December 19, 2008

December 19, 2008

Dear Families,

This week we worked on the letter Zz. We learned about zebras, made Zz booklets, and wrote the beginning and ending sounds on a zoo animal worksheet. The kindergartners journaled about their favorite zoo animals. We continued to work on evaluations for the report cards. The boys and girls need to know or be able to do the following for their report cards: addresses, birthdays, days of the week, phone numbers, count to 50 (100 would be even better!), identify a penny and its value, identify the letters we have learned so far Aa, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu and Zz. The boys and girls need to be able to associate sounds to the consonant letters, identify the numbers 0 - 16, identify left and right, and count objects to numbers between 0 - 18.

After Christmas the kindergartners need to bring in new crayons if they haven’t done so already. They may bring in a box of 16 or a box of 24. Check with your child to see if he or she needs a new glue stick. We have been doing many gluing projects, and some glue sticks need replaced.

Next Monday we will be riding on a bus to the Traer nursing home to sing. We will go at approximately 12:55.

School parties will be on Tuesday, December 23rd! Don’t forget about the grab bag gift! School will be dismissed one hour early on Tuesday, December 23rd!

Christmas break will begin on Wednesday, December 24th and end on Sunday, January 4th. We will see the kindergartners again on Monday, January 5th! Notice the sharing list at the bottom of the sheet! When we return will will be learning about the letter Cc. Sharing for the week of January 5th should start with the letter Cc.!

This will be the last newsletter of 2008. We will NOT send a newsletter home next week

Have a great holiday season!
Ms. Howard
Mrs. Owens
Mrs. Herink
Mrs. Pokorny
Mr. Degner
Mr. Zabel

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January Sharing Schedule

January 5 - 9 : An item that begins with the letter Cc
January 12 - 16: Free choice (Ee week)
January 19 - 23: Free choice (Yy week)
January 26 - 30: Something that starts with the letter Dd