Schedule for the Week of May 27-31

• M - No School - Memorial Day!
• T - Music/P.E. and Field Trip to Delano Park!!
• W - Art
• Th- Music/P.E. : LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN!!
• F- No School - Teacher Workshop Day

 Wow! I can't believe we are already in our last week of school! This year has been so fun, yet has flown by! It has been such a pleasure having each and every one of these students in my classroom, I will greatly miss each of them next year. Just remember to come back and visit any time! I am looking forward to these last few days together - we will have lots of fun.

We do have our last field trip on Tuesday, May 28th! We will cross our fingers it doesn't rain! Please have your child wear comfortable walking shoes and make sure they are dressed for the weather.  We will be eating lunch at Shirley Hills, so no need to pack a lunch.

Reading: Lesson 30

• Phonemic Awareness: review all concepts 
• Phonics: Review Short Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
• High-Frequency Words: review
• Robust Vocabulary: dare, gleaming, splendid, cautiously, festival, disaster, adventure, explore, tame, amazed, completely, jolt
• Comprehension: Drawing conclusions and making inferences
• Literature: Reading The Three Little Pigs
• Writing: Personal Narrative

Reading Homework

• Lesson 29
• Lesson 29 Extra (optional)

Math: Unit 6: Unit 6 Test on Tuesday or Wednesday

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday:
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 
• Friday: NO SCHOOL

Schedule for the Week of May 20-24

• M- Art
• T- Music/P.E.
• W- Music/P.E.
• Th- Art
• F- SUPER TEAM DAY!!! 

Reading: Lesson 29

• Phonemic Awareness: review all concepts 
• Phonics: Review Short Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
• High-Frequency Words: review
• Robust Vocabulary: adventure, explore, tame, amazed, completely, jolt
• Comprehension: Continue to distinguish between reality and fantasy, work on generating questions about a story
• Literature: Reading A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts and Igor, The Bird Who Couldn't Sing by Satoshi Kitamura
• Writing: Personal Narrative

Reading Homework

• Lesson 28 Homework
• Lesson 28 Optional #1
• Lesson 28 Optional #2

Math: Unit 6

• Unit 6: Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers
• 6.11: Weight and Capacity
• Objectives: explore, order, and compare weights of objects; explore, order, and compare capacities of objects
• Vocabulary: light, lighter, lightest, heavy, heavier, heaviest
• 6.12: Temperature
• Objectives: identify temperatures as hot and cold; compare temperatures
• Vocabulary: hot, cold, warmer, cooler
• 6.13: Numbers Through 120
• Objectives: explore place value in numbers through 120; write numbers through 120
• Vocabulary: tens, ones, more, fewer, less, vertical, horizontal
• 6.14: Write Number Words
• Objectives: read and write number words
• Vocabulary:one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

• 6.15: Counting Different Ways
• Objectives: count forward and backward on a number line; Skip count forward and backward
• Vocabulary: number line, skip count

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 6.11
• Tuesday:  6.12
• Wednesday:
• Thursday: 6.14
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 6.10
• 6.11

Schedule for the Week of May 13-17

• M- Music/P.E.
• T- Music/P.E.
• W- Art
• Th- P.E./Music
• F- Music/P.E.

Star of the Week: Gavin!!

***Mrs. Moon will be teaching full-time this week and next week! 

Reading: Lesson 28

• Phonemic Awareness: review all concepts 
• Word Building: -ug and -up words
• High-Frequency Words: review
• Robust Vocabulary: dare, gleaming, splendid, cautiously, festival, disaster
• Comprehension: distinguish between reality and fantasy, work on generating questions about a story
• Literature: Reading I Wish I Were A Pilot by Stella Blackstone and The Kite Festival by Leyla Torres
• Writing: Thank-You Note

Reading Homework

• Lesson 27 Homework

Math: Unit 6

• Unit 6: Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers
• 6.5: Time In Our World
• Objectives: explore time as it relates to daily activities; read a clock and write the time to the hour
• Vocabulary: clock, digital clock
• 6.6: Time to the Half-Hour
• Objectives: show half-hour times on a clock; read and write the time
• Vocabulary: half-hour, clock, digital clock
• 6.8: Introduction to Measurement
• Objectives: explore measuring tools and how they are used; measure length using Square-Inch Tiles
• Vocabulary: measure, inch, foot, estimate, length
• 6.9: Measurement in Centimeters
• Objectives: measure length using centimeter cubes
• Vocabulary: centimeter, length, measure
• 6.10: Length and Height
• Objectives: compare to identify which object is longer or shorter; compare to identify which object is taller or shorter; identify the shortest, longest, or tallest object in a group
• Vocabulary: longer, shorter, taller, longest, shortest, tallest, centimeter (cm)

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 6.6
• Wednesday:
• Thursday: 
• Friday:
• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 6.5 challenge
• 6.6 challenge
• 6.8 challenge
• 6.9 challenge
• 6.10 challenge

Schedule for the Week of May 6-10

Wow! These weeks are going by sooooo fast! I can't believe the final days of school are approaching on us already! I am already sad to think about saying goodbye to these amazing children. They have grown so much in such a short period of time. They are sooooo ready for first grade and I couldn't be more proud of them! :-) Have a wonderful week and hope you can get out and enjoy this beautiful weather too! We deserve it after all of that snow......

• M- Art & Happy Birthday to Emma!!
• T- P.E./Music
• W- Music/P.E.
• Th- Art
• F- No School - Teacher Workshop Day!!

Reading: Lesson 27

• Phonemic Awareness: phoneme substitution
• Letter: Qq (final one!!)
• High-Frequency Words: that, have (last two!!)
• Robust Vocabulary: hollow, scurry, watchful, cling, defend, ravenous, lively, pee, arise, clever, quarrel, boastful
• Comprehension: reviewing main idea, rereading to increase comprehension
• Literature: ReReading Good Morning, Little Polar Bear by Carol Votaw and How Chipmunk Got His Stripes by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac
• Writing: invitations

Reading Homework

• Lesson 26 Homework

Math: Unit 6

• Unit 6: Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers
• 6.1: Coins and Their Values
• Objectives: identify pennies, nickels, and dimes, and their values; count different coin amounts
• Vocabulary: dime, cent, penny, nickel
• 6.2: Make Coin Collections
• Objectives: count different coin amounts; identify a dollar and its value; identify a quarter and its value
• Vocabulary: dollar, coin, quarter
• 6.3: Introduction to Time
• Objectives: describe the parts of an analog clock; read the time on a analog clock and a digital clock; identify reasons for measuring time
• Vocabulary: clock, face, hands, hour, minute, time, yesterday, today, tomorrow
• 6.4: Practice: Show and Write Times
• Objectives: show on-the-hour times on a clock; read a clock and write the time to the hour
• Vocabulary: clock, digital clock, hour hand, minute hand, hour, minute

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 6.2
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 6.4
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 6.1 challenge
• 6.2 challenge
• 6.3 challenge
• 6.4 challenge