Weekly Update 4/25

  Upcoming Q4: 

May 9: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children's Museum

May 14: Yearbook signing at Main Event 1:30-3:30

May 16: Treat Friday, Birthday Book club, Spirit Day

May 20, 21, 22  - Early release at 12:30

May 21st: Kindergarten promotion 

         **Doors open @ 10:30, ceremony starts @11:00 am, all classes together**

Spalding:

Continue to review all 70 phonograms and are always changing the order. Review the ones they know, especially the ones your child needs to practice. Encourage them to find the phonograms in the books they read and to use their phonograms to write a sentence. Writing squiggle stories is a great way to practice sounding out. We talk about writing 1 sentence at a time. Remember: Start with a capital, use spaces, sound things out, finish with punctuation, and read it back to double-check. Creating a checklist is also helpful for them to begin checking their work. 

Literature:

We began another read-along story this week called Mouse Soup. The students really enjoy having their own books to read long together. In this story, we see a weasel trying to make mouse soup, but the mouse convinces him the soup needs stories to taste better. The mouse tells many silly stories to distract the weasel and escape. For Poetry, we heard the poem A Dillar, A Dollar. We enjoyed trying to decide what a dillar is and also talked about who is a scholar. We determined the poem probably means it is important to be on time for school and all our learning. In Grammar, we are practicing dictation. This is where the students listen to a simple sentence read 3 times. They repeat the sentence and then write it in their journal, checking for the proper parts. We are also continuing to practice our retelling of the stories we read in literature.

Math:

In math, we learned how to solve addition and subtraction word problems with numbers up to 10. First, we read the problem carefully, then we practiced underlining the important numbers in the sentence to help us focus on what we needed to solve. This step made it easier to understand the problem and decide whether to add or subtract. After underlining the numbers, we used them to write an equation and then solved it. Practicing this helped us get better at finding the right answer.

History:

In history, we learned about the country of China and some of its important traditions and symbols. We looked at where China is on the map and talked about things like the Great Wall, Chinese New Year, and the importance of dragons in Chinese culture. To help us remember what we learned, we made our own paper dragons using colorful paper, scissors, and glue. It was fun to be creative, and making the dragons helped us understand more about Chinese celebrations and art.

Science:

In science, we learned about what it takes to be a meteorologist and how they help us understand the weather. We found out that meteorologists study the sky, clouds, temperature, and wind to make weather forecasts. They use special tools like thermometers, barometers, and weather satellites to collect data. We also talked about how meteorologists need to be good at math and science and pay close attention to patterns in nature. Learning about their job helped us see how important they are in keeping people safe during storms and other weather events.