Mrs. Lamparter's Class
May 15, 2015
Specials for the Week of May 18th- May 21st
I can not believe that the end of kindergarten is almost here. August seems like yesterday. I hope you enjoyed our Kindergarten program. I thought they ROCKED it!! A huge THANK YOU to Mrs. Carter & Mrs. Rogers for all their hard work this year as room parents- our party was awesome!! THANK YOU also for our class gift which was a gift card to our favorite store- Ann Taylor Loft. Mrs. Hanagriff and I can't wait to go shopping! I LOVE my ceiling tile that the kids personalized- I can look up at it and think of them next year!!
The LAST day of school is this coming Thursday, May 21st! Students must bring their book bags on the last day, but the only thing that goes home in them is their report card!
Finally....it has been an honor to teach your children this year and Mrs. Hanagriff and I have enjoyed watching them BLOOM in all areas- They are ready for first grade!! Have a wonderful summer and remember to READ and WRITE!!
COUNT DOWN TO FIRST GRADE
May 19th (Tue.)- Autograph Day- Mrs. Lamparter will have a booklet to collect classmate's autographs
May 20th (Wed.)-Donut Day- Mrs. Lamparter will bring in donuts
May 21st (Thur)- End of School Day- End of school activities
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Building our sight word vocabulary- we should know ALL 50 Fry words!
- Retelling familiar stories and telling about the characters, setting, and what happened in the story
- Matching long and short vowel sounds with common spellings
- Telling similar words apart by the sounds
- Working on putting uppercase letters at the beginning of a sentence and naming end punctuation.
- Features of non-fiction text
- Finding information in non-fiction text about plants and insects
- Writing informational stories
- Fluently reading and understanding books ON grade level
- Working independently in Daily Five centers to become better readers, writers, and spellers
MEGA MINUTE WINNERS
MATH
- Adding and subtracting with objects and pictures
- Adding and subtracting within ten by drawing or using objects to solve problems
- Describing attributes of an object such as weight ot length
- Decomposing numbers less than or equal to ten in different ways
- Adding any number from one to nine to make ten
- Sorting objects into categories
- Fluently adding and subtracting within five
Using math tools- number line, rekenrek, and tens frame to build numbers
Daily calendar math
- Counting by tens, fives, and ones to 100
- Using "number talks" to explain our math thinking
- Using the "Notice and Wonder" strategy to help us with problem solving
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
We are working on:
- Learning the parts of a plant and how plants grow
- Exploring the life cycle of a butterfly and other insects
- Identifying the characteristics of living and non living things
- Exploring the life cycle of a frog
CRAIG CHARACTER AWARD
PETE'S SHOE TYING CLUB
REMINDERS
- The LAST DAY of school is Thursday, May 21st. Students MUST bring a book bag!
- Keep Your Brain in Shape Over the Summer with MobyMax! (Log in to your Student Portal and find the link on the Craig Landing Page under Curriculum Connections or in the Symbaloo green section) Login: Student ID Number Pswd: Kcraiges
- Camp Invention is coming to Craig Elementary on June 1-4th from 8:00 AM- 4:00 PM. Sign up at http://campinvention.org