Thursday April 25

Monday April 22 is Earth Day.  We read "The Earth Book" by Todd Parr and completed a guided drawing of his cover page.  We used watercolor paper and paint to finish our project.  We learned about ways we can help to take care of the Earth.  Please ask your child for some of the ways they can help to take care of of our planet.

We continue to be excited about our 8 duck eggs. The eggs are in the incubator set up in our class and will be learning about and watching our eggs over the next couple of weeks to see how the eggs change. We will be candelling the eggs every couple of days (shining a light under the egg) to watch the development and growth of the ducks. 

This is a big week in Kindergarten - we have finally learned ALL the letters of the alphabet!!  We focused on the letter X.  We learned the songs, practiced printing , and drew pictures that start with the letters .We have learned the following letters and letter sounds at school this year and your child should be familiar with them all: S, M, T, I, P, N, D, C, P, O, A, B,G,E,R,H, F, K L ,V, U, J, W, Z Y & X. Please make sure they are familiar with both the upper case letter and lower case letter.

We are beginning to learn about subtraction. We read, "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" and talked about what it means to subtract. We practiced subtracting using bears and hiding an amount under a cup. 





Upcoming Dates

Friday Apr 26:

PM Kindergarten Attends

Friday May 3:

AM Kindergarten Attends

Wednesday May 8:

Parent Council Meeting - 6:30pm

Friday May 10:

PM Kindergarten Attends

Monday May 20:

Holiday - School Closed

Thursday May 23:

Celebration of Learning Kindergarten - more details to follow will be for an hour during the day (10:00am-11:00am -AM Kindergarten and 2:00pm- 3:00pm- PM Kindergarten)

Friday May 24:

AM Kindergarten Attends

Save the Date -Kindergarten Field Trip 

Friday June 14: AM Kindergarten Field Trip to Butterfield Acres

Friday June 21: PM Kindergarten Field Trip to Butterfield Acres


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