Week of Mar 18th
Marble Jar Party Earned
The kids earned a marble jar party this coming Friday, March 22nd. Our party is a celebration of them working together as a class and showing their best "Bulldog Behavior". For the party the kids can wear their pajama's to school and we'll play some fun games and have a special snack from Mrs. Barnes.
Conference Week
Conferences are Tuesday, March 19th and Thursday, March 21st. Please contact me if you have forgotten your time. I'm excited to see all of you again and talk about our favorite people!
Reading Month Continues
Don't forget that the reading logs are due on every Friday. If your child forgets he or she can hand it in on Monday. Don't forget to check your calendar for the fun activities that we have going on!
Lunch Account
Don't forget you can check your child's lunch account balance, add money, and see what they've purchased all online! Go to:www.sendmoneytoschool.com/Dashboard/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Winter Gear Reminder
The weather will warm up a tad bit this week, but please remember the following:
All students need a heavy winter coat, snow pants, boots, hats, and water proof mittens in order to play in the snow. If they are missing an item like snow pants or boots we will have them play on the sidewalk to keep them dry and warm.
Please send your child with water proof mittens. Knit mittens will get wet and they don't keep the children's hands warm. Let us know at school if we can be any assistance.
The kids earned a marble jar party this coming Friday, March 22nd. Our party is a celebration of them working together as a class and showing their best "Bulldog Behavior". For the party the kids can wear their pajama's to school and we'll play some fun games and have a special snack from Mrs. Barnes.
Conference Week
Conferences are Tuesday, March 19th and Thursday, March 21st. Please contact me if you have forgotten your time. I'm excited to see all of you again and talk about our favorite people!
Reading Month Continues
Don't forget that the reading logs are due on every Friday. If your child forgets he or she can hand it in on Monday. Don't forget to check your calendar for the fun activities that we have going on!
Lunch Account
Don't forget you can check your child's lunch account balance, add money, and see what they've purchased all online! Go to:www.sendmoneytoschool.com/Dashboard/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Winter Gear Reminder
The weather will warm up a tad bit this week, but please remember the following:
All students need a heavy winter coat, snow pants, boots, hats, and water proof mittens in order to play in the snow. If they are missing an item like snow pants or boots we will have them play on the sidewalk to keep them dry and warm.
Please send your child with water proof mittens. Knit mittens will get wet and they don't keep the children's hands warm. Let us know at school if we can be any assistance.
What are we doing in Kindergarten?
Reader's Workshop
-I can react to books.
-I can talk like an expert about books.
-I can notice similarities and differences in books.
Writer's Workshop
- I can write a "How to" book and tell what to do in steps.
-I can number my steps in my "How to" books.
-I can draw pictures for each of my steps in my "How to" books.
-I can label diagrams in my "How to" books.
Math Workshop
-I can identify, draw, and write equations for partners.
-I can solve word problems.
-I can add.
-I can subtract.
-I can compare numbers.
-I can identify a teen number as tens and ones.
-I can identify and describe a cube, sphere, and cylinder.
Going Home
Please keep this as consistant as possible. I do know things come up and change quickly like a doctor's appointment and such. If you know this ahead of time, please send a note in their folder for me about the change in going home. If this is last minute, call the office at 878-6300 and let our office staff know. They will make sure that I get the information. If there happens to be a visiting teacher in my room, they do not have access to my email or voicemail and your child will go home their usual way causing confusion. Sometimes I cannot get my voicemail or email in the afternoon while teaching so calling the office is the best way.
Last- if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to call or email me. Many times you may hear something and not know what's really going on. Lot's of times 5 year olds versions of what really happen are very different than what actually happened. Please contact me. I love hearing from you. This quote has always made me laugh and reminds parents to keep in touch with me if they have questions..
~If you promise not to believe everything that happens at school, I promise not to believe
everything that happens at home.~
Making Kindergarten Successful!
Here are a lot of ways to make kindergarten a success for your child this year:
- Send them to school in VELCRO shoes if they cannot tie yet. It's hard for us as teachers to tie 26 pairs of shoes. We also want them to feel independent and successful by dressing themselves!
- Label all of their things. Backpack, shoes, art shirts, etc. Many times they don't recognize their stuff especially when children have the SAME batman SHOES.
- Put their snack in a front pocket in their back pack. Do not put it in their lunch. They'll get confused and eat their lunch or tell us they don't have a lunch when indeed they do because they think it's just their snack. Practice this with them and show them where the snacks are.
- Send two healthy snacks please. Fruits, veggies, crackers, cheese, raisins. Sugary treats will only give them a quick burst of energy and not give them the fuel they need for the day.
- Send back up clothes like underwear, pants, shorts, shirts, and socks. Many times the kids have accidents at school whether they spill on themselves, get wet, or have a bathroom accident. We will help them change and get comfortable so they can continue with their day.
LOOKING AHEAD
Mar 18th - Hat day
Mar 19th - Conferences
Mar 20th - Dress up like a book character day
Mar 21st - Conferences/Half day-Dismissal at noon
Mar 22nd - Reading Log due!
Mar 25th - Walk-a-thon Shirt day
Mar 27th - Read a shirt day
Mar 28th - Beach day/closing assembly/Reading log due!
Mar 29th - NO SCHOOL/Spring Break
Mar 29th - Apr 5th Spring break
Birthdays
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March Birthdays
Arjun 2nd Patience 6th Wyatt 9th Violet 19th Max, Bobby, & Drew 29th |
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