MATH
Did you see the latest math
assessment on addition and subtraction that came home in your child's homework folder, today? Celebrate their successes! Then
reinforce and practice any that they missed.
If your child missed only one then they have a good understanding of
addition and subtraction. If they missed
2 or more then they need to keep practicing over and over.
A
fun way to do it is to use manipulatives in their environment like cereal, Legos,
toy cars, or stuffed animals and have them make up a story problem to go with
them.
Last
week we made bear caves and stories to go along with 10 bears. The students’ stories were so creative and
fun!
This
was Antonio’s story, “There were 10 bears
playing outside. All 10 bears went to
the roof of their cave to fix it. Then there
were 0 bears left playing.”
Jacob
M.’s story was…”There were 10 bears
outside. 3 of them went to play with
Leilani in the cave. 7 bears were still
outside playing.”
We
also made addition sentences with spots on a ladybug. Math is so much fun!
LANGUAGE ARTS
We
just finished learning about what a noun
is: person, place, or thing. We also
learned that nouns can be singular or plural.
Take a look at what Eloise and Brianna did to illustrate these 2 types
of nouns.
Our
top 2 Raz Kid Readers last week were – Eli and Antonio! Congratulations boys! They got to pick a prize out of the special
prize box.
I
want to remind and encourage you to have your child read on Raz Kids especially
on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays when they don’t have homework. To be ready for first grade your child needs
to be at the end of Level C ready to begin Level D. ONLY 2 months left.
SCIENCE ~ ROCKS
Last
week we did several experiments to determine the characteristics of our
rocks. We tested the texture, hardness
of the rock, made a prediction about whether or not it would sink or float and
what the circumference of the rock was.
We weighed it to see how many cubes heavy it was, observed the colors and whether or not it was shiny or dull.
Then
we finished up by writing about those characteristics. I was so proud of what they wrote! Watch for it in their Writing Portfolio that will come home at the end of the school year.
Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
Thursday, April 27th
Lifetouch
will be coming to the school, free of charge and taking a picture of the
kindergarteners in a cap and gown that will be placed on your child’s
graduation diploma. They will only be at the school 1 day to take the pictures. PLEASE PLAN AHEAD AND MAKE SURE YOUR
CHILD IS NOT ABSENT THAT DAY.
There
will be an option to purchase additional prints if you would like to, but the
diploma with their picture will be free.
A flier will be coming home with more details as we get closer to the
date.
Have
a safe and fun