Kinder Bear Newsletter: April 2022

Dear Kinder Bears Families, 

Happy Spring!! As many of us know, spring weather can be quite unpredictable. Please keep your eyes and ears on the daily forecast and bring your student to school dressed accordingly. 

Important events in April: 

* Friday April 15, To celebrate Easter, we will learn about Easter holiday in class. The kids will be painting Easter eggs and making “Easter Egg Bunny Crafts”. They can come to school in bunny costumes or SPRING colors with their bunny puppets. 

* Friday April 22, Earth Day. In honor of Earth Day, we will be talking about how to take care of our Earth and our environments. We will also have a recycling activity for a math project in the whole group. Please have your student come to school in GREEN. Earth Day is every day! Reduce, Reuse & Recycle! 

* Birthdays: Calvin 4/11, Teddy 4/22. Happy Birthday to Calvin and Teddy! April Focus: 

Language Arts: 

· Sight Words Level B 

· Reading and counting words in a sentence 

· Types of Sentences 

· Story Characters 

· Story Setting 

· Read Aloud: What’s The Weather Like Today? by Conral J. Storad · National Geographic Kids: Weather by Kristin Braird Rattini 

National Geographic Kids: Clouds by Marfe Ferguson Delano 

National Geographic Kids: Seed to Plant by Kristin Braird Rattini 

Mathematics: 

· Measuring (temperature, time, and money) 

· Advanced Topics: More Compose and Decompose Numbers (any numbers)/More Addition and Subtraction(regrouping and no regrouping)/More Fact Families/Fraction 

Science & Technology: 

· Earth Science: Weather 

· Robotics: Remote Control-bot and Bumper-bot 

Social Studies: 

· Our Works 

–Ms. Guoli and Mr. James