Mark Your Calendar:

Monday, May 7:  Last Homework Packet going home (Focus on Reading Comprehension and Math):  2 weeks to complete activities

Thursday, May 10:  Moms are invited to eat lunch with your child. Please bring a bagged lunch to enjoy.  Meet in our classroom from 11:00-11:30. Please return RSVP as soon as possible.  If you cannot attend, a special grandma or aunt can take your place, just let us know who to expect.  If no one can come, no worries!  Your child can eat with their teacher! Due to limited space, younger siblings should not attend. Please make childcare plans now.  Thank you for your consideration.

Friday, May 11:  Quick Check; 8:15 Mass

Friday, May 18:  Homework Packet Due; Last Quick Check; 8:15 Mass

***End of Year Assessments for the final report card begin week of May 20 and will continue through the last day of school.  It will be very important for your child to be in school unless sick.

Thursday, May 24:  Farewell Mass for 8th Grade

Monday, May 29:  No School  Memorial Day

**Formal Practices for Kindergarten Celebration take place every day during week of May, 28.

Thursday, May 31:   1/2 Day Noon Dismissal (with formal practice- on stage with Ms. Jones) Kindergarten Celebration held in the Parish Center that evening (detailed information to come).  This event is considered our end of the year party where parents are invited.

Friday, June 1:  1/2 Day: last day of school noon dismissal.  Kindergarten has a private time reflecting on our year together before we head off to summer.  With the big event the night before with families, parents are asked not to join us during this special time as we reflect and say good-bye as a school family.

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Sun, Moon, and Stars

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; identifying middle sounds

Word Study:   Continuation with Blends> Continued….word family words assessments

Writing:  Completing Sentences;  Informational Writing; reading comprehension: Opinion Writing Review

Sight Words:    put   off   take   our

Math Block:    ***assessing coin identification (appearance and amount each represents; counting to 100 by 5’s and 10’s) identify largest and smallest shapes and cover half a shape; pay for items using pennies, nickels, dimes or quarter;sort coins;  identify matching equivalent sets and doubles; write to 100

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Day and Night; Space

Religion:  May Crowning, Create Rosaries

 Enrichment: 

AND:::::  ABC Countdown continues daily:  this week:  letters h, i, j, k, l

Mad Scientist: 

Foodie Fun:   Rocket Snack (bananas, pineapple slices, cottage cheese)

To Work On At Home:

writing their first and last name

writing numbers to 100

blending sounds together to read words>reading and writing simple sentences

memorize phone number and address

tie their shoes