Mrs. Lamparter's Class
May 8, 2015
Specials for the Week of May 11th- May 15th
We will go to the Media center on Monday. Please return your library book so you can check out another one.
The last day to record MEGA MINUTES is TODAY- Friday, May 8th. Students will be recognized at the Mega Minute Celebration on May 15th at 10:10 AM.Here are reward totals:
- White Horseshoe: 660+ minutes
- Maroon Horseshoe: 940 +minutes
- Gold Horseshoe: 1100+ minutes
- Bronco: 1410+ minutes
Our Spring Kindergarten Program will be on Wednesday, May 13th at 9:00 AM. We will also have our end of the year party that afternoon from 12:00- 1:00 PM. Students should wear nice clothes for the program. Make sure you bring tennis shoes girls if you wear other shoes to our program.
THANK you for your support of our team LAMPARTER's LIGHTNING! We had so much fun at all of our activities. We ROCKED it with our awesome shirts! Thank you Mrs. Carter for all your hard work!!!!!
THANK YOU for making Mrs. Hanagriff and I feel so special during Teacher Appreciation Week! We loved all of our sweet cards, flowers, sweets, lotions, and gift cards. It was such a treat to eat a special lunch brought in on Friday. WE are so blessed to have such wonderful support and the BEST KIDS ever! Happy Mother's Day to our incredible moms! Take the day off and let your children spoil YOU!
COUNT DOWN TO FIRST GRADE
May 12th (Tue.)- Recess Day- extra recess
May 13th (Wed.)- Sock Day- take off shoes in classroom and wear socks
May 14th (Thur)- Trivia Day- Brainquest Activities
May 15th (Fri.)- Game Day- Bring in your favorite board game
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
READ and RECORD so we can REWARD!!
We will have a shorter amount of time this 4th Nine weeks to record mega minutes so the totals have been adjusted. CHECK OUT OUR NEW FORM which will calculate your child's totals for you! Our 4th Nine Weeks celebration will be Friday, May 15th at 10:10 AM. Students who earned 3 Bronco awards will get to eat breakfast with Mrs. Wright!
White Horseshoe: 660+ minutes
Maroon Horseshoe: 940 +minutes
Gold Horseshoe: 1100+ minutes
Bronco: 1410+ minutes
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
- Mark your calendars for our Spring Kindergarten Program on Wednesday, May 13th at 9:00 AM. We will also have our end of the year party that afternoon from 12:00- 1:00 PM.
- Come to the Media Center May 12th- 14th to stock up on some great titles. It's Buy One Get One Free at the Book Fair!
- Our 4th Nine Weeks Mega Minute celebration will be Friday, May 15th at 10:10 AM. Please make sure you read and record your minutes.
- 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