April

April is upon and we have lots left to learn about! I love seeing the writing that's going on in Writer's Workshop. We will be pushing hard for our last assessment and getting ready for 1st grade!

Some of the things we are working on now and for the month of April:

Math:  Adding and subtracting to 10,  Decomposing patterns, counting by 10's and 5's to 100.
Writing: Writing at least 3 sentences (which include uppercase, spaces and punctuation). Writing all the sounds we hear in words, using editing tools (carats, crossing out, rereading to make sure it makes sense).
Social Studies: penguins (ask about some of our impressive vocabulary like: blubber, rookery, nursery, tobogganing, waddle, downy feathers, southern hemisphere, the globe, equator). We will start next week on whales, ocean, mammals, spring, and Easter.
Language Arts: blending sounds to make words, digraphs (two letters that make one sound "th"), syllables, rhyming, using expression when reading.

Tuesday, April 1 will be our LAST DAY OF CENTERS! I can't believe we are already to that point but school will be over soon. Thank you so much to all the parents, grandparents, and volunteers that have come to help in our classroom. We cannot have centers without you.

During the time we had centers we will be practicing for our KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM! More information will be coming but please save the date. Thursday, May 15, 7:00 p.m. at Cedar High School Auditorium.

For the week of May 12-16 the P.M. KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WILL NEED TO COME TO SCHOOL WITH THE A.M. STUDENTS. School is from 8:55-11:40, and 8:55-10:55 on Wednesday. We will be practicing our program, performing for the school, and going to CHS to practice in their auditorium. We will also have the school walk-a-thon that week on Thur. morning, and field day on Friday morning. I will send home much more information but please start planning ahead.

Also looking ahead:
Friday April 11 School Talent Show 10:00
Tuesday April 15 Kindergarten Easter Egg Hunt fieldtrip to Canyon Park (students are asked to bring a bag of wrapped candy). Wear your class T-shirt!
Wednesday April 16-Friday April 18 Spring Break-No School.

Several students have not returned their reading folder for weeks.(the vinyl bag with books from our class take home library. The books should have my name inside the front cover). Those should come in every week on Monday. I am concerned when books don't come back to school that students aren't reading at home...which is the whole point of sending books. Please follow through and stick it out until the end of school.  Find lost books and bring them back to the classroom.  There is a fee associated with lost books/bags.

Our final Kindergarten assessment and DIBELS test will be in one month. We will be practicing in class to prepare as well as have homework practice pages to help get ready. I want all the students to show what they know and be prepared to go to 1st grade!
Thank you for your support and hard work. I appreciate you and adore your children. This is one of my favorite times of the year for teaching. The students have many more skills than at the beginning of the year, they know the routines, schedules, rules and expectations. They are so much fun to be around. I love seeing them read and write.

Keep up the good work!