Ms. Trowbridge's Class

Happy April! First grade is quickly approaching. We started our bug unit today. The students are so excited to get to learn all about bugs, their life cycles, what they look like, and where they live. We will be doing lots of fun bug projects for three weeks!

In math, we are still working on those math facts. We have started taking timed tests - students get five minutes to answer 25 math fact questions. Everyone is doing an awesome job. If you are seeing the math fact pages come hope with some answers missing, please work with your child on this at home since it was work not finished.

In reading, we are getting ready for our dibels test. We are reading nonsense words, sounding out words, and racing to see who can say the most letters in a minute. We are also working on fluency - reading sentences and having them make sense! Everyone is doing a super good job of reading!

We are in the middle of making our bug journals in writing. Each day students will be writing a fact about the bug of the day. When we are done with our bug unit - everyone will have an awesome bug journal to bring home and share all the cool bug facts that they learned!

Everyone should have received a blue invitation home today - this is inviting you and your families to the kindergarten music program on April 28th at 6:30. Please let me know if yours didn't make it home!

Keep up the great work at home - if you have any questions, please email me!

Mrs. Wright's Class

This week we have started a school-wide attendance challenge. Each day every classroom that has perfect attendance earns a star on the "Stallion Star" board. On Friday Mr. G will be picking a square on the board and whatever class occupies that spot wins a pizza party. We have had PERFECT attendance in the am and pm classes so far this week so I am encouraging the kids to keep it up. We want to WIN!! The challenge will be this week and next to promote good attendance for AIMS testing. While our kids do not take the test, school-wide attendance plays a huge roll in the final results/label our school will receive. Please help us out and make sure your child is at school every day!

In class we are learning about spring. The kids are having a great time studying plant life-cycles, parts of a plant and what a plant needs to grow. They are very knowledgeable about this science topic so ask them to tell you some "plant facts". We are continuing our journal writing and addition practice as well. The kids are doing great and I know all of this "prep" will help them to be successful in first grade. On Friday we will also have our first spelling test. This will be good practice for what to expect in first grade. No formal grades will be taken and they will not be included in the report card grades, however, please practice the words with them and work on the nightly homework to help them test well on Friday.

An invitation was sent home with each of the students today notifying you of the Kindergarten Program. Please save the date, April 28th, to come and celebrate your child's accomplishments this year in kindergarten. It will be a program you will not want to miss! We are busy preparing in class for the BIG night and I know you will all enjoy what is to come.

Thanks so much for your continued support...it is greatly appreciated!