Newsletter Weeks 32-33

Kindergarten Newsletter
Weeks 32-33
April 26-30 and May 3-7

Our theme for the next two weeks is insects. We will be discussing the characteristics of an insect, insect habitats and we will compare insects to arachnids. We will focus on butterflies, bees, and ants in our second week of the insect unit.

In math, we will finish up Topic 14: Time. We will begin Topic 15: Calendars. We will be discussing the different months, days of the week, seasons and yesterday/today/tomorrow.

School to Home Connection
(Week 32)
Focus letter: Qq
This week’s password: girl
Nursery Rhyme: Hickory Dickory Dock

School to Home Connection
(Week 33)
Focus letter: Zz
This week’s password: boy
Nursery Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Important Dates:

4/27: Field trip to Omni Theater and Stovall Park (we will be at the park around 12:30pm) Please send your child with a sack lunch, unless a note was turned in stating that a lunch needed to be provided by the cafeteria. Also, please send your child in clothes that are appropriate for the weather and to play at the park (ie: tennis shoes, no dresses, etc)
5/19: Field trip to SW Arlington Library
5/21: Field Day
6/4: Last day of school & Kindergarten Graduation Celebration Program

Eggs + more

We did a couple of different experiments with eggs last week. We cracked an uncooked egg and examined the different parts (yolk, white, and shell). We also cracked a hardboiled egg and compared the two eggs. We put a hardboiled egg in vinegar to show that vinegar will make the egg shell soft and deteriorate. If you put a peeled hardboiled egg in vinegar, over time it will make the egg rubbery.

Ms. Montez shows the kids what the inside of an

uncooked egg looks like.

Mrs. Williams getting prepare to throw

and egg at me.

Art by Citlali

Queen crowns for letter /Qq/

Field Trip to Omni Theater and Stovall Park

Omni Theater: Bugs

Waiting patiently in line to see the show.

Cool screen effects

We all agreed that Bugs was an excellent show!






Stovall Park

CAE invades the park.

Loading the bus to go back to CAE.

Masters of Topic 14: Time

Congrats to the following for making a 100 or better on Topic 14 test:

Jaden
Trey
Garrett
Bailey

Field Trip Tomorrow

If you plan on meeting at CAE to either carpool or follow the bus (parents are not allowed on the bus), then please arrive around 9:20. The buses are scheduled to arrive at 9:30am.

Bugs starts at 11:05am and ends at 11:50am. We will be arriving to the Omni a little after 10am -- to ensure that we get great seats, time for bathroom breaks, and time for snacks.

We will arrive at Stovall Park for lunch around 12:30pm. The bus will depart Stovall Park around 1:45pm. If you wish to check out your child from the park, you must go to CAE and get a check out slip. Teachers are not allowed to dismiss students from the park unless a check out slip is provided.

Mrs. Borden's Website

Many of you have asked about things your students can do on the internet. My website is http://tborden.wetpaint.com/. You can send this too parents who are looking for academic sites for the children. Thanks Therese Borden (technology teacher)


http://tborden.wetpaint.com/page/Kindergarten

What's Going On? This is...

Our super huge sunflowers.

Jaden watering our flowers.

Making our giant sunflowers.

Zoish has some serious math skills!

She did all of this by herself!!

Bilaal plays his authentic xylphone from Africa for the class.

Since the school read over 1,000 books in one week, Dr. Beaird

rewarded the school by playing music over the announcements

and letting the school dance in the hallways.

"Creature" Shared Art by Mrs. Hendrix and Trey

Measurement Masters!

The following made a 100 or better on the Topic 13: Measurement test...

Zoish
Mia
Bailey
Bilaal
Jaden

Congrats!

Directions to the Omni Theater

http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-wPmY5sv5IEm6

Directions from A to B: CAE to Omni
1. Start out going NORTH on FOX HUNT DR toward W NATHAN LOWE RD. 0.1 mi Map | Avoid


2. Turn LEFT onto W NATHAN LOWE RD. 0.4 mi Map | Avoid


3. Turn LEFT onto SW GREEN OAKS BLVD. 0.2 mi Map | Avoid


4. Turn RIGHT onto S BOWEN RD. 1.1 mi Map | Avoid


5. Merge onto I-20 W via the ramp on the LEFT. 5.0 mi Map | Avoid


6. Keep RIGHT to take US-287 N via EXIT 442B toward DOWNTOWN FT WORTH. 1.5 mi Map | Avoid


7. Keep LEFT to take US-287 N via EXIT 33A toward DOWNTOWN/FT WORTH. 6.0 mi Map | Avoid


8. Merge onto I-30 W via the exit on the LEFT toward ABILENE. 1.4 mi Map | Avoid


9. Take the TX-199/HENDERSON ST exit, EXIT 13B. 0.4 mi Map | Avoid


10. Take the HENDERSON ST ramp. 0.1 mi Map | Avoid


11. Keep RIGHT at the fork to go on HENDERSON ST/TX-199. 0.1 mi Map | Avoid


12. Turn LEFT onto W LANCASTER AVE. 1.8 mi Map | Avoid


13. Turn LEFT onto GENDY ST. 0.2 mi Map | Avoid


14. 1600 GENDY ST. Map | Avoid



There are 0.1 miles between your ending location and the end of your driving directions. Use local maps to get from the end of your route to your ending location.


Omni IMAX Dome Theater Edit
1600 Gendy St, Fort Worth, TX 76107 - (817) 255-9300
United States

Heavier or Lighter? + Measuring Area

We compared the weight of various objects to the weight of 1/2 cup of beans. We made predictions if the objects would be heavier or lighter than the beans, then we weighed them, and last we recorded our answers on the chart.

We also made predictions about how many cubes we thought we fit into certain objects on the rug. It took 16 cubes to fill up the window, 45 cubes was the area of the door, and 36 cubes was the area of the mountain.

Plant Study

Most of our flowers have started to sprout. A few still

haven't. I am really hoping that all of the seeds eventually sprout!
Mohmmad makes his vegetable soup after
reading Growing Vegetable Soup.

Evan makes his vegetable soup.

"Mmmmm.. delicious!" Giving it a wild man shake!

Grow, grow!

We did an experiment to show how

a plant's stem sucks up the water

and gives it to the leaves. We put celery

in green food coloring and by the next day

we could see the green food coloring in the stem

and on the leaves.

Interactive Online Stories (seeds and plants)

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-lucky-seed-popup.htm (click start)

http://www.kizclub.com/storytime/carrot/first.html (The Enormous Carrot - a book we have in class)

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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm

All of the stories listed above + tons more.

This Week's Math Centers

Bilaal and CJ put the number puzzle together for the

math review center.
Ana and Zoi are on the computer doing
addition problems.

The cow table reviews past skills.

The frog table plays "How Tall Am I?" The fish table investigates the capacity of

various objects.

The whale table investigates the area

of different shapes using colored blocks.

The bear table gets to play with the
"How Long is it? measurement center.

This center is a big hit!