Mill Creek Towne
Kindergarten News
It is important that you check your child’s green home folder, complete any
information, and repack it in his/her backpack. Please remember to return the
homework journal on Thursdays. Please remember to check your child’s lunch
account regularly and make sure that there is enough money in their lunch account.
Reading Skills to Work
On
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Students should
know all of their letters (upper and lower).
Students should
know all of their
sounds (short and
long vowel sounds).
Students should be
able to read and
write all of the 31
word wall words.
Students should be
able to retell a story
using beginning, middle, and end.
Students should be
able to write 3 or
more sentences.
Students should
have spacing, word
wall words spelled
correctly, sounding
out unknown words,
detailed picture,
correct punctuation
and capitalization
Reading
Students will read narrative text in order to
retell familiar stories,
ask and answer questions about key details
and unknown words in a
text. Students will engage in a Sharing Questions Discussion with
the Junior Great Books
stories, “The Tale of
Johnny Town-Mouse”
and the
“The Shoemaker and
the Elves”. Students
will ask and answer
questions about key
details in the text to
confirm their understanding or to request
clarification about the
text under discussion.
Volume , Issue
April 8, 2016
Writer’s Workshop
This month the students will continue to
draw, dictate, or
write a personal narrative. They will listen to a variety of
narrative texts to
learn how authors
structure stories. We
will discuss beginning,
middle, and end. Students will use frequently occurring
prepositions, spelling
regular plural nouns,
and capitalizing the
first word in a sentences.
Dates to Remember
April 5 PTA meeting
April 8 End of 3rd Quarter
April 11 4th Quarter begins
April 15 No school for K
Students (K orientation)
April 19 Science Expo for
Parents and Friends 6:45-9 pm
April 20 Science Expo for
Classes
April 22 Report Card distribution for grades 1-5
April 26 No school -Primary
Election
April 28 Take your child to
Math
We are on the last unit in math. We will continue to build the foundation of counting and cardinality. We will also build the foundation for
addition and subtraction. Giving the students time to grasp the information and strategies in an age-appropriate environment of repeated
experiences builds stronger number sense. Young children often use
their fingers to count on or to model quantities. Kindergarten students
are encouraged to use their fingers as one way to represent quantities.
We will also use the counting on and counting back strategies to solve
problems.
work day
April 29: K field trip to the zoo
9:40-2:10
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Mill Creek Towne Kindergarten News
Zoo Field Trip
The zoo field trip is on Friday, April
29th. Please remember to sign and pay
for the trip as soon as possible. The
students should bring a bag lunch, disposable drink and a snack for the field
trip. We will eat lunch at school and we
will take the snack with us on the trip.
Please have your child arrive to school
on time.
Science Unit
The students will deepen their understanding
of the similarities and differences among
living things. The students will deepen their
understanding of the needs of living things
and how these needs are met. The students
will continue to discuss the external features of living things and how it helps them
to survive. The students will also develop and
practice the skills of observing, comparing,
predicting, drawing conclusions, and recording their findings.
Mill Creek Towne Elementary School
Vision and Mission statements
The Mill Creek Towne Elementary School vision is to ensure the successful academic, social and personal development
of all students. Our mission is for the staff, students, and community to:
 Set high expectations based on the belief that all students can learn and succeed regardless of race, disability,
language, gender, ethnicity, and previous performance.
 Foster a positive, risk-free, safe learning environment of mutual respect.
 Promote open communication among stakeholders through PTA meetings, grade level newsletters, volunteer opportunities, the school website, and parent/teacher conferences.
 Collaborate from all directions with all stakeholders is key to success.
 Support differentiated instruction for various learning styles by using practices that engage and motivate students to learn.