Kindergarten News April 2-5

Monday, April 1 No Classes	Tuesday, April 2 Literacy Read Aloud: Growing Vegetable Soup Vocabulary:  Vegetable Names Activity:  Potato Paint Writing:  Where do vegetables come from? Math   Sequence Independent Work:  Growth of a Plant Sequence
Wednesday, April 3 Literacy Read Aloud:  Little Pea Activity:  Brainstorm Vegetables We Might Add to Vegetable Soup Sound Activity: /v/ sound…brainstorm /v/ words Writing:  What do vegetables need to grow? Math  Sequence Independent Work: Practice with Picture Cards 1:35 Dismissal	Thursday, April 4 Literacy Read Aloud:  Gregory, the Terrible Eater Activity:  Discuss the Food Pyramid Craft:  Paper Plate Meal Activity Writing:  What is your favorite food? Math  Sequence Independent Work: Create a 3 Window Sequence Story
Friday, April 5 Stone Soup Ingredient Due Literacy Read Aloud: Stone Soup Vocabulary:  Vegetable Soup PWIM Activity Activity: Revisit the /v/ sound and complete page 90 Cooking Activity:  Make Vegetable Soup Writing:  What did your vegetable soup have in it? Math  Sequence Assessment:  Assess Sequencing	Notes from the Teacher: *Your child should be able to count objects and recognize random numbers through 40 and beyond, identify consonant and vowel sounds, and be able to read words from our 20 high frequency word list *There will be 1:35 dismissals on April 3 and 17th. *Our 20 Basic Kindergarten Words are:  of, was, he, it, is, with, be, as, they, for, a, on, at, and, that, in, to, are, and you. *Please pack an extra pair of socks in your child’s bag each night.  The insides of our boots are getting wet with all of the snow that is melting.  It is also a good idea to set out your child’s snow pants, gloves, and boots to dry each night. Mrs. Jass, Mrs. Jenison, and Ms. Markwardt