March 22-April 12, 2026
Kindergarten Announcements
*There will be no newsletter next week!
Happy Spring Break Everyone!
Save travels to all who are leaving St. Joe.
ELA
We read books about passenger trains and learned to write an
informative paragraph about a monorail. We learned about
focus statements, supporting details, and concluding sentences.
While you are on break, I hope you, most importantly, enjoy
new experiences and find time to develop relationships with
your children. However if you are looking for other learning
opportunities, please see the following suggestions that connect
with our current Module lessons: Encourage your student to read
Decodable Readers or books of your choosing every night.
Practice reading and spelling regularly spelled, one-syllable
words with a middle short vowel sound (e.g., "pat," "chat," "tap").
Math
We finished our unit by counting groups of up to 20 images.
Students worked with images arranged in lines, arrays, circles,
and on 10-frames. Images arranged in a circle were tricky for
students and we learned that it is very important to keep track
of which images have been counted. After counting groups and
keeping track of what was counted, students practiced recording
the numbers to show how many. We also started a new unit to
reinforce counting concepts as students built with pattern blocks.
By the end of next week, students will be able to put together
pattern blocks to represent equations.
P2: Cheering others’ successes…
is grounded in being happy for others when they make progress
and then being excited when they do succeed. When we cheer
others, they will return the favor and encourage us on our path
to success.
Science: Plant Needs: Water and Light
In this Read-Along lesson, Sam wonders why his grandmother
wants to keep an old log in her yard—until he begins to meet
a few of her friends. Students then pretended to be lizards
eating ants, and discovered why old logs are helpful to animals.
Rainbow Words
Please keep practicing these important words at home every night.
Centers:
We enjoyed celebrating St. Patrick’s Day by graphing Skittles,
coloring rainbows by sight words, and searching for hidden words
within Leprechaun pictures.
Tinker Time:
We are just about to fill our star jar! We will be earning tinker time.
Please send in empty paper towel or tp tubes, empty tissue boxes,
shoe boxes, pieces of cardboard, duct tape, egg cartons or anything else you can
think of that the kids would have fun tinkering with. Thank you!
Classroom needs:
Large glue sticks. If you are able, we could use some new glue
sticks to finish off the end of the year.
Sight Words:
I, am, a, the, an, and, is, of, go, no, so, to, do, my,
said, into, that, not, she, he, me, as, you, are, was,
see, for, or, his, her, look, good, they, says, all,
like, each, little, have, more, from, out, about,
put, very, be, get, who, what, when
M: Leo
T: Vivian
W: Charlie
Th: Katerina
F: No School-Spring Break!
April 6: Isabella
April 7: Mara
April 8: London
April 9: Mack
April 10: Sully
Upcoming events:
March 27-April 5: Spring Break
April 6: March homework due
May 4: Planetarium (no parents needed)
May 15: Hesston Train Museum (time TBD)
May 29: Last day of Kindergarten 😢
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