Kindgergarten Newsletter March 5 2010

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                                                                                                                   Elementary

                                                                                                                  March 5, 2010
                              NEWS
        ABC
Big Book: It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Songs/Poems: Little Jack Horner; Rain, Rain Go
Away
                                                                                         MATH
Daily 5: Recited poems, finger plays, Jingles and
Chants to hear rhyming words; “I am thinking of                                 Explored shape puzzles on the computer in the
Something” game and popcorn word bingo. The                                     computer lab. The students put various shapes in a
students continued to work on our forth                                         blank puzzle; each level was more of a challenge.
component: “Read to Someone”.
Popcorn Words: yes, no                                                          The students reviewed different shapes and
Color/Number Words: orange, five                                                characteristics about shapes.
Letters Reviewed: w, x
Reading Workshop: Read: There’s a Map on my
Lap by Tish Rabe; Talked about taking a trip
                                                                                    Reminders/Notes:
without a road map is like reading without a
target. If we have targets when we read then we                                 Read to your child every night for at least 15
will be better readers. The children were able to                               minutes. It is a great way for them to hear new
experience what a GPS looks like and what it has                                vocabulary.
on it.                                                                          March 11th – Health Fair 8:30-11:30
                                                                                March 11th - 5th/6th Grade Talent Show at 1:00pm
Writing Workshop: continued to discuss revising
                                                                                March 12th- No School - Beginning of Spring Break
our stories (do it again like reheating a pizza):
                                                                                March 12th-21st - No School-Spring Break
talked about revising by taking away items that do
                                                                                March 22nd - School Resumes
not support the main idea; received new revision
folders to keep our pieces of writing in; wrote on a
                                                                                Next week: The students and teachers are joining
raindrop: what we like to do in the rain; completed
                                                                                together and wearing a different color shirt each day.
a predictable writing to go along with our big book:
My cloud looks like a _____. (Thank you parents for                             Monday: Blue in honor of the 6th graders
your help!)                                                                     Tuesday: Black in honor of the 5th graders
                                                                                Wednesday: Purple/Grey in honor of 4th graders
                                                                                Thursday: Green in honor of the 3rd graders
      Theme                                                                     Friday: No School


Read books by author Eric Carle.                                                LIFESKILL of the MONTH: Problem Solving
Read: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discussed
the life cycle of a caterpillar. Then made a wheel                               To create solution to difficult situations and
out of noodles of the stages it goes through: egg,                              everyday problems.
larva, pupa, adult butterfly
Crinkle Art: made a background for our raindrops
by coloring a piece of paper with different colors                                     Your partners in education:
all over it and then crinkled it up; added glitter
glue over the coloring                                                                        Kandi Schaake and Renee Fehr