Kindergarten May
Newsletter
Room 6
Dear Parents:
What a Spring we are
having! Snow, rain and more snow! Definitely not the classic Spring season!!
The students have
completed the learning of all the letter names and letter sounds. All alphabet
concepts will be reviewed throughout the remainder of the school year. We will continue with our guided reading program Key Links and
Reading A-Z. These programs help build a foundation to help students learn to
read. The programs encourage students to discuss answers to
questions that require critical thinking. They are encouraged to give
opinions and to generate their own questions.
In math we will be exploring a new
unit: Geometry and Measurement. Your child will be learning about shape and space
of 3-D objects and how to compare 2 objects to tell which is taller, longer,
heavier, or holds more.
To
further enrich and support the Kindergarten children’s reading, we will be
starting a “Home Reading” folder. So shortly your child will be bringing home a
“Reading Folder” with new books in it
each night. On the back of the folder are some suggestions for conducting the
reading session at home. Just remember to keep the reading sessions short (10
minutes), fun and positive. Then your child will associate book time as
positive and fun time, as opposed to, it feeling like a chore or homework
period. Please return the folder
each K-Day, as the books from their folders are switched with the other
students each morning. Learning to read is an extra, not an expectation
for Kindergarten, so what they absorb from the reading experience is all
good. This
is a wonderful activity that excites and motivates!
Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May11th and we have a small gift that will be sent home on Friday, May 9th.
We
will be having a Kindergarten Graduation once again this year. The date for Kindergarten Graduation
will be on Tuesday, June 24th, 2013. More details to follow in
the June Newsletter.
Just
a reminder to keep sending extra pants, socks and whatever you feel is needed
to get us through this snowy, rainy, muddy and wet spell.
Keep warm and have an excellent
month!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kulcsar
