Kindergarten Newsletter
May/June 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
Word Study Goals
- Readers use multiple sources of information in order to solve, monitor, self-correct, and confirm.
- Readers use known words and word parts to solve new words.
- Readers notice a range of punctuation and dialogue to reflect meaning through phrasing.
Home/School Connection
- Continue to read Poetry through Starfall.com.
- Create and illustrate a poem.
Math
What are we learning?
- Model one-step story and picture problems involving sums to 10 using concrete objects.
- Solve one-step story and picture problems involving sums to 10.
- Model one-step story and picture problems involving differences within 10 using concrete objects.
- Solve one-step story and picture problems involving differences within 10.
Home/School Connection
- Draw a story problem picture scene.
- Create and solve a one step story problem.
Science
What are we learning?
- The student will investigate and understand that change occurs over time and rates may be fast or slow. Key concepts include: changes can be observed and measured.
- The student will investigate and understand basic needs and life processes of plants and animals. Key concepts include: plants need nutrients, water, air, light, and a place to grow to survive.
Home/School Connection
- Draw the 5 basic needs of living plants.
Important Dates and Reminders
- Monday, May 31- Memorial Day- No school
- Friday, June 11- Last day of school- 2- hour early release
Technology Information:
- At the end of the school year ALL school-issued laptops will have to be returned to Dogwood. Laptops will not be kept over the summer. More details on drop off and collection procedures are coming soon.
- Dogwood’s Solution Station is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 AM to 11 AM. Stop by and drop off your child's laptop. You will be notified when the laptop is ready for pickup, usually within the same day.