Weekly News and Homework

Please join us for the following events if you are available:

May 20^th-May 28^th: Book Fair

May 30^th: K-8 TLCS Spring Carnival, 5-8pm

 

Friday, June 6^th: Last Day of School!  School is out at 12.  We will have a small kindergarten presentation and graduation in our classroom from 10-11 and celebrate with an all-school picnic from 11-12.  Everyone is invited to attend the graduation and picnic!

FYI-- Friday, May 23^rd-Friday, May 30^th: I will be at an out-of-town wedding (Pete's best friend since KINDERGARTEN is getting married to my friend of 15 years!).  Mrs. Dueck, a veteran kindergarten teacher, will be here for me.  Mrs. Deutsch will also be here, of course.

 

This Week’s Homework:

The following assignments should be completed and turned in by Friday:

1.     Practice your lines for our graduation performance.  Please see Mrs. Deutsch if you need another copy of your line. 

2.     2-3 choices from our monthly family activity calendar.

3.     Practice reading our sight words every night.

4.     10-20 minutes (or more!) of reading every night with a parent, guardian, or older sibling, etc.  I am collecting Read-at-Home books to make sure I get them all back before the end of the year.  Please continue reading books of your choice every night.  (Every night in the summer, too!!) J

School library books are due every Wednesday morning.

 

This Week’s Focus:

Language Arts

This week we will continue learning about word families and preparing for first grade.  We will read many books each day as a class, in small groups,  and independently,  practice reading and writing old and new sight words (good, will, they) with extra emphasis on writing sentences that include these words, write in our journals, and read and write in our small group literacy centers.   

Math

In the remaining weeks we will focus on cumulative review, year-end assessments, and 1^st grade readiness.     

Bible

This week’s Bible lesson is called Learning from God’s Word.  We will sing worship songs, recite and review many of this year’s weekly verses, rehearse If Jesus Lived Inside My Heart (your child’s line is in his/her folder today!) for our little graduation day performance, and pray together every day.   

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc.

This week we will continue our physical science unit.  We will also continue to do our team jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, and focus on friendships and community building.

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly News and Homework

Please join us for the following events if you are available:

Monday, May 19^th: Character Trait Chapel at 2:25 

May 20^th-May 28^th: Book Fair

Thursday, May 22^nd: TLCS Annual Spring Concert at 7pm in the auditorium.  This year it is called “Take 2,” and includes drama as well.  Attendance is strongly encouraged but not required.  Students should wear “fancy clothes” for this occasion.  Our entire school will sing and perform! Please meet me in front of the kindergarten building at 6:30.

Friday, June 6^th: Last Day of School!  School is out at 12.  We will have a small kindergarten presentation and graduation in our classroom from 10-11 and celebrate with an all-school picnic from 11-12.  Everyone is invited to attend the graduation and picnic!

FYI-- Friday, May 23^rd-Friday, May 30^th: I will be at an out-of-town wedding (Pete's best friend since KINDERGARTEN is getting married to my friend of 15 years!).  Mrs. Dueck, a veteran kindergarten teacher, will be here for me.  Mrs. Deutsch will also be here, of course.

 

This Week’s Homework:

The following assignments should be completed and turned in by Friday:

1.     Practice singing Life’s a Happy Song and Beautiful Things for Thursday’s performance.  Lyrics are attached and you will find links to a YouTube video for each song on our class blog.  

2.     2-3 choices from our monthly family activity calendar.

3.     Practice reading our sight words every night.

4.     10-20 minutes (or more!) of reading every night with a parent, guardian, or older sibling, etc.  I am collecting Read-at-Home books to make sure I get them all back before the end of the year.  Please continue reading books of your choice every night.  (Every night in the summer, too!!) J

School library books are due every Wednesday morning.

 

This Week’s Focus:

 

Language Arts

This week we will continue learning about word families, digra and preparing for first grade.  We will read many books each day as a class, in small groups,  and independently,  practice reading and writing old and new sight words (good, will, they) with extra emphasis on writing sentences that include these words, write in our journals, and read and write in our small group literacy centers.   

 

Math

In the remaining weeks we will focus on cumulative review, year-end assessments, and 1^st grade readiness.     

 

Bible

This week’s Bible story is Paul Spreads the Gospel.  We will sing Beautiful Things, recite, discuss, write, and illustrate Mark 16:15b, rehearse If Jesus Lived Inside My Heart (your child’s line is in his/her folder today!) for our little graduation day performance, and pray together every day.   

 

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc.

Last week’s ocean animal presentations were fantastic!  We learned many fun and interesting facts about a variety of ocean animals.   This week we will begin our physical science unit.  In music class we will continue practicing for the Spring Concert, “Take 2”.  We will also continue to do our team jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, and focus on friendships and community building.

 

 

 

 

 

YouTube Videos and Lyrics for Life's a Happy Song and Beautiful Things

YouTube video for Life's a Happy Song

YouTube video for Beautiful Things

OUR TLCS SPRING MUSIC AND DRAMA PRODUCTION, “TAKE 2,” IS THIS THURSDAY, MAY 22^ND AT 7PM.  It is optional, but strongly encouraged.  Our entire school will sing/perform!  Please be prepared to drop your child off at 6:30pm.

Please drop your child off with me in front of the kindergarten building (regular morning line-up area) at 6:30pm.  We will have a bake sale and book fair on campus at that time, too!  After the show we will meet you back in front of the kindergarten building.  Please check out with me before taking your child home (just like after school J).

Friday, May 23^rd will be an optional kindergarten PJ day.

Your child’s homework this week is to practice singing these songs until they are memorized.  On our class blog you will find links to YouTube videos of these songs that will help your child with the rhythm and melody.

 

Here are the lyrics:

 

LIFE’S A HAPPY SONG (all school)

 

Everything is great, everything is grand
I got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand

 

Everything is perfect, it’s falling into place
I can’t seem to wipe this smile off my face
Life's a happy song when there’s someone by my side to sing along

 

When you’re alone life can be a little rough
It makes you feel like you’re three foot tall
When it’s just you, well times can be tough
When there’s no one there to catch your fall

 

(Break)

 

Everything is great, everything is grand
I got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand
Everything is perfect, it’s falling into place
I can’t seem to wipe this smile off my face

Life smells like a rose
with someone to paint and someone to pose

 

Life’s a piece of cake
with someone to pedal and someone to break

 

Life is full of glee

with someone to saw and someone to see 

Life's a happy song when there’s someone by my side to sing along

 

I’ve got everything that I need right in front of me
Nothing’s stopping me nothing that I can’t be
With you right here next to me

 

Life’s a piece of cake

with someone to give and someone to take

 

Life’s a piece of pie
with someone to wash and someone to dry

 

Life’s an easy road
with someone beside you to share the load

 

Life is full of highs
with someone to stir and someone to fry

 

Life’s a leg of lamb
with someone there to lend a hand

 

Life’s a bunch of flowers
with someone to while away the hours

 

Life’s a fillet of fish
hey! —yes it is

 

Life's a happy song when theres someone by your side to sing along

 

(Break with glockenspiel--dancers)

 

I’ve got everything that i need right in front of me

Nothing’s stopping me nothing I can’t be
With you right here next to me

I’ve got everything that I need

 

Right in front of me!

 

 

BEAUTIFUL THINGS (kinders only)

All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all

All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

Chorus:
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

Chorus (two times)

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new

Chorus

Ocean Animal Presentations

Wow, wow, wow!!  Everyone did REALLY WELL at this morning's ocean animal report presentations!  I am so proud of each and every one of our soon-to-be first graders!!  Everyone learned a lot about their animals and they were eager to share their favorite facts with the class.  I could tell that everyone worked really hard and practiced a lot this week.  Congratulations on a job well done, class!! 

Weekly News and Homework

Please join us for the following events if you are available:

Monday, May 19^th: Character Trait Chapel at 2:25 

May 20^th-May 28^th: Book Fair

Thursday, May 22^nd: TLCS Annual Spring Concert at 7pm in the auditorium.  This year it is called “Take 2,” and includes drama as well.  Attendance is strongly encouraged but not required.  Students should wear “fancy clothes” for this occasion.  Our entire school will sing and perform! 

Friday, June 6^th: Last Day of School!  School is out at 12.  We will have a small kindergarten presentation and graduation in our classroom from 10-11 and celebrate with an all-school picnic from 11-12.  Everyone is invited to attend the graduation and picnic!
 
FYI-- Friday, May 23^rd-Friday, May 30^th: I will be at an out-of-town wedding (Pete's best friend since KINDERGARTEN is getting married to my friend of 15 years!).  Mrs. Dueck, a veteran kindergarten teacher, will be here for me.  Mrs. Deutsch will also be here, of course.

 This Week’s Homework:

The following assignments should be completed and turned in by Friday:
 

1.     Ocean Animal In-Class Presentations.  Please refer to the timeline below.  

2.     2-3 choices from our monthly family activity calendar.

3.     Practice reading our sight words every night.

4.     Ten minutes (or more!) of reading every night with a parent, guardian, or older sibling, etc.  I’m sure your child would love to read the book in his or her small manila folder to you!  Sight words are fun to read together, too.  Reading together every night is VERY important.  Let’s work together to develop a love of books and reading in our children!

School library books are due every Wednesday morning.

 

Ocean Animal Report Timeline:

Friday, May 2^nd: Research was due. 

Friday, May 9th: Poster was due

This Friday, May 16^th: Ocean Animal In-Class Presentations

 

This Week’s Focus:

Language Arts

This week we will continue learning about consonant digraphs and word families.  We will review and compare ch, th, and wh.  We will read many books each day as a class, in small groups,  and independently,  practice reading and writing our new sight words (under, into, black) with extra emphasis on writing sentences that include these words, write in our journals, and read and write in our small group literacy centers.   

Math

In the remaining weeks we will focus on cumulative review, year-end assessments, and 1^st grade readiness.     

Bible

This week we will learn about Paul, the first missionary.  We will sing Beautiful Things, recite, discuss, write, and illustrate Acts 16:31b, and pray together every day.   

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc

As the year comes to an end, our themes will be Friendship and Community.  We will continue to learn about ocean animals and life in tide pools this week as we finish our tide pool books and listen to ocean animal presentations on Friday.  Next week we will begin our physical science unit on sound, hot and cold, and weight.  In music class we have been practicing for the Spring Concert, “Take 2”.  We will continue to do our team jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, and more!!!

 

 

 

Feeling Loved!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Our First Frog!

The Vomvokids LOVED observing this little guy today.  It was definitely the highlight of the day!  He will be returned to his pond at Ms. Roni's parents' house this afternoon. 

Here he is with his brothers and sister a few weeks ago :) http://mrsvomvolakiskindergarten.blogspot.com/2014/04/life-science.html

Weekly News and Homework

Please join us for the following events if you are available:

Monday, May 5^th: Chapel at 2:25. Adrian Moreno will be our speaker and the Vomvokids will sing some songs.

Friday, May 9^th: Minimum Day. School is out at 12. Crosswalk is open until 6.

Monday, May 19^th: Character Trait Chapel at 2:25.

May 20^th-May 28^th: Book Fair

Thursday, May 22^nd: TLCS Annual Spring Concert at 7pm in the auditorium. Our entire school will sing!

This Week’s Homework:

The following assignments should be completed and turned in by Friday:

1. Ocean Animal Poster. Please help your child use the information from last week’s Ocean Animal Investigation outline to create a poster to present to the Vomvokids in the form of an oral report on Friday, May 16^th. Please refer to the timeline below.

2. 2-3 choices from our monthly family activity calendar.

3. Practice reading our sight words every night. (new list below)

 

4. Ten minutes (or more!) of reading every night with a parent, guardian, or older sibling, etc. I’m sure your child would love to read the book in his or her small manila folder to you! Sight words are fun to read together, too. Reading together every night is VERY important. Let’s work together to develop a love of books and reading in our children!

School library books are due every Wednesday morning.

Friday is a minimum day.

Ocean Animal Report Timeline:

Friday, May 2^nd: Research was due.

Thursday, May 8^thFriday, May 9th: Poster Due

Friday, May 16^th: Ocean Animal In-Class Presentations

 

 

Language Arts: This week we will continue learning about consonant digraphs and word families.  This week’s digraph is wh.  We will read many books each day as a class, in small groups,  and independently,  practice reading and writing our new sight words (ride, want, be), write in our journals, and read and write in our small group literacy centers.

Math:  This week we will finish our unit on subtraction, which is the last chapter of our Scott Foresman curriculum.  Hooray!!  We have met (and exceeded) all Kindergarten Math State Standards!  In the remaining weeks we will focus on year-end assessments and prepare for 1^st grade.     

Bible: This week’s lesson is called Jesus Begins His Church.  We will sing This is My Commandment, and This is the Church, recite, discuss, write, and illustrate Ephesians 4:25a, and pray together every day.   

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc: As the year comes to an end, our themes will be Friendship and Community.  We are also keeping an eye on our polliwogs and froglets.  We are mere days away from having an actual frog or two!!  We will continue to do our team jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, and more!!!

 

 

Sight Words (all!)

Here are the sight words from September-April:

I	big	can	in	we
it	like	up	a	find
see	two	not	go	to
red	have	name	is	make
play	too	are	run	for
blue	you	jump	this	do
and	one	what	help	soon
little	down	here	was	ran
she	three	are	he	away
new	has	funny	who	look
yellow	four	with	come	say
my	all	am	me	yes
but	where	did	so	please
pretty	ate	out	at	must
well	white	on	went	no
that	came

 

Here are our new sight words for May/June:

ride	want	be	under	into
black	good	will	they	get
eat	there	saw	now	brown

 

Save this list for summer practice! J