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1, 2, JUST FOR YOU! NINE IS FINE Count each group of objects in this spring picture and draw a line to match it with the correct number. Practice tracing the numbers 1 to 9 and also trace the word nine in the corner. Fine job, friend!

3, 4, ASK FOR MORE! Make learning fun! Grab some sidewalk chalk and draw a game of hopscotch. You could use the ABCs rather than numbers or a mix of both “A1, B2, C3”.

FINGERPLAY: COUNTDOWN Climb aboard the spaceship,

And buckle up real tight.

(climb up a ladder with your arms) We’re going to the moon. (point to the moon in the sky)

(pretend to buckle up a seatbelt)

Hurry and get ready, (pump arms like you are running)

So count with all your might! 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

We’re going to blast off soon.

(use your hands to count)

(keep pumping arms)

BLAST OFF!

Put on your helmet

(raise and shake hands in the air)

Cause here comes the countdown (take a deep breath)

(pop on an imaginary helmet)

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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

The fun of a tall tale, like Pecos Bill, is that the story gets a little taller and more outrageous with each telling. Find a sports story in the newspaper and start adding silly, strange and larger-than-life details to it to create a new tall tale. Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write stories with a setting, main characters, beginning, middle and end.

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IK NDERGARTEN BOOK OF THE MO Dear families, It is almost time for Kindergarten graduation. This is a fun story about all the things that could happen before graduation. It recounts all the fun things that they did during the year. Have fun reading and sharing some great Kindergarten memories with your child. Remember to read 20 minutes every day to build strong reading skills and encourage a love for reading.

Happy reading!

About the author Natasha Wing was born in Milford, Connecticut, in 1960. At the age of 20 she moved to Arizona where she finished college at Arizona State University in 1982 with a BS in advertising. In 1991 she decided to write children’s books. She sold her first book, Hippity Hop, Frog on Top, within six months and has been writing children’s books and articles ever since. The Night Before series began with The Night Before Easter and has grown into a best-selling series of more than 25 titles. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Natrona County School District Standard

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

Dear students, Kindergarten is such a fun year. Full of wonderful experiences. You met new friends and learned many new skills. You formed relationships with some great teachers. You had some of the same experiences as the students in the book. In the space provided, write about your favorite experience from Kindergarten. If you can’t decide on just one, write about two or three. You can include a picture if you would like. Have fun remembering the many things that you enjoyed about Kindergarten.

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The Valley of

No Return Written by John Tomerlin | Illustrated by Michael Lacapa

CHAPTER EIGHT: Beaver Falls STORY SO FAR: Jamie and Salia have succeeded in reaching shore again. Wet and cold, with night approaching, Jamie manages to start a fire. alia raised her head to stare at the small blaze Jamie had got going, then jumped up and began helping him feed it. They broke up the rest of the branch and then took turns looking for more wood; after a while the bed of coals grew large enough to ignite a few of the still-damp branches. At last they were able to stop work long enough to warm themselves and let their clothes begin to dry. Along with warmth came renewed pangs of hunger. They’d eaten little since the remains of Salia’s picnic lunch almost twentyfour hours earlier, and the need for food had become almost unbearable. Salia searched for some, but found only a handful of withered looking mushrooms. “Are you sure they aren’t poisonous?” Jamie asked, having been

warned against eating unknown types of fungus. “If you’d like, I will eat yours for you,” the girl said haughtily. “Uh—no, I’m sure they’re okay.” In fact, the mushrooms were very good, but there weren’t nearly

enough of them. To help them forget their hunger, they worked busily at gathering more wood. Salia used Jamie’s knife to cut an armload of boughs from the nearby trees. Then she shook water from them, dried them near the

fire, and wove them into a sort of pallet. They spent their second night in the valley on this soft and fragrant mattress. Jamie dreamed of a haunch of venison roasting on a spit, the grease dripping in the fire; of ears of corn turning brown amongst the coals; of chunks of Indian bread toasted in bacon fat; and of a whole plateful of fried eggs. Most of all, he dreamed of something to drink . . . and woke up with his mouth so dry his tongue had stuck to the roof. Salia was tending the fire, having been up several times during the night to add wood to it. Jamie crouched as close to the blaze as he dared, turning one way and then another, trying to warm all sides of himself at once. The sky was still clear, and the air felt colder than before. Salia had searched for food, but—”This is all that I could find,” she said, showing Jamie a few more small mushrooms that had grown overnight.

“Did you see a pool or spring?” he asked. When she shook her head, he knew they would have to go on. People could live a long time without food, but not without water. Unless they wanted to drink from the silt-filled river, they would have to search for another spring. The level of the river had fallen during the night. When they’d gone to sleep, they’d been only a few yards from the shoreline; now it had moved thirty feet or more away. If it dropped further, Jamie thought, they might make their way back upstream. Looking in that direction, he saw that the river still filled the narrow gap

between the canyon’s walls. “Nothing to do but keep going,” he said. “We might as well get started.” Turning back, he was surprised to see that Salia was no longer beside him. Listening, he thought he heard her voice coming from beyond a small outcropping of the rock face. When he went nearer, he saw her sitting on the ground, legs folded and arms crossed, her head tilted back and her eyes closed. She was murmuring softly in Havasupai—a high-pitched chant, some of which Jamie could understand. She sang: “Land that I wandered, Listen to me, Forget about me, Ha na. I thought I’d live

forever, That’s how I was, But now my strength is gone, Ha na. Horned animals I used to hunt, Fallen logs I’d jump over, Boulders I would leap, Trails that I once followed, Forget about me. Jackrabbit I ran after, A young one, A brown one, I caught him and roasted him. I ate him. But now my strength is gone, Ha na. Land that I wandered, That place. Listen to me, Forget about me . . .” Salia opened her eyes. Tears streamed down her cheeks. “I am ready to go on,” she said when she saw Jamie. They found another spring about midday and drank their fill from it; then they rested a short while. The ground was still spongy and the footing uncertain, but they walked two more miles before the canyon walls began closing in again. Soon, they found themselves forced to wade in the edges of the stream. Late in the day they came to a large boulder that all but filled the canyon. Jamie thought he heard falling water, and was right. When they climbed the boulder, they found themselves looking down from the crest of Beaver Falls—the last large cataract before the Colorado River.

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