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| Duran as Wolfie and Ava P. as Little Red find themselves on the wrong set. |
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| Los Pollitos |
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| Mi Cuerpo |
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| Mrs. Minke's Class on the risers. |
Goldie and the Bears along with Spanish songs
and dancers, won the hearts of audiences Thursday and Friday in the Janet Root
Theater. The reception following
was a wonderful way to celebrate the hard work and talent of all. Visit the Shorecrest Ebytes page for a
complete slideshow of the performances.
Math: We will continue our lessons with spatial
patterns, addition, and subtraction. We are expanding our understanding of
computation by introducing addition in the vertical position using a number
line. In the upcoming weeks will
explore dividing shapes into fractions. Most of our emphasis will be on halves.
We will also review the months of the year, talking about the common holidays
and activities for each month.
Word Work: We have introduced five new
words for our Word Wall that each use the sound of “ow,” as in the word cow.
The story goes that o and w hit each other when them get together, and they say
OOOOWWWW! This is also true when o and u join together. This little story will
help the children remember the sound of these letters and apply them to their reading
and writing. We also mentioned that “ow” has another sound, which we will talk
about at another time. Ask your child to tell you about the “fat writing” we do
and how it helps us remember new words.
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| Brianna listens and waits to ask questions about character, setting, and action. |
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| Jake's turn to read. His buddy will ask the questions. |
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| Ms. Deegan's class wrote us thank you notes for a great show. |
Reading: We continue to have buddy reading each Monday
morning with Ms Deegan’s second grade class. Again today the second graders
each brought in a book to read to a kindergarten student. The partners sit
shoulder to shoulder when reading with each other. The second graders discussed
the characters, setting and action in the books they read. They also shared
letters they had written to our class about our kindergarten show and how much
they enjoyed watching it.
Writing:
Our new writing unit began today with a return to writing about events
in our lives. Our first story was to zoom in on one small part of our
kindergarten show and write just about that, including a beginning, middle, and
end. The class was reminded to use periods at the end of sentences, spaces
between words, and to spell all words correctly that are on our Word Wall.
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| Noah adds a finishing touch to his fire station. |
Social Studies: On Monday the class brainstormed
city buildings. As a class, the challenge was to name as many city buildings as
they could think of. After much encouragement, the class was able to finally
name 43 buildings. This was surprisingly challenging for the class. No one even
thought to name a school as one of the buildings you would see in a city. Using
mild cartons taped together and covered with paper, each child constructed a
building to help create city on our back bulletin board.
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| Bug activities. |
Science: We have begun the second part of
our physical science unit with our investigation of liquids. The first two
liquids that we studied were water and glue. Last week we added oil and shampoo
to our investigations of liquids. The study of insects and other creepy
crawlies was started last week.
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| Ms. Fierce listens to a small group. |
Responsive Classroom: We are continuing to talk
about the difference between a peacemaker and a peace breaker, and how to “take
a stand” to do the “right thing.”
Events to Calendar:
Friday, May 17th- Splash Day
Monday, May 27th – No School, Memorial Day
Thursday, May 30th -End of the Year Party
Friday, May 31st – Last day of school, noon
dismissal
