**Reminder**

Tomorrow, Monday, May 13th we will be going to Penick Park. Parents are welcome to meet us there.

The buses will leave at 8:30 and return shortly after 1:00. If your child is bringing a lunch, please do not send things that need to be kept cold. We will have ice chests for drinks. Please send 2 plastic, disposable water bottles with your child’s name on them. Please write your child’s name on their lunch also. We are requesting that you put sunscreen on your child before they leave for school that morning. Dress your child appropriately for the weather and park (shorts and tennis shoes).

Also if you have any extra outdoor toys like bubbles, balls, and chalk you are welcome to bring those to share.

No school for White Oak Primary and Intermediate campuses today!

Middle School and High School will still have classes.

What we will be learning the week of May 6-10

• I Love You Ritual song: our song selector will choose a favorite I Love You Ritual each day this week
• Sight Word Review/Spelling Words: is, it, like, little, me, she many

Morning Activities

• write the alphabet and first and last name
• write numerals 1-20 and first and last name
• use playdough and number mats, have students represent quantity of number
• create shapes using tangrams and pipe cleaners, draw shapes on paper
• Do You Like Rain Graph
• Sight Word Journal Dance, students dance, when music stops students write down sight word called out

Morning Message:

• Chart out a morning message with missing word parts (ing, ar, etc…) blends..
• Review Long Vowel Charts
• fix sentences (capital letters, spaces, sentences)
• write the missing blend
• make long vowel words

Reading:

• Story – We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, use story retelling bottles to retell story
• Franklin and The Thunderstorm, locate word parts throughout, make connections
• The Tiny Seed, Review parts of a flower, chart parts of a plant on anchor
• fin CVC and CVCE words in books, use marker boards to change CVC words into CVCE words, ex. hop/hope

Math:

• Draw teen #s on partners back. Partner has to guess the correct teen number.
• Partners roll 2 dice. First one to add up the sum wins!
• Decompose Number 5 using post-its
• Problem Solving: allow students to draw simple addition/subtraction scenarios and then write the number sentence that goes with it.
• match sum of dominoes to numerals on cards
• Practice tally marks using craft sticks.
• Measuring Shoes using square tiles
• Introduce new dice game, Tenzi, sums that equal 10
• students will work in small groups. Each group has to come up with all of the ways to make the number on their chart paper. (teen numbers)
• Make Tally marks using pretzels
• Number Talk: Using Rekenreks, How many beads do you see? How do you see them?  subitize, counting strategies, finger fluency, different ways to show a number, ways to come up with that number.
• Number Talk: Dot Cards, What do you see? How do you see it?
• Youtube: Subitizing Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwUtg6O6H3k

Math Centers:

• Sort and Graph Jelly Beans (math by self)
• osmo math
• Problem Solving (horseshoe)
• Pretzel Tally Marks (Journals)
• Goldilocks Roll and Record with Teen Numbers (math with a partner

Writing

• Create a color poem, show how to add describing words to make it more interesting
• Review how to make a list, make a list of Things That are Purple
• share zoo stories with class, look for capitalization, spaces, periods
• create ch/wh chart
• students will work by themselves or with a partner to create their own book on a topic of interest

Social Studies/Science:

Hope you all have a great week!!

Read-A-Thon Fundraiser

Our annual Read-A-Thon started last week. Packets and information went home so you can set up your child’s personal Read-A-Thon page online. We need all students to READ READ READ and work hard getting support for our school!!

Book Fair Information

White Oak Primary and Intermediate will have a Scholastic Book Fair the week of April 29th through May 3rd from 8:00 am-3:00 pm in the elementary library. Click this link to see additional information about the book fair, and make sure you read about the new e-wallet digital payment method!

Grandparents are welcome to take their grandchildren to the book fair after our Grandparent’s Day Performance on May 3rd.

*Reminder*

Class Pictures will be on Monday, April 29th. Return the Class Picture envelope with $10.00 cash to order a Class Picture.

Kindergarten Field Day will be this Wednesday, April 24th from 12:30-2:30.

• Please send a water bottle, change of clothes, and a towel for this day
• Wear Sunscreen and a cap (optional)

Happy Easter! I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend with friends and family. Thank you parents for all of your help at the Easter Party. I was sad that I had to miss it but I loved getting pictures of all the fun the kids had. Thank you again for making this such a special day for them!!