April

April 2017

= Important Dates & Reminders =

Amelia....April 10 (actual 4/8) Tommy....April 18 (actual 4/19) George....April 23
 * [[image:5ksfb/Balloon-icon.png width="50" height="50"]]Happy Birthday to...**

Please look for an email from OptionC on April 5 for sign up procedure. For these conferences, you will sign up through OptionC, so if you haven't activated your account, you will want to do that. Conferences will be held in the 5K classroom.
 * Conferences...April 19 (4:00-7:30) and April 20 (8:30-1)**


 * [[image:5ksfb/dont_forget.jpg width="82" height="78"]]Important Dates **


 * March 29-April 8--No School-Easter Break **
 * April 9 School resumes **


 * April 19, 20 -Conferences**

**From The Teachers' Desk** What a great month March has been. It is amazing how far the kids have come this year, we are so proud of their hard work!! Before we know it, they will be off to first grade. We hope that you have a wonderful Easter!

= Reading/Writing = =‍‍‍ Math = = = =‍** Religion **=
 * ongoing review of letters we've already covered
 * begin Superkids Club (we've met all the Superkids)
 * encode Bb for /b/ and Rr for /r/
 * blend sounds to decode words
 * generate questions to make predictions and to determine important ideas
 * determine cause and effect
 * draw conclusions
 * recall detail
 * understand that sentences start with a capital letter, words have spaces between them and end with a period
 * begin to write simple sentences that include a noun and a verb
 * recognize an adjective as a describing word
 * understand features of Nonfiction text
 * continue to work with numbers and sets and ordering 11-20
 * continue to decompose numbers 11-19 into a group of tens and some ones (16 is 1 group of 10 and 6 ones)
 * on going practice of addition and subtraction to 10
 * identify, name, and describe circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and hexagons
 * compare two-dimensional shapes
 * compose simple shapes to form larger shapes
 * begin to analyze and compare three-dimensional shapes
 * continue to count by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's to 100
 * continue recognition of pennies, nickels, and dimes and their value
 * experience prayer as talking to God
 * understand that there are many forms of prayer
 * learn various prayers, including "The Lords Prayer"

=‍‍‍ Handwriting =
 * stress the use of good pencil grip
 * review all upper and lowercase letters and numbers
 * begin writing words correctly (uppercase letters where appropriate)
 * work on writing correct sentences with proper spacing and punctuation
 * write a poem
 * start to write a paragraph (same ideas are put together)
 * review letters, words, and numbers on HWT lined paper