Week 35- April 29-May 3

Happy Friday! Our last Scholastic book order of the year will be going home on Monday. Check your child's green folder on Monday for the flyer or order online now at https://clubs.scholastic.com use our class code QDR6N. This is a great opportunity to stock up on some summer reading books. 

Don't forget our concert is this coming Wednesday 05/01, I can't wait for you to see what your children have been working so hard on. 

The Penny War will continue all next week, ending Friday. 

Happy 6th Birthday Ethan!

Here's a look at next week:

Spalding: We will continue to review phonograms and specifically focus on the 10 listed on your child’s homework. Our spelling words will be: soft, stands, stand, yard, bring, tell, five, ball, law, ask.

Sight Words: We will use this week to review list 10. I forgot to send home list 9 so I will add that one next week as well. 

Literature: We are continuing our unit on the Little Bear Series by finishing “Little Bear," and starting "Little Bear’s Visit." Students are writing a journal about each chapter to share with you after we finish the series. Our poem will be "A Wise Owl."

Math:We are working on numbers to 100.  We are first going to look at numbers by groups of ten. Ten groups of ten equals 100.  We will then practice writing numbers to 100 and counting by 5s and 2s.

Counting by 5s, 10s, and 2s is a great thing to do in the car to and from school.

Thursday and Friday, we will work on graphing and counting.

Science: This week we will learn all about chickens! Students will get to observe real chicken eggs in an incubator over the next 21 days while we wait for them to hatch! Throughout the week we will explore more about the life cycle of a chicken, as well as the parts of a chicken and chick. Students will get to write a sentence that is fact and one that is opinion about chickens.

Spring Concert

Our mandatory Spring Concert is this week! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on May 1^st.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white dress shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt, black tights and black closed toed shoes. Please have your kindergartners at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 4:45pm.

Please visit www.aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

Penny War!

1,2,3,4 We Declare A Penny War

Beginning Tuesday, April 23rd, each grade level will battle it out to see who can collect the most change!  Pennies in our jar count as positive points, and silver put in other classes jars count as negative points! All proceeds will go towards purchasing new playground equipment for the 2019-2020 school year. Search in couches, under car seats - anywhere loose change is waiting to be found. The battle will last until May 3rd. You can find our class' penny container in the foyer where you drop off your child (ren) each morning!

Week 34 - April 23-April 26 (No School Monday)

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you are all enjoying the long weekend! Jay and I got to go mini golfing this weekend and it was super fun! 

Here's a look at the coming week: 

Spalding: We will continue to review phonograms daily, focusing on saying 20 and writing at least 10. Our words this week will be: sits, sit, lot, box, school, belong, door, floor, yes, low. 

Sight Words: We will introduce list 9. Please practice these at home nightly. 

Literature: This week we will begin our unit on the Little Bear Series.  Students should have their Little Bear Box Set in the classroom by Tuesday morning please.  With all the hard work we have been doing with reading, students will be reading in their book along with us. This is something they will be expected to do when they enter first grade.  We plan to read each chapter from now until the second to last week of school.  Once the books go home, students are encouraged to read the books to you over summer break! Our poem will be It’s Raining, It’s Pouring.

Math: Students will work with a calendar and learn to read days and numbers.  We will discuss how when one month ends, the next month starts on the next day.

Science: It’s Earth Week in Kindergarten! Students will learn all about Earth Day and how to take care of the Earth. We will discuss pollution and how it impacts our planet. Scholars will be introduced to the R’s of taking care of our Earth; reduce, reuse, recycle! Students will discuss the negative effects of littering and will spend some time cleaning up around our campus. To celebrate Earth Day, students will make their own bird feeder. 

Mrs. Zavala shared how to make arapas while
learning about Colombia!

Ethan brought in his bearded dragon to share!

Week 33- April 15- April 19

 Happy Friday Families! We had a fun week in kindergarten and the kiddos even earned themselves a popcorn party! Last weekend I traveled to Wisconsin to see my family and my mommy and sisters threw me a little, sweet baby shower. What a perfect weekend! There is no school this Friday or the following Monday. 

My sister and Mommy!

Happy 6th Birthday Janissa!

Spalding:This week we will continue to review phonograms 1-70.  Our words this week will be: fur, green, oil, paint, tooth, teeth, worm, pool, day, eat. Note, our Spalding assessment will be on Thursday since there is no school on Friday. 

Literature: Our story this week will be the fairy tale  “The Princess and the Pea.” We will review the elements of a fairy tale and discuss the problem and solution the prince is faced with. Our poem this week will be “She Sells Seashells."

Math:Students will understand ways to measure time, starting with day and night.  We will learn to read a clock to the hour. This is a great time to work with your child at home and ask them to tell time.  They may also wear a watch to school, as long as it is not a smart watch.

History and Geography: We will continue to learn about the continent of South America this week.  Students will get to enjoy samba music from Brazil and we will compare the Columbian pledge of allegiance with the US pledge. The kids will even get to taste some authentic arepas! Lastly, we will review the various habitats we have explored so far this year. 

Jane Goodall binoculars 

Macchu Picchu ruins out
of Play-Dough

Popcorn party!