The Season of Easter...

I hope you are continuing to have lovely, blessed days during this Easter season. Christ Is Risen!

Last week, during morning arrival, the children started morning notebooks. They practiced copying the morning message from the SmartBoard into their notebooks. This helps to prepare the children for 1st Grade when they will use their notebooks to copy their morning message, homework, etc. They are off to a great start! They copied and drew a picture each morning. Way to go, K-1!

During religion, we focused on the Easter story. We learned that Easter is Good. We read stories from books and from our children´s Bible. We created Easter crosses that are hanging on our closet bulletin boards, and we wrote, ¨The cross is a symbol of Jesus Christ and new life.¨

During reading, we focused on the essential question, ¨How do you take care of different kinds of pets?¨ We discussed what pets we have in our homes and how we take care of them. Some of the children have dogs, cats, turtles, hamsters, and birds. How cool?

During math, we concluded with Chapter 10 (positional words) and started Chapter 11 (two-dimensional shapes). The children really know their stuff!

The children listened to some spring and Easter stories, and we crafted carrots, bunny feet, and umbrellas for April showers! We had a really fun Easter egg hunt and celebration too. Thank you for the contributions. Thank you, Mrs. Hatt, for helping with the eggs!

We changed classroom jobs, celebrated Michael´s 6th birthday on Monday, celebrated Charlotte´s 6th birthday on Thursday and played charades on Friday! What a great week we had.

The children worked hard, had fun, and were fabulous as always!

SPECIAL CLASSES:

Monday - No Special

Tuesday - Gym

Wednesday - Art

Thursday - Music

Friday - Computer

THIS WEEK'S CURRICULUM 

READING: Unit 7 - The Animal Kingdom

The Big Idea: What are different kinds of animals?

Weekly Concept: Week 3 - Animal Habitats

Fundations letter: Yy

Sight words: said, want

Phonics: Vv, Xx

Essential Question: Where do animals live?

Story: A Vet in a Van

Listening comprehension big book: Bear Snores On
genre: fantasy
skill: cause/effect

MATH: Chapter 11 - Two-Dimensional Shapes

Lesson 1 - Squares and Rectangles

Lesson 2 - Circles and Triangles

Lesson 3 - Squares, Rectangles, Triangles, and Circles

Lesson 4 - Hexagons

Check My Progress

RELIGION: 
Unit 4 - Celebrating God´s Love:
Chapter 19 - Seeds Are Good
Chapter 20 - Butterflies Are Good

Bible Story - Jesus performs another miracle for his disciples.

THIS WEEK'S IMPORTANT DATES:

STAR OF THE WEEK: Eddie Shebar

Monday, 4/19: Celebrating Nico´s 6th Birthday (it was April 7th)!
Please return Books in a Bag if you did not on Friday.
Please hand in math packets if you did not on Friday.

Tuesday, 4/20: Family Night In

Wednesday, 4/21: Scholastic due
Administrative Assistants Day!

Thursday, 4/22: Happy Earth Day! Take care of God´s creation.

Friday, 4/23: Have a great weekend! Be safe and have fun!

Saturday, 4/24: Happy birthday to me! :)

Sunday, 4/25: SEAS Open House 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.