please remember to pick up your child at the end of the school day.***
***Cowboy Church Supply Round-Up***
For those of you who may not know, Cowboy Church, a church in our community, was destroyed by fire this month. It is unfortunate that this has occurred, however; this is a great opportunity for us to serve.
At the end of the year, we often have school supplies left over. These leftover supplies could assist the children's ministry at Cowboy Church. It's really very easy! If you would like your child's additional supplies donated to help this church, please contact your child's teacher.
If you are interested in purchasing supplies or have unused supplies at home, please label the items "Cowboy Church" and send them to school with your child. The 2nd grade classrooms will also have bins for donated items.
Items needed: crayons, markers, glue sticks, pencils, construction paper, colored pencils
KINDERGARTEN WITH MRS. STOWERS
WEEK OF MAY 21 - 25
* Phonics
Special Sounds: "ck" (duck), "e" (me), "o" (go), "y" (fly), "ay" (pray), "st" (stop), "pl" (plane), "fr" (frog), "tr" (train), "sh" (ship), "th" (thick, this), "bl" (block), "cl" (clock), "fl" (flake), "gl" (glue), "br" (bride), "dr" (drum), "pr" (pray), "gr" (grin), "sm" (smoke), "sc" (scat), "sk" (skate), "sp" (spade), "cr" (crab), "tw" (twins), "sn" (snack), "sl" (sleep), "sw" (swim), "spl" (splash), "spr" (sprain), "scr" (scream), "str" (stream), "squ" (squeak), "thr" (three), "ar" (stars), "ch" (church), "or" (morning), "ow" (owl, bowl); "er" (verse), "ur" (nurse), "ir" (bird); "oo" (book); "oo" (tooth); "wor" (worm); "igh" (night), "oi" (coin), "oy" (boy), "all" (ball), "alk" (walk); "ing" (king); kn (knot), gn(gnat); "ong" (long); "ank" (bank); "ink" (wink)
***We will talk about suffixes and root words, for example, -ing (pointing) or -ed (looked, -ed makes a "t" sound), (played, -ed makes a "d" sound), (wanted, -ed makes an "ed" sound).
***We will talk a little about nouns, verbs and adjectives.
We will be practicing blends (consonant + vowel), reading words and reading sentences.
Alphabet: Letter Recognition
Phonics' Rules: (1)"ck" rule: The k sound at the end of short vowel words is usually spelled with "ck" e.g. sick, back, duck, neck, clock (2) Some short vowel words end in a double consonant, e.g. hill, bell, miss (3) "s" can make both the s sound (as in sun) or the "z" sound (as in his). One & Two Vowel Rules & Marking Vowels: if a word has 1 vowel it generally makes its short sound. We put a smile above the vowel. If a word has 2 vowels, generally, the first vowel is long and the second vowel is silent. We put a straight line above the long vowel and cross out the silent vowel. (e.g. vowel sounds in "tap"...the "a" is short and in "tape"...the "a" is long and the "e" is silent)
Grammar: Sentences and punctuation (periods, question marks and exclamation marks)
Sight Words: to, do, of, I, was
Reading Circles
* Handwriting: sentence writing, number writing, copying off the board
* Numbers: review counting from 1-100; zero; after numbers, before numbers, between numbers; concept of counting by 1's; concept of same & different; patterns (color patterns, shape patterns); missing numbers; top/middle/bottom; above/below; inside/outside; before/after; same/fewer/more; left/ right; greater than, longer, taller, shorter; penny, nickel, dime, quarter, adding mixed coins; shapes; ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd...); time to the hour (o'clock times), time to the half hour, quarter past the hour, counting by 5's on the claock; adding 1 (plus sign, and equal sign); rev. 1-9 addition families, introduce 10 addition family (10+0, 9+1, 8+2, 7+3, 6+4, 5+5, 4+6, 3+7, 2+8, 1+9, 0+10)** Please regularly practice addition facts and subtraction facts with your child. Knowing the facts will help your child be successful in math; addition concepts of doubles and twins; subtraction of 1 and whole number; rev. counting by 10's, counting by 5's, counting by 2's; story problems; number words (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten); calendar; 1/2 of an object; measuring, rulers, inches, feet, centimeters
* Bible: Learning from God's Word - God wants us to learn the truths of the Word from the time we are very young so we can grow up to be godly Christians.
* Character: --Attentiveness -- Learning to be a good listener and then doing what you have learned.
* Science:
* Animals: Insects, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals
Reminders
1. Our classroom can be cool at times, you may want to send a navy uniform cardigan or LCA hoodie (Please, please mark with your child's name!) for your child to keep in the cubby.
2. Your child will need to bring his/her orange take-home folder to school each day. Please take any corrected work out of the folder and review it with your child. The work does not need to be returned to school. If work needs to be returned to school, it will be marked as "homework."
3. Snacks: Thanks Eleanor for the snacks. They were delicious.
-May 21 - 25: Bring Your Own Snack Week
4. Kindergartners eat lunch @12:30 - 1:00 in the lunchroom. Parents are welcome to come to lunch. Sign-in at the office and your child can join you at the family lunch tables.
5. We will have "Spirit Dress" from May 17 through May 25. Spirit Dress is a uniform shirt and long blue jeans or blue jean capris. Students may always wear a regular uniform.
6. Red slips have been sent home regarding missing library books or videos. Please let me know if you have a question about a missing item so that I can talk to our librarian, Ms. DeSilvey about it.
7. The last day of school is Friday, May 25. It is a full day of school. Our End of the Year Party will be in the classroom. Parents are welcome to attend. It will start @1:30 p.m.
8. Activities for our last week of school (May 21-25):
Monday: stuffed animal (may bring 1 stuffed animal)
Tuesday: game day
Wednesday: crazy hair day
Thursday: silly sock day (must wear school appropriate shoes)
Sharon Stowers
sstowers@lakelandbaptist.org
Room Coordinator: Danise Ribeiro: danise71@hotmail.com
