UCS Kindergarten Newsletter
April 17, 2026
April 17, 2026
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
We started the week meeting artists Abena Songbird and Charlie Adams. They had the kindergarten students help paint the background of a hummingbird, fish, and spider to become part of the garden mural. They also planted seeds with them and heard stories about their Abenaki heritage later in the week. We appreciate them taking the time to meet with UCS students!
Important Dates
Apr 20th - 24th ~ Spring Break
May 6th ~ Early Release Day
May 21st ~ Art and Music Show 5:00-6:30
May 25th ~ No School (Memorial Day)
June 17th ~ Tentative Last Day of School
Learning Highlights from the Week
We continued to learn new games to practice reading, writing, and ordering numbers to 20. Students worked on building teen numbers using cubes. They snapped together cubes to show the group of ten and extra ones. We ordered numbers 10-20 to see the pattern in the ones place. We also practiced counting forward by crossing decades accurately. We will continue to work on place value concepts after break and also work on measuring objects in different ways.
This week we listened to many different teahcing books about different kinds of bugs. We noticed some bugs are helpful and some are harmful. Ask your child to share what we learned. We will learn more about insects, arachnids, and myriapods after vacation.
During Reader’s Workshop, students are working on decoding words to read new books. They practiced:
reviewing power words
practicing segmenting and blends words with short vowels, blends, and digraphs (th, sh, wh, ch)
learning the "magic e" long vowel rule
sharing ideas during read alouds
During Writing Workshop, the kindergarten students practiced:
forming letters accurately
writing about different kinds of bugs
using spaces between words
adding ending punctuation
writing more than one sentence
Reminders
Please be sure your child packs a water bottle each day.
I will see all the children again on Monday, April 27th.
Email: kathleen.cowan@mmuusd.org
Location: 6 Irish Settlement Rd, Underhill, VT 05489
Phone: 802.899.4676