Happy Mother's Day! We hope you enjoyed the gift we sent home on Friday. 

Reminders:
+This week A-Z Countdown:
Monday: Fruit- Bring your favorite fruit for snack
Tuesday: Game- Play a game with your class
Wednesday: Hat- Wear a hat to school
Thursday: Inside out- Wear your school shirt inside out
Friday: J- Joke- Bring a joke to tell the class
+ On Wednesday, we sent home information about purchasing caps and tassels for graduation on June 11. If you have not done so already, please send in your child’s money by Thursday, May 13.
Looking Ahead:
+School will be closed Friday, May 21^st  for a Bishop’s Holiday
+School will be closed Friday, May 28^th for a Professional Development Day
+School will be closed Monday, May 31^st for Memorial Day

This week we are learning:
+LA: Module 8 From Plant to Plate Week 3
Story: PB & J Hooray & Growing Vegetable Soup
Phonics:  Long vowel Ee
Phonological Awareness skill:  Isolate medial sounds
High Frequency words: keep, made, why, would
Big Idea words:  garden, harvest, plant
Power words:  crop, factory, ingredient
+Math:
This week we are starting money. This chapter can be very tricky! To help make the lesson more engaging, please send in 4 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 nickels, and 10 pennies. Please help us out by washing the coins and sending them to school in a Tupperware container. Thank you!
+Religion:
23: We pray as Jesus did
+SS/Science:
Butterflies


Please see below for some pictures of our first week of our countdown as well as our friends who crowned Mary.

Have a great week!
Ms. Monteleone
 

Reminders:
+This week starts our A-Z Countdown to our last school day in Kindergarten. Please make sure to check the calendar sent home to join along with our letter days.
Monday- Apples: bring apple slices/sauce/juice for snack
Tuesday- Book: Bring your favorite book to school to read
Wednesday- Crazy Socks: Wear crazy socks to school
Thurday- Dance Party: Have a dance party during school
Friday- Experiment: Complete an experiment with your class
+There is an early dismissal Friday, May 7
Looking Ahead:
+School will be closed Friday, May 21^st  for a Bishop’s Holiday
+School will be closed Friday, May 28^th for a Professional Development Day
+School will be closed Monday, May 31^st for Memorial Day

This week we are learning:
+LA: Module 8 From Plant to Plate Week 2
Story: Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt & Earthworms
Phonics:  Long vowel Oo & Uu
Phonological Awareness skill:  Isolate sounds
High Frequency words: home, like, many, right
Big Idea words:  garden, harvest, plant
Power words:  burrow, soil, vine
+Math:
We are wrapping up our chapter on time. This week we will be discussing time to the hour, day vs. night events, and time to the half hour.
+Religion:
Chapter 15: God Chooses Mary
This week we will begin our May crowing in our classroom to honor Mary. Each student will lead us in prayer and crown Mary throughout the month. Last week I sent home a schedule of days. If you have any questions, please let me know.
+SS/Science:
+Butterflies


Please see below for pictures of:
1. Sprout houses: This past week we made our own sprout houses to watch what happens to seeds as they grown. We placed bean seeds and a damp paper towl in a Ziploc bag and placed them in the window to get plenty of sunlight! We will be observing our seeds over the next few weeks.
2. Sprit Week
3.Sight Word practice


Have a great week!
Ms. Monteleone