Right to Read Week Fun

Loads of fun in Room 201 this week for Right to Read Week...guest readers Tanny McGregor, Doug Young, and Mrs. Reynold's 4th graders for "B" day students...a visit from the library and the zoo for "A" day students...equals a great week in kindergarten! We are coming to the end of a fabulous year in kindergarten. Monday and Tuesday of this week, the students will be taking their final DIBELS assessments. The students have been preparing for this task all year. We are completing many year-end assessments and I am so incredibly pleased with how far the students have come. I am so proud to have been their teacher and know that their first grade teachers will be as pleased with them as I have been!

May News

Hope everyone is staying cool in this warm weather. Our classroom is quite warm, so I encourage you to send a bottle of water with your child so that they can keep it at their seat. This way, the students can stay hydrated and keep right on learning! We have DIBELS in one week--this means that the students will be assessed on their letter naming skills, identifying the sounds in words, and sounding out nonsense words. Please keep practicing at home to reinforce our work at school. This will keep their skills fresh and help them to get the best scores possible. The students have been working so hard! We have been focusing on subtraction and took a formal test this week. They are so proud of their subtraction skills. Each day we watch Subtracting with Pirates on YouTube at the beginning of math. Ask your son or daughter to sing it for you--it is a hit with the students and helps them remember the rules of subtraction. We enjoyed reading The Little Engine that Could this week in Reading Street. The students have enjoyed learning about a various forms of transportation! This coming week is Right to Read week and there are many fun activities planned! Be sure to ask your child each day what our special activity was. Have a great week!

Fun in the Fourth Quarter

Both classes have now taken a "tour" of Brantner and the students worked together to create class maps of the school--inside and out. The students were very creative and the maps are now proudly displayed in the hallway. This was such a great way to meet the Social Studies standard for demonstrating familiarity with the school's layout.

Both classes are earning Cardinal Cards at record speed. We are really emphasizing the need to work hard to make good choices, as the students are almost first graders. I am so proud of how well they are focusing and putting forth so much effort to be successful!

Next week, we will begin focusing on subtraction. The students are very excited about addition, so I am hopeful to see the same enthusiasm for subtraction.