Thursday, May 3, 2018

Dietzel Diary - Week of April 23, 2018


Dietzel Diary
News from Kindergarten ~ Saint Paul School
http://kindercubs-saintpaul.blogspot.com

Week of April 23, 2018
 
What a great week to play outside!  We have been able to enjoy the good weather by working extra hard in the mornings and taking extra time at recess.  This week we learned about Earth Day and the importance of taking care of our Earth.  We discussed ways we can each help to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  One of our favorite stories was The Curious Garden by Peter Brown.  We learned how one little boy was able to change and improve and entire community.  We also learned about Miss Rumphius and all the beautiful wildflowers she grew, making her community beautiful.  Our caterpillars arrived this week.  We are keeping a journal of their activities and are very excited to watch them change and become butterflies.

Religion:  This week we discovered that Jesus celebrated God’s love and invites us to do so also.  We understand that Jesus is with us when we gather at Mass.  We also learned that when we help and care for others we are living God’s love.

Language Arts:  This week we blended sounds to decode words.  We identified apostrophes and recognize singular possessives.  Our memory words were:  put, for.  Our vocabulary words were:  gull, pet, hospital.  We worked with synonyms while reading our stories.  We used comprehension skills, focusing on recalling details and visualizing.

Math:  This week we completed our unit focused on 2-dimensional shapes.  We identified and named circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and hexagons.  I was very impressed with how well everyone did on our test!

Science:  We reviewed that animals need food, water and shelter to survive.  We then learned about dinosaurs and discussed that they would have needed the same thing to survive. 


COMING UP:

Beginning May 1st students may wear UNIFORM shorts.  No cargo, running, or gym shorts are allowed.

Language Arts—Our focus will be on K/k/ and Qu/qu/ sounds.  We will learn that Miss Q NEVER goes anywhere without “u”. 

Math—We will be learning about measurements.
 

May 1            Field Trip—Main Akron Library

May 3        NO SCHOOL FOR PreK & Kindergarten ONLY

May 9            Field Trip—Cleveland Zoo

 

Please remember that we attend Mass every Friday at 8:30.  You are always welcome to join us!

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