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newslettermarch 2012

March at Kids Village means celebrating St. Patricks Day with warm Irish

Soda Bread, Magical Rainbow Mobiles, Sneaky Leprechaun Traps, ando course, a bit o Irish Luck. But the children at Kids Village are what

make our school Magical throughout the year.

We wanted to send a very special thank you to all o the amilies that have registered

or next year. Your support means so much to us, THANK YOU! I you have not

yet registered or next year, there is still time. You can fnd registration orms online

or at the ront desk.

Its hard to believe that summer is just around the corner with cold temperatures

keeping us bundled up. But, it will be here beore you know it and with it comes

Summer in the Village! At Kids Village we believe in developing a childs whole-sel

and our summer camps are no exception. We provide an environment o learning,socializing, and creativity that cant be beat. We will be oering a discounted

rate i you register beore May 15th. See the ront desk or our website or more

inormation.

Our Daddy Daughter Ball was a huge success! We hope all o you Fathers and

Fairies made some great memories. We have had many o you ask When is it the

boys turn? So. . . . get ready to start your engines, because we are gearing up or

a very special night o Mamas, Boys, and Racing Toys. e night will include

our own Kids Village Pinewood Derby, complete with dinner rom the Checkered

Flag Diner, a Winners Circle awards ceremony, a photo op with the Pit Crew and

much more. Mark your calendars or March 31st and speed on over now to pick up

your tickets.

And last, but o course not least, our students are getting ready or their Class

Programs during the week o March 13th - 16th. e children have been working

hard on the songs they have learned and a ew o the classes have been memorizing

parts o a play to share with you. Its sure to be one or the Family Video Archive.

Watch your email or more inormation to come.

Have a Happy St. Patricks Day! May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks

that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go. Irish blessing

March comes in like a Lion and we have a lion-size share of

important concepts to learn. We will continue learning all about

telling time and counting money as well as working on our

multiplication facts. Subtracting two and three digit numbers

and calculating the dimensions of shapes will be a few of the

challeng es you can expect. We have some Sight Word Speed

Drills planned for this month along with a few writing projects.

Here is a closer look at some of our lessons for this month:

Week #1 February 27th - March 2nd

Work with Final Stable Syllable tion, introduce vcv with

syllable division, addition with three addends, measure and

draw line segments to the nearest quarter inch, tell time to the

minute, and subtract two digit numbers.

Week #2 March 5th - 9th

Use the vcv rule, sight word speed drills, review the Dropping

Rule, use digraphs au and aw multiply by 3 and 6, estimate

and measure using feet and yards, subtract two and three digit

numbers, and write numbers in expanded form.

Week #3 March 12th - 16th

Identify digraph ew ei and ie, sight word speed drills, identify

Scribal O, record growth on a line graph, read and write

numbers to 99,999, multiply numbers by 1,000, telling time to

the quarter hour, and multiply by 9.

Week #4 March 19th - 23rd

Use the suxes -ful, -ness, and -es, and prexes over-, pre-, and

under-, review the vv rule, nd the missing addend for sums of

100, make change from $1.00, nd the area of a rectangle, and

identify multiplication fact patterns on the hundred number

chart.

Week #5 March 27th - 30thSpelling with Final C, identify Final Stable Syllables -sion, and

-ture, use prexes dis-, im-, in-, ir-, and un-, locating negative

numbers on a number line, multiply single and multiple digit

numbers with expanded form, and nd the missing dimension

of a rectangle.

March Values:Honesty & Loyalty

Honesty and Loyalty go hand-in-hand because loyaltyis a trait built upon trust. ey are two o the most

important values we can teach our children. Learningto be honest will develop a childs moral and emotionalstrength as well as build solid sel-esteem and character.

We will spend plenty o time role-playing to practice thevalue o Honesty as well as sharing stories that emphasize

the importance o honest behavior.

Grade School

Kids Village Task Cardgrade school

march 2012

I Can Identiy Ingredients

I Can Recite the Poem Im Up Here and Organize Notes in a Time Signature

I Can Defne and Identiy 4 Layers o the Atmosphere

I Can Describe American Symbols / I Can Name Clothing Items in Spanish

I Can Identiy 5 Pieces o Famous Architecture or Sculptures

I Know How to be Honest

Kids Village R.E.A.D.S.

I Can Write a List o Common Items

I Can Read ____ Sight Words

I Can Identiy the Number o Syllables in a Word

I Can Identiy Place Value o Ones, Tens, and Hundreds

I Can Measure Length and Width

Academic Skills

Workshop Skills

Value Skills

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Dates to Remember

March 1st

Begin March calendar or Kids Village R.E.A.D.S.

March 5th

School Spirit Day - Wear Your KV T-Shirt

March 13th - 16th

Class Programs

March 20th

School Spirit Day - Wear Your KV T-Shirt

March 26th

NO SCHOOL

March 31st

Mamas, Boys, and Racing Toys

Birthday Kids

No Birthdays Tis Month!

Science

Te mysteries of weather and the earths

atmosphere will be our focus this month.

Well learn all about the many layers of

the earths atmosphere, how and why the

temperature changes in each layer, and well

learn the dierence between weather and

climate.

Art

Te Great Wall of China, Te Eifel ower, Te

Golden Gate Bridge, and Te aj Mahal are

just a few of the structures we will be looking

at this month as we study famous architecture

and sculptures. We have a few great class

projects we will be working on to help us learn

the concepts of architecture too.

KitchenWhat if your child was in charge of making dinner

tonight? We are learning how to organize a menu,

create a grocery list, and follow a recipe. So making

dinner might not be a bad idea! Here are a few of

the things well be cooking up this month: Week

#1 - ortillas, Week #2 - Homemade Mac n Cheese,

Week #3 - Parfaits, Week #4 - Fry Bread, Week #5 -

Chicken and Dumpling Soup

MusicWe are almost ready for the big day! Class

programs are coming up quick but we are

working hard to memorize our parts and

stay on queue. We are also going to learn all

about organizing notes in a time signature.

Our poem for this month is titled Im Up

Here.

Social StudiesTere are many American symbols that

remind us of our freedom and unify us as

a country. We will learn all about these

important American symbols this month

as well as learning the importance of our

National Anthem.

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