Thursday, March 26, 2015

March 23rd - March 27th

What We Are Learning
Reading:  This week we dove deeper into character traits.  We read the book The Three Little Pigs and compared and contrasted the characters in the story. Ask your child about being observed by the other kindergarten teachers!
Alphabet: In alphabet this week, we looked at the _op word family (examples: hop, mop, top, etc.). We practiced “spelling” these words with our bodies.  We also learned about the blends gr and pl.
Writing:  This week we continued our opinion writing unit. This week we worked on starting our writing pieces with the following topic sentence: My favorite____ is ____. We also worked on using 3 details to support our opinion.
Math: We continued reviewing the teen numbers 16-19. We worked on breaking these numbers apart, representing them as an equation (example: 10+3=13), and making them using a tens frame.
Theme: During theme this week, we learned about spring.  We went on a nature walk to find evidence that spring has arrived. We also wrote a spring acrostic poem.

Wonder Table
Now that spring has finally arrived, I would love to update our wonder table.  Keep an eye out for spring time items that we can observe. Your child is invited to bring in budding flowers, interesting plants, and yes…even insects (no spiders please)! All I am asking is that you make sure all insects are in a secure container.  We will observe them and then release them outside.  Keep your eyes open for signs of spring!

Summer School
Summer school registration forms came home in your child’s take home folder this week.  These forms need to be returned no later than May1st.  I encourage everyone to attend summer school. Even if your child is doing well academically, summer break is very long.  Most students lose some of the progress they made during the school year.   Keep that in mind while making your summer plans.

Popcorn Words
Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn Words.
This week’s words:
give & day
Previous words:
what, was, when, where, with, this, love, him, will, play, she, did, for, of, you, come, here, have, said, are, got, get, it, on, had, has, he, do, look, in, like, and, a, up, at, I, see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember
April 3rd: No School
April 6th: Make Up Snow Day
April 14th: Chick Fil A Night

April 16th: Kindergarten Musical 7:00pm

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