April 1st - Newsletter Updates

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Friday, April 5th—Sophomore Carnival

-Friday, April 12th—No School for Kindergarten

-Monday, April 15th—Delayed Start

-Friday, April 19th—Half Day—Good Friday

-Friday, April 26th—No School for Kindergarten

KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP: 

Just a reminder that this year’s Kindergartners will NOT be coming to school on Friday, April 12th and Friday, April 26th, as we will be holding Kindergarten Round-Up for incoming students:) We apologize for the inconvenience!

DRESSING FOR RECESS: 

It’s that crazy time of year when the temperatures fluctuate significantly from am to pm.  Please continue to send mittens, hats, & warm coats for those cold mornings, as well as a lighter jacket/sweatshirt for later in the day. I will check the temperature before each recess and let them know what they should wear accordingly. Please continue to send boots as well; the playground will be muddy for a while yet and this will help protect your child’s shoes, as well as our classroom carpet that we spend a lot of our day sitting on:) You may also want to continue having your child wear their snow pants in order to keep the mud off of their clothes, depending on how hard they play:)

READING:

This week our class will be reading stories about different kinds of pets and how to care for them. Children will learn about grooming, feeding, walking, and caring for pets. Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing:

· Vocabulary—responsibility & train—talk about the responsibilities associated with caring for pets, as well as how people train pets.

· Sightwords—they & of—Think of short sentences that include they and of and write them down. Have your child point to each word and read the sentences aloud. Ask them to underline the words of and they.

· Category Words—pets—Play a game of ‘Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down.’ Ask your child to show a thumbs up if what you say is true and to show a thumbs down if what you say is not true. For example: “a dog can be a pet.”

· Phonics—Letters Gg & Ww—Both are tricky letters because G makes 2 sounds and many students think W makes the /d/ sound because of it’s name. They also need to be able to recognize g like this—g

· Comprehension—character, setting, & plot.

WRITING:  

This week we will celebrate the completion of our first small moment story by sharing it via Author’s Chair. We will also begin writing another small moment story—as we work on zooming in and sequencing our stories.

MATH: 

This week we will be playing several games involving addition and subtraction. We will also work on sorting according to various attributes—shape, color, size, & thickness.

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES: 

This week we will continue learning about Living Things—as we learn the 7 traits of a living thing and discuss their needs.  We will also be reading several books related to Spring and learning about Responsibility at home and at school.

 Please be sure to return your March Book-it

Calendar and your child’s blanket for rest time. :)