Have a great summer!

Dear KW families,
It has been a pleasure working with you and your children this school year.  All of the boys and girls have learned and grown so much.  I hope that you all enjoy a relaxing summer filled with fun and some reading and writing!

Ms. Wulf

May 21st-25th

Monday:  In math, we added the minute hand to our clock and practiced telling time.  Our new popcorn words are here and are and our last star letter is Uu.  Today we read The Ugly Duckling and then we wrote about our favorite part of the story.  Today we went to music and we were practicing the jogging and galloping beat.  Today in art we colored our body and shoes and we will paint later this week.  We also read a book called Fish. 

 Tuesday:  Today we went on a field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum.  We got to build in the workshop, go in the wind tunnels, watch the wind carry the fuzz balls through tubes and lots more fun things.  We also went to the lab and did lots of math activities like patterns, building and describing block towers, sorting and counting.  Back at school we did capital letter U handwriting.  We also went to the computer lab and did an activity for the story Barnyard Banter.  Today we read Fun Dog, Sun Dog.  We also practiced telling time and playing the time match game. 

Wednesday:  Today we went to P.E. and played a game called emergency rescue.  We went to art and painted.  We watched a video about plants and finished our seed to plant journal.  Today in math we did some adding and subtracting.  We read The Lost and Found and we practiced our comprehension by doing a sketch to stretch activity.

Thursday:  Today we read a book called Drip, Drop.  We went to P.E. and stretched.  We read The Night Sky and Stargazers to learn about stars and constellations.  In math we used our calculators to solve number stories.  We also read Dory Story about the ocean food chain.  Today we had a Memorial Day Assembly.  In science we learned about water and how it changes into different states (solid, liquid and gas).

Friday:  Today we went to art and finished our hot air balloon projects and we got our portfolio.  We had writer’s workshop today.  We went outside for P.E. and played Jack Frost.  We read the book Me and My Place in Space and put all of the planets in order.  Today we read Splash in the Ocean.  In math we used the pan balance to weigh objects.  We also read the story called The Planets in our Solar System. 

Reminders:  May 30^th: Field Day (see blog for more information)

                                         11:30-12:00 whole school picnic lunch (see blog for more        

                                           Information)   

May 31^st: Bubble Day (see blog for more information)

                        June 1^st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

                           **STUDENTS CAN BRING YEARBOOKS TO SCHOOL FOR    

                           AUTOGRAPH SIGNING ON JUNE 1ST**

May 15th-18th

Tuesday:  Today we read Quick as a Cricket.  Our new sight word is me and our star letter is Qq.  We went to the computer lab and practiced typing our ABCs.  Katie was the reader of the day and she read Fred and Ted’s Road Trip.  In math, we talked about and looked at the dollar bill.  We also answered questions about our weather graphs.  We went to music today and sang a lot of songs.  We also checked our plants and recorded our observations in our seed to plant science journals. 

Wednesday:  Today in art we made a hot air balloon basket.  We went to P.E. and played fitness Wednesday.  In R & R Joey read us The Bernstein Bears at the Aquarium.  In math we played the one dollar game.  We had our May math centers today.   We read The Patchwork Quilt.  We wrote in our journals.

Thursday:  Today in P.E. we had back-to-back buddies.  We read Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen and wrote about the beginning, middle and end and retold the story with a friend.  In math, we made name collection posters. During R & R, Daniel read us the book Flying High.  We also had handwriting and got to move our boat.  We wrote about our favorite part of kindergarten and had writer’s workshop.

Friday:  Today we went to P.E. and played outland.  Matthew was our last reader of the day and he read us the book Dinosaur Hunt.  We had a fire drill and wrote in our journals.  This morning we colored words with the /q/ sound.  We reviewed  story elements and made stories with a partner.  Each kindergartner interviewed a partner and recorded the data.  In science we talked about what plants need to grow and we also completed another page in our seed to plant journal.  In math, we created our own function machines.

Reminders: May 22^nd: Field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum

                    PTA Skate Night (6-8:00)
                    May 28^th: No School
                     May 30^th: Field Day (see blog for more information)
                     May 31^st: Bubble Day (see blog for more information)
                    June 1^st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

Matthew 5-18-12

Daniel 5-17-12