Newsletter Updates for the Week of April 24th

DATES TO REMEMBER:

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

-Friday, May 13th OR 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

-Friday, June 10th—Sophomore Carnival

SCIENCE/TOYS FROM HOME: 

As you know, we have been learning about Motion in Science. We’ve been talking about different things that move and how they move. Please help your child pick out a toy from home that moves (push, pulls, rolls, spins, etc.) to bring to school on Thursday, April 28th.  We will use it for our Science lesson and then send it back home that same day.

READING: 

This week our class will be reading stories about the sky during daytime and nighttime. Children will identify the sun during the day and the moon at night.

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

· Vocabulary—distance, recognize—Take your child outside during the day and at night. Help your child identify the sun, moon, clouds, stars, sunrise, and sunset.

· High-Frequency Words—Review—for, have, they, of, said, want, here, me, this, what, & him—Have your child think of a sentence using one of the words. Write the sentence, then read the sentence together.

· Category Words—opposites—Use gestures to act out words that are opposites, such as up/down, pull/push, open/close, and in/out.

· Phonics—Review—u, g, w, x, v, j, qu, & z—Search for objects with these letters. Play “I Spy,” and have your child guess the names of objects. For example, I spy something we use outside when it rains. It begins with u. (umbrella)

· Comprehension: problem and solution—Ask your child to imagine getting ready for school on a dark and cloudy day. Have your child circle the clothing and items for that type of weather.

· Take Home Reading Folders—Several students are very close to having 20 books read and will soon be receiving a subway certificate—keep up the great reading!

WRITING: 

This week we will share our small moment stories in the Author’s Chair before bringing them home to share with you.  We will also introduce our next unit of study—Informational Writing.  We will study some mentor texts to learn about the qualities and features of informational texts and begin researching and gathering information about Birds, Ducks, and Chicks for our first project next week.

MATH: 

This week we will learn about estimating and practice making ‘smart guesses.’  We will also continue to work on addition; adding numbers within 10.