Miss Mullahy & Mrs. Galipeau
May 20, 2013
We are having a great time in kindergarten! The kids are learning so much and it is amazing
to see how far they have all come since September! We are just about finished with our
unit on plants and have begun to talk about insects. This week, Mrs. Baker will visit our
classroom a couple of times to read some of our insect books to us! We are very excited
for our guest reader!
Last week we learned all about plants and what they need to survive and grow. We also
discussed the life cycle of plants as well as plant parts. We read many wonderful picture
books to help us learn about plants. We reviewed living and nonliving things by reading,
What’s Alive? Later we read, A Tree is a Plant. The following day we read, Johnny
Appleseed. Many of the kids had heard of Johnny Appleseed but never knew his
significance in helping to plant apple trees across the country. Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on
the Move, helped us review all of the many ways that seeds can travel with the help of
water, wind, or animals.
Plant a Little Seed, What do roots do? and, Bob and Otto, all discussed the relationship
between plants, animals, and insects. We also learned how plants provide food, shelter, and
oxygen. Bob and Otto, gave us an opportunity to discuss earth worms and their significance
in helping to provide trees with healthy soil and water. Jam and Honey, further discussed
the interconnectedness of plants and animals. We had a busy but fun week learning all
about plants and adding a plant mini book to our book basket! We even got a chance to
compare, Jack and the Beanstalk, to, Kate and the Beanstalk! Lastly, the book, Dandelion
Seeds, set us up for our unit on insects, as it focused more on the part that insects play in
the pollination of plants.
Last week we focused on consonant blends (i.e. sl, fr, gl, gr ch, tr, dr). We played matching
games during centers with consonant blends, syllables and with math. The kids are learning
about ten frames and how to add on to ten. They did a great job understanding place value
and using unifix cubes to practice adding tens and ones. We also focused on shapes. After
reviewing all of our 2D shapes, we learned about 3D shapes and discussed where we can
find 3D shapes in our everyday lives! BrainPop also had some great math videos for us to
watch!
Our very last travelling book is making its way around the classroom. Please be sure to
send it back in the next day so that everyone gets a chance to see it before the year is
over. Thank you! Also, if your child has a summer birthday and you would like us to
celebrate it in the classroom before June 14th, please let me know!
Here are the sight words up to this point: I, am, little, for, he, we, like, my, have, a, to, is,
the, me, with, she, see, look, one, they, you, of, are, that, and, do, go, here, from, had, has.
WE ARE ALSO GOING OVER ALL COLOR WORDS AND NUMBER WORDS!
This Week’s Specials: Monday – Music Tuesday - P.E.
P.E., Library
Friday - Spanish, Technology
Wednesday – Art Thursday -
Water Bottles
Our classroom is heating up! Since the children have to leave the classroom to get
a drink from the water fountain, I am asking that you please send in a water
bottle with your child that he/she can drink from throughout the day. This allows
for the students to drink water more often without having to leave the classroom.
Thank you!
Important Dates
May 24th&27th- No School-Memorial Day
June 14th- Last Day of School for K
June 17th- K Graduation
Library Books: Kindergarteners Library check-out day will on Thursdays. Please make sure your
child has his/her library book to be returned on Thursday so they can check out a new book that
day!
Book Orders: If you would like to order books from Scholastic, please send your order back in or
place your order online and use our classroom code! Thank you for your orders! We now have points
to purchase more books for our classroom library! Classroom Code: L2XT2
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Please continue to send in notes or e-mail me at missmullahy.sjs@gmail.com with any questions or
concerns!