Friday, May 1, 2015

Friday Flash

Friday Flash 
May 4th- May 8th, 2015

Focus of the Week
     ·      Literacy:
-       Background knowledge: The Wild West
-       Sight words!
     ·      Science: Spring & plants
     ·      Math:
-       Addition
-       Subtraction
-       One less

Notes/Reminders
     ·      May 4th- 8th: Turn off TV week

     ·      May 6th: National Walk to School Day
            
     ·      May 16th: Art.Food.Community fundraiser at Thompson 4-8pm.
Includes dinner and silent auction of student-made bowls to benefit Arlington Eats.
http://www.arlington-eats.org/bowls/

     ·      May 19th: Early Release 1:00 (lunch will be served, no snack)
Conversation Starters
     ·      How do you play the “losing teeth” subtraction game in math?
     ·      What is one less than ___ (choose a number appropriate for your child)?
     ·      What sight words are on your memory bank at school? How do you spell them? We will replace with new words as kids learn theirs.
     ·      What do you already know/what are you wondering about the Wild West?


Kindergarten Sight Words
a
at
and
am
are
by
can
come
go
he
I
in
it
is
like
me
my
on
of
see
said
some
she
to
the
went
we
was
you

We have now introduced all of our kindergarten sight words. Kindergarteners should be able to read and write these words by the end of the school year!















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