April 26-29

Happy Birthday Ana!!!

NO SCHOOL- May 6th

Zoo Field Trip- May 19 from 10:30-1:30

Benefit for Nicole Bykonen

http://www.nicolebykonen.com/

Zach's mom, Nicole Bykonen, has been diagnosed with cancer of the bile ducts. This means a liver transplant and chemotherapy. There have been some fund-raising events planned for Nicole by her friends and family.

Upcoming fund-raising events below

Sunday, May 1st

-All About You Salon "Cut-a-Thon"- 10am - 3pm

-Spaghetti Dinner and Auction @ Knights of Columbus - 4pm - 7pm

Math Games- Click on the links below

1. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=75
2. http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games/game1.htm
3. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/practice/grk/chapter4/matching/0004a.htm
4. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/enrichment/grK/chapter12/0012a.htm

Math This Week

9-4 Use a ten-frame to show 10 in different ways.

• At home ideas- Make a Lego tower made up of 10 blocks in two colors (5 blue and 5 green). Have your child count and tell the number of each color (Ie. 10 is 5 blue and 5 green).
• To extend the activity change the number of colored Legos’s in the tower of 10 blocks, draw a picture, or write the sentence (Ie. 10 is 6 blue and 4 green).

9-6 Objective- Find the number that is 1 more or 2 more than a given number.

• At home idea- Give your child 3 crackers/toys and have him/her tell how many there are in the whole group. He/she needs to ask for 1 or 2 more crackers and then say how many there are now (I.e. “3 crackers and 2 more is 5).
• To extend the activity change the beginning number of objects and if he/she asks for 1 or 2 more.

9-7 Objective- Find the number that is 1 fewer or 2 fewer than a given number.

• At home idea- While eating an afternoon snack or dinner have your child count how many cookies, crackers, apples, etc. he/she has on his/her plate. After eating 1 or 2 pieces discuss what happened and how many items are left on the plate. For example: I have 6 crackers and I eat 2 crackers. I would say, “ I had 6 crackers and ate 2. Now I have 4 left”. OR “2 fewer than 6 crackers is 4”.)
• To extend the activity change the type of item being eaten and/or the number of items on the plate.

Reading and Writing this Week

Reading Goal- Drawing Conclusions

• Corduroy, by Don Freeman

Writing Goal- Describing words

• Children who have teddy bears or other stuffed animals will describe what the toys look and feel like.
• Class will make a list of describing word that tell what Corduroy looks like and what he might feel like if they could touch him.

Your Garden

(click the link below for the mini-book)

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/spring___summer_sight_word_boo.html#YourGarden

Example of the Book-

"Do carrots grow in your garden.? Do tomatoes grow in your garden?"

Words of the week- your, in, do

Review words- they, will, of, an, yes, some, has, are, look, have, am, do, you, see, the, we, in, for, said, it, like, I, can, on, my, go, a, she, he, is