March News Letter
This week we are finishing up a theme on Friendship and Anti-bullying. Next week we will beginning a month-long theme focused on different aspects of Spring.
The children are enjoying Writers’ Workshop. Each day the children are engaged in a different writing activity and once a week the children have an opportunity to ‘publish’ one story from their writing journal. The children also have Pen Pals. Our pen pals are kindergarten children from Robertson Elementary. We try to write to them once a month.
In math we are working on making and recording numbers using pictures and symbols. We are also working on a concept called Part-Part- whole. This centers around the understanding that amounts can be separated in different ways and then be combined together to create the whole again. For example: 1and 6 = 7; 2 and 5= 7 ; 3and 4 = 7 . We also continue to work on counting; the foundation of understanding mathematics.
Thank you to everyone who participated and showed interest in our Family Games Night. A fun time was had by all! I was inspired to host a Games Night for two reasons. First, many parents work and I wanted to provide a time for working parents to visit our classroom and meet other families from our class. Second, I wanted to provide an opportunity for Affiliation( from The Six Core Strengths for Healthy Childhood Development by Bruce Perry). Affiliation is one of the core strengths and is described as; The capacity to join others and contribute to a group. Affiliation helps children feel included, connected and valued! It was heartwarming watching my students and their families having fun together. I was even invited to play a game- thanks Skyllar!
In April, I am planning another afterschool activity. It will most likely be an authors’ celebration.
Spring Concert
If possible, Mrs. Solomon (our music teacher) would like the kindergarten children to dress in black (or dark blue) for the Spring Concert. I will open my classroom for the children at 5:40 pm for the evening performance.
Parent Volunteers
Calendars for March and April are posted in our class :)
Some dates to keep in mind:
March 8th -Spring Concert : Afternoon performance 1:00 pm and Evening performance 6:00 pm
March 15 -reportcards issued today
March 17- First Day of Spring Break
This week we are finishing up a theme on Friendship and Anti-bullying. Next week we will beginning a month-long theme focused on different aspects of Spring.
The children are enjoying Writers’ Workshop. Each day the children are engaged in a different writing activity and once a week the children have an opportunity to ‘publish’ one story from their writing journal. The children also have Pen Pals. Our pen pals are kindergarten children from Robertson Elementary. We try to write to them once a month.
In math we are working on making and recording numbers using pictures and symbols. We are also working on a concept called Part-Part- whole. This centers around the understanding that amounts can be separated in different ways and then be combined together to create the whole again. For example: 1and 6 = 7; 2 and 5= 7 ; 3and 4 = 7 . We also continue to work on counting; the foundation of understanding mathematics.
Thank you to everyone who participated and showed interest in our Family Games Night. A fun time was had by all! I was inspired to host a Games Night for two reasons. First, many parents work and I wanted to provide a time for working parents to visit our classroom and meet other families from our class. Second, I wanted to provide an opportunity for Affiliation( from The Six Core Strengths for Healthy Childhood Development by Bruce Perry). Affiliation is one of the core strengths and is described as; The capacity to join others and contribute to a group. Affiliation helps children feel included, connected and valued! It was heartwarming watching my students and their families having fun together. I was even invited to play a game- thanks Skyllar!
In April, I am planning another afterschool activity. It will most likely be an authors’ celebration.
Spring Concert
If possible, Mrs. Solomon (our music teacher) would like the kindergarten children to dress in black (or dark blue) for the Spring Concert. I will open my classroom for the children at 5:40 pm for the evening performance.
Parent Volunteers
Calendars for March and April are posted in our class :)
Some dates to keep in mind:
March 8th -Spring Concert : Afternoon performance 1:00 pm and Evening performance 6:00 pm
March 15 -reportcards issued today
March 17- First Day of Spring Break
