Mrs.+Krause



May 6, 2013

Important Dates and Reminders...

Spring Fling...This event will take place this Friday, May 10. Kindergarten will attend from 12:00-2:00. We hope you, or a responsible adult, will be able to attend with your student. Don't forget to send money to order your tickets in advance.

Mother's Day Celebration...Due to our extremely busy scheduling, we have planned this event for Friday, May 17, at 8:00. We will meet in our classrooms and hope that all our mothers will be able to attend. About 9:00 we will go to the cafeteria for the P.T.O.'s third quarter awards for report cards. We will remain in the cafeteria for the One Hundred Book Club Presentations.

One Hundred Book Club...The last day to turn in forms will be Friday, May 10. The presentations will be Friday, May 17.

Plantation Field Trip...Our trip has been rescheduled to Monday, May 20.

Below are the activities that we are doing this week in Kindergarten:

Monday- Tuesday- Wednesday - Thursday - -- Ice Cream day $.75 to $1.00 Friday -

__** READING **__ We will be studying two letters and their sounds this week. Please practice the sound /v/ as in the word “volcano” and the sound /z/ as in the word “zoo.” We have two new “popcorn words” as well. Letters: Vv, Zz Popcorn Words: where, come


 * zip ||  jazz  ||  van  ||  Bev  ||
 * buzz ||  zap  ||  vest  ||  frizz  ||
 * Val ||  vet  ||  hug  ||  bug  ||

Math… We will be counting sets of 20. We will be composing and decomposing numbers (adding and subtracting) We will be counting...0-60 by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's. We will write numbers from 0-70. We will count and keep track of quantities up to 20. We will work on different strategies for accurate counting. We will count backwards from 10. Language Arts…We will write simple sentences.

Science…we will continue our AMSTI unit on the weather. Social Studies... We will be discussing May Day celebrations and talk about rules for our field trip.


 * Homework- practice reading the words and sentences below. **

Sound out and read the words.
 * Read and write down book titles for the 100 book club. **
 * Language Arts- write simple sentences. **
 * Practice writing check list: **
 * 1) ** Did you start your sentence with a upper case letter? **
 * 2) ** Did you put a period at the end of you sentence? **
 * 3) ** Did you use your best handwriting? **
 * 4) ** Does our sentence make sense? **
 * 5) ** Did you use correct spacing between words? **


 * 1) van
 * 2) vat
 * 3) vet
 * 4) vast
 * 5) vent
 * 6) vest
 * 7) Vic
 * 8) Val
 * 9) zap
 * 10) zip
 * 11) jazz
 * 12) ** fizz **
 * 13) ** buzz **
 * 14) ** fuzz **
 * 15) ** Von **
 * 16) ** Zac **
 * 17) ** Bev **
 * 18) ** next **
 * Sentences I can read. **
 * Jan said, “Come here Zac.” **
 * 1) ** Val got on the jet with Dad. **
 * 2) ** Bev said, “Zip it up Val.” **
 * 3) ** Val and Mom come in a blue van. **
 * 4) ** I see the little, green van. **
 * 5) ** The vet will get the red hen. **
 * 6) ** The little top is red. **
 * 7) ** “Was the cat in the van?’ said Zac. **
 * 8) ** Zip up the vest and come here. **
 * 9) ** She said, “Where was the mud?” **