I have enjoyed meeting with about half of you already for parent-teacher conferences, and I am looking forward to meeting with the rest of you this week-- it's great to share your child's successes with you. It's hard to believe that we are already in our last trimester of kindergarten. The time will pass quickly in this last 3 months, and before you know it, we will be moving on to first grade! After we meet, please be sure to praise your children for the progress they've made, and also continue to support them in areas where they still need reinforcement to meet end-of-year standards. If you need to confirm your time next week, click here.
There will continue to be no centers this week due to parent-teacher conferences, except Friday, when we will have leprechaun trap building as our STEAM center. All other centers will resume on Monday, March 19.
Language Arts
Our word families this week are ot and op. We will be spelling and reading words such as: hot, got, hop and top. Our sight word is and. We will be doing a lot of writing this week with a St. Patrick's Day theme. We will be writing about what we will do with a leprechaun's gold (because we are definitely catching a leprechaun this week! ;) We will also be writing about where we would hide gold if we were a leprechaun. Our story this week is Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie dePaola. It is a great story about a man who does catch a leprechaun, and what he gets from that leprechaun.
Math
We will continue reinforcing addition fact families. We have been emphasizing fact families for 5 and 10. We have been using dominoes to make addition sentences and reinforce fact families. Parent tips for this unit can be found here.
Art Vistas
We have an Art Vista lesson this Wednesday. Thank you to Jason, Tanya, Camille, and Surbhi for leading these lessons. The children will be looking at lithographs of houses and then using pastels to draw unique and colorful houses.
District-Wide Family Night
We have a district-wide no homework/family night this Wednesday. So that you can enjoy that evening as a family, I will send the blue bags home a day earlier (Tuesday). Please return the blue bags Monday so that I can turn them around in one day.
Upcoming Events
Our "Spring Fling" event is coming up on Friday, April 6th. We will have special spring-themed centers for a fun send-off to Spring Break. We will have face painting, planting, spin art, painting garden stakes, and outdoor fun, to name a few. We need lots of helpers to make this event a success! Please email me if you are available on Friday, April 6th from 9:15 to about 10:30. Thank you!
This Week's Helpers & Activities:
Monday: Blue Bags Returned (Jillian), Daily 5, No Centers
Tuesday: No Centers, Blue Bags Go Home, Book Fair Closes
Wednesday: Art Vistas, Recess 101, District Family Night
Thursday: Daily 5, No Centers
Friday: Leprechaun Trap Building (Chris & Samantha), Story Time with Grandma Gail
Friday: Leprechaun Trap Building (Chris & Samantha), Story Time with Grandma Gail
Upcoming Events:
3/8-3/15: Parent-Teacher Conferences
3/8-3/14: Book Fair
Friday 3/23: No School: Staff Development Day
Tuesday 3/27: Alta Vista's STEAM Night
Wednesday 3/28: Safety Assemblies
Friday 4/6: Spring Fling
4/9-4/13: Spring Break
Friday 5/11: Mother's Day Celebration
3/8-3/14: Book Fair
Friday 3/23: No School: Staff Development Day
Tuesday 3/27: Alta Vista's STEAM Night
Wednesday 3/28: Safety Assemblies
Friday 4/6: Spring Fling
4/9-4/13: Spring Break
Friday 5/11: Mother's Day Celebration
