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May 11th & Week Overview

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Here we are, the last full week of Kindergarten and the last weekly assignment you will receive for this school year. We are going to wind things down this week and have activities that are a little more fun. 1. You may still do the original virtual assignment: Our digital learning plan asks only that your child…. Complete at least 10 minutes or a lesson on ReadingEggs or read on Raz-Kids and complete quizzes Complete at least 10 minutes or a lesson on MathSeeds or Dreambox Read a story with your family Write several sentences each day from one of the May Writing Prompts be sure to use proper capitalization at the beginning of your sentences, punctuation and encourage proper spelling of sight words. All other words can be written as they sound. Sounding out and writing words is a very important skill to practice! 2. You may complete the Stem Building activity. 3. You may complete the Memory Book. Just do a couple of pages each day. I would like to have you sh

Science Lab Volunteer Letters

Hi Kindergarten, I have been trying to think of a way to get thank yous from kids to our wonderful science lab volunteers.  Would you be able to post a message to your students to write cards/letters to the volunteers and bring them when they pick up their belongings at Addison?  They are welcome to thank more than one volunteer because there are so many for kindergarten.  I will have a labeled basket on each homeroom table for them to drop them in and I will pick them up and mail them to our volunteers. Thank you!   Here are the names of volunteers for each K class: Barnwell: Mrs. Maddox Mr. Singletary Mrs. Ely Mrs. Rodich Mrs. Sweeney Mrs. Small Walston: Mrs. Singleton Ms. Shelton Mrs. Sweeney Mrs. Maddox Mr. Singletary Wilkinson: Mr. and Mrs. Busse Mr. Abdulbaki Mr.  Singletary Mrs. Maddox Powers: Ms. Sharpe Ms. Nati Ms. Coram Ms. Plambeck Mr. and Mrs. Silva Mr. Burkhead Mr. Singletary Mrs. Maddox Rodgers: Ms. Ruetz (Desmond's grandma) Ms.

May 7th

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Many additional activities here and in the Monday email: https://rodgersaddison.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-4th-week-overview.html   If you want to see a video about the Science Lab Chicks:  https://addisonfoundation.wordpress.com/category/2nd-grade/ Also from Dr. Sampson:  https://aesmusicroom.weebly.com/ The baby chicks have started to arrive and in celebration I have created lessons that highlight a piece of music about chicks! Click this Flipgrid link, https://flipgrid.com/sampson7748 , use the password BabyChicks and enjoy yourself! Addison Personal Item Pickup   ** ​From our classroom I will pack up their writing notebooks (which you can use over the summer), their headphones if they had a pair at school and any papers of theirs that I had hanging in the hall or around the room. All other supplies were shared among the class and any leftover supplies will just be used next year.** Families will be able to  pick up their child’s personal belongings on  Thursday, May

May 6th

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Many additional activities here and in the Monday email: https://rodgersaddison.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-4th-week-overview.html   Addison Personal Item Pickup   ** ​From our classroom I will pack up their writing notebooks (which you can use over the summer), their headphones if they had a pair at school and any papers of theirs that I had hanging in the hall or around the room. All other supplies were shared among the class and any leftover supplies will just be used next year.** Families will be able to  pick up their child’s personal belongings on  Thursday, May 14 .   Teachers will be placing your child’s items in a bag labeled with their name.  These bags will be placed by classroom in the cafeteria. You will be assigned a specific time to pick up your child ’s items based on last name.   In order to ensure a safe environment, individuals will be required to wear a mask and only a  small  number of  people will be able to enter the building at a time.  Families will be