Reminders:
Please send in clean towels on Monday-thank you!
Wednesday: All school chapel at 9:30. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Tuesday afternoon: Outdoor Learning with Maestra Patrick. Please make sure your child is dressed comfortable to walking outdoors in the afternoon and be prepared for much colder weather!:(
Looking ahead…May 25 PBL presentation in our classroom at 3pm. Parents and siblings are invited to watch. After school on the 25th, ALL kindergarten families are invited to play at Lawrence street park. We plan to enjoy some fellowship and snack until about 4:15. More details to come!
From the parent partners-“Parents Partners is so excited to be hosting Muffins with Moms! This event is for elementary students and their mom/special lady. Please click on this link to get more info and to sign up for this event!”
What we are learning:
Burn Bright Behaviors: This week we have focused on choosing: respect, responsibility and safety. Some of these behaviors include choosing respect in the hallway by using a quiet voice and keeping hands to yourself, choosing responsibility in the bathroom by keeping it clean, and choosing safety on the playground by using play equipment the way it was intended. All adults in the building have been looking our for these positive behaviors. When we see it we have been encouraging by saying “good job” or giving a thumb’s up and sometimes giving a burn bright ticket. We are working really hard on earning tickets AND encouraging positive behavior. One of our friends one a raffle on Friday!
Math: We have working on understanding all the ways to make ten. This is something that can be practiced at home. Find ten items (toys, crackers, rocks outside, etc) and show different combinations of the items (1+9, 2+8, 3+7 and so on).
Writing workshop: We started writing to our pen pals in Mrs. Bronsink’s room! We learned how to address the note as well as how to sign our name at the bottom. We wrote one thing about ourselves in our notes and then asked a question so we could find out more about our pen pals! We are eagerly awaiting our pen pals responses! When we wrap up this unit in a few weeks we will eat our pizza hot lunch or our lunch from home with our pen pals!
Phonics: this week we worked on some of the “o” word families (-op, -ot and -og). We are also circling back to the vowels and reviewing both long and short sounds. This week we worked on A.
Bible: we began our final unit of the year this week. We read from our Bibles the story of Jesus’ ascension as well as Pentecost. We also were introduced to our new Bible verse, Matthew 28:19-20. “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” We talked about how this verse is what our life should be about, showing others the love of Jesus so they can follow him as well. We also learned these verses are called the Great Commission.
Finally, this week our new friend Esther was Up in Lights. Her mom, dad and two brothers came to share about her. Her mom read us the book, ” A Bad Case of the Stripes.” We are blessed to have had Esther join our classroom! She has become a good friend to all of us!
