Week of May 7^th ~ May 11^th (May Week 2)

Parents’ Day / Butterfly Life Cycle

LITERACY:

• Calendar/ Circle Time: Greetings & Feelings, Weather & appropriate Clothing
• Q/R/S/T Review: Letter identification; Phonemic Sound; Flashcards & words
• Reading CVC words /3–letter rhyming words to make a story or song
• Songs & Poems: “The Seed Song, “Flowers, everywhere”, “Rainbow Song”, “Fuzzy, wuzzy, creepy, crawly”   
• Alphabet review – matching & cataloguing beginning letters with pictures

MATH:

• Math Circle – Days of the week, Months of the year, Gumball Machine
• Simple addition/ subtraction questions& worksheets
• Making my own addition story
• Making patterns various things in our classroom – This week: Fruit Loop Necklaces

HANDWRITING:

• Emphasis on pencil/ crayon grasp & proper letter formation
• Focused on strokes for letters Q, R, S, T – little lines, big lines, little curves, big curves
• ‘Handwriting Without Tears’ Booklet

Arts & Crafts / THEME:

• Happy Parents’ Day Craft
• Life cycle of a Butterfly
• Rainbow Spring Flowers
• Fruit Loop Necklaces

PEEK AT NEXT WEEK:

• Theme: The Ocean
• Reviewing letters U, V, W, X
• Simple addition/ subtraction with resources

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

·         The final ‘Progress Reports’ will be sent home next Friday, May 18^th. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me or come see me in person. J

·         Library books: PLEASE return any library books that were sent home. We are nearing the   end of the school year, and there are books which are still outstanding!!! This week will be  the last week that your child will be borrowing a book to take home.

·         If you would like to have all of the photos from Koala class (since the beginning of the year), please provide a USB, and I would be more than happy to give you all of the picture files!    There are so many wonderful memories that we have shared over the course of the year! ~