March 28-April 1
Next week in kindergarten...

Reading
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up the Wash
*Spring stories and word charts
*counting syllables
*phoneme substitution
*categorizing and classifying
*creating writing and illustrating class stories
*blending short e words
*building sentences
Phonics Reader-Pig Can Get Wet


Math
Money
*sorting, identifying and counting coins
*vocabulary-penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar
*interactive story-Miss Flamingo Spends!

BibleThe wise man builds his house upon the rock
*Matthew 7:24-27
*Target Truth-We need to learn to build our lives on the rock, Christ Jesus
                     -Faith

Lunchbunch
* rhyming review
*number bingo
*smartboard reading and math games
*Spring art activities

March 21 - 25
Welcome Back!! Spring has sprung!  Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break.  We will continue with Miss Wishy Washy, acting out the story, a little yummy mud writing and recreating the book.  We will also learn some lessons from our friends "The Tortoise and the Hare".
This week... 
 -  first, next, then and last parts of the story
 -  creative writing
 -  rotation tubs with reading and math
 -  he, she, me and we (understanding and illustrating)
 -  adding, odd & even numbers, teen numbers, add-on counting
 -  writing 1 - 100
 -  counting by 2s, 5s and 10s
 -  short vowel review
*Remember to review around 10 minutes each night.  Review sight words and word families.  Practice for instant recognition.*

A very special thank you for all of my wonderful cards and sweet thoughts for my birthday.  I am so blessed and it was a fabulous birthday!!
Dates To Remember:
April 4 - 8 ITBS Testing
April 22 Good Friday Holiday

        BRINGING BOOKS TO LIFE!!

Over spring break Emory and Cal Bennett made Tina Coclina's Carmella du Chocolat cupcakes with her creamy chocolate topping.  This is a book she checked out at the library.

Have you ever eaten a Purple Cow?  Well, we enjoyed making and eating one today!  Ask us about the recipe!

  Kindergarten is a messy business....especially when we are working with "Oh Lovely Mud"!
Next week will be a week of fun with Mrs. Wishy-Wash!!! Mud, Mud, and More Mud as we spend a week of rotation stations reviewing our math and reading units!!  
 -creative writing
 - science experiments centered around mud
 - mud math with animal crackers (adding, odd & even numbers, teen numbers, add-on  counting)
 - graphing favorite characters
 - creative writing
 - reading, re-reading, retelling, and acting out Mrs. Wishy-Washy
    (characters, setting, beginning, middle, and ending parts of story)
-short vowel review 

*Remember to review around 10 minutes each night.  Review sight words and word families.  Practice for instant
recognition.*


Dates To Remember: 
March 11 - Science Fest
March  14 - 18 - Spring Break