Week 20 Short week

It's a short week this time, so we did not start a new letter.  We have been reading fairy tales this week and practicing retelling the story.  We worked on figuring out the setting of a story and illustrating a setting.  We are writing in journals now.  Please work at home on illustrating with at least five details in the setting and drawing ourselves with heads, bodies, arms, and legs.

We went to Library this week and several students did not get to check a book out.  Please make sure that your child has their book in their backpack so they are not left out.  They cannot get a new book until they bring back their old one.

In math, we worked on Ordinal numbers. We sequenced the story of the Old Lady who swallowed a fly by the order that she swallowed the animals.  In science, we started learning about light and shadows.  We will continue this next week too.

I started testing students on the Pre-K Winter CPAA test.  I am excited to see how they have progressed.  The Pre-K CPAA test is getting a little harder each time.  We will take the last test at the end of the year to make sure that we are ready for Kindergarten. Please help your child to practice their last name for the end of the year test.

We still need a few students to replace their red folders that are falling apart.  The plastic red folders seem to hold up better.  Also, please return your child's report card ASAP.  Don't forget to sign the back and return the envelope too.