Newsletter Updates for the Week of April 9th

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Tues., April 10th—H.S. & GSRP Preschoolers Visit

-Mon., April 16th—Delayed Start

-Fri., April 20th—No School for Kindergarten Students—Kindergarten Round Up

-Fri., May 4th—No School for Kindergarten Students-Kindergarten Round Up

NEW STUDENT: 

We’d like to officially welcome Desteny to our classroom.  The students were so excited to welcome her last week; they all went out of their way to be sweet, kind, and helpful. 

McBain Youth Sports

Baseball & softball league for kids

We now have a website to sign up on, just go to

http://www.mcbainyouthsports.org

Print out the forms, fill in, sign and return by

April 10, 2018

If unable to print forms please stop by McLain Transmissions to pick one up

REPORT CARDS:

You should have received your child’s 3rd Quarter Report Card on Friday. It’s amazing how much these kiddos have learned and I’m impressed with their reading and writing every day! As you look over their report card, anything marked with a 2 means they currently meet that standard, anything marked with a 1 means they are performing above in that area, and anything marked with a 3 means they are currently performing below that standard.   Also, be sure to look ahead to what the end of the year expectations are as we prepare for 1st grade. I have a hard-working group of kids this year and I can tell many are working on these foundational skills at home, so keep up the great work!

READING:

This week our class will be reading stories about how children can help at home. Children will learn about taking responsibility for cleaning, caring for a pet, doing errands, and other chores. Here are some activities you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing:

· Vocabulary—chores & contribute —Discuss different ways your child can help out at home. Create a list of jobs on a chore chart.

· Sightwords—help, too, & him—Write sentences with these words and have your child write the sightwords they know.

· Category Words—household furniture

· Phonics—Long A & Sh—make a list of words with short a  - cap, can, etc then rewrite the words with the magic e and ‘flip’ the vowel sound to make a new word—cape, cane, etc. Make a list of words that begin and end with the digraph sh.

· 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 finish up our very first Opinion Letter about a familiar book and begin a new letter to the incoming Kindergartners, so that they can be shared with parents and preschoolers at Kindergarten Round Up.

MATH:

This week we will be starting our class collection—please send in caps—milk jug, bottle, etc. for us to count and add to our collection jug. We will also play several addition games using dice, beans, and number lines.

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES:

We will continue our Science Unit on the Sun and it’s important role in sustaining life on Earth.