Spring Flowers & Seeds

This week our theme was “Spring Flowers & Seeds”.  We learned about spring and the children made tissue paper flowers and used finger paint to create spring flowers.  We learned about how a seed grows into a plant and what a plant needs to live.  Our letter for the week was Uu and we reviewed the number 9.  

Next week our theme will be “Oceans”.  We will make a scuba diver, submarine porthole, octopus and a jellyfish.  We will continue to practice placing the numbers 1-10 in numerical order and will review shapes, colors, patterns, identifying the letters in our names & rhyming.  Our letter for the week will be Bb and we will review the number 10.

Reminders & Updates:

* This week we celebrated the Week of the Young Child.  Be sure to ask you child about some of the fun things they were able to do this week!

*Spring Picture Day: Wed., April 20th.

*Early Release Day: Friday, April 22nd.

*State Testing (PALS) will take place on April 25th or 26th.  Please make every effort to have your child in school that day.

*Transportation Field Trip: May 4th & 5th.  We will be taking a trip to the Taylor County Highway Department to wrap up our transportation week.  Your child should wear old clothes and tennis shoes so that they are able to explore the equipment with ease.

Pets

This week our theme was “Pets”.  We discussed how to take care of our pets and on Wednesday & Thursday our classes took a field trip to the Medford Veterinarian Clinic.  We also made a fish, a pattern snake and learned about how pets change and grow.  Our letter for the week was Xx and we reviewed the number 8.  The money brought in from our “Pennies For Pets” collection will be donated to the Taylor County Humane Society, a special thank you to all the participated! We currently have $100.00 and our collection ends Thursday, April 7th!

Next week our theme will be “Seeds & Spring Flowers”.  The children will be making tissue paper flowers and learning how plants grow.  We will also use finger paint to create spring flowers and journal about flowers in our April journal.  Our letter for the week will be Uu and we will review the number 9.  If your child is still struggling to identify the numbers please be sure to spend extra time on this skill to help get them caught up.

Reminders & Updates:

*Please take time to review your child’s report card and continue to practice any of the skills they may still be struggling with.

*Week of the Young Child:  April 10th – 16th.  Dress up days include:  Monday, April 11th - Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday, April 12th – Sports Day

Wednesday, April 13th – Stuffed Animal Day

Thursday, April 14th – Beach Day

*Spring Picture Day: Wed., April 20th  

*State Testing (PALS) will take place on April 25th or 26th.

Please make every effort to have your child in school that day.