April Showers bring “Budding First Graders”!! I can’t believe we are already at the end of the third quarter. Report cards will be coming home on Friday, April 11th.
We are finishing up our Construction unit and we will begin our Earth/Space unit on April 14th. In this unit, we will define and explore natural and manmade features. We will conduct hands-on experiments with land, air, and water. We will also investigate space and what is beyond our Earth as “astronauts”. In Math, we are working on features of the dime, exchanging coins, writing number stories, counting by two’s (2’s), skip counting by twos (2’s) using the calculator, dividing groups in half and exploring time. In ILA (Integrated Language Arts), we are predicting the next event in stories and we continue to check our predictions. We are working very hard using a story map to put story events in order.
I look forward to seeing all of the shelter projects that are due on Thursday, April 10th for the girls and Friday, April 11th for the boys. I hope you enjoyed spending time with your child creating the projects.
Don’t forget to save the date of Monday, June 9th for our Kindergarten class picnic. More details will be out shortly.
Thank you as always to our volunteers. You help keep our classroom running!!
Thank you for your continued support.
Laura Pirrera
MARCH2008
Dear Kindergarten Families:
Here we are with spring right around the corner. The end of the school year will be here before we know it! I am so proud of my Kindergarten Stars beginning to turn into First Grade Super Stars!
We are finishing our Wellness unit and we will begin our Construction unit on March 10th. In this unit, we will explore magnets, shelters for people and animals, shelters from around the world and learn about blue prints. We will create shelters out of different materials and the boys and girls will even have a home shelter project. In math we are working on measuring, using standard measurement tools, graphing, tallying, working with a penny and nickel, exploring attribute blocks and creating a class number grid to 110. In ILA (Integrated language Arts), we continue to use our “prior knowledge” to predict stories. We are identifying the problems and solutions in stories as well. We are looking forward to our Spring Celebration on Thursday, March 20th. I am also very excited about our “Take a Bite Out of Reading” program. The children are doing a great job earning their stickers for reading prizes. KEEP READING!!
Thank you as always to our volunteers. You help keep our classroom running!!
Thank you for your continued support.
Laura Pirrera
FEBRUARY 2008
Dear Kindergarten Families:
It’s hard to believe that it is already the beginning of February and we are quickly approaching the 100th Day of School!!! We have a festive and fun filled day planned.
We finished our Winter Unit and we are beginning our Wellness Unit. In this unit, we will explore ways to keep our bodies healthy by exercising and eating properly. We will discuss germs and how to keep them away. During this unit, we will also discuss feelings, ways to relax, our special families and staying safe. In math, we are working with attribute blocks; measuring with standard and non-standard units; counting by 5’s, identifying next numbers; exploring two digit numbers; and calculator skills. In ILA (Integrated Language Arts), we will continue to use our “prior knowledge” to predict stories. We are also writing our predictions and checking them after reading our big books.
We look forward to our upcoming Friendship Day celebration and reading our many valentines.
Thank you as always to our volunteers. You help keep our classroom running!!
Thank you for your continued support.
Laura Pirrera
JANUARY 2008
Dear Kindergarten Families:
Happy New Year to everyone!! I hope you enjoyed the Holiday Break. It’s great to be back and I am looking forward to the rest of the school year and watching the children grow and learn.
We are finishing up our Main Street/Town Square unit and we will begin our Winter unit soon. In this unit, we will define winter and discuss how winter affects people, animals and trees. We will explore these topics through a variety of activities. In Math, we will continue to study addition and subtraction, shapes, symmetry and number story problems. In ILA (Integrated language Arts), we will continue to be authors!! We continue to practice writing the sounds we hear in words as we write our story ideas. We are very busy!! I will continue to keep you updated through newsletters.
Remember that January is Reading Month! Enjoy some extra time reading and discussing what you read with your child. Try one of the special reading month activities that were sent home.
Thank you to all of our volunteers. You help keep our classroom running!!
Thank you for your continued support.
Laura Pirrera
NOVEMBER 2007
Dear Kindergarten Families:
We are three months into the school year and the children are doing a great job. We have been learning so much and the enthusiasm is contagious!! It was great to see everyone at American Education Week and I enjoyed the conversations during conferences.
We are finishing up our Fall Harvest Unit and we will begin our Main Street/Town Square Unit in early December. We will learn about wants, needs, goods, services, trading and spending. We will explore these topics through a variety of activities. We will also learn about how holidays are observed throughout other cultures. Math and ILA (Integrated language Arts) are also progressing well. I will keep you updated through newsletters
Thank you to all of our volunteers. You help keep our classroom running!!
Thank you for your continued support.
Laura Pirrera
OCTOBER 2007
Dear Kindergarten Families:
It has been a great start to our school year. The children are all doing a fine job. We finished up our “Kindergarten Star” unit with a celebration and a visit from Al E Gator!! The children had a great time and are proud to be star students.
We have just begun our “Kid’s Choice” unit where we will learn about being a citizen, the important symbols of our country, the characteristics of a good leader along with how voting creates a fair decision making process.
We will start having classroom volunteers soon. I will send a calendar home to let you know your scheduled day. If there are any problems with the scheduled time, please don’t hesitate to contact me. If you have not already done so, please make sure you attend a YBES Volunteer Training Session.
Thank you for your continued support.
Laura Pirrera
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