Mrs. Smith's Kindergarten

Mrs. Smith's Kindergarten

Welcome to Kindergarten! This is an exciting year of learning and growing in God's love.

Happy Mother's Day to all of our wonderful Moms! Thank you for all that you do for your children and for our school. You are an inspiration!!

Help! We are in need of assistance with several current projects!

-We need empty shoeboxes/Kleenex boxes for our models of the Solar System.

-We are out of wet wipes (again!) and extra snack items, so any donations would be greatly appreciated.

-We are also still in need of many items for our festival fundraiser basket with the theme of "Calvert Tailgate Party". Special thanks to the one family that has donated so far!

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From now until the end of the year, I will be adding sites to this area that can assist you with First Grade Readiness activities for over the summer. Be sure to check in each week, as I'll be adding new ones so you have a good list by the end of May!

What's cooking in Kindergarten for the week of 5/12

-We will be working with the letter digraph "ch" and the blend "tr" and their corresponding sounds. We will continue the "Phonics Dance", while working with poems, songs, and letter/sound review.

-We will continue to practice our best D'Nealian Handwriting in order to get ready for First Grade.

-We will be working with rhyming story/songs, as well as some favorite big books.

-Reading Strategy: sequencing, text-to-text connections

-Writing: fact books about space, fairytales, "Goodbye Kindergarten" books

-Religion: We will read and dramatize Bible stories, including the Ten Thankful Lepers, The Hidden Treasure, the Pearl of Great Price, the Calming of the Storm, and the Parable of the Sower.

-Math: working with numbers greater than 20, working with the calendar, addition and subtraction review

-Science: plant growth, parts of plants, planting bean seeds and recording observations each day; we will also begin a study of space

Wednesday (Red Table Show and Tell Day)

Friday (Yellow Table Show and Tell Day)

-May 14 P.M. Kindergarten attends May Crowning

-May 20 Field Day at TU-all students here all day

-May 29 Kindergarten Program 7 p.m. in SMS Gym

-May 30 Kindergarten Picnic at Oakley Park-all students here all day

-June 2 Last Day of School

Words for the Weeks of 5/12

*Game idea: When reading stories together, keep a tally of how many word ring words are sighted in the story. (Kindergarteners love tally marks and keeping score!) This is also a great way to have your child start looking for familiar words inside his/her favorite stories.

Contact me anytime at ksmith@tiffinstmary.org

"Every person's life is a fairytale written by God's fingers."

-Hans Christian Andersen