Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

Some of our eggs hatched today. 4 eggs hatched last night. We watched 1 hatch on the Smartboard! It can take around 5 hours to get out of the egg. Some dry chicks got to go in the tub. Miss Tappana and Miss Cramer and Mrs. Hotchkiss put the chicks into the tub. They also put food and water. (Mikayla)

We did writing. We did our chick journals. We wrote about our eggs hatching. In our chick journals we got scissors and cut a picture of an egg. It had a pip mark. We glued it on. We have to write the day so we know what day it is. When we are bigger kids we can know what happened. (James and JR)

We did math. We played a similar game to this before but this is with dot cards. Each person gets cards and you have a partner. Then you have to flip up 2 cards then you add the dots all together or in total and whoever has more gets to say “me!” Then they say the sentence like “5 is more than 2.” When the cards are all done then the other person wins. (Sophia)

We did P.E. We got to do push-ups and curl ups. (Jayden and Andrew)

We did snack. Our book was called The Chicken or The Egg? We saw chicks in the book and different kinds of chickens. It’s called a breed. (Kate)

We did Fundations. We did long –a and short –a. (Layla)

Earth Day Homework! Please have your child bring in ONE CLEAN item that can be recycled (detergent bottle, soda bottle/can, aluminum can, glass jar, magazine, newspaper, paper, plastic water bottle, small cardboard box, cereal boxes, pasta box, etc.). Please make sure the plastic items are labeled 1-7! We will be using these on Earth Day which is Friday, April 22nd!

Plea se join us for a

Share Fair

We would like to invite you to our classroom on

Thursday, April 14^th

from 2:40-3 pm.

No RSVP Needed

We will share our Chick Hatching Journals and projects! You will also get a chance to meet the chicks! Please stop in and see all the fun and egg-citement we are having in kindergarten!

Allison Tappana

@MissTappanaMCE

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

We did Fundations. For Fundations we did something new. We sorted short –a and long –a. There were lots of pictures we sorted. (Evan)

We did writing. We did weekend news. Miss Tappana challenged us to write 3 sentences. (Andrew)

We did math. We played Part Whole Bingo. We can split the cube trains up. (Kate)

We did art. In art we painted our fish or dragon. We had a paint brush and paint. We put white glue on it so the paint doesn’t come off. Some people got to read books or free draw. (JR)

We did our poem. For our poem it was a new one. It’s called I’m a Little Chicken. At the end when we were reading we did some hand motions and Mrs. Hotchkiss got to read it the first time. It had two noises in the poem. (Ginger)

We did our chick journals. We did it 2 times. We did it for morning job and project time. We got to do 2 pages. We got a picture and cut it out. We put it in our chick journals. We wrote words with it so people understand. We got to color one of the pictures. We wanted to make it colorful and nice because our parents are going to see it one day! (Sophia)

The chicks might hatch tomorrow! (Layla)

It is the 139^th day of school! (Dylan)

We watched a new Class Dojo video this morning. It is Series 2 Episode 1. Here are some questions you could discuss with your child tonight as well as the link to the video!

https://bit.ly/1RYg0di

Series 2, Ep 1: Take-home questions

1. What is "the dip"?

2. Discuss an example of a time you've felt

the dip (student share, parent share.) How did

it feel?

3. How does what we've learned about

growth mindset help us get out of the dip?

REMINDERS:

·       Please return books sent home over the weekend in the plastic bags as soon as you can!

·       Our Chick Share Fair will be at 2:40 pm on Thursday (4/14). The note sent home on Friday is also included below:

Plea se join us for a

Share Fair

We would like to invite you to our classroom on

Thursday, April 14^th

from 2:40-3 pm.

No RSVP Needed

We will share our Chick Hatching Journals and projects! You will also get a chance to meet the chicks! Please stop in and see all the fun and egg-citement we are having in kindergarten!

Allison Tappana

@MissTappanaMCE

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

We did our field trip. We went to a play. Our play was Skippy Jon Jones. He was in a circus. There were other people with him. They were real people they were just dressing up. We got to meet them at the end of the show outside. Some gave us high fives. It was funny! Skippy Jon Jones was acting like he was a girl and he had on his sister’s skirt. (Mikayla and Andrew and Kymiah and Malai)

We did math. For math we played a really tricky game. It’s called Part Whole Bingo. You have your game board and your dice. You have to roll your dice and figure out how many dots are on the dice in all. You have to fill the game board with cubes. You can split the cubes if you want to. Like if you have a 10 you could put one on 1 and some on 9 with cubes. (Sophia)

We did math and snack together. (James)

We did our poem. We wrote 2 more lines. We finished our poem with a question mark at the end! (Kate)

We did music. We got to finish the movie and book. We did a bear hunt. (Max)

We wrote in our chick journals. We had some pictures so we could remember what we had. (Layla)

Information about book orders is found below:

Reading Club Order Due Date: April 22

Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub  or http://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

One-Time Class Activation Code: H2MBR

Dear Families,

Good news! This month's Scholastic Reading Club flyers are ready for you to explore with your child. Children read more when they choose their own books, so I encourage you to look at the flyers together. Each flyer is filled with grade-specific, affordable titles.

Place your order online at scholastic.com/readingclub or send the order form and payment to me. Ordering online is the easiest way to ensure I get your order on time. Also, there are more books to choose from as well as teacher recommendations.

Remember, for every book you order, our class earns FREE Books and supplies...and we have our eye on some new additions.

Thank you for your support!

PS: Books make wonderful gifts! Please let me know if your order includes a gift, and I will contact you when it arrives.

Ordering online is fast and easy:

- VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub

- ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code (top of this letter)

- SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books and value packs

- SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom

- All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!

Information about summer school was sent home in folders today, so please check that out!

We are having an Arts Night on April 21. Information about this event was sent home in folders today.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Allison Tappana

@MissTappanaMCE

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

Today we did something new in math. We were talking about the orders of numbers from yesterday with the dominos and cube towers. Today we were showing people’s thinking and we wrote them on the board. Kids came up to help with it. (Sylus)

We did writing. For writing it was special because we got to finish our final draft and it’s gonna go in a real life book! We worked our best and tried to do it our best. We had to make it exactly like our practice one which was our rough draft. (Sophia)

We did the assembly. There were people dancing and singing on the stage. They are called Mother Singers. We got to watch a couple of their songs. There was someone dressed up as the Genie and one person dressed up like Aladdin. The Genie flung the monkey on the stage. The Mother Singers traveled to schools for 70 years! They sang one of our morning meeting songs in sign language. (Layla and Evan)

We did Daily 5. (Logan)

We did our poem. We wrote 2 more lines of our poem. Friends got to come up and help write letters and words in the poem. (Andrew)

Mrs. Hotchkiss read a book to us. It was called Chick Life Cycle. We learned a lot about chicks in there. And we got to eat our snack. (Ginger)

We did morning job. We wrote in our chick journals and we glued the picture of the eggs. We wrote more about the chicks. (Kate)

It was the 137^th day in school! (Dylan)

We are going on a field trip to Columbia College tomorrow to see a play. We are leaving in the morning so please make sure your child gets to school on time! Thanks!

Have a great Thursday!

Allison Tappana

@MissTappanaMCE

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

We did math. We sorted dominoes from 2 to 12. And then we got groups and we had dominoes. We got cubes. We made towers with the cubes and we put the domino by the tower. Then we would use 2 different colors to build the tower. (Ginger and Sylus)

We did writing. We drew our picture for our final draft. We had a practice one and then we used it to help us with our final draft. We used markers. (Kate and Lyrik and Kymiah)

We did P.E. We had stations. We had 7 stations instead of 4 stations. We got to do all of them. She put on music for us. (Sophia)

We did our poem. We wrote 2 more lines. (Evan)

We had a creativity lesson. We made a book with stickers and other things. We used a brown paper bag for the book. (Andrew)

We did snack. Mrs. Hotchkiss read the book From Egg to Chicken. Mrs. Hotchkiss showed what was in the pretend eggs to show us what the chicks look like in the eggs right now. (Layla)

We did morning job. For morning job we sorted the words in the –un and –ug word families. (Sophia)

Tomorrow is the last day to turn in order forms for our class book! We will be finishing the final draft illustration and sending everything in to be published.

Thanks!! Have a great night!

Allison Tappana

@MissTappanaMCE

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

The chicks came today! They are in the incubator. There are 12 eggs. The incubator will keep the eggs warm because it’s 101 degrees in there. (Layla)

We did our chick journals. We got to write something today. We got to write about what happened today. We got to pick out 2 pictures to put in our journals. (James)

We did writing. For writing we did our final draft of our writing words into our class book! And we got to do it very nice. (Sophia)

We did Daily 5. (Logan)

We did art. For art we got to go outside. Outside we got to go around the animal grass and to the benches. We got to write stuff on boards. (Max)

We did our poem. We wrote another line. Now it says, “Peck peck peck on the soft white egg.” (Andrew)

We did our intruder drill. We practiced. We walked outside. If there was a real intruder we would go farther past the sidewalk. (Ginger)

We did Fundations. We wrote on an egg. We wrote words with the “ch”. We hung it up by a chick on the wall. (Kate)

For morning buzz we did something a little different. We asked questions about chicks. Miss Tappana will look up the questions later. It was fun! (Andrew and Lyrik)

We did snack. Mrs. Hotchkiss showed us a picture of the girl putting the eggs in the incubator. She wrote in her chick journal and so she put a picture in her journal and wrote something. (Lyrik)

We are submitting the final drafts for our published class book on Thursday. If you have an order form in your child’s folder today, please check yes or no on the form so we know if you want a book or not. They will be turned in by Thursday! Thanks so much!

Allison Tappana

@MissTappanaMCE

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

We did math. Since it was a long Spring Break we had to review rules for our game. And we also had a partner. We played Counters in a Cup with 6 cubes. (Ginger)

We started our chick book! We cut papers out and glued them on the front and inside the book. The eggs might come tomorrow. (Connor)

We learned our new poem. We had to write it. Some people got to come up and write the letters on the chart. It’s called The Chick. We wrote 1 line. (Kate and Evan)

We did Daily 5. (Logan)

We did writing. For writing we wrote Monday News. We wrote about what we did over the break. We got to choose anything from the break! Miss Tappana got to write what she did over her break too to help us remember how to do the writing after the long Spring Break. (Sophia)

We did snack. Mrs. Hotchkiss read about a lot of animals that lay eggs. Other animals can lay eggs. (Layla)

We did music. For music we threw our scarves and tried to catch them. We read a book in music and watched a movie about it. (Lyrik)

For Fundations we did words with ch. We made a list of words with ch. (JR)

REMINDER:

·       The MCE Color Run Walk registration forms are due Wednesday! I attached the form to this email. It can also be found on the school website.

I hope everyone had a great Spring Break! Have a wonderful Monday evening!

Allison Tappana

@MissTappanaMCE