Thursday, May 2, 2024

Our Weekly Newsletter April 29-May 3

 

Happy May! Can you believe we have only a month left of school!  It has been such a joy to see how far they all of come!  We are excited to see all the AMAZING things they will do by the last day of school.

ELA Skills

This week, we focused on adding some new tricky words to our reading vocabulary.  We learned the words oncesaid and says.  We practiced these words in our new story called "A Gift from Mom."  We had to read this story on our own AND be able to answer multiple choice comprehension questions AND answer questions in complete sentences! We can do it!  When you see our work, please notice and compliment us on being able to write in complete sentences. We also practiced the correct formation of our uppercase letters.  We are doing a great job of printing our letters!  We are trying to make sure that our tall letters are tall and our small letters are small - be sure to notice how neat we are printing!

ELA Knowledge

We are starting our weather unit.  The students have been introduced to our pen pal, Annie.  She writes us letters from her hometown of Washington, D.C. She tells us all about the weather and seasons where she lives.  So far, we have learned about winter, spring, and summer.  We know that the months of December, January, and February are for Winter.  March, April, and May are for Spring.  June, July, and August are for Summer.  We are able to tell you the characteristics of each season!  We love learning about each season!

Math

This week in math, our focus was on developing the operational and algebraic concepts of addition and subtraction, as well as working on understanding and recording equations.  We worked on counting strategies such as using compositions of 5 and 10, counting on, doubles, counting back, and thinking in 10's and 1's - WOW!! We could practice this at home, too.  Give us a story problem to solve...we could use paper and pencil or a dry erase board to solve our problem and write our equations!


Friday, May 3rd: Jaguar Jump Start!  Wear your Thorson spirit wear or the colors blue and white!  We will be meeting in the gym.

Friday, May 10th: Early release.  Be sure to let the office and your child's teacher know if there is a change in going-home plans.

Thursday, May 23rd: Kindergarten Concert!  If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Wilson or Mr. Schmidt

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Love,
Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky

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