Kindergarten News
March 2015
Burnt Mills Elementary School
Ms. Arango – Ms. Bolden – Ms. Miller – Ms. Powell – Ms. White
A special thank you to all the students who Dates to remember…
participated in School Spirit Week. It was
March 9 Parent Academy 5:30-8:00
awesome to see so many of our Kindergarteners
March 17 Family Science and Tech Night 6:30dressed up in celebration
8:30
Remember to return homework and library March 18 Family Market 5-7
books, and to label coats.
March 22 PTA Meeting 6:30-7:30
March 24- April 4 No School
In Reading we will continuing to grow as readers. In Math we are learning about the foundations
At school we will be paying special attention to
of addition and subtraction.
our Kindergarten Sight Words. Please make flash A fun website to practice these new skills is PBS
cards at home with 2 new words per week to help Kids: http://pbskids.org/games/123/
your child learn the words. Remember to read
every night and to record your book in your
reading log.
In Social Studies we are exploring the roles of In Science we are classifying animal by specific
buyers and sellers. We will also be learning about characteristics. An example is: sorting animals
wants and needs. Knowing about those will help by their number of legs. Bugs have 6 legs, some
us to make good choices about spending money.
animals have 4 legs, some have 2 and some have
none. Please look at the animals around you this
month and describe them together.
In Writing we are continuing to narrate single Fun Activity…
events in order. When teaching writing at home
Visit StarWalk an online library where our
be sure to ask your child about the beginning, the
students have access to hundreds of books. This
middle and the end of events that happen in their
website is for use by Burnt Mills Students only.
daily lives.
http://logintoread.com/sign-in.html
username: bme
password: bme