Dear Families,

I hope that everyone had relaxing spring break!  We still have a lot to do and learn in the next nine weeks of school.  Here is a look at what is coming up in April.

 

Home        A new packet of Home Links will be sent home today.  Please be sure your child

Links         is completing these.   Your child should be able to do these independently.  If you have questions feel free to ask.  Along with these please continue to work on addition and subtraction facts up to 20 with your child.  These need to be automatic by the end of the year. 

 

Social        We have started a new unit on economics.  The children have been learning about wants,

Studies           needs, goods, services, scarcity, opportunity cost, natural resources, human resources, and capital resources.  Ask your child to be a student teacher and teach all that he/she is learning.

 

Science      Once we finish up our economics unit we will be moving into a unit on plants.  This should be by the end of the month.  This will be an exciting time of inquiry and investigation.

 

Writing      We are working on writing realistic fiction stories right now.  At our last class meeting the children decided that they needed more practice with writing at home and want to write more stories at home.  So, for the month of April we have set a goal of 4 books to be written at home.  They can get books from school to take home to use.  The class will be voting on a reward or those children who meet the goal. 

 

Recess            It may be April but we still have snow and cold weather.  The playground can be wet and muddy this time of year so please be sure your child has inside and outside shoes as well the appropriate clothing for outside recess.

 

Conferences Parent-teacher conferences will be held next Tuesday, April 15th from 3:30-6:30 pm. 

              I am not meeting with all parents this time.  I have already sent notes home to those parents that I would like to have a conference with.  If you did not receive a note for a conference and would like one please let me know and we can set up a time to meet.

 

 

 

Important   April 11th: Popcorn Day 

Dates        April 15th: Parent Teacher Conferences

                        April 14th-17th:: Book Fair

April 18th: No School

April 21st: No School

              April 22nd: New Kindergartner Night

                        April 22nd: Preschool Fair

                        April 25th: Labels contest ends

April 25th :Popcorn Day

April 28th-May 9th: NWEA Testing

                      

Snack         Please remember to send snack when it is your child’s snack day. The children do get  very hungry in the morning and enjoy the snack.

 

Happy Spring,

Ms. Hatfield