Welcome Message

• Happy Spring! We begin the 4th quarter with a theme of Life Cycle. We will learn about the life cycles of plants, insects, and animals corresponding with Spring. The students will gain a sense of self within the world. We will also plan for our spring field trip. More information will come soon.
• During the fourth quarter, children construct an understanding of the theme, Who I Am in My World. Children begin their inquiry into this theme by exploring the life cycles of living things, their parts, and how they grow and change. In this topic, children learn that all living things need resources to grow. Children will also gain a sense of empowerment and the skills to act with others or alone against unfairness against humans, living things, and the community.

Important Dates & Reminders

• April 10: Eid al Fitr/ School Holiday/ No school
• May 3: Student holiday/ Professional work day

What are we learning?

Themes

• Seasonal Change/Spring
• Life Cycle

What Students Will Learn

• All living things need resources to grow and have a life cycle.
• People and plants need food, water, a space to grow, and sunlight.

Big Idea

• Citizens use spring seasonal changes to make changes in needs and wants.
• Citizens make changes in their community based on the season.
• Citizens may use the same or different community resources in the spring.
• Scientists investigate how living things grow and change.
• Citizens help protect and take care of habitats. 

Language Arts

• Begin to identify words that rhyme and generate simple rhyme
• Begin to make predictions using pictures.
• Begin to ask and answer questions about what is read.

Numeracy

• Tell how many are in a given set of 10 or fewer objects using one-to-one correspondence.
• Participate in collecting and organizing data.

Social Studies

• Notice changes or patterns in the environment.

Science

• Investigate and identify things that are alive.
• Investigate that things that are alive have certain characteristics (e.g., growth, movement, offspring, etc.)

Learning Activities for Home

• Daily reading 10 mins with caregivers
• Read a book and draw a picture of the story with caregivers
• Take a walk outside and find living and non-living things around nature
• Sing nursery rhymes and discuss rhyming words
• Math practice- Orally count a group of objects (1-10) while touching each object and tell how many

Shared Reading

• When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes
• Rain by Robert Kalan
• Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
• Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• In the Small, Small Pond by Dense Fleming
• Living Things and Nonliving Things: A Compare and Contrast Book by Kevin Kurts

Health and Safety

• keep your child home when h/she has a fever, constant coughing, is exposed to COVID-19, is asymptomatic, or has any other sickness: Fever equal to/ greater than 100.4 F/ Vomiting/ Diarrhea/ shortness of breath, fatigue, feverish and chill, etc.

Transportation

• If a student’s bus is delayed, contact the Transportation Office at 703-446-2150.  For any concerns after hours (after 5:30 p.m.), contact Safety and Security at 571-423-2000.