Week of 4/28-5/2

Good evening parents and guardians, 

I hope you are all still enjoying this time off with your child. I will be updating my blog on Friday's from now on. This will give parents more time (if they wish to do so) to front load their child with information about the upcoming week's topics. 

Here is a look into next week:

Language Arts:

• Unit 5-Week 6-"This is the way we go to school" 
• Content Knowledge: Transportation Used to Get to School
• Phonological Awareness: Initial /y/ and /kw/
• Phonics: /y/ Spelled Yy and /kw/ Spelled qu
• Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions
• Sight Words: Where, Come
• Words to talk about: cable car, trolley, skis, Metro line, vaporetto, horse-and-buggy
• Words to read: where, come, what, was, said, two, quack, yam, yes, quit, quick, yet
• TEST: Students will be taking the Unit 5 test on Friday. It will cover all the material students have learned the past 6 wks.
• Sight words: yellow, blue, green, what, said, was, where, come

Math:

• Continue with Unit 17
• Students will be able to represent and write numbers up to 30 in tens and ones given a set of things in concrete and pictorial forms

Science:

• Continue with Unit D-Chapter 6- Objects 
• Lesson 3-What can you tell about objects?
• Lesson 4-How can you sort objects?
• Lesson 5-How can you use objects?

Classroom News:

• Substitute on Wednesday 4/30- It would be great and I would greatly appreciate it if you could please remind your child to be on their best behavior when I am out. They did an awesome job this last time I was out and hope this happens again.
• Cinco de Mayo celebration- 5/5
• Grade level performances begin at 1:30
• Students are encouraged to wear the colors of the Mexican flag
• If you are able to provide any item for the in-class celebration please let me know.

School news:

• 4/28- School Board meeting
• 5/5-5/9-Teacher Appreciation week
• 5/5- Cinco de Mayo celebration (performances begin at 130)
• 5/22-Spring Performance
• 5/30-Award Assemblies (Kindergarten @ 8 am)

If you have questions or concerns please feel free to email me. I would be more than happy to help in any war I can.

Thank you and enjoy the weekend, 

Miss. Maciel