April 6th- April 10th

What We Are Learning

Reading:  This week we practiced two new comprehension strategies.  Ask your child about the strategies Stop & Check for Understanding and Five Finger Retelling.

Alphabet: In alphabet this week, we looked at the _en word family (examples: pen, hen, men, etc.). We practiced “spelling” these words with our bodies.  We also learned about the blends sm and sc.

Writing: This week we continued our opinion writing unit. Ask your child about writing a hamburger paragraph.

Math: We finished our unit on teen numbers.  Next week we will start a new unit on measurement.

Theme: During theme this week, we learned about our 5 senses. We searched for things we can see, touch, smell, taste, and hear in magazines.  Ask your child about our popcorn activity.

Looping to First Grade

Many of you are aware that several teachers at WOHE have looped with their class in the past. This just means that they taught the same group of kiddos for two years.  Well… I am so happy to reveal that I will be one of those teachers!  I will be teaching first grade next year and would love to have your child in my class. Soon you will receive a letter informing you about this.  Of course you always have the option of opting out.  I encourage all of you to do a quick google search on the benefits of looping.  There are tremendous amounts of research suggesting that looping positively influences students’ academics, social, and behavioral skills.  Feel free to ask me any questions that you might have.  I am so excited to continue our partnership in your child’s education!

Music Program

You are invited to the Kindergarten Music Program on April 16th at 7:00pm. We have been busy practicing. They will definitely be putting on quite a show. Mrs. Kuchta should be sending more information home soon.

Popcorn Words

Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn Words.

This week’s words:

what & you

Previous words:

over, her, 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 14th: Chick Fil A Night

April 16th: Kindergarten Musical 7:00pm