What a busy time of the year! Projects to complete!
Quilts to finish! A program to practice! Curriculum lessons to complete! The teacher appreciation lunches were delicious and a wonderful treat. We thank you all.
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| Friday's trip to the Morean Arts Clay center was an fascinating demonstration of turning a lump of clay into a beautiful vase. |
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| Mariana and Jaiden explore making spatial patterns. |
Math: We are introducing a new way to make
patterns that are two dimensional as compared to the linear patterns we made
earlier in the year. These are called spatial patterns and relate to our lives
in the patterns in clothing, household items like towels, and in nature. The first spatial pattern we will study
is called stripes. Next we will learn the checks pattern as found on
checkerboards. We are continuing to work on addition and subtraction.
Word Work: We have been analyzing the words
in our “just right” books and are looking for compound words. The children have
learned that compound words are made up of two words that can stand alone, but
when combined with another word, they make a new word.
Reading: We will continue to read our “just
right” books independently, with partners and with the teachers. The children
are using their decoding skills to figure out tricky words and to practice
reading with fluency. We will continue to look for compound words and
contractions in the books we are reading, also.
Writing:
We are studying the informational books that have been written by Gail
Gibbons to help us gather ideas for our own non-fiction writing. Many of the
children have checked out one of her books to read at home. These books will be
available for book check out for the next few weeks.
Social Studies: From talking about our own
houses and others the children are familiar with, our study of houses will turn
to houses found in other parts of the world. We will talk about how these
houses are alike and how they are different from ours and why they are not like
our houses.
Science: We will begin the second part of
our physical science unit and begin our investigation of liquids. The first two
liquids that we will study will be water and glue.
Technology: We are recording four important
facts about our zoo animals on the computer. These will be added to the
individual zoo animal reports each child is making.
We will be continuing our research of our zoo
animals this week and are putting together our presentation projects to share
with the other students on Friday morning and with our families on Friday afternoon
on April 12. Monday our second grade buddy class helped our kindergartners make
the Table of Content pages for their “All About” zoo animal book. Most of the
children have between 12-13 pages completed with several enrichment pages to go
for those who have extra time.
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| Briana and Nicholas take a little walk around the circle. |
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| Back to back and elbow to elbow. |
Responsive Classroom: The children are learning
to greet each other by name and ask about their weekends or if they have any
news to share. Sometimes we shake hands or high five greetings. The class
enjoys playing “Toe to Toe” with partners. This team building activity helps encourage
cooperation and following directions in a fun way.
Events to Calendar:
Friday, April 12, 2:00 - Zoo animal presentations for
parents
Monday, April 15 - Quilting Day
Friday, April 19 - Celebrate the Arts Picnic
Monday, April, 22 - No school
Friday, May 3 - Kindergarten Show
