We had a wonderful time building leprechaun traps on Friday. The
children were so creative and really put some thought into their
designs. Thanks to the Kleinke family & the Sunalp family for the great team of helpers. I look forward to hearing about what happened over the weekend
on Monday!
Thank you all for meeting with me during
conference time. I gained some insights from all of you about your
children, and I look forward to our final trimester together! We have
about 11 weeks left together to prepare your children for first grade--
let's continue working as a team to make that happen. Centers return
this week now that conferences have concluded. Please check the schedule
below to see if you are helping this week.
Language Arts
This week we will be studying and reviewing r-controlled vowels such as ar, er, ir, or, and ur. We also have two new sight words, they and into. Please continue reinforcing sight words. See the list of words on our webpage for more reinforcement, or go to http://spellingcity.com/k2grist/ Your children will be able to play word games on this website to become
more familiar with these words, although only a few games are free. After your child has mastered these words, start working on
the 1st grade 100 word list, that can be found here.
The stories this week will focus on rainbows. We will read A Rainbow of My Own by
Don Freeman and a non-fiction book about rainbows.
Math
We
are reinforcing both subtraction & addition facts using the number
bonds. Children study the two "parts" that make the "whole" for addition
facts. For subtraction, one of the "parts" is missing on the number
bond, and the children have to figure out what it is by looking at the
"whole" and the other "part." Centers return this week, so we will be
working in small groups on more subtraction reinforcement.
Science
Along
with the books we are reading about rainbows, we will be doing some fun
rainbow science. We will be creating rainbows in our room by using
prisms, and we have a fun experiment with milk and food coloring, where
we will create "rainbows" in the dish of milk.
Upcoming Events
On
Friday, April 5th, we will have a favorite kindergarten event, "Spring
Fling." This is an afternoon of spring fun-- special art projects, outside
fun, music, and festivity! We need many helpers to make this event a success. Please sign up in the Sign-Up Genius for April 5th.
This Week's Helpers & Activities:
Monday: Return Blue Bags (Yvonne), Daily 5, Centers (Jenny & Elena)
Tuesday: Daily 5, Centers (Barb & Erika/Pablo)
Wednesday: Recess 101, Blue Bags go Home
Thursday: Daily 5, Centers (Brandie & Belinda)
Friday: Grandma Gail, Daily 5, STEAM Centers (Barb & Yvonne)
