Plant Parts

Today we tasted all the parts of a plant and then wrote about it.  Ask them what their favorite part was.   We had sunflower seeds, broccoli, celery, spinach and carrots.

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Kindergarten News

Week of March 27- March 31, 2017

School Supplies for the 2017-2018 school year are on sale now through School Tool Box! You can order your child’s school supplies at www.schooltoolbox.com between now and June 23rd to have it delivered to the school. Check the Flash for more information!  

Tuesday March 28^th and Wednesday March 29^th are BIG testing days at RCE- children in upper grades will be taking the STAAR test.  During these days, the office is requesting no visitors come to campus.  Please do not deliver lunch/eat with your child those days.  If you are scheduled to volunteer in your child’s classroom, you do not need to come! 

Our new field day is April 21^st.  Kindergarten will be rocking lime green shirts.  Here is the link to the shirt order form if you wish to order.  Shirts will be delivered the week of field day.  http://store.cccreationsusa.com/rummel-creek-elementary.html

As the weather heats up, we go back to warm weather clothes.  Please be sure to check the length of shorts and skirts; fingertips should not touch skin when arms are at the kids’ sides.  Spaghetti straps and backless tops are cute, but not really appropriate for school.  Also, be sure there is always a light jacket or sweater in the backpack. Even when it is warm outside, the classrooms can be chilly!

On Tuesday, April 11^th kindergarten will go to MMS to see their production of Beauty and the Beast.  Unfortunately, space does not allow us to bring parent chaperones along.  Look for permission forms to come home soon!

Theme: Plants and their Needs

Reading:  We continue our shared reading and interactive read-alouds about plants and their needs, with focus on the elements of non-fiction writing.

Writing:  Non fiction writing on topics such as plants and spring.                                             

  

REVIEW: REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, to, like, can, see, go, the, in, it, all, me, and, big, has, on, we, but, look, at, little, for, he, said, was, not, she, this, come, you, are, get, some, with, will, have, went, saw, so, make, up, what, that 

New Words:  out, down

Word Study: Digraphs

Math:  We continue to work on combinations up to 10, problem solving, 100’s chart, and more/less.

Science: Living Things/ Plants integrated with Language Arts.

Social Studies: Economics

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday:  Pick 5 words sight words and write them using rainbow letters
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday:   Write a list of what plants need to grow.
• Thursday:  Write a math story using two numbers that can be combined to make eight. (Ex: There are 4 caterpillars in the garden. 4 more came along. How many are there now?

Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader

Tops and Bottoms

Yesterday we read the book Tops and Bottoms and discussed the parts of vegetables that we eat.  We sorted them by roots, leaves, stems and flowers.  After that we did a crayon resist picture using crayons and watercolor.  We finished them today.

Happy Spring

We got to visit our garden today on this  beautiful first day of Spring.  We explored and tasted lots of yummy things.  Your children are all little rabbits.

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Kindergarten News

Week of March 20- March 24, 2017

Now that Spring Break is over, the rest of the school year will fly by quickly!  We hope everyone had a good break.  There is much left to learn in these last nine weeks of school!

Please return any pictures or picture money ASAP.  We must return unpurchased pictures to the photographer.

If you haven’t done so, please sign and return your child’s report card envelope. 

Tuesday, March 21^st – Spirit Night at Fuddruckers  Stop by for dinner, turn your receipt in, and RCE will receive a percentage of your purchase.  Feed your family, help out your school!

Theme: Living Things and Plants

Reading:  Shared reading and interactive read-alouds about plants and their needs, with focus on the elements of non-fiction writing.

Writing:  We’ll apply what we learn about non-fiction writing as we write about plants.

                                             

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, to, like, can, see, go, the, in, it, all, me, and, big, has, on, we, but, look, at, little, for, he, said, was, not, she, this, come, you, are, get, some, with, will, have, went, saw, so, make, up

NEW WORDS:  what, that

Word Study:  We will look digraphs ch, th, sh, and wh

 

Math: This week, we will review combining sets to make sums up to 10.  We’ll also write number stories to practice our problem solving.

Science: Science and Language Arts will be integrated this week as we continue our study of plants.

Social Studies:  We’ll continue to explore ways to earn, save and spend money.

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Write 5 sentences about what you did on Spring Break and draw a picture to illustrate it.
• Tuesday:  Make a list of words that have ch, sh, th, or wh.  Try to find at least 3 of each!
• Wednesday:   Practice your sight words.  Make flash cards with words you do not know.

• Thursday:  Write a math story using two numbers that can be combined to make nine. (Ex: 2 plants bloomed in the garden. Then 7 more bloomed. How many were blooming altogether?)
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader!