Spring Is Here!

Well, I am excited to say that Spring is here! However, it does not look or feel like Spring at all. Imagine how difficult it was to explain to my kindergarten class that Winter is over (even though there was snow on the ground) and that Spring is now here! Hopefully the weather will warm up in the next few weeks!

We are almost at the end of Unit 4 in Language Arts. We will be having our Unit test during the first week of April. It would be good to review beginning, middle and ending sounds as well as all of the letters and sounds. You could also review character, setting, main idea and plot when reading with your child each night. At this point in the year you might want to ask your child to read to you at night! We are working very hard to become good kindergarten readers! Once we begin Unit 5 you will get one more group of sight words. There will be a total of 40 words that your child will have to know. It would be a good idea to practice all of the sight words several times a week. Please also review reading blends with your child. Here are some example of blends we have worked on- lift, band, mask, fast, sift, land, task, past, nest, frog, clap, stop, step, slip, clam, sled, plot, flat, clip, sand, bend. Our new Monday night homework will required your child to read letters, words and sentences. It would be a good idea to save the homework each week and review it with your child throughout the remainder of the year and over the summer!

In Science, besides talking about our new season, we are also talking about living and nonliving things. Thank you to everyone who donated seeds and soil for our planting project. We will be planting the marigold seeds in April!

In Math we are working on measurement. We have been measuring things around the classroom by using yarn, snap cubes and paper clips. If you would like to practice measuring objects at home with your child I would be happy so send snap cubes home for you to borrow. Please contact me if you are interested. Next, week we will dicusss weight and capacity. Each day we are also reviewing many skills we have learned throughout the year. Some skills you may want to practice at home are counting by 2's, 5's and 10's, counting from 1-100, patterns, calandar skills, time, money, shapes, colors, solids, sorting, left/right, top/middle/bottom, above/below, equal parts and symmetry.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me at korsakv@nasdschools.org.