Kindergarten Newsletter
April 2015
Dear
Parents:
Our
classroom themes for April are Easter and Spring.
Easter is on
its way and it is always an exciting time for all young children. As a special activity
we will have rabbits in our classroom on
Wednesday, April 1st and Thursday, April 2nd! We will be
learning how to feed, hold and take care of rabbits before they come in.
This month
in language arts we are focussing on beginning reading. A small group of sight
words and family words will be introduced. The children are really excited to
bring home their reading bags and to read to you what they have learned at
school. In math we will be practising counting orally to 80, skip counting by
10’s, 5’s, and 2’s, counting backwards from different starting points and review number printing 1 -10. We will be starting our new math unit
entitled: Exploring Geometry and Measurement. This unit includes describing and
building with 3-D shapes (sphere: ball, cylinder: can, cube: box, pyramid: tent).
They will also be comparing objects to determine concepts such as taller,
longer, shorter, smaller, bigger, empty, full, less, more, lighter and heavier. In Science, we will partake in Earth
Day activities and explore the signs of spring of Spring.
Points to
Note:
1. Please make
sure your child is dressed appropriately for the Spring season. The school
playground is snowy, wet and muddy in places. Rubber boots or winter boots,
extra socks, mitts and pants, and wind pants or ski pants are just a few
suggestions.
2. Easter Break
is April 3rd- April 12th!
It was nice
seeing you all again at parent-teacher interviews. Have a great month and let’s
hope Spring brings warm weather soon!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kulcsar
Mrs. Sykes
