Our Days Are Filled With Fun and Learning

By the end of last week with all that rain, it was all that Room 114 could do but curl up with a good book and read.  I love this photo.  I hope each member of Room 114 leaves Kindergarten with a life long love of reading.

Testing will continue in the school for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Again the building will be on a frozen schedule to limit distractions in the building.  Please do not join us for lunch until THURSDAY.  The library is slated to be closed all day Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so that means new AR books probably will not come home until Thursday.  Thank for you supporting the school as it sets the tone for a successful testing environment.

Volunteers are not allowed in the building until Thursday.

Nancy's Italian Ice is Monday for $1.00.

In math, we have begun a study on 3D shapes.  We have been exploring to see which  shapes can stack, slide and roll.  We will be studying cones, cylinders, cubes, spheres, pyramids and rectangular prisms.  We will  be learning about faces, bases, and vertices.  Look for these shapes around your house and have conversations using the vocabulary listed above with your child.   Click here for more 3D shape exploration.  

The high frequency words for this week:  came, brown, please.  (I accidentally got off track last week and taught over, under, and pretty last week.)  We will be studying the letter Xx.

For the past month, the play microphones make frequent appearances to our learning.  There is something magical when the microphones come out.  Confidence and fun are the results.  We have many opportunities to burst into song so that the microphones are well loved and requested.  Next time you are in the toy department, pick a couple for your household.  Oral language development is excellent for beginning readers so let your children sing, talk, and interview one another.  Even let mom and dad have a turn with the microphones too.    Click here for more microphone fun photos. 

We added two poems last week that focused on rain.  Rain was certainly the theme in our weather. The upcoming poem for this week is perfect for acting out.  Your child will be able to read it with expression and facial expressions.  Look for it in Friday's bookbag.
  

We pulled out our watercolor paints and painted some beautiful birds.  I'm always amazed at the concentration and silence that emerges when a box of paints is used.  These paintings tie in with our poem this week.  Click here for more watercolor photos.

I've told you before that reading and writing go hand in hand.  The better the reader you are the better the writer you are.  We have been working so hard on our writing lately.  Friday we took the time to share our latest.  Look at the joy and confidence you see in these writers.  Some children did not want to share their stories and that is perfectly normal and acceptable. 

This nine weeks is flying by.  I need it to slow down because we are having too much fun to talk about it ending!  Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.  Thank you for loving our classroom.

Upcoming Events:

4.21  Spirit Night at Johnny Ryans (in Hampstead) from 5-9

4.28  Kindergarten field trip to the zoo

4.30  Field Day  - date changed  

5.18:  Kindergarten End of the Year Program at 9:00