Newsletter Updates for the Week of April 18th

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Friday, April 22nd—Kindergarten Round Up—No School for Kindergarten

-Friday, April 29th—Kindergarten Round Up—No School for Kindergarten

-Friday, May 13th & 20th—Muffins with Mom

-Friday, May 27th—Fun to Be Fit

-Thursday, June 2nd—Kindergarten Program

-Friday, June 3rd—Fieldtrip to Kettunen Center

-Saturday June 4th—Bike-a-thon

-Friday, June 10th—Track & Field Day (K-2) pm

STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 

Our student of the week is Connor Gilde. 

Connor likes to eat oatmeal and spaghetti; his favorite movie is Home and his favorite book is Dinosaurs. He enjoys building things out of Legos and has a knack for drawing and creating. Two of Connor's goals are - learning to play football and soccer.  Congratulations to Connor on being Student of the Week!

FUN TO BE FIT SHIRTS: 

Mrs. Sluiter is collecting T-shirt orders for Fun to Be Fit; if you’d like to purchase a shirt, please send in your order form and payment ASAP. All students will be participating in the event, ordering a shirt is completely optional:)

READING: 

This week our class will be reading stories and learning about our country’s national symbols, monuments, and national parks, such as the American flag, the White House, and the Grand Canyon.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

· Vocabulary—country, travel—Talk about places in the United States where you have traveled or would like to visit with your child. Then invite your child to draw a picture of that place.

· High-Frequency Words—this, what, & his—Write the words on paper. Then have your child trace each word. Think of short sentences that include each word and write them down. Have your child point to each word and read the sentences.

· Category Words—ordinal numbers—Help your child point to and identify each image using ordinal numbers (see attached sheet).

· Phonics—Yy & Zz—Help your child think of words with the letter y and the letter z. Give clues to help your child identify the words. Make a list of the words, and then have your child underline the letter y or z in each one.

· Comprehension: sequence—Read the story and have your child tell what happened first, next, and last (see attached sheet).

MATH: 

This week we will work on leveling using a pan balance to determine which objects weight more, less, and equal.  We will also be taking surveys, collecting survey data, and representing our data on graphs.

WRITING: 

This week we will continue to work on our small moment stories as we edit, revise, choose a title, and create a ‘wow’ cover.  We will also complete a journal related to Earth Day.

 Please be sure to return your

Library book on or before Thursday!