Kindergarten News: April 18th- April 22nd

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts

 This week we will be learning our new word wall words: "was" and "where".  We did not get to them last week!  We will also continue to practice our writing in our daily journals! Everyone is doing so awesome!

We will also keep reading some books by Kevin Henkes!  He is such fun author who writes darling children's books! If you have any Kevin Henkes books at home that you would be willing to share with us please send them to school and I will read them to the class and send them back! Thanks! We are also doing some Kevin Henkes activities in our Daily 5 stations! We are having fun!

Math
 

We have been working on addition with all of our strategies and we are now talking about subtraction.  We will continue to practice our strategies to find which one each learner feels most comfortable with when adding and subtracting! Be sure to ask your child which strategy they like the most! ( So far we have learned: Draw a picture, count objects, count on your fingers, use a number line, count on  and use counting beads -rekenrek)


Please remember that reflex math is a great tool to use at home for your child to work on their fact fluency. Please be sure to have your child do the work, because when they pass a level, they move onto a harder level.  If your child becomes frustrated, you can always work on fact fluency with a paper and pencil. This way they can practice strategies learned in the classroom until they can see the patterns.
*If you need the login information again for reflex math, please email me @ kmckinney@coppellisd.com and I will be happy to send that to you!

Science

We had so much fun with our baby CHICKS!  The learners were able to play and hold them!  Super cute pictures of holding baby chicks.  I am so glad many of you were able to watch the chicks hatching on the web cam.

 In Science next week, we will be studying about "Properties of Objects".  We will sort and describes objects by their properties (color, texture, size, shape, material, length, and weight)

Social Studies

 

Next Friday is Earth Day. Learners will be participating in activities all week that help us learn how we can take care of the Earth.  We will learn about reduce, reuse, and recycle to protect our Earth. 

 

Important Dates... 

April 21st- Engineering Extravaganza 5:30-7:00

April 22nd- Spring Spirit Run @ 1:20 - 2:10

April 29th- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Heard Museum

May 6th - Kindergarten Muffins for Mom- In kindergarten classrooms- 8:15

May 20th- Field Day!!

May 30th- No school! Memorial day

Texan Town Popcorn:
 Learners can purchase a subscription for $1.50 for the next 3 weeks of school. Learners are still able to purchase a bag each week for $0.50.
Dates: April 22nd
May 6th and 13th

Engineering Extravaganza:
 This is a time that you and your child will be able to rotate to different stations throughout the building to work through different engineering challenges! Please join us on April 21st from 5:30 to 7:00.

A note from Ms. Garrett: If you can donate any of the items below, please take directly to Ms. Garrett in the music room.

Hello everyone!

If you would be please help with collecting some materials for the "Making a Musical Instrument" challenge, it would be greatly appreciated. We need help with collecting the following:

• empty cereal boxes 
• empty containers of various sizes plastic water bottles/plastic soda bottles
• paper towel rolls

 Thank you!

Becky Garrett

Field Trip:

  If you are planning to chaperone please make sure you have filled out a background check with CISD by clicking the link below.  If you are not sure if you have done this or not Mrs. Fairchild, our school secretary, can help you!

Here is the link:  https://docs.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/forms/d/1oxA6Pq97bo2tvVCFWCMcpUvPK43wF6wbJP8aQH1_mqY/viewform?formkey=dHVHQ0FtWmFITGRYLTFLUXZYREszbFE6MQ&pli=1#gid=0