Rocking in Our Kindergarten Shoes
Mrs. Schmidt's Kindergarten Update
Spring Carnival
Hi Parents,
The Forest Vista school carnival is on Friday, April 6th. Each class puts together a gift basket for the silent auction, to help the school raise money. It is a great fundraiser for our school!
Mrs. Schmidt's Kindergarten class will be presenting a "Pampered Mom" gift basket. The contents will include bath stuff, nail polish, spa gift card, etc. We will need your help to fill our basket! Please consider signing up to donate to the class basket if you can. I will need all donations by or before Monday, March 19th! They can be delivered to Mrs. Schmidt and I will get them from her.
Thank you!
Alyson Walz & Shalen Hilliard
Upcoming Events
March 2nd Animal Research and Oral Presentations Due (see below)
March 2nd Kindergarten Rodeo 1:00
March 8 FVE Open House 5:30-7:00pm
March 12-16 Spring Break
March 19th Carnival Basket Items Due (You may start sending before as well)
April 6th FVE PTA Carnival & Silent Auction 6-9pm
Kindergarten Rodeo
Animals Research & Oral Presentation
Animals Research & Oral Presentation
(Kindergarten Style)
Dear FVE Families,
We will be studying animals and will be learning about habitats, body coverings, family groups, what they eat, how they move along with other information. We have been using the Internet to learn about subjects we have questions on at times throughout the year. We have also used non-fiction books throughout the year to gather information on different subjects.
One of the goals for kindergarteners is to be able to get information from different sources and to learn from visual aids, conversations, and reading sources. In order to accomplish this goal, the kids are going to need to do some work from home. Your child’s homework is to research an animal and then make a presentation on that animal. Please use 1 posterboard (aprroximately 22 X 28 inches) to make your visual presentation. Please help your child locate information on the animal he/she chooses. You can use the Internet, library, or books you have at home. Be creative. Consider an animal that others might not think of. Discuss whether the animal is a mammal, oviparous, reptile, etc. Discuss the types of homes they have, what part of our world does the animal live in and the foods they eat. Discuss the life cycle and any other information that you feel would be important in the report to fully describe the animal.
All projects will be due by Friday, March 2nd . We will begin our presentations as soon as the projects start coming in and will present two projects a day until we have seen all projects. We will then display all of the presentations for a while to use as story starters.
When you child brings in his/her project they can bring a written report that I can read but the kids also need to be ready to give a short oral presentation on what they learned while researching their animal.
Have fun (I suspect the opening title put old college fears in the hearts of a few)! This is a learning process for the kids to see that information can be obtained from numerous sources then shared with others. I look forward to seeing all of the projects.
Thank you,
Mrs. Schmidt