Mrs. Fiscus Kindergarten
March News 2022
Dear Kindergarten Families,
We have
celebrated 100 days of school, Valentine’s day, President’s day and Groundhog
day and spring is around the corner. What a blessing it is to share these
special days with your child! Here are some important tid-bits for you
as we enter the month of March:
Easter is coming on
April 17th, and we have the week off beforehand, so we will be
starting our Resurrection Eggs in March this year. As we teach the
children the true meaning of Easter we use a tool called "Resurrection
Eggs". The children create a dozen of eggs that have items
and Bible verses inside that help them to be able to share the true
meaning of Easter with others. To help this process go more smoothly I
need each child to bring in a clean egg carton (I prefer the
Styrofoam sort), a dozen of regular sized (plain colored) plastic Easter
eggs, and three dimes. We provide the rest of the materials to create
this meaningful activity. Please send these items by March 11th so we can have
the process finished before Easter.
You may have heard
of the Bull Dog Run and Auction. It is an annual fund raising even that
you will be hearing more about from the office. For now, I'd like you to
be aware that kindergarten classes have the theme of TOYS and you are invited
to buy interesting toys for our kindergarten basket. Be creative!
There is no obligation, but your donations are most appreciated to make our
class basket one that brings a great price at the auction and represents the
kindergarten department well.
I am thrilled with
the transition we have made in reading class to consonant blends. The
children are really flying with this concept and beginning to read
fluently. It's very exciting to see them progress from basic alphabet
knowledge, to blending consonants and vowels, to reading CVC words, and now
adding letters to make bigger words with consonant blends. They will be
reading long vowel words by the end of the year. More importantly I am seeing them read for
meaning, which is really what it’s all about.
Our math curriculum
is moving quickly as we’re learning numbers up to 20. It is very important that
your child counts carefully, using one to one correspondence, as we count to
higher numbers. We will soon be learning about solid figures and
geometrical concepts, and we are also beginning to tackle the concepts of
money.
Don’t forget the March 22nd is our
field trip to the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater to enjoy lunch and the performance
of Pinkalicious. Thank you for joining us for this special event.
Thank you for your
hard work with the reading assignments. Together we are working hard to
help your child be ready for first grade.
Truly blessed,
Mrs. Fiscus
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