Mrs. Miller's Kindergarten Class
My name is Kathy Miller and I am so happy to be your child's teacher. This kindergarten year will be a year of new beginnings, a year filled with large and small accomplishments, a year of trying new things and making new friends. Kindergarten is an important year in your child's education. It sets the foundation for future years. I am honored to be on this very memorable and special journey with you and your child! I will be updating this website weekly with our K1 Newsletter, class photos, important dates and information.
I look forward to working with you this year!
Important Dates:
April 29 - Kindergarten Musical - performance 11:00-11:30 in the Multipurpose Room- Families welcome to attend
May 27 - Kindergarten Picnic- 9-10:30- More information to come - volunteers needed.
Dear K 1 Families,
Thanks for joining us Thursday evening for our Kindergarten open House! It was a memorable evening for everyone. Your children were on top of the world! They were beaming with pride and confidence. It was so fun for me to sit back and watch them shine!
We are excited to be getting ready for our Kindergarten musical, Down on Springhill Farm! The performance is this Wednesday, April 29th at 11:00 in our Springhill Multipurpose room. (the gym). The performance runs approximately 30 minutes. It will be a fun way for the children to share their knowledge of a Farm as a working community and tell about some of the animals that may be found on a farm. This is a very child centered production! The most stressful part is getting a parking spot on the day of the performance so please allow extra time for that. There will be no need for supplying a costume; we will provide them for you. We are encouraging your child to wear a white shirt and either jeans or jean overalls for the performance. If your child does not have any of these clothing items, no worries, just have them wear something plain.
In math we played a fun math dice game called Tenzi and we began a unit on story problems. The mathematicians learned that another tool someone can use in math is drawing. In mathematics, drawing a picture, also known as visual representation or model drawing, is a strategy used to help students understand and solve mathematical problems by creating a visual representation of the problem. This tool can be used across various levels of mathematics, from elementary school to high school and beyond. We also started to learn about using a number line as a tool in addition!
In reading and phonics we continued to work with long vowel sounds this week and focused on the long /i/. Next week we will focus on long /o/. Your child is bringing home many readers this week that they can read to you and keep to reread by themselves. Remember rereading builds fluency in a young reader!
Our theme was flowers and plant life cycles. The children read a few decodable books that focused on this theme, made fun flower hats and diagramed parts of a flower. We celebrated Earth Day on Tuesday and painted watercolor Earths.
We ended our busy week with a fun time with our fourth grade buddies! Our time was creating a plant life cycle hat. Spending time with our buddies is always a favorite way to end the week.
Can’t wait to see everyone on Wednesday at the performance! Have a wonderful weekend! - Kathy
