5/23 to 5/27

 Upcoming Events

• 5/27 Early Release and Writing Celebration

• 5/30 No School

• 6/2: Last Day of School & Early Release

Material:

Please send your student with one paper grocery bag.  We may or may not need this for material that we are sending home. Towards the end of the week we will start sending a few things home each night.  Please help your child check their bag each night.  

Summer Learning Ideas:

As we wrap up the year please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.  Report cards will be available June 3rd. This newsletter is one that you may want to keep handy.  It’s full of ideas/ways to engage your student in learning this summer. Oftentimes we send home all these packets of learning, only to realize it’s summer.  Families are busy and kids want to be kids.  There are so many easy ways to add learning to your day.  

Reading

–Set a schedule to visit a library, get a library card, and check out new books bi-weekly. 

–Find a friend to do book swaps with

–Set up a fun reading spot for the summer.

–Find new places to read (hammock, trampoline, car, poolside, coffee shop, etc)

–Do a fun family read aloud.  Pick a chapter book and take turns having someone in the family read a new chapter each night.  

Writing

–go to the dollar store and stock up on fun paper, pens, and cards

–write a story together about an adventure you have taken

–send cards to friends and family

–write a book recommendation for a book you just finished

–write a review of a movie you watched, stating your opinion and three reasons why you like/dislike it.

Math

–play a math game that was sent home this year

–work through the math journal pages (from both math journals that came home this year)...there are LOTS of unfinished ones

–notice clocks (analog and digital) all around you and talk about what time it is, what time it will be in 30 minutes.  Have fun!

–play addition top-it with a deck of cards (students have played this all year)

–count money, find the value of a collection of coins. 

–get out chalk and create three digit by three digit number problems for students to solve

Are you still looking for ways to engage your student this summer?  Did you see that NDLC is offering a class at the Kaukauna Library, Thursday mornings through July and August.  Check out the details below and click on the link to register...you are not too late. 

Description:

Grades Entering 1-2 Calling all NDLC first and second graders!  NDLC teachers will guide students through the familiar Readers’ Workshop structure where students will participate in a mini lesson, shop for “just right books,” and spend time reading while teachers meet with them one on one or in small groups.  Students will hone their comprehension skills by listening to and discussing engaging books read aloud. This course is specially designed to minimize the “summer slide” many readers experience. Students will be able to take books home and exchange them each week!    Grades Entering 3-4 Calling all NDLC third and fourth graders! NDLC teachers will guide students through the familiar Readers’ Workshop structure where students will participate in a mini lesson, shop for “just right books,” and spend time reading and meeting with a book club.  Teachers meet with students one on one or in small groups. Students will hone their comprehension skills by listening to and discussing engaging books read aloud. This course is specially designed to minimize the “summer slide” many readers experience.  Students will be able to take books home and exchange them each week!   Location: Kaukauna Public Library Time: 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dates: July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 4, 11 and 18

Click on this Summer School Link: https://reg133.imperisoft.com/kaukauna/Search/Registration.aspx