Your children have been working so hard as we push towards spring break! We are continuing to learn not only how to be good students but also good friends and classmates. It has been fun to watch friendships evolve over the last few months. Today I saw two children helping and encouraging one another during playtime and then go share what they did with other classmates. What a blessing to watch them grow and mature! Praying you all had a great week and that in the few week left before spring break that our class can remain healthy and finish March strong!

Important Dates:

• • March 19: Elementary music program-more information below-6:15
  • March 20: March is Reading: wear stripes like Waldo!
  • March 27: March is Reading: Beach day *dress in bright colors or beachy clothes (no swimsuits)
  • March 29-April 7: Spring Break

Additional Reminders

Tuesday is our first participation in the Spring Concert at Community Reformed Church in Zeeland. Here are some important reminders:

• The program begins at 6:15, so please arrive at 6pm.
• Please bring your kindergartner to me on the stage no earlier than 6.
• The order of Kindergarten classes on stage from left to right is similar to our Christmas Chapel KA – KB – KC – KD – KE *We are KA
• When our portion of the program is finished, please come to the stage to bring your Kindergartner home or to your seat if you are staying for the second concert with the older students.
• Please remember that if you do not have a child participating in the second concert, you do not have to stay. Seating is usually limited at these concerts.
• Students are asked to wear something “nice, clean, and bright”

Curriculum:

Bible: This week we were able to study three miracles of Jesus including filling nets with fish, healing the blind and healing the leper. We talked about how most of the lepers who were healed did not come back to thank Jesus and how important it is to remember to be thankful for all we have. We were also able to tie this in with our chapel with Joel Tanis and the book Lulu and the Long Walk. We discussed how much we have to be thankful for, even things that we don’t think about such as clean water. We then did a chain prayer where everyone thanked God for something. It was beautiful to hear every child pray and give thanks to our God!

Word Wall Words: it and in

Daily 5: This week we continued to work in our leveled library books and are continuing to work on strategies to help improve our reading. This week we worked on using the words around a word to help decipher that word! Everyone should be coming home with a new book and don’t forget to practice their blending cards!

Phonics: This week we added –ap to our list of word families. We also practiced reading a note from me to see how words are put together in a certain way to make sentences.

Math: We used unifix cubes to make towers of ten and then added some more on the side to practice making teen numbers! We then used this knowledge to make and answer math equations.

Writing Workshop: I introduced “small moment” stories to the class by writing a story of my own and then discussing and brainstorming what makes it a “small moment” story.

Handwriting: lowercase v, w, and t

Interactive Read Aloud: This week we read some stories from the Frog and Toad books. We discussed what a narrator is and listened for the narrartor in the stories.

Up in Lights: This week Adelyn Hunderman was Up in Lights. Adelyn’s mom came to share about her including bringing some of her favorite music from the movie The Star.  Her brother also came and had lunch with her. We also read Adelyn’s  ABC book with some great pictures of “little” Adelyn! Adelyn’s bubbly personality and willingness to help is such a blessing to our class!

Afternoons: We were able to enjoy art, quiet time, playtime, recess and snack as well as Daily 5 and math centers!

A Couple Pictures from Sports Day