RELIGION

LANGUAGE  ARTS

          With the completion of Letterbooks R & N we have spent time blending and sounding words with the letters we already know.  Our abilities at this time are very different from one child to the next, but we are all progressing forward.  You may wish to have your student draw a picture of the people in his family and write a caption for your child’s picture, using the word and between each name.  You can find an example of this on page 13 of Letter book N.

          We will continue with Letterbooks M, P and V.  The skills and concepts covered include:

·        Recognition of synonyms

·        Memory Word, I

·        Concept of word parts (syllables)

·        Rhyming words

·        Auditory discrimination of /p/ and /b/ and /v/ and /f/. in the initial position of rhyming words

·        Identification of missing sounds and letters in words

·        Spelling dictated words

·        Completion of meaningful sentences

·        Oral language experiences

Our Scholastic Magazine will focus on wind observations, earth patterns and cycles and the farm.

 

MATH

Chapter 11 works with measurement. As children work with length, they learn to compare objects by applying words such as tall, taller, tallest and short, shorter, shortest.  Children then link a number with a nonstandard, repeated unit to see how many units approximate an object’s length.  Children also learn that measurement is approximate, for example, a pencil may be about 6 paper clips long or between 7 and 8 blocks long.  After some experience with nonstandard measuring units, children estimate lengths in these units and then use the units to measure and verify the actual lengths.

            Chapter 12 explores  weight and capacity.  In this chapter, children continue exploring measurement by making direct comparisons, comparing weights and pouring substances from one container to another to compare capacity.  Children then use nonstandard units to weigh items and to find how many units fill a container.  They learn to apply words, such as heavy, light, holds the most, and holds the least.

ART

          Our artist for the month of March is Calder.  His work is often done in the form of a mobile.

SCIENCE

Our Physical Science activities will be built around  the topics of matter, heat and light, and how things move.         

OTHER ACTIVITIES

          Other activities will include follow up to our visit at the Sugar Bush and the topic of weather that occurs during the early spring.  We will also complete some of the activities that we weren’t able to finish last month due to the missed class time.

             The Cherubs sing this Wednesday, March 12th at  St. Michael for the 7:00 p.m. Lenten services. Please remember to be at church 15 minutes prior to the start of the service.  Our next time to sing for Sunday morning services is May  11th. 

Our children  really enjoyed  the visit to Merry Lea at the Yoder Sugar Bush Farms on Monday.   We have lots of pictures that will be a part of our Kindergarten classroom cd they will receive at the conclusion of the school  year. 

As you can tell by now, we have been working on the songs from the musical.  You child has already brought home a booklet of the song lyrics to memorize.  Please refer to the dates on the back of the booklet for your memory. 

A  date has been set for the Father’s Day/Native American Day at school.  We will plan for Wednesday, May 7th. On that day the students and their fathers(or a substitute friend) will spend the morning enjoying the experiences of a Native American Indian.  The event will conclude at 12:00.  You will hearabout more of the details in April.   Good weather is necessary for many of our activities.