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The kindergarten class has learned so much since our last meeting in February and have had a great time with the many activities planned. It was so much fun watching the kindergartners, unbeknownst to them, happily passing out their Valentine’s Day cards while getting in extra reading practice as they read each other’s names and placed cards in each others holders.

Our pretend sleepover party last week was a huge success! The kindergartners wore their pajama tops to school, brought their sleeping bags/blankets, a stuffed toy friend, and pillows. Along with our big buddies, we “camped” out on the floor and watched “Winnie the Pooh in the Honey Tree.” They ate a variety of chips and had juice or soda to drink. Papers and pictures on display

SOCIAL STUDIES: We have learned about famous African Americans such as George Washington Carver, Thurgood Marshall, Mae Jamison, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Ralph Bunche. We have learned more about our first president, George Washington, and with Mrs. Jackel, cleaned pennies with the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, on it during a science experiment.

CALIFORNIA ANIMALS: The kindergartners are about animals that are native to California during Science with Mrs. Jackel; learning vocabulary such as camouflage, prey, predator, nocturnal, hibernation, and more. A naturalist from Sulphur Creek Nature Center brought animals to visit our class yesterday morning; a turkey vulture, a newt, a Rosie Boa, and an opossum. Through a variety of literature, the kindergartners have and will be learning many interesting facts about animals and how they survive in their environment. To end this unit in a fun-artistic manner, the kindergartners will create animal habitat dioramas. We’ll invite and share our dioramas with the Lion Cub class and the first through fourth grade students.

PRECORDERS: The kindergartners will have their first precorder lesson next week. They will learn the correct hand position when holding the precorders and how to “toot” gently into it. Shortly, students will learn to identify the following musical notes: a quarter, half, and whole note. They will also learn how many beats each of these notes receive. I will send the precorders home with the students so that parents may enjoy this part of our curriculum as well. J

The month of March has roared in like a lion and has helped our investigation of the simile, “March comes in like a lion and leaves out like a lamb” immensely! We’ll read books about the wind, write a paper in Language Arts about fun activities to do on windy days, and keep a class chart on windy weather for the month. The kindergartners will do a fun “huffing and puffing” experiment with Mrs. Jackel based on the wind; and if the weather is not too blustery, the kindergartners will play with a parachute during P.E.

Have a great week!

Yours truly,

Melva Bland

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