March 16th!

Last week we had a blast going on our field trip to The Egg.  We were so excited when we saw the building from our bus!!! :)  During the performance we were able to see glow in the dark puppets and scenery from three of Eric Carle's stories.  After the performance, we were able to ask questions about how the puppets move and work.  It was a great experience for us!

At school we have been very busy learning all about science.  We are working on our 'properties' unit and have been conducting experiments with solid objects, liquids, and gases.   One of the main things we have learned as scientists is that our predictions are not always correct!  We will wrap up this unit during the week.  We are also learning all about our solar system.  Mrs. Montalvo's third grade class helped us to begin this unit by inviting us to see the constellations inside 'Star Lab'.  Be sure to ask your child all about it.  It was quite a treat!

This week, we will continue working as readers, writers, and mathematicians each day.  We are in the swing of guided reading each day and 'Daily Five' literacy activities.  The children are doing a terrific job remembering to take care of our books.  As writers, we are continuing to work on our 'how to' stories.  We are trying our best to make sure our writing is filled with details and is easy to read for our peers and writing partners.  The children are doing a nice job writing many different kinds of teaching books.  'How to Wash Your Hands' seems to be a new favorite in our kindergarten classroom! :)

Please note that our class has filled up our 'warm and fuzzy jar' for making good choices!  They would love to have a 'Game Day' this week as a reward.  We talked about bringing in some easy to play games such as:  Sorry, Trouble, Connect Four, Chutes and Ladders,  Candy Land, & Memory/Card type games.  If you have some of these games... we would love to borrow them!  We will have our first 'Game Day' on Thursday! :)  I will send home a reminder, but I'm sure your children will all remind you all week long!  Also, please write your name on the outside boxes of any games that are sent in.  Thank you!

I am looking forward to another fun week in our kindergarten classroom.

Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
PS... Wear Green on Tuesday! ;)