Kindergarten News
April 12, 2019
Mark Your Calendar
April 9th - May 1st Georgia Milestone Testing (Grades 3-5 only)
April 18th 5-8 pm Bruster's Spirit Night
May 2nd 1:30-5 pm Kindergarten Registration
May 16th Bruster's Spirit Night
May 17th end of the year Picnic
May 22- Last Day of School
Testing April 9 - May 1
End of Year Testing in Kindergarten
Recess
Also, during this time of the year, we often have students who misbehave on the playground. Please go over playground and social rules with your child regarding playing with other children. Also, students are NOT allowed to throw wood chips, play with sticks, climb fences and hurt others. Students who do not follow playground rules will not be allowed to play on the playground.
First Grade Expectations
As we are quickly approaching the end of the year, we are working diligently on displaying first grade behaviors! Some of our expectations include: following 3 step directions the first time given, working quietly & independently for up to 20 minutes, and producing quality work.
What's coming up next week:
Next week in reading, we will be reading books about bunnies! Your child will revisit many previous learned skills such as identifying the characters, setting and events. Students will compare and contrast similar texts.
In word work, we will be reviewing long vowels by writing our sight words.
In writing, students are encouraged to write 3-5 sentences, including a beginning, middle, and end. Students need to remember to capitalize the pronoun "I" correctly, spell sight words correctly and use punctuation marks. It is important that their errors do not interfere with the meaning of their writing. We will be reviewing narrative, opinion, and informational writing for the rest of the school year.
Many students are rushing to write their names and simple words. You can help with this at home by reinforcing legible handwriting with your student. Students need to be able to write words using correct letter formation and place them on the lines correctly. This is a skill that is necessary for first grade learning!
In math, kindergarteners will spend time exploring subtraction. A fun way to do this at home is to smash balls of play-doh. Students can roll a dice and roll out that number of play-doh balls. Then, roll again and smash the number they rolled. You can also use real objects and have students use an object to "take away." Students will also learn about the subtraction sign and how to write subtraction number sentences. I have found that subtraction tends to be more difficult than addition with young children so it is a good idea to practice this at home. Students must be able to perform subtraction in order to understand how to solve subtraction number problems.
In science, we will learn about different habitats that animals live in.