Happy Friday everyone!
We had a great week in room 4. Your kids have been reading, writing, and working so hard on their math every day.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
April 28-May 15th: Smarter Balanced testing, 3rd-6th grades. This year the test is mostly for practice. However, we try to keep the school as distraction-free as possible during those days. Therefore everyone who volunteers in room 4 during those days will need to exit through the kinder gate so we don't disturb rooms who are busy testing.
Friday, May 2nd: Art lesson, 10:15-11am. Please let me know if you'd like to help with this.
Saturday, May 17: PH Art Walk, 10-2pm. This is a fun day for families to come check out all the art the kids have been working on this year. There will also be crafts and other fun things for kids.
Monday, May 19: Art lesson, 10-10:45 am. This will be our last art lesson of the year. Please let me know if you'd like to help out.
Monday, May 26: No School; Memorial Day
Wednesday, May 28: Open House. This is a fun night for families to take a tour of Room 4. We will have LOTS of work on display. Don't miss it! Time TBA
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on our Teamwork unit. The kids are enjoying talking and writing about the importance of teamwork.
We will work on blending and spelling words every day. Please be sure to have your child read for at least 20 minutes every day at home. This can be a combination of you reading to your child and them reading to you.
Our writing this week will be a paragraph about watching a movie in a theater or watching a movie at home.
Math
This week we will continue working on identifying and counting money.
The more practice kids get with this the better, so it's great if you help your child count groups of coins. This week we worked on finding the amount of money in groups of pennies, nickels, and dimes. Next week we will count quarters and then start counting groups of mixed coins.
Kinder Play Day--June 10
It's hard to believe I'm already writing about end-of-year activities!
We are going to do a fun play day out at the baseball fields on Tuesday 6/10 with rooms 2 and 3. This will be a fun day for kids (and parents!) to celebrate our hard work this year and to talk/play with people from other classrooms.
We will need lots of parent help to make this a super day for the kids. For now, we are just looking for ideas and resources for fun activities to have going for the kids. Some ideas we have so far are a bounce house, water balloon games, face painting, sack races, hula hooping, beading for jewelry making. If you have an idea or any resources you would like to donate for this, please let me know. Also, please let me know if you'd like to help out with planning play day.
Thank you, families for everything you do!
Have a great weekend, and don't hesitate to email with any questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
