April 8, 2016
Reading and Writing
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We named the author and illustrator of texts.
We described the relationship between
illustrations and the text in which they appear.
Optional Enrichment Activities:
Ask your child to share about a story he/she heard this
week and recall facts about the author.
Science
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We compared the similarities and differences
between humans and other animals.
We described what people can do with their
hands.
Optional Enrichment Activities:
Have your child share a fact that they are learning
about their animal from their research projects.
Math
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We worked with addition and subtraction.
We worked on story problems.
Optional Enrichment Activities:
Write your own story problem based on a family activity
from the weekend (i.e. Mom and I bought ten cookies
at the store. Mom ate 9 cookies on our drive home.
How many cookies are left?). Write it down on a piece
of paper and bring it in to share with the class on
Monday!
Social Studies
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We recognized the different value of goods.
We examined advertising and made connections
with the value of goods to different people.
Optional Enrichment Activities:
Discuss choices you make as a family as you make
purchases this weekend. Look at a print advertisement
and discuss how the product was presented.
Dates to Remember:
4/12 Spirit Day: Dress up as if you are participating in your favorite activity.
4/13 Picture Day
4/26 No school : Primary Election Day
5/2-5/3 Kindergarten Orientation – No school for Current Kindergarteners.
5/26- Mrs. J. Kim and Miss Cook Field Trip to the National Museum of Natural History (more info to
come)
5/31- Miss E. Kim and Miss Carr Field Trip to the National Museum of Natural History