It's a busy time of year in Kindergarten! Thank you to all of you who were able to attend our fairy tale and folk tale plays before April vacation. We appreciate your support and the delicious treats that you provided for our cast party afterwards. The children did a wonderful job on the stage and enjoyed the afternoon. I am in the process of editing video from the performances and will share a private link to families soon. Until then, here are some pictures from the performances:
Also, thank you to all of you who took time out of your busy spring schedules to attend our Monkton music concert on Wednesday night. I am very proud of the hard work your children put into learning their song for their performance. I hope families were able to view student artwork in the Mt. Abraham gymnasium. The artwork from our Kindergarten students was impressive! We had a fun time walking through the gallery and participating in an African Dance and Drumming workshop on Wednesday afternoon.
Last month, Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Brown visited our classroom to teach us a Four Winds lesson about clouds. We learned about cumulus, cirrus and cumulonimbus clouds. It was fun watching a puppet show, sorting pictures of clouds, and creating our own pictures of clouds.
On Wednesday, May 15th, our class will be hosting the All School Meeting at 8:05 AM in the school cafeteria. Students will be leading the greeting, singing one of our favorite songs, and sharing some of our recent learning. All are welcome to attend.
Curriculum Update
Also, thank you to all of you who took time out of your busy spring schedules to attend our Monkton music concert on Wednesday night. I am very proud of the hard work your children put into learning their song for their performance. I hope families were able to view student artwork in the Mt. Abraham gymnasium. The artwork from our Kindergarten students was impressive! We had a fun time walking through the gallery and participating in an African Dance and Drumming workshop on Wednesday afternoon.
Last month, Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Brown visited our classroom to teach us a Four Winds lesson about clouds. We learned about cumulus, cirrus and cumulonimbus clouds. It was fun watching a puppet show, sorting pictures of clouds, and creating our own pictures of clouds.
On Wednesday, May 15th, our class will be hosting the All School Meeting at 8:05 AM in the school cafeteria. Students will be leading the greeting, singing one of our favorite songs, and sharing some of our recent learning. All are welcome to attend.
Curriculum Update
Math - Over the past few weeks, we have learned about two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes; explored teen numbers with a variety of activities that provided us opportunities to practice counting by tens and ones; and practiced making number combinations to 5, 6, and 7. This week we will continue our work with combinations to 5 and teen numbers.
Literacy
- Fundations - Over the past few weeks we have been learning about the digraphs wh, ch, sh, th, and ck.
- Reading - During reading time, students are actively participating in daily guided reading groups. Each group works with either me or Ms. Carter to learn a variety of reading strategies and to discuss texts. When attempting to read unfamiliar words, many students are working on looking closely at words to find parts that they know and blending or "crashing" letter sounds from left to right.
- Writing - Students continue to write personal narratives while practicing saying words slowly and using details in their pictures and words. In addition to personal narratives, students have also been writing opinion pieces about some of our read aloud texts.
- Science - With the arrival of spring, we have been learning about what happens in springtime and life cycles of various animals and insects. Soon, we will begin to explore food webs, food chains and the transfer of energy throughout the food chain.
Additional Information
Extra Clothing and Shoes - Please consider sending in spare clothes and indoor shoes for students to change into. Our playground can be very wet and muddy throughout the spring. Students should continue to bring boots to wear at recess time until the school grounds dry up.
Sneakers - Recently, children have been excited to wear shoes with laces to school. If families wouldn't mind spending time at home practicing tying shoes with your children, it would be greatly appreciated.
Here are a few online videos that may assist with their practice.
Tying Shoe Laces Song
Easy Shoe Tie Method
Two Overhand Knot Method
Sneakers - Recently, children have been excited to wear shoes with laces to school. If families wouldn't mind spending time at home practicing tying shoes with your children, it would be greatly appreciated.
Here are a few online videos that may assist with their practice.
Tying Shoe Laces Song
Easy Shoe Tie Method
Two Overhand Knot Method
Book Orders - If anyone is interested in placing an order for books through Scholastic, please visit our classroom page online by clicking this link and use our class code HDK8K by Friday, May 24th.
Parent/Caregiver Survey - I hope you will consider participating in our 2019 School Climate Survey which went home in the school newsletter on Friday. Results of this survey will be used to assist us in setting goals towards improving the educational experiences of our students. Your participation in this survey is greatly appreciated and will be kept confidential. If you haven't already filled out the survey, here is the link. Thank you in advance for your participation.
Parent/Caregiver Survey - I hope you will consider participating in our 2019 School Climate Survey which went home in the school newsletter on Friday. Results of this survey will be used to assist us in setting goals towards improving the educational experiences of our students. Your participation in this survey is greatly appreciated and will be kept confidential. If you haven't already filled out the survey, here is the link. Thank you in advance for your participation.
