Week in Review--LAST WEEK!

WHEW! We did it!

We finished our kindergarten year and what a fun year it was. The last week is full of days that are not the same and rarely follow a specific routine. I hope your child enjoyed his/her last week of school...here's our week breakdown!

Monday:

We started off by showing our families how smart we are by singing songs, counting to 100 and more during our Kindergarten Graduation Program. We learned so many things that we could not possibly put them all in our program, but we hope you enjoyed what we were able to share! We also received our own classroom awards and boogied down the runway to receive the award today too!

Graduation Video "When I Grow Up I Want to Be...."

We also had our Movie Matinee end of the year celebration on Monday! So many exciting things this last week. Thank you to everyone who donated items for our movie celebration, it was a yummy good time!

Tuesday:

In the morning we watched the 5th graders play the Staff in a kickball game. It was so much fun to see the friendly and competition going on!

In the afternoon we celebrated with our very first experience with field day! We were paired up with a friend from class and students from each of the other grades and had a fifth grade team captain. We went around with our team to different games and had an entire afternoon of gym!

Wednesday:

By the end the week we realized our time together was almost over. In the morning, we went to the cafeteria once again for the end of the year awards program. In the afternoon, we worked on cleaning out our book boxes, writing journals, pictures and more. We have enjoyed learning together so very much and we couldn't believe it was coming to an end. We also pulled out a chart we made on the first day of school This chart, each student wrote his/her name and now we wrote them again on the back. It was SO exciting to see how much better our writing is at the end of the year!

Mayflower Mill's End of the Year Slideshow

I will miss each and every one of my sweet students but I know they are more than ready to move forward to first grade and I thank each of you for being the #1 role model and cheerleader in your child's education. They will do big things and I am thankful I was able to be part of their journey in life.

Week in Review--Oceans!

Reading:

*We worked on the same strategy as last week! So the following is the same thing :).

Our CAFE strategy this week was focused on Retell a Story in Order or Sequencing. Sequencing is one of many skills that contributes to students' ability to comprehend what they read. Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story — the beginning, middle, and end — and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which they occurred. The ability to sequence events in a text is a key comprehension strategy, especially for narrative texts. Sequencing is also an important component of problem-solving across subjects. We use sequencing in everyday life and introducing this skill to students helps aid in their comprehension and analyzing of a book.

As the school year ends we are taking down charts and other things we have made. Students got to pick from our charts to take one home!

**We have learned all of our sight words for the school year! Woo hoo!

**Be sure to keep the white sight word cards from week to week and continue to practice all of them as new ones are sent home every week.

Our Poem of the Week:

iPad Fun:

Reading

**We kept the same iPad assignments this week because last week we didn’t have a chance to get to all of the choices throughout the week.

• Pebble Go/Pic Collage/Popplet: We watched a video about an animal of our choice this week on Pebble Go. We saved an image and wrote three facts we learned about that animal using either Pic Collage or Popplet. Students chose which one they wanted to use.
• Switch Zoo/ChatterKid:: We tested out a new and super silly app this week called Switch Zoo. The app has a picture of an animal and allows the user to change various body parts to different animals. Students created their own fictional animal and screenshotted the image. After doing that, they opened the image into ChatterKid and zoomed in so they saw just the image of the animal. They recorded their own silly name and facts about the animal they created.
• Reading Eggs/QR Books: Third round all students completed lessons in Reading Eggs and/or listened to stories on “tape” using QR codes inside picture books.

Math

• Book Creator: This week students used the app Book Creator on their own by adding a journal entry of the activity number of the day! We have been doing number of the day as a whole class since the first week of school and they are now experts and are able to do this on their own! They rolled a dice to find their number, wrote the number, the number word, drew the dice, tally marks, number of shapes and number line! They finished the activity by recording their voice explaining their thinking and what they did with the number of the day.
• Number Fight: We learned a new game this week that helped review our addition and subtraction facts. Number Fight is a game where you play against a partner and the first player to 10 points wins. If you get a problem incorrect, you lose a point!

Writing:

When we had writing this week, we focused on finishing up our lists and letters. One day we also wrote and completed a graduation craft. The students wrote one thing they learned in kindergarten. I just loved hearing the different ideas they had!

Math:

Math this week was focused on MONEY. We talked about the different types of coins and dollars that can be used. We looked at them and discussed what was printed on them and why those things are important and we learned how much each piece was worth. We also talked about how using 2 quarters is a quicker way to get to 50 cents versus 50 pennies and other scenarios similar to that.

Content:

This week was all about the Ocean and preparing for our Kindergarten Graduation Program!

• Monday--We shared things we know about the ocean.
• Tuesday--We created a writing and craft about something we learned in kindergarten. We also had two students from our class in the Talent Show!
• Wednesday--We had our last behavior celebration of the school year! The Ronald McDonald House came and talked to us about leadership.
• Thursday--We completed a fish craft and writing. We also had a fun celebration with a bounce house obstacle course!
• Friday--Our kickball game was rained out so we started our Memories of Kindergarten Book!

We got to take home our greenhouses this week too! Several sprouted roots, stems and leaves! A few of ours didn't do much....YET!

ABC Countdown to Summer Highlights:

R-Reading Recess Day

S-Silly Sock Day

T-Toy Day

U- Day

V-Visit With Another Class Day

PRACTICE AT HOME:

Have your child tell you facts they learned about ocean animals this week!

Next Week:

• In reading we will focus on “Events of a Story”
• In writing we will do some end of the year writing!
• In math we will review!
• Our theme next week is all about Graduation and the End of the Year!.

 

Important Dates/Information:

**Go to our classroom webpage if you want to see important dates on a calendar! I will update this classroom calendar as dates and events come about.

• 4/19 ABC Countdown to Summer Begins! Be sure to keep your calendar handy and/or check our classroom calendar on our school website to be in the “know” of what letter and celebration is each day. You do not need to bring or send anything in unless it is stated on the text message
• 5/22--Kindergarten Graduation 10AM
• 5/23-Movie Matinee AM
• 5/23-Field Day PM-be sure to put sunscreen on your child before school
• 5/24--LAST DAY OF SCHOOL