N E W S  &  L E S S O N S  F R O M  M S.  K A L T R I N A  &  M S.  D I A N E ’ S  C L A S S

Issue: April 12 - April 23, 2021

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Reminder: The children must wear closed toe, rubber soled shoes for safety!

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Dear parents,

Hope everyone had a great spring break. We are so happy to welcome all the students back. April is here! A new month has begun, and March went by so quickly.

We will be learning the letters V and W. We are so happy, that soon we will have finished learning the alphabet. We will be learning about the farm animals and the insects.

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On April 12th we will begin Spirit Week:

Silly Head Monday

Pajama Tuesday

Wacky Wednesday

USA Pride Thursday

Fun Animal Friday

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All the best,

Kaltrina, Diane, Ruby and Marie

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Our theme is Farm Animals and Insects

Art:

Bumble bee paper craft

Sheep bubble wrap paint craft

Chicken foam craft

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Cultural Arts/Geography:

Landforms

Water air and land

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Language:

Farm animal workbook

Farm animals matching activity

Letter/sound reciting

Letter of the week – beginning sound game

Practice reading Bob Books

Practice tracing and writing of the letter of the week

Short sentence writing

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Books:

When Cows Come Home by David L. Harrison

Old Macdonald had a farm by Pam Adams

Wasp by David Hawcock and Lee Montgomery

Little Kids Big Book of Bugs by Catherine D. Hughes

Who Took the Farmers Hat? By Joan L. Nodset

Big Bug Little Bug by Paul Stickland

The Fascinating World of Bees by Angels Julivert

The Ants Go Marching by Priscilla Burris

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Math:

Counting to 10 in other languages (Spanish, Albanian and Chinese)

Golden bead introduction tray

Addition and subtraction practice with Montessori materials

Practice tracing and writing of numbers

Teens board

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Practical Life:

Water our planted seeds

Practice putting on our shoes

Water transferring

Folding napkins

Cleaning windows

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Science:

Lifecycle of a ladybug

Lifecycle of a butterfly

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Sensorial:

Triangle box

Rectangle box

Geometric solids with base