We had a great Earth Week!

Click here to see the students read and sign this poem!

We began Art Start, Saw the Egg Drop and Academic Fair, and celebrated Earth Week on Farmer Friday!  Pictures from Farmer Friday are linked to the left.  More pictures on the blog to follow!

Reading:  Students did a great job retelling familiar stories this week.  We also practiced figuring out unknown words.  Students learned that there are clues in words and pictures that can help you figure out what a new word means.  We even figured out what germination means!

Writing:  Our focus continues to be on writing complete sentences that start with a capital letter and end with a period.

Math:  We are working on decomposing numbers greater than 10.  We also continue to measure and compare two objects.

Science:  We planted bean seeds, learned about seed coats, and discussed what plants need.

• April 28th Book Talks begin.  Please see our homework packet for this special assignment.
• April 29: Opera for the Young at schol
• April 30:  Art Start in our classroom!  Can you volunteer an hour to help us?  10:30-11:25. We will be learning how we can naturally dye fabrics!  We will make the next page in our fabric book.  Our fabric books will be on display at Art Fest. Art Start is sponsored by the Oak Park Education Foundation.  Ms. Pam Penney will come in to our class 5-6 times to teach us about fiber art!
• April 30th:  Tasty Dog Fundraiser.  The most delicious fundraiser of the year!
• May 2nd Irving Sleepover-I'm happy to answer questions about this.  It's super fun and many Kindergartners do great.
• May 5th Kindergarten ABC countdown begins-We will count down the last 26 days of Kindergarten with different events for each letter of the alphabet.  Homework will follow a different format.
• May 7th Kindergarten Open House-Do you know any incoming Irving Kindergarten students? Please help spread the word!
• Shop, Swap and Read: May 8:  6:00-7:30
• May 15 Art Fest- This is my FAVORITE school event of the year! Art is displayed, poems are performed, Spanish games are played and the gym is open. I will be encouraging your child to sign up for the POETRY SLAM!  
• May 19th:  Last Day for Class Library checkout/All Books Due June 3
• May 22nd  Summer Reading Program Asembly 10:00 am.  Your kids will come home wanting to go to the public library!
• May 28th:  All Kindergarten Families are invited to Rehm Park for Pizza and Play!  9:30-12:30.
• End of Year Party June 6th-This will be at Rehm Park in the evening.
• June 3rd Conservatory-We will walk to the Conservatory.  Can you walk with us?
• June 10th: Last day of school.  Don't miss the teacher dance!