This Week in Kindergarten…
POPCORN WORDS: jump, him
READING: In reading this week, we studied characters. We reviewed what we know about characters: characters can be people, animals or things, characters can talk, characters are who the story is about, characters can change and we make connections to characters. We learned that you can learn more about characters from: the way they look, the things they say and do and from what other characters do. We had fun reading books with characters in them, especially the Berenstain Bear books!
WRITING: In writing this week, we started learning about How To writing. We began by reading How To books to learn what they are all about. Then we practiced telling how to do something by acting out how to put on a coat. We talked about the things we need to put on a coat, then said the steps in order and last acted it out. We then practiced writing how to’s…we wrote about how to brush your teeth and how to make a s’more. We ended the week by making a book, How To Build a Little Monster Ice-Cream Sundae. We learned the steps: Think, Plan, Sketch, Write. We learned the transitional words: First, Next, Then, Last. We will continue to write more how to’s next week.
MATH: In math this week, we continued to practice adding and subtracting numbers. We learned more about teen numbers and what teen numbers look like. We also found partners…partners of 5 are: 1 and 4, 2 and 3, 3 and 2, 4 and 1.
HANDWRITING: We practiced writing our first and last names this week. We talked about using capital letters only for the first letter of their first name and the first letter of their last name.
MYSTERY READER: We enjoyed listening to 2 mystery readers this week! Kenzie was very surprised when her mom came through the door, she had a big smile! She read us a fun Scooby Doo book. She brought a Scooby Doo with her that “talked” and helped to read the book to us. We even got a yummy gummy hamburger…just like Scooby likes! Dylan was so excited and surprised to see his grandma walk through the door this week too! She read us Possum Magic. It was a story we hadn’t heard and we had fun listening to it! Dylan’s grandma brought us a yummy cookie that we got to enjoy after lunch. Thank you to both of our mystery readers for taking time to read to our class!!
SOIL EXPLORATION: On our fast Friday, we had a lot of fun exploring soil!! We used magnifying glasses and looked closely at the soil. We found many interesting things in the soil…rocks, worms, spiders, wood chips, roots.
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT WITH MRS. STUTZ’S CLASS: We were invited to Mrs. Stutz’s class this week to do an experiment with them. We made a liquid rainbow! It was exciting to watch the different things be added to the jar and see the different colors appear. We added corn syrup, oil, dish soap, rubbing alcohol and water. It was a great experiment…we were happy we got to join in on the fun!!
FUN WITH MRS. REAGAN: One day Mrs. Reagan came to our class during free choice time. She had surgery over spring break and has a cast on her foot and leg. She let the Kinders sign her cast. They loved it!!
READING WITH FIRST GRADERS: Mrs. Stadt invited our class to come to her class and listen to her first graders read to us. They have been practicing reading smoothly and wanted to show us how good they were doing. They have also been reading non-fiction books and learning new facts…like we did in Kindergarten!
UPCOMING DATES:
Monday, April 16: PE, Take-Home Books
Tuesday, April 17: Music, Library…bring back you library book!
Wednesday, April 18: Art, Take-Home Books
Thursday, April 19: STEAM
Friday, April 20: PE, Take-Home Books, Popcorn Friday, Rock Collections Due
Sunday, April 29: GVSU Baseball Game at noon
Tuesday, May 8: Spring Field Trip to Hemlock Crossing Nature Center & Hagar Park. A bright orange note will be coming home Monday containing volunteer information. All parents (and younger siblings) are welcome to join us at Hagar Park for a picnic lunch and playtime. Please send back the the bottom portion of the bright orange note.