Go Baby Go! Derby Week update

Newsletter 4/28/14

A note from Mrs. Horn…

Ooh la la!  Fun times in Kindergarten!  It’s Derby Week, and we are working on our own Derby hats and floats for the parade.  All students will need a shoe box with a lid.  Please check out your craft supplies and send in embellishments!  Ideas include:  ribbons, fake flowers, feathers, foam sticker shapes, etc.   Thank you so much for your help!  I will post pictures to our class blog www.kinderpupnews.blogspot.com and will include these cute photos in their scrapbooks.  While you are out, you may want to ask your child if they need a new watercolors set (Crayola and Prang are the best).  We have been painting quite a bit, and many are running low.  No worries, I will send home all of their remaining supplies at the end of the year J  They can paint and play school all summer long!

Corn dogs, funnel cakes, cheese fries-oh my!  This week is “Chow Wagon” week in the cafeteria.  Those fabulous lunch ladies are cooking up some festive food for us!  The class with the most school lunches wins an ice cream party on Friday. 

Dates to Remember

·         May 2^nd: Snow Make Up Day and Derby Parade

·         May 16^th: Last day for reading group volunteers

·         May 20^th: No School for Students- Election Day

·         May 21-23 & May 27 & 28:  3^rd -5^th grade school wide testing. NO VOLUNTEERS ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL AT ALL THESE DAYS. 

·         May 26^th: No School- Memorial Day

·         June 3^rd: Zoo Field Trip

·         June 6^th: Last Day of School

 What are we learning?

Reading Workshop

We are beginning a new unit and this week will identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic. 

 

Writing Workshop

Writers revise!  We will learn about revision by studying Claude Monet and his many paintings of water lilies.  We will try to paint like Monet, and then the next day, we will look back and reflect on our painting and make a new plan.  We will look back at old writing pieces and see how we could improve those. 

In addition, we will write about our family’s Derby traditions.  Talk with your child about the traditions your family has with our Kentucky Derby (family parties, Great Balloon Race, Thunder Over Louisville, etc.)

Word Study

This week we will learn about the word families: -ash, -ish, -ush. Our word wall words for this week are: came, take, good. 

Math

We will revisit Geometry, and focus on 3D shapes and positional words (ie, the cube is behind the sphere, or under the cylinder).  These vocabulary concepts are tricky for kindergarteners.  We will explore putting 2 & 3D shapes together in centers and on the computer. 

Science/ Social Studies

We are beginning our Animals Two-by-Two unit and will learn about goldfish, including their body parts, habitats and basic needs.  We will also learn about the traditions of the Kentucky Derby. 

Related Arts Schedule

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 Thank you for all you do,

Christie Horn