During this week we will introduce the letter V. We will review verbs and vowels. Your child has been introduced to nouns, verbs, and adjectives this year. They may not be able to recall those names (nouns, verbs, adjectives) but when we talk about them in regards to their writing, they understand how to use them to make their writing more interesting. Vowels are tricky in Kindergarten. It is typical for your child to mix up e/i, and o/u....but we really want to do a push this last quarter to see if they can master the vowel sounds. It would be helpful if you have a chance to practice this skill at home. A good way to practice it is by showing them a list of nonsense words and having them sound them out. For example, have them sound out words like vej, zop, dev, faz, etc. Our goal would be to have them able to "read" these words without having to sound them out first.( They should always use the short vowel sound.) It is ok if your child needs to say the individual sounds first, but encourage them to then blend the sounds together. Another way to practice vowels is to have them sort pictures of things that have the same middle vowel sounds ( cat, cap, jam, mat, and jet, red, bed, set). Having a good grasp of vowels will help your child be more prepared for first grade! Students will also learn about how to use a venn diagram to compare things. When we return from our field trip on Wednesday, April 18th, we will compare the Beauty and the Beast book version to the play we see.

In math this week we will continue to work on math number sense skills and problem solving This week we will also review fractions. Last week we discussed how to cut things in "half". We will continue to work on this concept as we explore the vocabulary words of equal and not equal (unequal). Our math vocabulary is growing. Be sure to refer to the home links pages on the right side of the blog. These concepts have been introduced at school but need to be reviewed at home.

If you are placing a Scholastic book order please do that soon. I will be closing the order on Wednesday, April 18th. If you have not done so, please return your child's report card envelope. We need to use these envelopes for the final quarter. Have a great weekend!