CLASSROOM TIMES

The Kindergarten, April 6th 2015

This weeks curriculum highlights:
Lobster News
Language Arts

Non-fiction fact collectors

During reading reform: ck, oi, oy

We learned how to read the picture and write

Words of the week are: out, boy, going

facts

Writers Workshop
During the current writing unit our young authors will be
researching facts for our All About Books on their
chosen living things.

Math:

Shape and Space

Recognizing shapes in the environment and relating

2-D and 3-D shapes to real objects.

Reinforcing and developing vocabulary to describe

shapes.

Unit of Inquiry: Living things?

This week and

the week before break, the Kindergarten children will

be researching their living thing in order to find all
necessary information.

Easter hunt:

Creating different habitats with a team. Come by and check them

Dear Parents,

out.

Kindergarten would like to have an Easter treat

hunt.
We need your help with donations of treats such as
a class set of stickers, pencils, tattoos, bracelets
We would need these by April 8th.
Thank you

Student thoughts: What have you learned about shapes?

YasmineI learned that some shapes are big and

Please remember to send in boxes for
our

projects.

small.

Dina- l learned that some shapes have 3 sides and

points and others have more. A circle has no points or

Important Dates

sides.

April 3 : Principal parent meeting

Elle- Some shapes have 3 sides, circles have no sides.

rd

Ovals are sometimes the shape of flower petals.

April 7: progress reports online for parents

Arwa- You can find shapes everywhere including the

April 8 & 9 12:00 dismissal Parent teacher

conferences
April 13: NO SCHOOL Orthodox Easter
April 20-24: April Break

classroom.

Etamar- shapes can be upside, and they are the same

shape.
Andy- Shapes can be big or small.