Week of 4/14-4/18

Good afternoon/evening parents and guardian,

Here is a look at our week prior to Spring Brake. Our week is filled with many activities.
Many parents have been asking about an Easter celebration on Friday. We will not be having a big celebration (since it is a short day and we have the awards assembly in the morning). I have some activities planned for the students but some parents have asked if they can send treats or snacks. If you would like to; it would be greatly appreciated by the kids. If the items are pre-packed it would be even better so kids can pass them out to their classmates much faster.

Language Arts:

• Unit 5 Week 5- On the Move!
• Content Knowledge: Transportation Used Around the World
• Phonological Awareness: Initial /v/ and /z/
• Phonics: /v/ Spelled Vv and /z/ Spelled Zz 
• Comprehension Skill: Main Idea 
• Conventions: Nouns in Sentences 
• Handwriting: Write V, v and Z, z 
• High Frequency Words- Where, come 
• Words to talk about: travel, kayak, llama, dogsled, submarine, double-decker bus 
•  Words to read: where, come, what, was, said, yellow, van, zip, vest, zap, vet, zest
• Weekly Test: Comprehension (main idea)

Math:

• Begin Unit 17- Number 1-30
• Students will be able to count up to 30 by tens and ones, given a set of things in concrete and pictorial forms.
• Students will be able to represent and write numbers up to 30 in tens and ones, given a set of things in concrete and pictorial forms

Science:

• Begin Unit D-Chapter 6- Objects 
• Lesson 1-What are your five senses
• Lesson 2-What are objects made of?

Class news:

• Spellcity.com- is a new program our school purchased for students to practice any vocabulary. I have set up accounts for the students and sent home a news letter stating their username and password.
• All of the High Frequency Words (sigh words) that will be covered this year have been added.

School News:

• LegoLand
• Form went home today- please sign and refund them as soon as possible
• It's time to reserve enough buses and organize chaperone lists.
• April 14-18 Book Fair (open before and after school- Rm 10)
• April 17-Home Depot Visit
• Open House- come get a tour of our room by your child (5:30-7:00)
• April 18 Award Assemblies-Kindergarten 8:00-8:30
• El Pollo Loco Family FUNdraising event (12:00-9:00 pm)
• April 21-25 Spring Break

As always if you would like any more information on any of the topics above and/or have questions please feel free to contact me.

Thank you, 

Miss. Maciel