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Scarlet and Gray Newsletter
May 9th to 13th, 2016
Volume 19, Issue 35
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Monday
Tuesday
We wrote our weekend news, greeted classmates,
said the pledge of allegiance, our class promise and
did calendar. We sang our ‘Days’ and ‘Months’
songs, subitized to 1-12 dots, read our popcorn
words, did our ABC chart, sang our vowel song and
reviewed our habits of thinkers. We practiced for
our program. Our kindergartner of the week
shared her poster and we wrote a sentence about
her using interactive writing. We read The Very
Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We were
introduced to our new poem ‘Little Bird’. We read
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog and did shared
reading. We created subtraction sentences from
our unifix cube towers, hula hoop with noodles and
represented them on a part-part-whole display. We
had literacy workshop.
We did our Tuesday packet. We greeted friends,
said our class promise and did calendar. We
counted to 100 by ones and read our popcorn
words. We did our ABC charts with digraphs and
reviewed the habits of thinkers. We practiced for
our program. Our kindergartner of the week
shared a science image and wrote a sentence
about her using shared writing. We did shared
reading and read The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
and The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle. We
practiced for our program. We did literacy
workshop. We had recess. We used our hula/partpart-whole and ‘bears in a cave’ to practice
subtraction with base ten in ‘counters in a cup’.
We did the Wednesday page of our packet. We
greeted one another, said our class promise and
did calendar. We counted to 100 by fives and tens
and read our popcorn words. We did ‘Action
Alphabet’ and practiced for our program. We
reviewed the habits of thinkers. Our
kindergartner of the week brought something for
us to estimate and we wrote a sentence about
him using interactive writing. The AM class had
library. We wrote all of our popcorn words and
did our final word spree. We did shared reading
and read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.
We sequenced the lines of our poem. We read
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. The AM
class did Time for Kids – Incredible Insects. The
PM class had recess. We had our final program
practice and our evening program!
We did the Thursday page of our packet, greeted
classmates, sang a patriotic song, said our class
promise and did calendar. We counted backwards
from 20, subitized ten frames and read our popcorn
words. We did our blend cards and reviewed habits of
thinkers. We wrote a sentence about our
kindergartner of the week using interactive writing
and wrote individual sentences about her. We read A
Nest Full of Eggs and Mr. Egg and determined which
was fiction and which was non-fiction. We did shared
reading and read, highlighted the popcorn words in
and illustrated our poem. The AM class did two
science activity sheets (matching eggs to mothers and
sequencing pictures of a bird preparing for it’s babies.
We read From Robin to Egg and What’s Inside? The
PM class had recess. We watched the first grade
musical.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
We did the Friday page of our packet (minus the sentence), greeted each other, sang a patriotic song, said our
class pledge and did calendar. We counted on from a random number and reviewed our habits of thinkers. We
had Family Friday. The AM class attended a presentation by the author of the ‘Sloth’ books, Ryan Sloth. The
PM class had library. We did shared reading and read Good Night Moon and Corduroy. We visited first grade
and had recess with them on the ‘big kid’ playground. We used our hula-hoop and part-part-whole to write
addition and subtraction sentences.
Contact Info:
Dear Parents,
Upcoming Dates:
Voicemail:
760-6298
E-MAIL:
letostak_vianne@
dublinschools.net
REMINDERS:
MONDAY:
Homework Due
A DAY: AM Library
Books Due
B Day: PM Library
Books Due
FRIDAY:
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Wear Tennis
shoes for
Fitness
Book Pockets
Due (from
November to
May)
PLEASE REMEMBER
TO STORE LIBRARY
BOOKS AND BOOK
POCKETS IN
BOOKBAGS TO
PREVENT LOSS OR
DAMAGE.
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.dublinschools.
net/oldesawmill
May 17th – Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast- anyone who has helped out in
any way is welcome to attend
May 23rd – Northwest Library Summer Reading Program Presentation
June 2nd – Field Day
June 3rd – End-of-Year Party
June 6th – Last Day of Kindergarten
July 13th – 19th Annual Kindergarten Reunion – details later
Thanks to our volunteers this week: Mr. Combs, Mrs. Smialek, Mrs. Shea,
Mrs. Shiomi and Mrs. Harden.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Vianne