Ross Rockets Newsletter - May 2026

In May, our K4 friends will wrap up the school year with our exciting Wild Animals theme! Students will explore a variety of animals commonly found in zoos while learning fun facts and engaging in themed activities.

We are also looking forward to our field trip to Lake Tobias, which will be the perfect way to bring our Wild Animals theme to life and celebrate all that we have learned. During the last week of school, students will have the opportunity to vote on and choose different themed days for some extra end-of-year fun. Even as we enjoy these special activities, we will continue working hard on important academic and social skills to help ensure everyone feels confident and ready for kindergarten.

As we head into our final month of kindergarten, students will be buzzing with excitement as we continue to explore entomology—the study of bugs! In ELA, we will build background knowledge by reading and writing about social insects and spiders, practice connecting ideas in texts, and strengthen early reading skills by blending onsets and rimes to read and spell words. In math, we will begin our final unit, Computing & Measuring with Frogs & Bugs, where students will count by 10s and 1s, read, write, order, and compare numbers to 20, estimate and measure length, and solve addition and subtraction story problems within 10. Thank you for your continued support at home with reading and math—it truly makes a difference as we finish the year strong!

First graders are continuing their study of plants as they research and form opinions about plant needs, adaptations and interdependence with other living things. In math, we will begin our final unit on measurement and data. Students will learn about changes in length, time, and numbers as we collect different types of data and analyze them. In science, we will wrap up our study on the sun, moon, and seasons. We will continue to monitor our plants and wait in anticipation for our duck and chicken eggs to hatch. In social studies, students will be working on taking action to affect change in their school community. We appreciate the continued support at home to help the students grow in their math and reading abilities as we push through this final month of school!

Second grade is ready for May flowers! We have been measuring our plants during Number Corner while talking about fractions of wholes and sets. In Math we are going to be at the beginning of Unit 8, which will focus heavily on data, and we will be doing a lot of hands-on activities with marbles and ramps. In ELA, we will continue Unit 4 – Jobs in Our Community. Students will be wrapping up their final research questions and putting their finishing touches on their job-wanted posters. In science, we are exploring animals, plants, and habitats! And finally, in social studies, we will be at the end of our unit on Our Changing Landscape, and students will engage in a writing piece to reflect on the unit. As the year wraps up, we have so many fun things to look forward to and are grateful for your continued support at home to help our students with this final push!