April Snack Calendar

April Calendar

 

March 16, 2023

   Kindergarten Announcements

Happy Spring Break Everyone! Save travels to all who are leaving St Joe.

ELA

We read a big book called Who’s In the Shed and made predictions about what would happen next.  We also worked with the letter Ww and our spelling words are: bed, pat, wet, win, wig, wed

Math 

We started a new unit about counting larger groups of objects.  We are working with those tricky teen numbers and creating ways to count in an organized way.  

Writing

We started to write about information we know a lot about.    

Social Studies

none

Science

Wild Weather:  This week our class learned to be Weather Watchers. That means we are paying  attention to the sky and the clouds. We are noticing the temperature and the wind. We are watching for rain or snow. We drew a picture of the weather to record what it was like. 

P2: Fairness

Fairness helps people to become trustworthy friends, responsible citizens, and generally moral people. We talked about what fairness means, how people show fairness, and why it’s important.

Calendar links: 

Hartfield March Calendar

*I am still missing 5 envelopes.  Please check around your house for any report card envelopes that may have gotten lost.

Classroom needs: Thank you for the Kleenex!  

Upcoming events:

March 15:  Guest reader 11:30 (Ulrey)

March 17:  Spring Break Starts

April 1:  March homework due

April 21:  Field trip to Sarett Nature Center 

Miss SW Mich came to read to us

 

March 12, 2023

   Kindergarten Announcements

ELA

We learned to make inferences within a story which then helped the students make predictions.  We read “Bear’s Lunch” and made predictions about what the bear would do next based on the clues & evidence we found in the text.  We also worked with the letter Dd and our spelling words are: bag, pen, dig, had, red, did

Math 

Students used their fingers, ten-frames, and connecting cubes to find the missing number needed to make 10.  We also told number stories based on various numbers of fruits.  

Writing

Students wrote letters to their families this week.  We will send them home next week.    

Social Studies

none

Science

Wild Weather:  This week your child heard a story about a little boy who watched a thunderstorm with his grandpa from the front porch of his house. Just before the storm, the little boy noticed that the wind was making the tree branches move!

It’s important to watch for changes in wind direction. Sometimes a change in wind direction indicates that the weather is about to change! 

P2: Teamwork

Being a part of a team often means deferring or delaying individual accomplishments in order to ensure that the group maintains a high level of success. The positive feelings associated with being part of a larger whole can help us become less self-centered. 

*Please return signed report card envelopes by Monday.

Calendar links: 

Hartfield March Calendar

Classroom needs: Thank you for the Kleenex!  

Upcoming events:

March 15:  Guest reader 11:30 (Ulrey)

March 17:  Spring Break Starts

April 1:  March homework due

April 21:  Field trip to Sarett Nature Center 

 

March 5, 2023

   Kindergarten Announcements

ELA

This was our Reader’s Theater unit and we read a book called In the Sea. Students discussed the concept of animals that live in the ocean.  They built academic and sight word vocabulary and practiced fluency through choral-reading. As they took turns reading, they listened for a variation of volume, stress, and pitch. We worked with the letter Gg and our spelling words are: men, bin, tag, get, bag, rag 

Math 

Students learned to connect equations with compositions and decompositions of 10 on 10 frames and fingers. 

Writing

Students started opinion writing this week.      

Social Studies

We learned how the environment is used to meet human needs and wants.  WE examined trees as a natural resource and began to identify goods that are made from trees.  

Science

Wild Weather (will do Monday):

We learned about weather prediction and storms! Your child heard a story about a boy named JJ who helped his grandfather get ready for a big thunderstorm. A weather report on TV told JJ’s grandfather that the storm was on its way. 

Next time you want to find out what the weather will be like, consider inviting your child to check the weather with you — and take a look at “Weather Report for Kids” at https://kidsweatherreport.com/. Just enter your location and click "Get Weather". The weather report that comes up describes the weather in words and cartoon pictures, great for kids and grownups! 

P2: Humor

Being present and giving others my attention means that when I’m with other people, I’m present and give them my full attention.  This helps us build positive relationships with others. 

Calendar links: 

Hartfield March Calendar

Classroom needs: kleenex

Upcoming events:

March 8:  Guest reader 11:30 (Elkins)

March 6: Trip to Planetarium (no parents)

March 17:  Spring Break Starts

April 1:  March homework due

April 21:  Field trip to Sarett Nature Center