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