Kinder News 2.30

WEEKLY HAPPENINGS
Literacy Centers:
-Sound Boxes: children move around cards to build three-letter words
-Made _an word family Fan
-Mrs. Harris book about morning activities on the farm
-Penmanship
Writers Workshop: We focused on the parts of stories (beginning, middle, end). Students switched from using packets, to including all of these parts on a single sheet.
Math: Students continued to examine and build 3D shapes.
Social Studies: We completed our student of the California Symbols.
Science: We discussed the seasons, and particular attributes of Spring (things are blooming, baby animals are being born, and weather changes). The students learned the phrase "April Showers bring May Flowers" and completed a writing and illustrating activity surrounding it.
Cooking: We colored eggs! Students used crayons and dye to create beautiful masterpieces. Some chose to bring their eggs home, while others enjoyed peeling and eating them at our Rabbit Party.
Healthy Play: We learned a new game called "Cookie Monster" where children are broken up into groups, name their group after their favorite cookies, then are chosen one cookie at a time to tag the rest of the children and bring them into the "cookie jar". Ask your child what type of cooking they were, we had some interesting groups (most notably the peanut butter blueberries).
1st Grade Concert: We had the opportunity to enjoy the concert put on by the first grade classes, which centered around life skills.
Music: We have restarted music with Miss Casellini's class. We are learning several songs about spring and the farm.
Spring Fling: Students from all classes, and a strong outpouring of parental help, enjoyed the annual Spring Fling. We toss out (paper) eggs that contain words. The job of the children is to pick up an egg, bring it to an adult, and read it. Once they do, they are handsomely rewarded with a jellybean. Students continued to collect and read eggs until all the jellybeans had been awarded.
Rabbits: This week had a bit of a rabbit theme. Early in the week, we created paper rabbits to decorate our classroom. Friday we had our Rabbit Party. Students enjoyed foods including sunflower seeds, carrots, celery, apples, strawberries, carrot cake muffins, and juice. Our buddies helped us make our bunny-ear hats and Miss Tabitha and myself used lipstick and eyeliner to finish off the bunny look with noses and whiskers.
Citizenship Gathering: Allie was the proud recipient of this month's Citizenship Award. Since joining our class a few short months ago, she has really jumped in and become an integral part of our classroom community. Congratulations Allie!


NOTES AND REMINDERS
Snacks: Our snack supply is finally dwindling down. 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)
GIGANTIC THANK YOU: To all the parents who stepped up to donate, volunteer, or photograph our events on Friday. It's such a pleasure to have such an active parental community.

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