April 27-April 31

NOTES: Kindergarten has added a field trip coming up May 8th! We were offered the opportunity to visit the Haler Dairy Farm in Cologne. This field trip connects to our Core Knowledge Farm unit as we will learn how milk gets from the farm to our table. Look for a permission slip to come home this week in your child's backpack.

LITERATURE

Focus: Cause and Effect

• Laura Numeroff Books
• Pete the Cat

MATH

This week's focus: Time

During the months of April and May  students will work on the following skills

• numbers to 100 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• addition and subtraction
• ordinal position: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
•  patterns : ABA and shrinking
• capacity
• telling time to the hour
• money: identify coins and the coin’s value, counting coins with the same value

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will begin their unit -writing for readers. Students will work on writing about true events in their lives focusing on making their writing readable to others and including a beginning middle, and end.

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Plants- kindergarteners will learn about the parts of a plant and what plants need to grow. We will be growing our own plants and completing an observation log.

April 20th-24th

LITERATURE

Focus: Fables

• The Hare and The Tortoise
• The Dog and His Reflection
• Feraj and The Magic Lute
• How Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice

MATH

This week's focus: Capacity and Time

During the months of April and May  students will work on the following skills

• numbers to 100 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• addition and subtraction
• ordinal position: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
•  patterns : ABA and shrinking
• capacity
• telling time to the hour
• money: identify coins and the coin’s value, counting coins with the same value

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will begin their unit -writing for readers. Students will work on writing about true events in their lives focusing on making their writing readable to others and including a beginning middle, and end.

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Plants- kindergarteners will learn about the parts of a plant and what plants need to grow. We will be growing our own plants and completing an observation log.

Relay for Life = Non Uniform Day May 20th!

NJHS is teaming with Relay for Life to raise funds to help fight cancer. NJHS is offering a non-uniform day for students who bring in a $2.00+ donation for Relay for Life. The non-uniform day will be Wednesday, May 20^th.  Last year we raised over $1,600, our goal this year is $2,000. Please make checks out to Relay for Life.

 

 

Thank you everyone for your support of NJHS and Relay for Life

Volunteer Appreciation

Attention CA Volunteers!!

If you have volunteered in any way to help support our school and students please attend our upcoming OSA so that we can recognize you for your dedication to Cologne Academy.

Friday, April 24th @ 2:45 in the Community Center Gym

                                                                                                                                                         

April 13-17

LITERATURE

Focus: Nursery Rhymes

• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Hickory, Dickory Dock
• Diddle, Diddle Dumpling
• Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
• Humpty Dumpty

MATH

This week's focus: ABA and Shrinking Patterns

During the months of April, May, June students will work on the following skills

• numbers to 100 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• addition and subtraction
• ordinal position: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
•  patterns : ABA and shrinking
• capacity
• telling time to the hour
• money: identify coins and the coin’s value, counting coins with the same value

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will begin their unit -writing for readers. Students will work on writing about true events in their lives focusing on making their writing readable to others and including a beginning middle, and end.

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Weather- kindergarteners will learn about the 4 seasons including the temperature and activities /proper clothing associated with specific seasons. 

April 6--10

LITERATURE

Focus: Nursery Rhymes

• Roses are Red
• Ring Around the Rosy
• It's Raining, It's Pouring
• Rain, Rain, Go Away
• Little Jack Horner
• Jack Be Nimble

MATH

This week's focus: Subtraction

During the months of April, May, June students will work on the following skills

• numbers to 100 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
• addition and subtraction
• ordinal position: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
•  patterns : ABA and shrinking
• capacity
• telling time to the hour
• money: identify coins and the coin’s value, counting coins with the same value

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING

Students will begin their unit -writing for readers

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Weather- kindergarteners will learn about the 4 seasons including the temperature and activities /proper clothing associated with specific seasons.