The week of Mar. 25-29!

This is a very busy week!!  Kindergarten round-up for incoming KDG is tomorrow night (Tuesday at 6:00).  It is for parents only if possible! Please let any parents know that you are aware of their child being 5 before Sept. 1!  Thank you!  Hopefully you can still make it to Fritz for the CCE night!  There will be many teachers there to visit with, just not us KDG teachers.  :(

We also have our Farm Day meeting this Thursday at 4:15 in the Maker Space or North Activity Center.  It's where we had Apple Day if you were here then.  These are the helpers that signed up to help out for Farm Day on May 3.  Amy Maymugh, Missi Cavanaugh, Becky Schieber, Linsay Pecaro, Melissa Mendez, Jessica Robinson, Justin Koppa. If anyone else is interested please let me know!  All are welcome!  Please come to the meeting if possible.  If you can't, just let me know and I'll make sure your name is on the list to help out.

Grade cards!  I hope you were all able to look at your child's grade card on Skyward over the weekend!  If you have any problems, please let me know.  It's very important to show it to your child too, so they understand what it is and the importance of it.  If you didn't see the packet of info. about your child's skills, please let me know.  I noticed one child left theirs in their  drawer over the weekend.

Spelling City!  If your child hasn't had a chance to get on Spelling City to practice the spelling words we've done so far, please show them how to get on soon!  I am adding 3rd quarter words-weeks 4-8 on it today!  It is a fun way to practice the words!

Spelling this week!  
he, on, in, and, you
Bonus word:  green
Challenge words:  farm, rainbow
 I was excited that some of the kids that didn't take challenge words before, wanted to try it this week!  They wanted to learn how to spell rainbow!  If your child is struggling with the challenge and is getting frustrated, just let me know and they don't have to do them.  But, give them until Thursday to keep trying!

Reading this week!
Technology!  We are reading stories about technology.  Today the class got to illustrate what they would want their future car to be like!  It was fun to see what special things their cars could do!

Sight words:  to, which
Our last letters of the week!  Xx, Zz  (We will be revisiting long vowels next week and consonant digraphs (ch, sh, wh, th, ph)

Social Studies:  Farm Unit
This week we are learning about cows!  We will read a nonfiction and fiction book.  Then, we will write details we learned about the nonfiction book.  The class will choose a detail and draw a picture about it!

Guess what's coming next week!  Chick eggs!  The class is so excited to have chicks!  Of course the question of "Who gets to take them home?" has already been asked.  I told them they each get to take one!  (Just kidding!)  We will only have 7 eggs, and they will go back to the farm they came from.  Whew!  

Math:  Topic 9  More addition!  
We are learning about fact families of the numbers 4-10.  We are also learning different ways to figure out the answers by using doubles plus one, doubles plus two and any way that we each think of to help us learn them!  Wednesday your child will get to say their facts to 5 to see if they can pass that goal!

Coming up!

Mar. 26    KDG roundup for those entering KDG next fall.  6:00
Mar. 28    Farm Day meeting at 4:15
Apr. 22    Inservice--No School
Apr. 26    KDG Open House at 2:30  --Please plan on being here if possible!  We will sing songs, view our projects, and meet our chicks that we are incubating in April.