Important Dates:
April 17th: Early dismissal @
1:40
April 18th: No school- Good
Friday
April 18th: Family movie
night!
April 25th: No school for
Kindergarten- Kindergarten Round-up
May 5th: Early dismissal @ 1:40
Birthdays:
April 1st:
Cameron’s Birthday!
April 5th:
Katelynn’s Birthday!
May 22nd:
Joseph’s Birthday!
Upcoming Snack:
Monday 14th: Dade
Tuesday 15th: Wyatt
Wednesday 16th: Karson
Thursday 17th: Early
Dismissal
Friday 18th: No School
Monday 21st: Travis
Tuesday 22nd: Raelin
Wednesday 23rd: Jailun
Thursday 24th: Rylee
Friday 25th: No School for
K
Important:
For your
information, my induction is scheduled for Monday, April 21st. Assuming
I don’t go into labor before then, my last day will be Thursday, April 17th.
I hope you know how much I love and adore your children. They have been a true
joy to teach and a blessing in my life this year. It is hard for me to walk
away from them early. I can assure you they are in good hands with Mrs.
Kendall. They have had her as a guest teacher many times throughout the year
and I anticipate the transition to go very well. Please let me know if you have
any questions. If you need to communicate with her, her current e-mail address
is shaunakendall@hotmail.com.
Science
Our newest unit
is all about Fabric. We are studying how we use fabric and the properties of
fabric. We will be doing many science experiments as well as pulling apart and
weaving together fabric of our own. Look for a journal of all our learning to
come home in a few weeks. In the meantime, ask your students about the fabrics
you see around your house!
Reading
We keep focusing on learning and using
reading strategies to decode words and increase our fluency. We are all
continuing to learn Kindergarten automatic words, and many of us are starting
to practice 1st grade automatic words as well! Every day I see
improvements in reading and I am so proud of these kids! They are getting ready
for 1st grade all the time!
Math
We are continuing to become experts on
teen numbers. We practice reading, writing, and building teen numbers. This
week we talked a lot about how teen numbers are made of a group of 10 and some
extras. We filled in many tens frames to show these numbers and wrote number sentences
to match, such as: 10+6=16. We will continue to improve our knowledge of teen
numbers by decomposing and composing numbers 11-20. Keep watching for math work
mats to come home and review them with your child. This will solidify their
knowledge for sure!
Writing
We have done a lot of writing during our
recent social studies unit and our current science unit. We continue to work on
5 Star Sentences. This means we check each sentence for a capital, period,
spaces, a who, and a what. It’s also important to include details in our
stories and pictures to match what we wrote about. These kids are becoming such
independent writers and have such great stories to share. I love reading their
ideas.
