What should your child work on over the summer? Children at this age sometimes have difficulty maintaining what they've learned in Kindergarten after summer break. It is so important to continue learning over the summer. There a few suggestions on your child's report card (which you will receive on the last day of school)- also, please see the Kindergarten Learning page and the Additional Resources sections of each newsletter for resources. A few ideas:
Read every day with your child, and encourage independent reading daily. The River Forest Public Library has a great Summer Reading Program, and they maintain an excellent children's library and book lists. Oak Park Public Library has a really great set of printable books lists (organized by grade level).
Your child's reading level is listed on the report card. If your child's Rigby reading level is 10 or below, please choose fiction and informational books in the Kindergarten and beginning of first grade range for your child to read independently. If your child's level is 10 - 17, please choose books from the first grade list. If your child is above level 17, please choose books from the second grade list and/or early chapter books.
All students, regardless of reading level, should continue with Reading Eggs, and Lexia (if applicable) to maintain and build foundational reading skills. I will send your child's password home again on the last day of school.
Continue practicing math daily through incidental usage and targeted practice. There are a number of great apps on our Kindergarten Learning page. IXL Math can be used for all levels of skill, and I've created a math class for summer practice on Khan Academy called 'Almost 1st Graders!'.
How to join Mrs. Burns's Khan Academy class:
1. Sign up at khanacademy.org (or log in if you already have an account).
2. Visit khanacademy.org/coaches (the “Coaches” tab in your profile).
3. In the 'Add a coach' field, enter the class code.
Class code: 24ZSSM
Click 'Home' to start learning!
Write daily! Students can write traditionally on paper, or using apps like Book Creator. Journaling is a great idea!
There is nothing more precious to your child than time spent with you- I've enjoyed hearing about all of your adventures all year! You have no idea (or maybe you do!) how happy these kids are when talking about the things they do with their families. Kids learn so much just from having discussions with you: they acquire incidental vocabulary, grammar, idiomatic expressions, inflection, and sentence structure. Also, oral language development and vocabulary acquisition is a major component of literacy success!
Do read with your child, practice math and science, and don't forget to write- those things are extremely important! We could all use some social/emotional/philosophical learning, too. Here are some general concepts we've been working on this year, and things I hope you will help these Kindergarten kids continue to work on as they grow:
1. Be kind, always! And take care of your community, small and large.
2. Model and encourage resilience: life is full of obstacles. Learn to roll with the punches and adapt to setbacks. Relax, don't freak out, and remember that despite how dire a situation seems, hope, confidence, and perseverance can overcome much of what our world dishes out.
3. Be mindful of nature! Protect, enjoy, and take time to observe the natural world around you. Watch the birds, plant and nurture a tree and/or a garden, and take care of our Earth. Contribute to citizen science.
4. Embrace both success and failure: take pride in your accomplishments, and learn from failure.
5. Remember to have empathy. Help others when they need it!
6. Be curious, wonder, and explore.
7. Accuse less; accept responsibility more: If you seek injustice, you will find it. Change your perception, and a world of opportunity awaits.
8. Find a solution- don't wait for someone else to do it. If a solution doesn't yet exist, create it yourself.
9. Look outside of your comfort zone: be a global citizen, and collaborate with those outside of your family, friends, classroom, and school.
10. Last, but not least: be open to change. Be adventurous, be curious, take risks. Be a life-long learner, and keep your eyes open...nothing is the same as it was yesterday, and tomorrow will be totally different, too. You must be adaptable and learn from everything and everyone around you.
I love your kids. They made me laugh until I cried and cry until I laughed, and together we learned so much. Thank you for sharing them with me this year! They will do wonderful things, each one of them. I am lucky to know them!
Read every day with your child, and encourage independent reading daily. The River Forest Public Library has a great Summer Reading Program, and they maintain an excellent children's library and book lists. Oak Park Public Library has a really great set of printable books lists (organized by grade level).
Your child's reading level is listed on the report card. If your child's Rigby reading level is 10 or below, please choose fiction and informational books in the Kindergarten and beginning of first grade range for your child to read independently. If your child's level is 10 - 17, please choose books from the first grade list. If your child is above level 17, please choose books from the second grade list and/or early chapter books.
All students, regardless of reading level, should continue with Reading Eggs, and Lexia (if applicable) to maintain and build foundational reading skills. I will send your child's password home again on the last day of school.
Continue practicing math daily through incidental usage and targeted practice. There are a number of great apps on our Kindergarten Learning page. IXL Math can be used for all levels of skill, and I've created a math class for summer practice on Khan Academy called 'Almost 1st Graders!'.
How to join Mrs. Burns's Khan Academy class:
1. Sign up at khanacademy.org (or log in if you already have an account).
2. Visit khanacademy.org/coaches (the “Coaches” tab in your profile).
3. In the 'Add a coach' field, enter the class code.
Class code: 24ZSSM
Click 'Home' to start learning!
Write daily! Students can write traditionally on paper, or using apps like Book Creator. Journaling is a great idea!
There is nothing more precious to your child than time spent with you- I've enjoyed hearing about all of your adventures all year! You have no idea (or maybe you do!) how happy these kids are when talking about the things they do with their families. Kids learn so much just from having discussions with you: they acquire incidental vocabulary, grammar, idiomatic expressions, inflection, and sentence structure. Also, oral language development and vocabulary acquisition is a major component of literacy success!
Do read with your child, practice math and science, and don't forget to write- those things are extremely important! We could all use some social/emotional/philosophical learning, too. Here are some general concepts we've been working on this year, and things I hope you will help these Kindergarten kids continue to work on as they grow:
1. Be kind, always! And take care of your community, small and large.
2. Model and encourage resilience: life is full of obstacles. Learn to roll with the punches and adapt to setbacks. Relax, don't freak out, and remember that despite how dire a situation seems, hope, confidence, and perseverance can overcome much of what our world dishes out.
3. Be mindful of nature! Protect, enjoy, and take time to observe the natural world around you. Watch the birds, plant and nurture a tree and/or a garden, and take care of our Earth. Contribute to citizen science.
4. Embrace both success and failure: take pride in your accomplishments, and learn from failure.
5. Remember to have empathy. Help others when they need it!
6. Be curious, wonder, and explore.
7. Accuse less; accept responsibility more: If you seek injustice, you will find it. Change your perception, and a world of opportunity awaits.
8. Find a solution- don't wait for someone else to do it. If a solution doesn't yet exist, create it yourself.
9. Look outside of your comfort zone: be a global citizen, and collaborate with those outside of your family, friends, classroom, and school.
10. Last, but not least: be open to change. Be adventurous, be curious, take risks. Be a life-long learner, and keep your eyes open...nothing is the same as it was yesterday, and tomorrow will be totally different, too. You must be adaptable and learn from everything and everyone around you.
I love your kids. They made me laugh until I cried and cry until I laughed, and together we learned so much. Thank you for sharing them with me this year! They will do wonderful things, each one of them. I am lucky to know them!
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Upcoming events
Monday, May 30, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016 Thursday, August 25, 2016 |
Memorial Day (NO SCHOOL)
Last day of school; Field trip to River Forest Police/Fire Station First day of 1st grade! |
Additional resources
Arbor Day Foundation- all about the importance of trees Arbor Day
Illinois Wildflowers- a guide to many native Illinois wildflowers and plants
NestWatch- a citizen science resource from Cornell Lab of Ornithology IXL Math- online math practice for all levels
All About Birds- Cornell Lab of Ornithology's online resource for bird identification and information
The Sibley Guide to Birds- a wonderful illustrated field guide to the birds of North America
Reading Eggs- individual, one-on-one reading lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate.
IXL Math- online math practice
Reading Eggs- individual, one-on-one literacy lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate
Okta's Resue- the counting game from National Teachers of Mathematics
Illinois Wildflowers- a guide to many native Illinois wildflowers and plants
NestWatch- a citizen science resource from Cornell Lab of Ornithology IXL Math- online math practice for all levels
All About Birds- Cornell Lab of Ornithology's online resource for bird identification and information
The Sibley Guide to Birds- a wonderful illustrated field guide to the birds of North America
Reading Eggs- individual, one-on-one reading lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate.
IXL Math- online math practice
Reading Eggs- individual, one-on-one literacy lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate
Okta's Resue- the counting game from National Teachers of Mathematics
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Kindergarten Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8150
@MrsBurnsD90
Kindergarten Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8150
@MrsBurnsD90