🌸 Kinder News 🌸
Hello Kindergarten Families!
Our kinders have been growing, learning, and shining all year long! 🌟
We’re excited to share a peek into all the wonderful things happening in our classroom.
🌼 Important Dates
• April 13 – Early Release (1:00 PM)
• April 20–24 – Spring Break (No School)
• May 7 – Kindergarten Art Show (5:30–6:30 PM) 🎨
• June 12 – Last Day of Kindergarten
📚 Literacy Highlights
We’ve been busy building strong readers and writers!
• Learning digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh, ck
• Exploring silent e words (cake, make)
• Reading CVC words with confidence
• Practicing glued sounds: -ing, -an, -am
• Discovering when s sounds like z
• “Wacky W” words (was, want, walk)
• Reviewing sight (heart) words + new ones: they, one, or, for
• Writing stories in April journals ✏️
• Learning about verbs
• Practicing number formation
📖 Books We Love
My Father’s Dragon
Bark, George
A Bad Case of Stripes
The Invisible Boy
…and so many more favorites! ❤️
🔢 Math Highlights
• Teen numbers (“10 and some more”)
• Number stories 🐯
• Breaking apart numbers (up to 10)
• Addition & subtraction to 10
• Counting to 100 (by 1s & 10s!)
• Number writing practice
🌦️ Science & Social Studies
• Spring salamanders 🦎
• Weather Watchers: observing & recording weather
• Learning about storms & safety
• Seasons & birthdays 🎂
• Windsock creations 🌬️
• SEL: “A Bug and a Wish” 🐞
• Bunny Day fun 🐰
• Sending warm wishes to our friend moving to Texas 💛
💬 Ask Your Kinder…
• What is your favorite kind of weather?
• What season is your birthday in?
• What do you need to remember when writing a sentence?
Thank you for your continued support!
Have a wonderful week! 🌷
Fondly,
Dena
