May 2026

Dear Kindergarten Families,

Welcome to the May newsletter. This edition covers academics, special classes and important May dates.

Warmly,

Kindergarten Teachers

Your child is well on the way to reading and writing. We are continuing Unit 4 in Fundations.

Your child will continue to practice:

• how to blend and read more three-sound words
• how to segment or pull apart sounds in a word
• how to spell three sounds words
• how to read and spell words with consonant digraphs.

• Heggerty

  In the Heggerty program, we will be focusing on:

  
  

  • Blending three to four sounds
  • Middle sound isolation
  • Segment words into three or four sounds
  • Add final sound
  • Delete final sound
  • Substitute final sound
  • Substitute vowel sound

Kindergarten Focus: Zoom In!

This month, our kindergarteners will explore the essential question: What can I learn when I look closely?

Kindergarteners are natural explorers. When we guide them to stop and look closely at new things - or at familiar things in new ways, they make rich discoveries.

The texts in this unit inspire children to zoom in, whether it's exploring a fascinating corner of nature, like the world of ants, or appreciating beauty in everyday experiences, like a man strumming his guitar on the bus. Children will look closely, think differently, ask questions and make connections.

Vocabulary words: core, close, curious, decide, familiar, flow, free, observe, real, study, visit, watch, witness, wonder, world.

Creative Story Writing

This month, our kindergarteners will learn to write a creative narrative with a beginning, middle and end. They will learn to use sensory and describing words to make their writing pop. Students will also learn to draft, revise, edit and finally publish their writing.

Math Focus: How Many Noses? How Many Eyes?

Our kindergarten students are starting a new unit called "How Many Noses? How Many Eyes?"

The focus of this unit is on :

-Identifying attributes of data and objects

-Collecting, sorting, and representing data

-Using data to solve real-world problems

Math Vocabulary Words: different, color, shape, size, thickness, attributes, at least one, same, characteristic, sort, hexagon, triangle, square, rhombus, trapezoid, zero, in order, fewest, response, survey, data, compare, pattern

Numbers 0–20

Students answer “how many” questions and count out groups within 20. They understand that numbers 11 to 19 are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones. They write numbers within 20.

Solid Shapes All Around Us

Students identify, describe, analyze, compare, and compose two- and three- dimensional shapes. Counting, addition, and subtraction are revisited in the geometric contexts.

Students will continue to learn about how families can look the same and different and how they can change over time. Students will also learn and observe the life cycle of a butterfly.

Mid-May, students will explore sculpture through the theme of the human figure. Using foil as the primary material, students will experiment with additive techniques to create the three-dimensional form. Students will engage in problem-solving by transforming a simple material into a 3D sculpture. Students will focus on the organization of parts to whole, considering how individual elements come together to create a whole.

We will be singing and dancing for the USA! We will also be reviewing our favorite movement songs and activities.

We are reviewing all of the skills and activities we have learned this year.

The children will continue their study of measurement by measuring the length (unifix cubes) and mass (balance scale and pennies) of solids.

May 6 & 7: Plant Sale

May 7: Evening Parent Conferences

May 14: Lower School Tiger Family Morning

May 21: Upper School Tiger Family Morning

May 22: Spirit Day: Red, White and Blue Day

May 25: Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL

May 26: Student of the Month Assembly

May 27 : Eid -NO SCHOOL