Hello Kindergarten Families,
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Thank you all for the thoughtful birthday gift—I truly appreciate them.
Lenten Service
During Lent, one of the pillars we focus on is almsgiving. This means that we strive to intentionally focus on serving others in need during this Lenten time. As a school we will do two things to focus on serving those in need during Lent. First, we will take up a special collection on five Fridays during Lent. On these Fridays in Lent (3/27) students may come to school in free dress if they bring in a donation (minimum $1) to support this important need. We strongly encourage students to earn $1 each week doing some act of service around their home. This way they will connect their own service to their almsgiving. Students may come in uniform on these days if they choose not to participate, and please no free dress passes these Fridays.
Second, we will continue our tradition of supporting a local men’s shelter in Seattle, St. Martin de Porres. We will take up collections as follows (optional as well, but encourage participation if possible). We will deliver the donations from our school to St. Martins each of these Fridays.
Friday March 27th:
Last Names A-L: Men’s deodorant (regular or travel sized) or Brown Bag Lunches (perishable OK)
Last Names M-Z: Men’s deodorant (regular or travel sized) or Brown Bag Lunches (perishable OK)
Rainy Days: With the wet weather, please make sure your child is dressed warmly with a rain resistant jacket. We will be making every effort to go outside for recess and a warm coat will be necessary.
Specialists
Monday: PE and Spanish
Tuesday:, Library (Please return your books!) and Technology
Wednesday– Art
Thursday- PE and Music
Friday- Music
Curriculum
Language Arts – This week our class will be reading stories about baby animals. Children will be using words to describe how the appearance and behavior of these animals are alike and different. Skills we will be working on this week: rhyming, long vowels, blending and segmenting phonemes, substitute phonemes, reading with fluency, and writing complete sentences on a single topic.
Sight words- for, have
Math- Measurement- Using direct comparison to compare the lengths of objects. Using direct comparison to compare the heights of objects. Guess, check, and revise to solve problems. Use direct comparison to compare objects by weight. Describe measurable attributes of single objects. Capacity of two objects to determine holds more and holds less.
Science- Spring
Homework
Tuesday- Happy numbers
Wednesday – Readers, please return on Thursday.
Calendar Updates:
- Apr 3rd – Noon Dismissal, Good Friday
- Apr 6th-10th – Easter Break
- Apr 17th – Bingo Bash
- Apr 22nd – Vision & Hearing Screening
- Apr 28th – Class Pictures