JUNE

I just put up the June Calendar. Wow. It's almost done!! So much to do in so little time.

Friday folder news

There is tons of good information. Be sure to read it.

Elephants

Today we made elephants! They have words in their mouths. The wheel spins to show lots of words. Look for your elephant in friday folders. Practice reading your words!

Swings in the sun!

Fun in the sun today at recess.

Paint!!

We painted this week!!

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Friday Folder News

Hello Families,

We are continuing to work on all the letters and sounds. We have also started to introduce blends!! This week we worked on the th sound, think, thimble, thirty, three, moth, bath and many more words.

            Please make sure you are being safe when dropping off and picking up your student. There have been a few near misses with school buses in the morning at drop off time. Remember the area right outside of Miss Thompson’s windows is a bus zone. 

            We let our butterflies go this week. They are out in the wild now. Check out the kindergarten website for photos.

            Reptile day was a hit. The kids loved it. We had so much fun with all the reptiles. Check out the website for photos.

            Please sign and return the orange field trip permission slip. Field Day in June 7th it will take place at Foster School. The Hike on June 11th will take place at McDowell Creek. Times for both field trips are the same. The morning class is 7:40 to 10:15. The afternoon class is 11:30-1:45.

            We finished our Flat Stanley book and made a Flat Stanley of our own. Our flat people were mailed home this week. I hope you already received your flat person. A great summer project would be to take your flat person with you on adventures and photograph your child and the flat person. Your child could then add the text and make a book.

            WOW!! I feel like it has been a busy week.

           

-Miss Thompson

What do I say or do when my child gets stuck on a word? I want to help. Do I just give her the word? Or say ‘sound it out’?

            The first advice I’d give it to stay relaxed. Don’t panic when she gets tuck. If you are clam, your child will know that figuring out words is part of the normal process of reading. We do want children to use their knowledge of letters and sounds, but we want them to do that in combination with meaning and structural knowledge. In other words, we encourage them to always think about what would make sense in that sentence, what would sound right and what would look right. Some words cannot be sounded out. Give them a little support by asking, “What would make sense there?” or point to the picture. Sometimes starting back at the beginning of the sentence helps.                                                               

From Catching Readers Before They Fall

Reptiles

The afternoon class had a wonderful treat today. The Sweet Home Junior High Reptile Club came for a visit today!! The junior high students handle and care for the animals.

It was a very special treat to have this visit. The afternoon lunch bunch (all day school) kids were able to come see the reptiles as well. I did not get to take photos of them.

Some of the photos are small, click on the photo for a big image.

Birthday party!

We had another birthday party this morning, which means CUPCAKES!! I love them as much as the kids. Here are a few photos. I'm no photographer but it's fun to see pictures of the kids at school.

Morning free time photos

More photos of this morning.

Repiles

Reptile pictures from this morning.