Dear Grizzly 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.

The graduation ceremony will be held in the field on Friday, May 23. More details about the event will be shared in May’s newsletter.

Important events in April:

– School Picture and Graduation Picture Day. Professional photographers will be on-site to capture beautiful portraits of the kids. Please see the director’s newsletter for the date of Picture Day.

– Friday 04/18, Easter Party. To celebrate Easter, we  will be learning about the holiday during that week. The kids will paint Easter eggs and make Easter crafts. On the party day, the kids can come to school in bunny costumes or SPRING colors with their stuffed bunny animals.

– Tuesday 04/22, 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 math and engineering activities with the plastic recycling containers. Please have your student come to school in GREEN. Earth Day is every day! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

– Birthdays: 

       Monday 04/07, Jordynn’s birthday. 

       Monday 04/28, Maya’s birthday.

Happy Birthday to Jordynn and Maya!!

April Focus:

Language Arts:
– Sight Words Level B

– Reading and Counting Words

– 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)
– More Compose and Decompose Numbers
– More Addition and Subtraction

Science & Technology:

– Earth Science: Oceans

  Weather

– Life Science: The Life Cycle of A Butterfly. We will experience the inspiring journey of metamorphosis as we watch caterpillars undergo their miraculous transformation into butterflies, right before our eyes!

– Robotics: Remote Control-bot and Bumper-bot

Social Studies:

– Our World

– Our Works

Many thanks,

–Ms. Guoli