March 30th - April 2nd

What We Are Learning

Reading:  This week we practiced two new reading strategies.  To work on comprehension, we practiced retelling a story.  Ask your child about 5 finger retelling. We also learned a new strategy to help us read accurately.  Ask your child to tell you about cross check.

Alphabet: In alphabet this week, we looked at the _ap word family (examples: cap, tap, lap, etc.). We practiced “spelling” these words with our bodies.  We also learned about the blends sl and sk.

Writing: This week we continued our opinion writing unit. We started our writing pieces with the following two topic sentences: My favorite____ is ____... or I like _______ because…). We also worked on using 3 details to support our opinion.

Math: We continued reviewing teen numbers. We worked on breaking these numbers apart, representing them as an equation (example: 10+3=13), and making them using a tens frame. Ask your child about what we added to the chains hanging from our ceiling.

Theme: During theme this week, we did several fun activities.  Ask your child about the book Duck or Rabbit. Also, we pretended we were the Easter Bunny.

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 last 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:

her & over

Previous words:

give, day, 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