What We Are Doing:

Theme- This week for theme we are discussing the three different stages of water: gas, liquid and solid. We played a game that taught us that when water is a gas, the molecules move very fast and they are spread apart. When the molecules are in a solid, they are close together and move very slowly. The students are also making a book that describes the three stages of matter.

We also have visitors in our Kindergarten classroom. We welcome our four Painted Lady Butterfly larva. We will observe the changes the larva goes through to become a beautiful butterfly. We are recording our observation in a classroom journal. We will let the butterflies go once they are adults.

Math- For Math this week we will measure our body parts with a tape measure. We will also explore two dimensional shapes and become familiar with base-10 blocks. Later in the week we will tell time on the quarter hour.

Book Orders- This is the last chance to order books through Scholastic book orders. You can order online or send an order to school with your child. The book orders are due on Friday, May 9.

Time Lines

The Kindergarteners are doing a class project where they will create their own timelines, and write advice to next years incoming class.  Both of these will be displayed at our graduation ceremony.  We will need photos for this project.  Please send your photos in an envelope with your child's name on it.  They need one photo for every year, i.e., a baby picture, a 1 year photo, a 2 year, 3 year, 4 year, 5 year, and if they are 6, a 6 year old picture.  They will also need a recent photo, ( a class picture would be good) for their advice.  All together they will need 6 or 7 photos for this project.  We realize it may take a bit before you can gather all pictures, so please just send them in when you have everything together.  We will be working on this for most of the month of May.  The Friends will share their timelines with the class.    Please let us know if you have any questions.