Hi Parents,
This week in Room 13:
We began letter book Nn. The students are doing quite well in completing a book a week. We are also reading our stories with more ease.
Our chapter on Money was introduced in Math yesterday. As mentioned in my newsletter, Kindergarten students only learn the penny, nickel, and dime. We learn their names, as well as the value of each. Yesterday I explained to the class that you can tell a coin's age by the year that is on it. Today they were all given a penny and we discovered that the oldest penny was dated 1971! ( I won't tell you how old I was back then!) We had many pennies that were only 1 year old! Today we discussed the nickel, and tomorrow the dime. Please review the name and value of each one with your child. Before Easter break, we will have a play store and the students will get to purchase various items but have to know the value of each of the coins. As a review, put some change out and ask your child to show you various amounts:
3cents, 7cents( either 7 pennies, or a nickel and 2 pennies), etc..
Thank you to Grandpa Hennessy for coming to read to the class yesterday. Tomorrow Grandma Lundy is coming. Thanks,Grandparents for visiting and reading to the class~it means so much!
Yesterday we began our overnight visits with Baby Duck. Maddie had a great visit last night and Brian is enjoying his visit tonight. JAC and Kian will have their visits on Wednesday and Thursday.
Take-home books went home today. Everyone returned their books on time last week~thank you! As reinforcement, after your child reads their book, ask him/her comprehension questions, and have your child point out the various punctuation marks such as periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation points.
The snow is melting and we have had outdoor recess lately~how nice. I think we're in for some rain this week. That's ok, its better than snow!
Just a reminder, we change our clocks this weekend~spring ahead! We lose an hour of sleep, but we will still have daylight @ 7:00 p.m.!
Enjoy the remainder of the week, and the upcoming 3 day weekend. There is no school next Monday, March 15th.
Take care,
Mrs. Revis