Kinder News 2.29

WEEKLY HAPPENINGS
Literacy: Children learned how to play Word Family Bingo with words from the _at and _an family.
Penmanship: We practiced writing letters that begin with a downward stroke (T, I, L) and also practiced writing capital letters of the entire alphabet. We are going to focus on letter formation and neatness.
Writers Workshop: We focused on the parts of stories (beginning, middle, end). Students used packets with three sheets of paper and used one for each part of the story. This helped them to make sure they were stretching their story and adding plenty of details.
Math: Mrs. Chiappe is working with students to identify 3D shapes.
Social Studies: We shifted our focus to California State Symbols, rather than National Symbols. We also continued to talk about dental health, creating a toothbrush and learning good behaviors for brushing.
Tooth Fairy: We had a visit from the tooth fairy. She talked to all Kindergarten classes about foods that are good choices, how to brush your teeth, and confronted some myths about the tooth fairy.
Cooking: Wrapping up the dental health unit, we created "smiles" today in cooking. This was done using sliced apples, peanut butter, and marshmallows. The marshmallows served as the "teeth", the peanut butter were the "gums" and the apple slices were the "lips". The children had fun creating them, and even more fun eating them.

NOTES AND REMINDERS
Wishlist: Thank you for your generous contribution of gluesticks.
Snacks: Our snack supply is finally dwindling down. We are set for next week, but if you are shopping during Spring Break, consider picking up a healthy snack for our class. (cereal, pretzels, granola bars, fruit, cheese, goldfish, snack mix, etc)

IMPORTANT DATES
April 13-17 NO SCHOOL Spring Break :)