Estimation

This week we have worked on practicing estimating. We have read two exciting books and each day we practice estimating the number of things in a zip-loc bag. Yesterday we estimated a bunch of crayons, made our guesses on post-it notes, and then counted to see the real number (26). We then discussed which guesses were guess estimates. We also watched a clip from discovery education on how crayons are made and the large amount of crayons that are made each day.

April Newsletter

Musician in Residence

This week we had our musician in residence, Ms. Merritt,who taught our class the basics of how to play the harmonica. We had so much fun!

Don't Forget! Picture Day is Friday

FRIDAY IS PICTURE DAY!

Spirit Night!

IPad Article

I just stumbled upon a great article about how IPads are changing the path of education especially for kindergarten students. Click here if you want to read more...

Scientist of the Day

We have begun "Scientist For The Day" and are taking turns sending the scientist bags home with each student. Please keep the bag for up to two nights. So, that means if it goes home on Monday it must be back to school by Wednesday. No excuses please. We have children waiting their turn. All instructions are in the bag, please take a few minutes to read them when your child comes home with the bag. Thanks!

Snow Day Make-Up Schedule Revised

(This is a press release from VBCPS)

After carefully considering feedback from the community, Virginia Beach City Public Schools has revised its plans to make up instructional time lost due to the school closure for snow on February 10.

April 8 will now be an instructional day for students. The day was originally scheduled as a staff day with schools closed for students. As a result of the change, the school division no longer plans to temporarily add 20 minutes to the school day as previously announced.

Communications to parents will include an AlertNow message to be sent this evening to all households of children enrolled in Virginia Beach schools. In addition, an updated calendar is posted on the school division website, vbschools.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eileen Cox
Date: 03/09/11 Phone: 757.263.1949
News Release No. 046 Fax: 757.263.1010
Email: eileen.cox@vbschools.com

IPad Apps

We love using the IPads in our class and I wanted to let all the parents know which Apps we were using so you can use them at home if you would like. I have used all of these apps in class and also at home with my own kindergartener (and also my 2 year old). Above the apps are- math magic, math bingo, and word magic. The anaologies for kids and sentence builder are apps we use for higher level thinking.

Eye on the Alphabet Project

The optional "eye on the alphabet" project is due during the week of March 14th. All projects will be displayed in the hallway for everyone to view. Thanks!