Dear Parents:

Just a reminder that we still need donations for the class basket!! Because we have not received many donations, we are extending the deadline until Monday, April 16^th!! Again, our theme is “Family Sports.” Here is a list of items that would help us with our theme:

· Volleyball set;

· Frisbee;

· Outdoor games;

· Cones;

· Tug of war rope;

· Jump ropes;

· Chalk;

· Kick ball;

· Bases;

· Soccer balls;

· Water Bottles;

· Bat;

· Ball;

· Hats;

· Golf Balls;

· Golf Tees;

· Horseshoes;

· Bocce;

· Water balloons;

· Folding Chair...

Please remember that this is Shirley Hills largest fundraiser and we NEED your help!!!

If you have questions, please feel free to contact us and thank you for your generosity!

Amanda Marksberry and Amy Meisel

Schedule for the Week of April 9-13

• M - Art, Media & Character Class with Mrs. Swanson! & Celebration of Elizabeth's Birthday!!
  
• T - P.E./Music
  
• W - Music/P.E.
  
• Th- Art & 4th Grade Buddies
  
• F- Music/P.E.
  

Star of the Week: Elizabeth!

Sight Words: Review of: up, down, we, want, she, good, out, who, are, they

Letters of the Week: Yy & Zz

Vocabulary: Review!!

Math: We are continuing to work on organizing data, graphing the data and learning how to read different graphs.

Literacy: This is our last week talking about "Jobs People Do." We will continue with our literacy centers, Guided Reading Groups and practice building and decoding words.

****Please Remember to send in donations for our classroom basket!! Our theme is: "Family Sports" *******

Schedule for the Week of April 2-6

• M- Music/P.E. & Media (Please remember to return your Library Books!!)
  
• T- Art & Field Trip to Lowry Nature Center
  
• W- Music/P.E.
  
• Th- Music/P.E.
  
• F- No School! Teacher Workshop Day!
  

Sight Words: she, good

Word Families of the Week: -et (creates words such as: bet, get, let) -eg (creates words such as: peg, beg, leg) -en (creates words such as: Ben, ten, Jen)

Vocabulary: appreciate, grace, host, lush, marvelous, constantly

Math: We are beginning Chapter 10! We will be working on organizing data, graphing the data and learning how to read different graphs.

Literacy: We are starting a new theme this week in Language Arts called "Jobs People Do"- this theme will last for the next 3 weeks. We will continue with our literacy centers, Guided Reading Groups and practice building and decoding words.

Please check your e-mail about what your family can donate for our classroom basket for the carnival!! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!

Schedule for the Week of April 19-23

• M- Computer & Music
  
• T- Art
  
• W- P.E. & Media (Don't forget to bring your library books back!!)
  
• Th- Music & Celebrate Earth Day!! (We will be talking about Earth Day all week long.)
  
• F- Art
• S - SHIRLEY HILLS Spring Carnival this Saturday 11-3pm!! Please come, it will be worth your while! :-)
  

Star of the Week! Erik S.!!

Sight Words for the Week: and, there (we only have five more sight words to learn after this!)

Letter of the Week: Uu (practice some words with the /u/ sound in the middle, for example, fun, sun, etc.)

This week will be a busy one!! We will be talking a lot about how we can take better care of the Earth, we even made a pledge in our class:

"In kindergarten (k-2) we pledge to use paper out of the scrap bucket as often as possible AND turn off the lights in the afternoon."

We are also working on a new chapter in math on graphing and a new chapter in Social Studies about "Who We Are in the WORLD!"

Have a wonderful and enjoy the beautiful weather!!