Kindergarten News
Week of April 10-
April 14, 2017
Conferences
were great! We enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with you about your
child’s progress.
Our
field trip to MMS for Beauty and the Beast is Tuesday, April 11th.
Please return all permission forms and admission fees ASAP!
Friday,
April 14th is a holiday for Good Friday. There will be no
school!
Friday,
April 21st, we will have our school wide Field Day. Please
feel free to come join the fun. Although we haven’t received the official
schedule, we will have an altered scheduled and will probably not have lunch at
the regular time.
Theme: Insects
Reading:
Our shared reading and interactive read-alouds will cover insects and their
needs, with focus on the elements of non-fiction writing.
Writing:
We will use what we’ve learned about plants and
insects to write both fiction and non-fiction.
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, what, that, out,
down
NEW WORDS: THEN, DO
Math:
Measurement (length, height, weight, capacity). We will address what
measurement is and our focus will be on comparing (taller/shorter,
heavier/lighter, holds more/holds less, and longer/shorter).
Science:
We will finish up animal adaptations. We’ll create our own animal and
classify them by different attributes.
Homework: Read 20
minutes every night.
Optional
Activities:
- Monday: Practice writing the word
wall words as mom or dad calls them out to you.
- Tuesday: Make a list of 3
animals with feathers and 3 with fur. Draw a picture of one and
write a sentence about it.
- Wednesday:
Order your family by height. TELL about it. Mom is taller than
Sally. I am shorter than Dad. Etc.
- Thursday: Use
a book to practice “retelling” the plot. Be sure to include the
characters by name. If you need a book, log onto www.raz-kids.com
- Friday: Pack up your library
books and practice your home reader!
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