Week in Review ~ April 3rd - 7th

This week was a fun week in K2 working on Animal Habitats in ELA and science.

In ELA we listened to the stories Bear Snores On, Anansi: African Tale, and Animal Homes. Our vocabulary words were habitat, wild, complain, join, and stubborn.  We focused in on the letter Vv and Xx and introduced the sight words said and want.In learning centers the K2ers practiced reading and writing the new sight words, wrote in their journals about where different animals live, practiced writing Vv and Xx, sorted animals by the habitats they live in, and watched short videos on the iPads about different animals and their habitat.  We sure did get a lot done this week!

The K2ers were so excited to share their animal habitat projects with each other.  Everyone presented their habitat to the class and then we set up the classroom as a museum and invited Dr. O'Hearn- Curran and Mrs. King in to visit.  They asked each K2er about their animal and the habitat it lives in. Everyone did a great job!

In Math we started Topic 9 titled "Count Numbers to 20." In this topic we will be reading, writing and counting objects 11-20.  We already worked on the numbers 11 and 12 and next week we will work on 13-20.  Saying these numbers at home and having your child write the number you say is great practice. Often the teen numbers cause some problems when kindergartners go to write them. Any home practice would be great.

A change to the 2016-2017 school year calendar happened this week. There will now be a 1/2 Day of School on Good Friday, April 14th, so that our last day of school can be on Friday, June 23rd.  Lunch will be served early that day so if you rather send in a snack for your K2er please do so.  

Tuesday afternoon we will be filling Easter Baskets for children who will be in UMass hospital for Easter. Thank you to everyone that donated candy for us to fill the baskets with. 

Enjoy the weekend!