April



Newsletter for April 2018

= Important Dates & Reminders =

Please have your child wear their gym shoes to school on gym day
 * [[image:tenpenny/dont_forget.jpg width="73" height="67" align="left"]]Gym Class**
 * Tuesday and Friday**

Be sure to email your top 3 choices- include **bag __numbers__** in your email please.
 * [[image:tenpenny/toy bag.jpg width="64" height="68" align="left"]] 4K Literacy Bag Checkout week**
 * Monday, April 9th - Friday, April 13th**

Instructions on how to schedule a conference through Option C will be sent from the school office. If you have a special circumstance or have difficulty with the system please feel free to contact me.
 * Parent/Teacher Conferences**
 * Thursday, April 19th- 4:00- 7:30 pm.**
 * Friday, April 20th- 8:00 am- 12:00. (No school)**


 * No School**
 * April 1-8 for Spring Break (school resumes Monday, April 9th)**
 * Friday, April 20th- Conferences**


 * Happy Birthday To You...**
 * NO APRIL BIRTHDAYS**

**Important Future Dates.** The following dates are coming up and we thought you may want some advanced notice.
 * More details will follow closer to the event.**

The AM and PM 4K classes will deliver May baskets (made in class) to the residents at Lasata in the afternoon.
 * [[image:mayflowerbasket.gif width="73" height="86" align="left"]]Tuesday, May 1st- 4K May Basket Service Project.**
 * Click the above link for more information and watch Family Mail for the permission slip.**


 * 4K "All Day Experience" Wednesday, May 30th- 4K students will be invited to attend school all day- Click the link for more information.**

= From The Teacher's Desk = The 4K loved learning about the true meaning of Easter and they had a blast with our "eggciting" Easter celebration with our 5K friends. When we return from spring break, 4K will learn about the church, finish practicing writing numbers 1-10, begin an introduction to the lowercase letters and work on our class service project- May baskets! The following is the format for my newsletters each month. Each important area is hi-lighted, with the individual skills we will focus on listed below.

= Literacy =
 * Understand/ describe location using positional terms
 * Recall/ retell stories in proper sequence
 * Discuss feeling and opinions about a story
 * Introduction to the lower case letters: c, o, s, v
 * Matching upper case letters to the lower case letters
 * Sounding out words to write letters/words in their journals

= Math =
 * Using shapes to create a picture or new designs
 * Compare items by size
 * Graph/ use a matrix to group items with similar attributes
 * Discussing the concept of greater than/ less than

= Science =
 * Using a microscope
 * Sorting recyclable items- learning that different objects are made up of many different materials
 * Using our senses of hearing and touch to sort or match items
 * Learning about plant and animal life cycles

= Religion =
 * 4K begins our Church Unit
 * Learning stories about Jesus
 * 4K- Participation in the May basket service project

= Fine Motor Skills =
 * Penny turning activity
 * Using small pencils to trace and write lower case letters.
 * Using light tracers