Panda News:

 
On Friday, April 22nd we will be taking part in Jump Rope for Heart.  The students will be jumping rope during the morning outside.  The have been practicing during our P.E. times.

Today the students received their report cards along with conference notes.  There are no grades third quarter just reporting attendance.  Please sign the envelope and return.  The copies are yours to keep.

I have received a number of request to chaperone our field trip.  I will wait until I have all permission slips back and then we will have a lottery.

I will not blog next week so please enjoy your vacation!

 

 

Language Arts:

We have been working on a poetry unit.  We have been reading a variety of poems and writing our on poems.  The students worked on descriptive words about pigs and they created a pig poem.  They also learned poetry has a voice and they gave their pizza a voice.  We worked on a list poem based on Shel Siverstein's poem "SICK".  To finish out unit we will be working on an Earth Day poem and a fruit poem.  

Math:

We have been working on writing number stories and writing the equations that go with them.  We also have been decomposing the numbers up to 10 using a variety of manipulatives.  The students have been exploring 2D and 3D shapes.  

Wish List:
tissues
flour
  

Upcoming Events: 

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: review of all sight words

Jump Rope for Heart: 4/22 

Spring vacation:  4/25-4/29

Bike to School: 5/6

Field Trip: 5/13 more info to follow

May Day 5/24 more info to follow

Early Release: 5/18 @12:50

Makerfest: 5/19

No School: 5/30 (Memorial Day)

Grandparent luncheon: 6/6

Field Day: 6/9 (looking for volunteers)

Tentative last day of K: 6/14 more info to follow

Panda News:

It has been a busy week in the Panda room.  We are ready for Spring.  We made Spring flowers and umbrellas for April showers.  We made pigs to go with our up coming poetry unit.

 

 

Language Arts:

We have been finishing work on our how to unit.  We will begin reading a variety of poems and writing our on poems.  We worked on the sight word on.  They found the word in a sight word book.  They wrote on and made it with wickey sticks.  We focused on reading left to right when reading and spelling on.  

Math:

We have been working on writing number stories and writing the equations that go with them.  We also have been decomposing the numbers up to 10 using a variety of manipulatives.  The students have been on skip counting by 2, 5, & 10.  

Wish List:

restaurant items (dramatic play- Pizza Parlor)

Book of the Week:  "Roller Coaster"  Marla Frazee

Song of the Week:  Roller Coaster Gonoodle.com

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: she

Parent Conferences: 4/6 & 4/13 early release 12:50

Jump Rope for Heart: 4/22 

Spring vacation:  4/25-4/29

Bike to School: 5/6

Field Trip: 5/13 more info to follow

May Day 5/24 more info to follow

Early Release: 5/18 @12:50

Makerfest: 5/19

No School: 5/30 (Memorial Day)

Field Day: 6/9 (looking for volunteers)

Tentative last day of K: 6/14 more info to follow