HOOT#26

Well, I got my old desktop upgraded last week from Vista to Windows7, so I feel like am on this planet again! It's time to post a few fun photos...

Middle-Eastern Music with Meg

Middle-Eastern Dance with Julia

Easter egg hunt

and the harvested eggs...

Finger-knitting took kinder by storm

Spring colors are all the rage

Explora in bubbles

Congratulations to the students of the month: Neenah Johnson and Asher Dean!
The school assembly will be held at Guadalupe Gym next Monday (April 11 at 2:30pm)

Reading and writing update:

• common 2-letter combinations (digraphs): ch, th, sh, th, wh
• sentences, capitalization, punctuation (.!?,)
• lowercase letters in! uppercase letters out! (pardon the exceptions)
• current topic: "something that I know about" (informational narrative) e.g. horses, cats, coyotes, Jurassic World, Pocahontas, Pac-Man, Easter Bunny
• finding teeny-tiny words in longer words (e.g. there is a "cop" in helicopter)

Math

• working with the concept of place value (grouping by 10s) 
• measuring
• subtraction versus addition 
• try playing the card game "Garbage/Trash" (You can check it out on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQDRobHfwwA )

Homework
Tuesday (due Wednesday): write and draw about what you like most about kindergarten, or write to me about what you'd like to do in April

Wednesday (due Thursday): measure and draw your family members
Please continue to read with your child 20-30 minutes every day.

The children have taken spool knitting to great lengths! I'd love some yarn donations!

Learning Ally is a great site that TISA uses. It offers thousands of audio titles which support oral language development as well as reading. I am setting up an account for each child and will email you each with information on how to stock your own audio libraries. We are listening to How to Train Your Dragon at school.

And finally, the town is teaming with activities! Twirl has come out with a schedule and so did the ToolBox. Here is their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thetoolboxtaos/