Washington Elementary Newsletter

The month of May is here, and I can't believe the school year is almost over. The first week of May we will be celebrating Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week. The theme is "Our Staff are Wickedly Oz - some. We will be celebrating with a variety of "Wicked" days. We will also begin our End-of-the-Year testing Fastbridge assessments on May 5th. The Fastbridge assessments will continue through Friday, May 16th or until completed. Please be sure to check out the upcoming dates to know. We have lots of upcoming activities. - Tina Townsend, Principal

May 15 – 4 Year Old Graduation Art Show 4:30-6:00pm

May 22 – LAST DAY of preschool!

Preschool students have been learning about insects focusing on the life cycle of insects, insect body parts, insect habitats and more.

Literacy: We have learned all of our letters this year – continue practicing these at home! We will continue focusing concepts of print, beginning sounds of words, rhyming, as well as blending and segmenting compound words.

Math: Continue to practice rote counting 1-20, counting objects 1-20, and creating groups of objects while making comparisons.

As the year comes to a close, we are finishing our FAST testing and giving assessments for report cards. We are gearing up for the transition from Kindergarten to First Grade. Be on the lookout for information through Facebook and papers sent home with end of the year activities. We have several fun days planned for the month of May. In closing for the year, we thank you for sharing your child with us. We enjoyed building relationships with them and watching them grow and learn. Enjoy your summer and we will look forward to seeing these big First Graders in the hall!

The K- Team

It’s hard to believe that the end of the year is upon us! Your child has learned so much! First grade has had so much fun learning about animals and their habitats over the last month. Soon, we will be starting a new unit on fairy tales. We will also continue learning reading skills such as spelling patterns, tricky words, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. In math, we will be learning about money, time, and three-dimensional shapes. We are also starting to review skills we have already taught to prepare for the end-of-year tests. End-of-the-year testing will start in the next few weeks. Please make sure your child is getting a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast every day. These two things will help maximize your child's learning experience each day.

Curriculum

The month of April, Kindergarten students continued learning about problem-solving skills. They

learned to say the problem, think of solutions, explore consequences, and pick the best solution. Students

learned to calm strong feelings, if needed, before working on solving a problem. The students had a few homelinks sent home for them to practice these skills with their family. The First-grade students finished the

Second Step lessons and are completing their summative assessment. In preschool, students Al’s Pals lessons consisted of learning how to be a good listener and how to politely interrupt and when to wait until someone is done talking. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at (641) 472-2110 or

Kelsie.roland@fairfieldsfuture.org.

PBIS News

We want to recognize our March and April students of the month. These students showed how to be

respectful, responsible, and safe. They were nominated by their classroom teacher and received a certificate,

bracelet, and reward. We are so proud of these kids!

May Day falls on the first of May and marks the halfway point between spring and summer.

May Day is traditionally used to celebrate springtime with flowers. In keeping with this tradition Washington kindergarten and first grade students delivered flowers to the residents of Prestige Care Center. A big thank you to the Hy-Vee floral department for providing the flowers.

Week of May 5th - Fastbridge End of year assessments begin & teacher/staff appreciation week

May 7th - FFA Ag Day

May 7th - 9th Camp Courageous

May 15th - Preschool Showcase

May 23rd - Senior Walk and Kindergarten Handprints

June 3rd - last day of school - dismiss at 12:00