We are going to be in serious t-shirt making mode this week.
Hopefully your kindergartener came home on Friday and told you about our
tie-dyeing experience we had already - so technically it has already started! I
was very pleasantly surprised on how smooth it all went – I showed all of my
friends how to make the dye bath and then my friends each came over and helped
get there t-shirt wet then we rung it out a little then I had them twist up
their shirt and put rubber bands around it – Briley’s mom and I were there to
help out a few times but for the most part they did it themselves and did a
very good job – from there we put the t-shirts into the big roaster to soak for
awhile. After the soaking was done Briley’s mom rinsed them all out and I took
them home to wash them. Now I am working on making all of the stencils (this
process is taking a little longer than I had expected but will be well worth it
in the end when all of my friends get to paint the mission statement on to
their shirt). My husband of course just doesn’t understand why we didn’t order
t-shirts – but that would not have been any fun – remember I am all about
making memories and hopefully my friends will not forget this one! J After we get all the
stencils cut-out we will get them ironed on and my friends can paint – before
that step they will also be writing with a fabric marker on the front – so we
can keep them separated. I will be keeping the t-shirts at school and will be
taking them home to wash them in Dreft. Please let me know if you have any
questions or concerns about this. Your child will wear them on our field trips
and maybe a few other days and then on the last day of school and then will
finally get to wear them home! I am super excited about this project and can’t
wait to see the finished product! I will try to let you know when we will be
wearing them!
We will also be learning a lot this week as well! In
Literacy we will be talking about how things in nature can be used to make new
things – which will be awesome because we have been talking about being good
citizens and next week is Earth Day and it fits in so perfectly! Our vocabulary
words are natural resources, create, designs, weave, and knowledge. We will be
taking a test over the kindergarten words we have learned so far this week and
we will also be learning two more words “where” and “look”. We will be focusing
on blending sounds together and the long o vowel sound as well. We will be reading “Bread Comes to Life”,
“Spider Woman Teaches the Navajo”, and “Nature Artists”. In the crabby books we
will read “Look a Home” and during guided reading either “Look Where It Is
From” or “What’s for Breakfast?” This week we have a lot of informational texts
and I just know we will be learning a lot!
In Unit Studies we will be learning about plants and the
different parts to a plant and what they need to survive! We know that water,
sunlight, and soil are very important!! We will also be planting a few things
over the next week or two and will be taking a walking field trip down to the
hardware store to buy some seeds and soil. This little trip will depend on the
weather and I am hoping that we can do it when all my friends are here, but we
will see! It will be super fun!
During writing we will continue to work hard on making our
stories the best that they can be. We are enjoying adding our thoughts and
feelings to our stories! I love reading my friends stories every day- they are
becoming such good writers!!!
In Math we will be graphing and comparing numbers. We will
also be looking at two groups of objects and figuring out how to make them
equal by adding or subtracting! Of course we will also be talking about teen
numbers and story problems. Please practice telling story problems at home if
you can – my friends are doing really well adding but subtraction is tricky!
Important Dates to remember…
Thursday, April 16th is the Art Fair
Monday, April 20th is our field trip to Chet Ager
Thursday, April 23rd is our Lorax movie night
(bring the whole family)
Friday, April 24th there is no school
Friday, May 8th we are eating lunch in the park
(parents are welcome to join us)
Thursday, May 21st end of the year celebration
and program
Also please think and send me all of your good, positive,
everything is going to be okay thoughts please. On Friday my computer wouldn’t
turn on and is now currently at the LPS computing services office trying to get
fixed. I told the guys who took it I just need my pictures and that I didn’t
care about anything else – just my pictures!!! So I am hoping for good news…..
but if your child tells you that I was crying and couldn’t stop you will know
why. And no I do not have anything backed up – and I know I should! My uncle
gives me the talk every time I see him. I promise Uncle Jim that I will start
if I get my pictures back and even if I don’t!!!! Again any positive thoughts
you have I would greatly appreciate….
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