Newsletter Updates for the Week of April 17th

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Friday, April 21st—K Round-Up—No School for K

-Friday, April 28th—K Round-Up—No School for K

STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 

Our student of the week is Aubrie Schultz.  Aubrie likes to color, go sledding, play video games, and eat pizza. Her favorite movie is Frozen and her favorite book is Little Red Hot.  Her goals include riding horses and becoming a farmer, both things she can do now and perfect as she grows up. Congratulations to Aubrie on being our Student of the Week!

 KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP: 

Just a reminder that this year’s Kindergartners will NOT be coming to school on Friday, April 21st & 28th as we will be holding Kindergarten Round-Up for incoming students. :) We apologize for the inconvenience!

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 by April 28th. ALL students will be participating in the event, ordering a shirt is completely optional.

READING:

This week our class will be reading stories about the sky during daytime and nighttime.  Here are some activities 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 them identify the sun, moon, clouds, stars, sunrise, and sunset.

· Sightwords—review—So far we’ve learned 38 of our 51 sightwords—keep up the good work!

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

· Phonics—Letter 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 & solutions—Discuss different problems that come up during the week and brainstorm solutions together.

· 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!!

MATH:

This week we will be starting our class collection—please send in milk jug caps, bottle caps, etc. for us to count and add to our collection jug.  We will also play several addition games using dice, beans, and number lines.  Our ‘Count by 2’s Wall of Fame’ is up in the classroom and the students are excited to put their star on the Wall.  Please help your child achieve this milestone by practicing skip counting by 2’s—the goals is to get to 30.  We already have 12 students who have made it—great job!

WRITING: 

This week we will edit, revise, and polish our opinion letters to the incoming Kindergartners, so that they can be shared with parents and preschoolers at Kindergarten Round-Up.  We will also complete a journal related to Earth Day and tell how we can help to take care of the Earth.

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES: 

In observance of Earth Day (April 22nd) we will be reading several informational texts about the Earth and discuss & write about how we can take good care of our planet.