May 22, 2009
Dear Families,
This was our last full week for school! (Remember, we do not have school on Monday.) That is very hard to believe! The boys and girls were able to visit both first grade rooms and write in their journals what they are excited about doing in first grade. We finished all of our math lessons. The students completed evaluations for the report card. We learned about dinosaurs and practiced reading the color words. This week we went on several walks (weather permitting). We went on a spring walk, a walk to visit the Traer Public Library, and a walk to visit the Traer nursing home to entertain the residents with our Grandparent’s Day songs.
Do not forget that on Wednesday, May 27th, we have our annual track and field day. Our events are the sack race at 12:30, the 50 yard dash at 12:45, and the tug-of-war at 1:00. When all the events are over, families may pick their child up at the child’s room. They will have backpacks and folders to pick up and take home. We will probably have to wait in the room for a little bit to get our certificates from track and field day. Please put sunscreen on the children at home and send some to be put on later if needed. While we are outside participating in track and field day we like to have the children stay with the class instead of walking around with their families. It is easier to keep track of 36 students that way. Since we are not out at the track and field day all day, we DO NOT want beach towels or water bottles sent to school with the kindergartners!
Kindergartners have the opportunity to earn four special awards at the close of the school year. One of the awards is called Outstanding Attendance and is given to the children who missed two days or less this school year. Children receiving this must also not have been tardy more than twice. Two awards are academic awards. An award is given to the children who can correctly count to 100, and one is given to the children who can correctly name all of the letters of the alphabet, both capital and lower case. Children who can tie their own shoes will receive an award. Children who do not receive any of these four awards WILL receive an award which recognizes their particular strengths. This way all children will receive at least one award. The awards will be handed out on Thursday, May 28th. Watch the Traer Star Clipper for your child’s name! We give the newspaper a list of academic and attendance award winners.
There is still time to sign up for Mrs. Owens’ summer school sessions! Fill out the form and include a check for this great opportunity.
This will be our last weekly newsletter for this year. An end of the year newsletter will be included in the kindergarten report cards.
Have a safe weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Owens, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Pokorny
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
May 8, 2009
May 8, 2009
Dear Families,
Wow! 13 days of school remain? It doesn’t seem possible! The kindergartners continued working hard on report card evaluations. We learned the combinations ar, or, and er. We decoded many words on our papers this week. We keep telling the boys and girls that the first grade teachers are excited to have them next year because they are reading so well. Reading the booklets at home and reviewing the flashcards has really helped the boys and girls. This week we practiced our Grandparent/Guest Day songs everyday. Centers included reading books, making Mother’s Day cards, coloring a sunny door hanger, working with the Marble Magic set, creating with geoboards, playing the Hulabaloo game, and working in the clothing store dramatic play center.
The kindergartners made Mother’s Day gifts this week. If anything falls off the gift, just glue it back on. It will be fine. If your student did not bring a picture to put on the gift, you may add one at home.
Please fill out the bottom portion of this week’s newsletter for Grandparent/Guest Day and send it back with your kindergartner. Kindergartners that do not have grandparents that can attend may invite a different adult. We need to know how many people are coming so that we can arrange for enough chairs and make enough cookies. If people do not return slips, then people may be standing and starving.
Our annual track and field day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. (If it is raining, we will have it on Thursday, May 28th.) When all the events are over, kindergartners are allowed to go home with their families. A schedule of events and their times will be sent home with your child. Our last day of school is Thursday, May 28th. The boys and girls are dismissed early; 1:35 for town students and 1:40 for bus children.
Please watch the weather reports and dress your kindergartner appropriately. It is okay to send a light jacket and a heavier coat on days that you are not sure about the temperature. We’d rather have them a bit warm than freezing!
Have a terrific weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
___________________ will bring ________ people on (Kindergartner’s name) (number)
Thursday, May 14th and/or __________ people on Friday, May
(number)
15th.
PLEASE RETURN THIS BY MONDAY, MAY 11TH.
Dear Families,
Wow! 13 days of school remain? It doesn’t seem possible! The kindergartners continued working hard on report card evaluations. We learned the combinations ar, or, and er. We decoded many words on our papers this week. We keep telling the boys and girls that the first grade teachers are excited to have them next year because they are reading so well. Reading the booklets at home and reviewing the flashcards has really helped the boys and girls. This week we practiced our Grandparent/Guest Day songs everyday. Centers included reading books, making Mother’s Day cards, coloring a sunny door hanger, working with the Marble Magic set, creating with geoboards, playing the Hulabaloo game, and working in the clothing store dramatic play center.
The kindergartners made Mother’s Day gifts this week. If anything falls off the gift, just glue it back on. It will be fine. If your student did not bring a picture to put on the gift, you may add one at home.
Please fill out the bottom portion of this week’s newsletter for Grandparent/Guest Day and send it back with your kindergartner. Kindergartners that do not have grandparents that can attend may invite a different adult. We need to know how many people are coming so that we can arrange for enough chairs and make enough cookies. If people do not return slips, then people may be standing and starving.
Our annual track and field day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. (If it is raining, we will have it on Thursday, May 28th.) When all the events are over, kindergartners are allowed to go home with their families. A schedule of events and their times will be sent home with your child. Our last day of school is Thursday, May 28th. The boys and girls are dismissed early; 1:35 for town students and 1:40 for bus children.
Please watch the weather reports and dress your kindergartner appropriately. It is okay to send a light jacket and a heavier coat on days that you are not sure about the temperature. We’d rather have them a bit warm than freezing!
Have a terrific weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
___________________ will bring ________ people on (Kindergartner’s name) (number)
Thursday, May 14th and/or __________ people on Friday, May
(number)
15th.
PLEASE RETURN THIS BY MONDAY, MAY 11TH.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
April 30, 2009
April 30, 2009
Dear Families,
Can you believe that we have less than 20 school days together? The kindergartners are working hard on report card evaluations. We will begin practicing our letters on fill in the blank sheets next week. The following week the kindergartners will write all the letters, capital and lowercase, on a fill in the blank type of worksheet. We learned the diagraphs ch and ee. We decoded many words on our papers this week. The boys and girls impress the teachers with all that they have learned this year in reading. Reading the booklets at home and reviewing the flashcards has really helped the boys and girls. We read the big book A Chair For My Mother and thought of different gifts the students would give to their hard working mothers.
There is no school for students tomorrow, May 1st. The teachers get to participate in many important meetings.
We have been working on our Grandparent/Guest Day songs. Please fill out the bottom portion of this week’s newsletter for Grandparent/Guest Day and send it back with your kindergartner. Kindergartners that do not have grandparents that can attend may invite a different adult. We need to know how many people are coming so that we can arrange for enough chairs and make enough cookies. If people do not return slips, then people may be standing and starving.
Our annual track and field day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. (If it is raining, we will have it on Thursday, May 28th.) When all the events are over, kindergartners are allowed to go home with their families. A schedule of events and their times will be sent home with your child. Our last day of school is Thursday, May 28th. The boys and girls are dismissed early; 1:35 for town students and 1:40 for bus children.
Please watch the weather reports and dress your kindergartner appropriately. It is okay to send a light jacket and a heavier coat on days that you are not sure about the temperature. We’d rather have them a bit warm than freezing!
Have a safe and fun weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
___________________ will bring ________ people on (Kindergartner’s name) (number)
Thursday, May 14th and/or __________ people on Friday, May
(number)
15th.
PLEASE RETURN THIS BY MONDAY, MAY 11TH.
Dear Families,
Can you believe that we have less than 20 school days together? The kindergartners are working hard on report card evaluations. We will begin practicing our letters on fill in the blank sheets next week. The following week the kindergartners will write all the letters, capital and lowercase, on a fill in the blank type of worksheet. We learned the diagraphs ch and ee. We decoded many words on our papers this week. The boys and girls impress the teachers with all that they have learned this year in reading. Reading the booklets at home and reviewing the flashcards has really helped the boys and girls. We read the big book A Chair For My Mother and thought of different gifts the students would give to their hard working mothers.
There is no school for students tomorrow, May 1st. The teachers get to participate in many important meetings.
We have been working on our Grandparent/Guest Day songs. Please fill out the bottom portion of this week’s newsletter for Grandparent/Guest Day and send it back with your kindergartner. Kindergartners that do not have grandparents that can attend may invite a different adult. We need to know how many people are coming so that we can arrange for enough chairs and make enough cookies. If people do not return slips, then people may be standing and starving.
Our annual track and field day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. (If it is raining, we will have it on Thursday, May 28th.) When all the events are over, kindergartners are allowed to go home with their families. A schedule of events and their times will be sent home with your child. Our last day of school is Thursday, May 28th. The boys and girls are dismissed early; 1:35 for town students and 1:40 for bus children.
Please watch the weather reports and dress your kindergartner appropriately. It is okay to send a light jacket and a heavier coat on days that you are not sure about the temperature. We’d rather have them a bit warm than freezing!
Have a safe and fun weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
___________________ will bring ________ people on (Kindergartner’s name) (number)
Thursday, May 14th and/or __________ people on Friday, May
(number)
15th.
PLEASE RETURN THIS BY MONDAY, MAY 11TH.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009
Dear Families,
During this week the students learned about a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, and u-e. They learned that they symbol “-” stands for any consonant. They learned that the “sneaky e” at the end of the word makes the vowel sound say its long sound. We discussed Earth Day by reading books and watching some informative videos. The boys and girls picked up litter on the playground and by the football field. Kindergartners wrote in their journals completing the sentence “I can help the Earth by ........”. Centers included planting seeds with our friend Mrs. Laurie Schafer, the patterning evaluation, writing in the missing letter on a worksheet, dominoes, word bingo, floating ducks with numbers on their tummies, and the Go Fishing beginning sound game.
Remember, there is no school for the kindergartners next week. Any kindergartner that shows up at school will be sent back home!
The Grandparent/Guest Days are Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Students may invite their grandparents for either day. Invitations were sent home this week. If you need more invitations for some reason, please let us know. We have made a few extras. If there are no grandparents that can attend, please invite an adult friend to attend. If you have more than one set of grandparents, they may all attend on one day or some on Thursday and some on Friday. It is really important to have SOMEONE attend at least one of the days. We have found that students that have NO guests either day feel really, really bad.
During sandal weather, please send extra socks with your kindergartner so that they can wear them with their gym shoes to gym class.
Please send a picture of your kindergartner to school. We will be making a special project with them so the picture will not return home in its original form. Also, many students STILL need new glue sticks. Please, please, please send a new glue stick if you haven’t during the last 2 weeks.
Track and field day has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. If the weather is inclement, then track and field day will be rescheduled for Thursday, May 28th. By the way, Thursday, May 28th is the last day of school!
Have a wonderful time with your kindergartner during round up vacation!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Pokorny, and Mr. Degner
Dear Families,
During this week the students learned about a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, and u-e. They learned that they symbol “-” stands for any consonant. They learned that the “sneaky e” at the end of the word makes the vowel sound say its long sound. We discussed Earth Day by reading books and watching some informative videos. The boys and girls picked up litter on the playground and by the football field. Kindergartners wrote in their journals completing the sentence “I can help the Earth by ........”. Centers included planting seeds with our friend Mrs. Laurie Schafer, the patterning evaluation, writing in the missing letter on a worksheet, dominoes, word bingo, floating ducks with numbers on their tummies, and the Go Fishing beginning sound game.
Remember, there is no school for the kindergartners next week. Any kindergartner that shows up at school will be sent back home!
The Grandparent/Guest Days are Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Students may invite their grandparents for either day. Invitations were sent home this week. If you need more invitations for some reason, please let us know. We have made a few extras. If there are no grandparents that can attend, please invite an adult friend to attend. If you have more than one set of grandparents, they may all attend on one day or some on Thursday and some on Friday. It is really important to have SOMEONE attend at least one of the days. We have found that students that have NO guests either day feel really, really bad.
During sandal weather, please send extra socks with your kindergartner so that they can wear them with their gym shoes to gym class.
Please send a picture of your kindergartner to school. We will be making a special project with them so the picture will not return home in its original form. Also, many students STILL need new glue sticks. Please, please, please send a new glue stick if you haven’t during the last 2 weeks.
Track and field day has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. If the weather is inclement, then track and field day will be rescheduled for Thursday, May 28th. By the way, Thursday, May 28th is the last day of school!
Have a wonderful time with your kindergartner during round up vacation!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Pokorny, and Mr. Degner
Thursday, April 9, 2009
April 9, 2009
April 9, 2009
Dear Families,
During this week the students did several Easter/spring activities. They practiced reading color words with an Easter Bunny booklet and an Easter egg coloring paper. The kindergartners made Easter cards and worked with beginning sounds on a cute Easter beginning sound paper. We practiced using dimes, nickels, pennies, and quarters. The boys and girls learned about the digraph oo. Oo has two sounds: oo as in hook and oo as in tooth. More flashcards are attached! Please practice them often to help your student become a confident reader.
IN THE FUTURE, during sandal weather, please send extra socks with your kindergartner so that they can wear them with their gym shoes to gym class. Please send a sweatshirt or jacket to school. When we go outside for the very first recess, (when it is nice!) it tends to be a bit cool.
Please send a picture of your kindergartner to school. We will be making a special project with them so the picture will not return home in its original form.
Remember that the students do not have school Monday, April 20th - Friday, April 24th. That is Round Up vacation. School will resume on Monday, April 27th. During break it would be great if students would review birthdays, phone numbers, addresses, days of the week, months of the year, counting by tens and fives, counting to 100 by ones, and identifying coins and their values. Reading is also a terrific idea!
Track and Field Day is currently scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. The kindergartners will participate in 3 different events. They do the 50 yard dash, the sack race, and the tug of war. Track and Field Day typically runs all day, but the kindergartners’ events are scheduled pretty closely together. Information will be coming home in the future about this popular event. The rain date is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th.
Have a wonderful 3 day weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Pokorny
Dear Families,
During this week the students did several Easter/spring activities. They practiced reading color words with an Easter Bunny booklet and an Easter egg coloring paper. The kindergartners made Easter cards and worked with beginning sounds on a cute Easter beginning sound paper. We practiced using dimes, nickels, pennies, and quarters. The boys and girls learned about the digraph oo. Oo has two sounds: oo as in hook and oo as in tooth. More flashcards are attached! Please practice them often to help your student become a confident reader.
IN THE FUTURE, during sandal weather, please send extra socks with your kindergartner so that they can wear them with their gym shoes to gym class. Please send a sweatshirt or jacket to school. When we go outside for the very first recess, (when it is nice!) it tends to be a bit cool.
Please send a picture of your kindergartner to school. We will be making a special project with them so the picture will not return home in its original form.
Remember that the students do not have school Monday, April 20th - Friday, April 24th. That is Round Up vacation. School will resume on Monday, April 27th. During break it would be great if students would review birthdays, phone numbers, addresses, days of the week, months of the year, counting by tens and fives, counting to 100 by ones, and identifying coins and their values. Reading is also a terrific idea!
Track and Field Day is currently scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. The kindergartners will participate in 3 different events. They do the 50 yard dash, the sack race, and the tug of war. Track and Field Day typically runs all day, but the kindergartners’ events are scheduled pretty closely together. Information will be coming home in the future about this popular event. The rain date is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th.
Have a wonderful 3 day weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Pokorny
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April 3, 2009
April 3, 2009
Dear Families,
The kindergartners learned the digraph th. The digraph th has two sounds; th as in feather and th as in thimble. The students practiced reading color words and listened to 2 books on tape by Gail Gibbons. One book was about whales, and the other book was about zoos. We practiced the counting on math skill and filled out April calendars. The boys and girls decorated kites that are now hanging in the classroom. The kites make our room look so springy! Centers included painting, reading books, making bunny boxes for Easter, playing #11 - 40 bingo, playing Candyland, counting milk caps into groups of ten to help our school earn extra money, and playdough.
Students are dismissed one hour early on Thursday, April 9th. They do not have school on Friday, April 10th. This will be our short spring break. The Friday sharing kids may bring their sharing any day next week.
Kindergartners will have the week of April 20 - 24 off because of kindergarten round up. They will return on Monday, April 27th.
****We need a snapshot or school picture of every kindergartner for an art project in May. We would like you to send the picture as soon as possible! These will be used in a project so they will not be returned to you.****
Grandparent’s Days are scheduled for Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Grandparents may attend either of those days. Official invitations will be decorated soon and sent home.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
Dear Families,
The kindergartners learned the digraph th. The digraph th has two sounds; th as in feather and th as in thimble. The students practiced reading color words and listened to 2 books on tape by Gail Gibbons. One book was about whales, and the other book was about zoos. We practiced the counting on math skill and filled out April calendars. The boys and girls decorated kites that are now hanging in the classroom. The kites make our room look so springy! Centers included painting, reading books, making bunny boxes for Easter, playing #11 - 40 bingo, playing Candyland, counting milk caps into groups of ten to help our school earn extra money, and playdough.
Students are dismissed one hour early on Thursday, April 9th. They do not have school on Friday, April 10th. This will be our short spring break. The Friday sharing kids may bring their sharing any day next week.
Kindergartners will have the week of April 20 - 24 off because of kindergarten round up. They will return on Monday, April 27th.
****We need a snapshot or school picture of every kindergartner for an art project in May. We would like you to send the picture as soon as possible! These will be used in a project so they will not be returned to you.****
Grandparent’s Days are scheduled for Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Grandparents may attend either of those days. Official invitations will be decorated soon and sent home.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
March 27, 2009
March 27, 2009
Dear Families,
This week we learned the digraph sh. The kindergartners reviewed time to the hour, dimes, and nickels. The boys and girls read and began coloring a spring booklet. The last two pages in the booklet are homework pages. Children that complete them and return them may earn a sticker. We began looking at bigger numbers and practiced reading numbers between 30 and 100. We also compared numbers, looking for the biggest number or the smallest number. Centers included legos, consonant bingo, a guessing jar activity, working with pattern blocks and bears and linking cubes up front, writing words on white erase boards, Lincoln logs, and playdough.
Report cards went home today. Conferences are not scheduled for this quarter. If you have a question or concern about your child’s report card, you are welcome to set up a conference.
Grandparent’s Day has been scheduled for Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Grandparents or special adult friends are invited for a short program and delicious snacks. Grandparents may come either of those days. Families can schedule one set to come one day, and one set to come another day. Both sets of grandparents may come on the same day. Official invitations will go home later.
Please help your child get his/her library book here on Mondays. It is harder to get new books on Tuesdays because the teachers are busy working with the students.
Remember, it is always a good idea to have an extra shirt, pair of pants, and underwear in the backpack or in a sack that is kept in the cubby. Boys and girls dump milk on their clothes, fall in the mud, and have bathroom accidents. If your child does have a problem here at school and needs different clothes, we do have extras. These borrowed pieces of clothing need to be washed and returned as soon as possible!
Since the weather can be so inconsistent during the spring, it is hard to know how to dress children for school. It is fine to put cooler or warmer clothing in their bags and have them change if necessary. Please send coats, jackets, and/or sweatshirts to school. When we go out for a morning recess the temperature tends be cooler. If it is warm enough to go outside without coats, then coats are left in cubbies.
This weekend Ms. Howard gets married. Her new last name will be Daugherty. It is pronounced Doe•er•tee. It may take a while for the kids to call her the new name and that is okay.
Have an exciting weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Pokorny
Dear Families,
This week we learned the digraph sh. The kindergartners reviewed time to the hour, dimes, and nickels. The boys and girls read and began coloring a spring booklet. The last two pages in the booklet are homework pages. Children that complete them and return them may earn a sticker. We began looking at bigger numbers and practiced reading numbers between 30 and 100. We also compared numbers, looking for the biggest number or the smallest number. Centers included legos, consonant bingo, a guessing jar activity, working with pattern blocks and bears and linking cubes up front, writing words on white erase boards, Lincoln logs, and playdough.
Report cards went home today. Conferences are not scheduled for this quarter. If you have a question or concern about your child’s report card, you are welcome to set up a conference.
Grandparent’s Day has been scheduled for Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Grandparents or special adult friends are invited for a short program and delicious snacks. Grandparents may come either of those days. Families can schedule one set to come one day, and one set to come another day. Both sets of grandparents may come on the same day. Official invitations will go home later.
Please help your child get his/her library book here on Mondays. It is harder to get new books on Tuesdays because the teachers are busy working with the students.
Remember, it is always a good idea to have an extra shirt, pair of pants, and underwear in the backpack or in a sack that is kept in the cubby. Boys and girls dump milk on their clothes, fall in the mud, and have bathroom accidents. If your child does have a problem here at school and needs different clothes, we do have extras. These borrowed pieces of clothing need to be washed and returned as soon as possible!
Since the weather can be so inconsistent during the spring, it is hard to know how to dress children for school. It is fine to put cooler or warmer clothing in their bags and have them change if necessary. Please send coats, jackets, and/or sweatshirts to school. When we go out for a morning recess the temperature tends be cooler. If it is warm enough to go outside without coats, then coats are left in cubbies.
This weekend Ms. Howard gets married. Her new last name will be Daugherty. It is pronounced Doe•er•tee. It may take a while for the kids to call her the new name and that is okay.
Have an exciting weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Pokorny
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
March 20, 2009
March 20, 2009
Dear Families,
This week we practiced the final digraph “ck”. On your kindergartner’s papers you may have noticed the following: k,cllck. The kids say “k comma c final digraph ck” whenever he/she writes this on the paper. We learned about St. Patrick’s Day and had Mary McLean, a secretary in our building, read the book Mary McLean and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The boys and girls played the “Green Bean” game. In this game, the students dropped 5 beans on a quiet mat. The beans were painted green on one side and remained white on the other side. The kindergartners counted how many beans were green and recorded it with a black crayon on the chart. The column number on the chart that was filled in first was colored purple. The second place number was colored red. The third place number was colored yellow. The fourth place number was colored orange, and the fifth place number was colored blue. The children really enjoyed this game and noticed that it was really hard to get a 5 or a 0. (Probability!) Centers included coloring a “Spring Is Here!” sign, water in the sensory table, geoboards, counting on pretend seeds on pretend watermelons, giant floor puzzles, and number bingo with the numbers 11 - 40.
Check with your child on the condition of his/her glue stick and crayons. Many need replacing, and we have very few borrowing glue sticks left!
The quarter ended today. Report cards will be going home next Friday.
We have officially scheduled Grandparents/Guest Days on the calendar. The dates are Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Kindergartners may invite their grandparents to school during the afternoon on one of those days for a short program and refreshments. If your kindergartner does not have a grandparent that can attend, then any grown up guest will be fine. More information and official invitations will be sent home later.
Kindergartners do NOT need to bring snowpants and boots unless there is measurable snow on the ground.
Have an beautiful weekend!
Mrs. Herink, Ms. Howard, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Owens
Dear Families,
This week we practiced the final digraph “ck”. On your kindergartner’s papers you may have noticed the following: k,cllck. The kids say “k comma c final digraph ck” whenever he/she writes this on the paper. We learned about St. Patrick’s Day and had Mary McLean, a secretary in our building, read the book Mary McLean and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The boys and girls played the “Green Bean” game. In this game, the students dropped 5 beans on a quiet mat. The beans were painted green on one side and remained white on the other side. The kindergartners counted how many beans were green and recorded it with a black crayon on the chart. The column number on the chart that was filled in first was colored purple. The second place number was colored red. The third place number was colored yellow. The fourth place number was colored orange, and the fifth place number was colored blue. The children really enjoyed this game and noticed that it was really hard to get a 5 or a 0. (Probability!) Centers included coloring a “Spring Is Here!” sign, water in the sensory table, geoboards, counting on pretend seeds on pretend watermelons, giant floor puzzles, and number bingo with the numbers 11 - 40.
Check with your child on the condition of his/her glue stick and crayons. Many need replacing, and we have very few borrowing glue sticks left!
The quarter ended today. Report cards will be going home next Friday.
We have officially scheduled Grandparents/Guest Days on the calendar. The dates are Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th. Kindergartners may invite their grandparents to school during the afternoon on one of those days for a short program and refreshments. If your kindergartner does not have a grandparent that can attend, then any grown up guest will be fine. More information and official invitations will be sent home later.
Kindergartners do NOT need to bring snowpants and boots unless there is measurable snow on the ground.
Have an beautiful weekend!
Mrs. Herink, Ms. Howard, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Owens
Monday, March 16, 2009
March 13, 2009
March 13, 2009
Dear Families,
This week the kindergartners learned how to read some long vowel words. The rule this week was “A vowel not followed by a consonant is long; code it with a macron.” The boys and girls put macrons (horizontal lines) above vowels in words like he, be, we, no, go, and so and sounded them out. This week we are sending 7 flashcards home with the students. When reading this week we worked on fluency. Some boys and girls now sound out every word they encounter when reading, even the words they know how to read. Centers included painting, working with tinker toys, a nickel and penny worksheet, puzzles, a Saint Patrick’s Day coloring sheet, word bingo, and the Pizza Palace dramatic play center.
The third quarter will end on Friday, March 20th. We have been working on evaluations for the report cards. Report cards are scheduled to go home the following week.
Don’t forget about the Fine Arts Festival next Thursday! Each student has a project displayed somewhere in the building. There is food and entertainment. There are many inexpensive activities for the children. The Fine Arts Festival takes place in the multipurpose room, lunchroom, and gym. Refer to the elementary newsletter for more information!
Many families are wondering if snowpants and boots are still needed. We do need snowpants and boots when there is snow on the ground. We need boots if there is mud on the ground. If unsure, send the boots and snowpants. We will have the students wear them if needed. If they do not need to wear them, then they just stay on the red rug or in the cubbies. That is not a problem.
We hope you have a good weekend!!!
Mrs. Herink, Ms. Howard , Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny and Mr. Degner
Dear Families,
This week the kindergartners learned how to read some long vowel words. The rule this week was “A vowel not followed by a consonant is long; code it with a macron.” The boys and girls put macrons (horizontal lines) above vowels in words like he, be, we, no, go, and so and sounded them out. This week we are sending 7 flashcards home with the students. When reading this week we worked on fluency. Some boys and girls now sound out every word they encounter when reading, even the words they know how to read. Centers included painting, working with tinker toys, a nickel and penny worksheet, puzzles, a Saint Patrick’s Day coloring sheet, word bingo, and the Pizza Palace dramatic play center.
The third quarter will end on Friday, March 20th. We have been working on evaluations for the report cards. Report cards are scheduled to go home the following week.
Don’t forget about the Fine Arts Festival next Thursday! Each student has a project displayed somewhere in the building. There is food and entertainment. There are many inexpensive activities for the children. The Fine Arts Festival takes place in the multipurpose room, lunchroom, and gym. Refer to the elementary newsletter for more information!
Many families are wondering if snowpants and boots are still needed. We do need snowpants and boots when there is snow on the ground. We need boots if there is mud on the ground. If unsure, send the boots and snowpants. We will have the students wear them if needed. If they do not need to wear them, then they just stay on the red rug or in the cubbies. That is not a problem.
We hope you have a good weekend!!!
Mrs. Herink, Ms. Howard , Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny and Mr. Degner
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
March 6, 2009
March 6, 2009
Dear Families,
We learned about the letter Qq. We talked about quiet animals. Sara Stoakes, the North Tama Homecoming queen and Kelsey Upah, the Tama County Fair queen were guest speakers in the classroom. The boys and girls listened to directions and filled out a listening quilt doing something different in each section of the quilt. These will be sent home so that families can see how well their kindergartner listened. In math we started counting by fives and working with nickels. Counting by fives is a very difficult skill for some kindergartners so extra practice at home would be really helpful. Centers included playing hangman, the card game War, reading books, working with pattern blocks, working in journals, counting beans on quiet mats, and the Pizza Palace in the dramatic playhouse.
Can you believe that we have finished learning about all 26 letters? Next week we will start working with long vowels found at the end of words like we, he, see, so, go, etc.
The Fine Arts Festival is a wonderful event that features special projects produced by students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The Fine Arts Festival will be held on Thursday, March 19th from 6:30 - 9:00. The Fine Arts Festival is held in the multi-purpose room, the lunchroom, and the gym. There’s more information about the Fine Art’s Festival in the Elementary Newsletter that was sent home earlier.
Soon this 3rd nine weeks will be over. We have been working hard on evaluating the students for their report cards. Some of the skills that you can practice at home are counting to 75, identifying numbers through 25, counting items to a specific number up to 25 correctly, identifying left and right, the days of the week, the months of the year, addresses and phone numbers, recognizing the letters learned so far, recognizing rhyming words, identifying pennies, nickels, and dimes and their values, counting to 100 by tens and fives, and associating the sounds to the consonants learned so far.
The Iowa winter weather is so unpredictable! Boots are still a good idea because our kindergartners are known to find the mud. Their shoes and our room’s floor stay cleaner when the kindergartners wear their boots. If we find that boots are not needed, they will stay on the red rug in the classroom.
Grandparents’ Day has now been officially set. Grandparents or other guests may come either Thursday, May 14th or Friday, May 15th. A short program will start at 2:00 followed by some kindergarten made refreshments. More information will be coming home closer to the event in May.
Have a great weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
Dear Families,
We learned about the letter Qq. We talked about quiet animals. Sara Stoakes, the North Tama Homecoming queen and Kelsey Upah, the Tama County Fair queen were guest speakers in the classroom. The boys and girls listened to directions and filled out a listening quilt doing something different in each section of the quilt. These will be sent home so that families can see how well their kindergartner listened. In math we started counting by fives and working with nickels. Counting by fives is a very difficult skill for some kindergartners so extra practice at home would be really helpful. Centers included playing hangman, the card game War, reading books, working with pattern blocks, working in journals, counting beans on quiet mats, and the Pizza Palace in the dramatic playhouse.
Can you believe that we have finished learning about all 26 letters? Next week we will start working with long vowels found at the end of words like we, he, see, so, go, etc.
The Fine Arts Festival is a wonderful event that features special projects produced by students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The Fine Arts Festival will be held on Thursday, March 19th from 6:30 - 9:00. The Fine Arts Festival is held in the multi-purpose room, the lunchroom, and the gym. There’s more information about the Fine Art’s Festival in the Elementary Newsletter that was sent home earlier.
Soon this 3rd nine weeks will be over. We have been working hard on evaluating the students for their report cards. Some of the skills that you can practice at home are counting to 75, identifying numbers through 25, counting items to a specific number up to 25 correctly, identifying left and right, the days of the week, the months of the year, addresses and phone numbers, recognizing the letters learned so far, recognizing rhyming words, identifying pennies, nickels, and dimes and their values, counting to 100 by tens and fives, and associating the sounds to the consonants learned so far.
The Iowa winter weather is so unpredictable! Boots are still a good idea because our kindergartners are known to find the mud. Their shoes and our room’s floor stay cleaner when the kindergartners wear their boots. If we find that boots are not needed, they will stay on the red rug in the classroom.
Grandparents’ Day has now been officially set. Grandparents or other guests may come either Thursday, May 14th or Friday, May 15th. A short program will start at 2:00 followed by some kindergarten made refreshments. More information will be coming home closer to the event in May.
Have a great weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
February 26, 2009
February 26, 2009
Dear Families,
This has been a wacky short week learning about Ww. The boys and girls took a winter walk and learned about water. We read the book A Weekend with Wendell. It was about a boy that went to a friend’s house for a sleepover. While there, the boy was not a very nice guest. He was mean to the little girl and didn’t make good decisions. We discussed what the boys and girls would do if Wendell had a sleep over at their houses, and we filled out a paper with their ideas. Warthogs in the Kitchen was a big book that we read. We completed a main idea worksheet that went with the book. The kindergartners practiced sequencing with a winter activity paper.
There is no school on Friday, February 27th or Monday, March 2nd!
Lately we have had many boys and girls forget their library books on Monday. We need your help in getting the books here on time so that families can enjoy a new book each week.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Qq. Since there are very few items that begin with Qq, sharing next week will be free choice.
Next week we are turning the dramatic play center into a Pizza Palace. Families are welcome to send pizza items to school. Please put your child’s name on anything you want returned home.
We have a few children with summer birthdays that would like to celebrate their birthday during this school year. If you have one of those children, we can arrange a day for them to celebrate. It is a big deal to them because they get to be the leader that day and have the birthday song sung to them. Let us know in a note if your family would like to pick a day. We like to arrange these ahead of time so that we don’t put two on the same day!
Please continue to send the boots and snowpants until further notice. These items keep the children dry and clean. If we find that we don’t need them, the snow items will stay in the room during recess. We will let you know when you no longer need to send them.
Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Owens, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Pokorny, and Ms. Howard
Dear Families,
This has been a wacky short week learning about Ww. The boys and girls took a winter walk and learned about water. We read the book A Weekend with Wendell. It was about a boy that went to a friend’s house for a sleepover. While there, the boy was not a very nice guest. He was mean to the little girl and didn’t make good decisions. We discussed what the boys and girls would do if Wendell had a sleep over at their houses, and we filled out a paper with their ideas. Warthogs in the Kitchen was a big book that we read. We completed a main idea worksheet that went with the book. The kindergartners practiced sequencing with a winter activity paper.
There is no school on Friday, February 27th or Monday, March 2nd!
Lately we have had many boys and girls forget their library books on Monday. We need your help in getting the books here on time so that families can enjoy a new book each week.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Qq. Since there are very few items that begin with Qq, sharing next week will be free choice.
Next week we are turning the dramatic play center into a Pizza Palace. Families are welcome to send pizza items to school. Please put your child’s name on anything you want returned home.
We have a few children with summer birthdays that would like to celebrate their birthday during this school year. If you have one of those children, we can arrange a day for them to celebrate. It is a big deal to them because they get to be the leader that day and have the birthday song sung to them. Let us know in a note if your family would like to pick a day. We like to arrange these ahead of time so that we don’t put two on the same day!
Please continue to send the boots and snowpants until further notice. These items keep the children dry and clean. If we find that we don’t need them, the snow items will stay in the room during recess. We will let you know when you no longer need to send them.
Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Owens, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Pokorny, and Ms. Howard
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
February 20, 2009
February 23, 2009
Dear Families,
This has been an excellent week! We discussed George Washington because his birthday is February 22nd. We made x-ray booklets and practiced counting by making a specific number of x’s in boxes. We X’ed out animals using specific colors following the directions on the back of the worksheet. The kindergartners voted for their favorite extra fun activity. Their choices were going to Chuck E. Cheese, bowling, miniature golf, going on a picnic, or going to a movie. Centers included working with tangrams, sorting and counting Smarties, playing alphabet bingo, building a town, playing UNO, and listening to a story on a tape.
Please remember that the students get out of school at 12:20 on Monday, February 23rd! There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 27th.
Conferences are next week! If your time doesn’t work for you, please let us know so that we can reschedule.
Lately we have had many boys and girls forget their library books on Monday. We need your help in getting the books here on time so that families can enjoy a new book each week.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Ww. Sharing needs to be an item that starts with the letter Ww. We hope to take a winter walk on Tuesday afternoon.
We have a few children with summer birthdays that would like to celebrate their birthday during this school year. If you have one of those children, we can arrange a day for them to celebrate. It is a big deal to them because they get to be the leader that day and have the birthday song sung to them. Let us know in a note if your family would like to pick a day. We like to arrange these ahead of time so that we don’t put two on the same day!
Notice the sharing schedule at the end of the newsletter.
Have an excellent weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Pokorny, and Mrs. Rohlfsen
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February 23 - 27: Something that starts with the letter Ww (Friday kids may bring their sharing any day that week.)
March 2 - 6: Free choice (Qq week) - Monday kids may bring their sharing any day that week.)
The rest of March will be free choice sharing. We may develop some sharing themes for April and May!
Dear Families,
This has been an excellent week! We discussed George Washington because his birthday is February 22nd. We made x-ray booklets and practiced counting by making a specific number of x’s in boxes. We X’ed out animals using specific colors following the directions on the back of the worksheet. The kindergartners voted for their favorite extra fun activity. Their choices were going to Chuck E. Cheese, bowling, miniature golf, going on a picnic, or going to a movie. Centers included working with tangrams, sorting and counting Smarties, playing alphabet bingo, building a town, playing UNO, and listening to a story on a tape.
Please remember that the students get out of school at 12:20 on Monday, February 23rd! There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 27th.
Conferences are next week! If your time doesn’t work for you, please let us know so that we can reschedule.
Lately we have had many boys and girls forget their library books on Monday. We need your help in getting the books here on time so that families can enjoy a new book each week.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Ww. Sharing needs to be an item that starts with the letter Ww. We hope to take a winter walk on Tuesday afternoon.
We have a few children with summer birthdays that would like to celebrate their birthday during this school year. If you have one of those children, we can arrange a day for them to celebrate. It is a big deal to them because they get to be the leader that day and have the birthday song sung to them. Let us know in a note if your family would like to pick a day. We like to arrange these ahead of time so that we don’t put two on the same day!
Notice the sharing schedule at the end of the newsletter.
Have an excellent weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Pokorny, and Mrs. Rohlfsen
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February 23 - 27: Something that starts with the letter Ww (Friday kids may bring their sharing any day that week.)
March 2 - 6: Free choice (Qq week) - Monday kids may bring their sharing any day that week.)
The rest of March will be free choice sharing. We may develop some sharing themes for April and May!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
February 6, 2009
February 6, 2009
Dear Families,
We have done a lot during Vv week! On Tuesday we visited the vet clinic and journaled what we liked best about the visit. We did some valentine activities. We did a lot of reading and worked on recognizing numbers up to 20. Centers included beans in the sensory table, word bingo, a February calendar, letter tiles, marble magic, Marble Magic, and the vet clinic in the dramatic play center.
This week we got a new student. Her name is Lanika Eilander, and she is in the red team. PLEASE ADD HER TO THE VALENTINE LIST SENT HOME EARLIER!
Next week is JJ week. Sharing should be an item that starts with the letter Jj.
Remember there is no school on Friday, February 27th. School is dismissed early on Tuesday, February 24th. School is dismissed at 12:20 on that day. Please mark your calendars!
Conferences are scheduled for the last week of February. Conference times will be mailed to each family. If you find that your conference time does not work, please call us at school so that we can reschedule!
Please include extra clothes in your child’s backpack. Our supply of extra clothes is dwindling because many families are not sending the extra clothes back! Please check for these extra pants, shirts, sweatshirts, socks, and undies.
Our class has experienced MANY, MANY cases of strep throat. There have been days when 5 - 6 children have been home with diagnosed cases. Please pay attention to your child’s health. If your child comes to school and the nurse suspects strep throat, you will be called to pick up your child.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Ms. Howard, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Rohlfsen
Dear Families,
We have done a lot during Vv week! On Tuesday we visited the vet clinic and journaled what we liked best about the visit. We did some valentine activities. We did a lot of reading and worked on recognizing numbers up to 20. Centers included beans in the sensory table, word bingo, a February calendar, letter tiles, marble magic, Marble Magic, and the vet clinic in the dramatic play center.
This week we got a new student. Her name is Lanika Eilander, and she is in the red team. PLEASE ADD HER TO THE VALENTINE LIST SENT HOME EARLIER!
Next week is JJ week. Sharing should be an item that starts with the letter Jj.
Remember there is no school on Friday, February 27th. School is dismissed early on Tuesday, February 24th. School is dismissed at 12:20 on that day. Please mark your calendars!
Conferences are scheduled for the last week of February. Conference times will be mailed to each family. If you find that your conference time does not work, please call us at school so that we can reschedule!
Please include extra clothes in your child’s backpack. Our supply of extra clothes is dwindling because many families are not sending the extra clothes back! Please check for these extra pants, shirts, sweatshirts, socks, and undies.
Our class has experienced MANY, MANY cases of strep throat. There have been days when 5 - 6 children have been home with diagnosed cases. Please pay attention to your child’s health. If your child comes to school and the nurse suspects strep throat, you will be called to pick up your child.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Herink, Ms. Howard, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Rohlfsen
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
January 30, 2009
January 30, 2009
Dear Families,
During Dd week we worked with dimes. We graphed our favorite kind of donuts (jelly filled, cream filled, chocolate frosting, powdered sugar, or glazed). Centers included making valentine sacks, alphabet bingo, dominoes, telling the teacher what he/she would do with $100, dot to dot worksheets, reading books, and the doctor’s office dramatic play center. On Friday we celebrated our 100th day of school and made necklaces with 100 pieces of cereal on them. We read many books about the 100th day of school. We counted to 100.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Vv. Sharing needs to be something that starts with the letter Vv or a valentine item. Notice the sharing list at the bottom of the sheet!
Keep working on those valentines! Valentines may be brought to school between Wednesday, Feb. 4th and Friday, February 13th. Our party will be on the 13th. We contacted volunteers to provide treats and napkins this week.
Please remember that our outside doors are locked at 8:30 each morning. If you bring your child to school late, then he/she needs to come in the main entrance by the multipurpose room.
Town kids that do not eat breakfast should not come to school before 8:10.
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Rohlfsen, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner and Mrs. Herink
February Sharing
February 2 - 6 : An item that begins with Vv or a valentine item
February 9 - 13: An item that begins with Jj
February 16 - 20: Free choice (Xx week)
February 23 - 27: An item that begins with Ww (Friday kids may bring their sharing any day this week.)
Dear Families,
During Dd week we worked with dimes. We graphed our favorite kind of donuts (jelly filled, cream filled, chocolate frosting, powdered sugar, or glazed). Centers included making valentine sacks, alphabet bingo, dominoes, telling the teacher what he/she would do with $100, dot to dot worksheets, reading books, and the doctor’s office dramatic play center. On Friday we celebrated our 100th day of school and made necklaces with 100 pieces of cereal on them. We read many books about the 100th day of school. We counted to 100.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Vv. Sharing needs to be something that starts with the letter Vv or a valentine item. Notice the sharing list at the bottom of the sheet!
Keep working on those valentines! Valentines may be brought to school between Wednesday, Feb. 4th and Friday, February 13th. Our party will be on the 13th. We contacted volunteers to provide treats and napkins this week.
Please remember that our outside doors are locked at 8:30 each morning. If you bring your child to school late, then he/she needs to come in the main entrance by the multipurpose room.
Town kids that do not eat breakfast should not come to school before 8:10.
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Rohlfsen, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner and Mrs. Herink
February Sharing
February 2 - 6 : An item that begins with Vv or a valentine item
February 9 - 13: An item that begins with Jj
February 16 - 20: Free choice (Xx week)
February 23 - 27: An item that begins with Ww (Friday kids may bring their sharing any day this week.)
Thursday, January 22, 2009
January 23, 2009
January 23, 2009
Dear Families,
This week was spent learning about the letter Yy. The kindergartners made Months of the Year booklets. The boys and girls need to be able to say the months of the year in order for the next report card. Reviewing the months of the year at home would be really helful! We have learned about dimes and counting by 10’s. This week we started centers. During center time, the kindergartners rotated through 7 different activities. The children spent approximately 10 minutes at each center and moved when the timer rang. Centers included yahtzee, the dramatic play house, yellow yachts and a yacht dot to dot, yellow objects (beginning sounds), the rice table, journaling about our favorite winter activity, and number bingo.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Dd. Sharing needs to be something that starts with the letter Dd.
Keep working on those valentines! Valentines may be brought to school between Wednesday, Feb. 4th and Friday, February 13th. Our party will be on the 13th. We will be contacting volunteers to provide treats and napkins this week.
Some of our kindergartners are coughing. The nurse would like to remind families that she can not give cough syrup, any other cold medicines, or prescription medication without a doctor’s note.
Please remember that our outside doors are locked at 8:30 each morning. If you bring your child to school late, then he/she needs to come in the main entrance by the multipurpose room.
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Rohlfsen, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
Dear Families,
This week was spent learning about the letter Yy. The kindergartners made Months of the Year booklets. The boys and girls need to be able to say the months of the year in order for the next report card. Reviewing the months of the year at home would be really helful! We have learned about dimes and counting by 10’s. This week we started centers. During center time, the kindergartners rotated through 7 different activities. The children spent approximately 10 minutes at each center and moved when the timer rang. Centers included yahtzee, the dramatic play house, yellow yachts and a yacht dot to dot, yellow objects (beginning sounds), the rice table, journaling about our favorite winter activity, and number bingo.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Dd. Sharing needs to be something that starts with the letter Dd.
Keep working on those valentines! Valentines may be brought to school between Wednesday, Feb. 4th and Friday, February 13th. Our party will be on the 13th. We will be contacting volunteers to provide treats and napkins this week.
Some of our kindergartners are coughing. The nurse would like to remind families that she can not give cough syrup, any other cold medicines, or prescription medication without a doctor’s note.
Please remember that our outside doors are locked at 8:30 each morning. If you bring your child to school late, then he/she needs to come in the main entrance by the multipurpose room.
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Rohlfsen, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink
Thursday, January 15, 2009
January 16, 2009
January 16, 2009
Dear Families,
What a week! We learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. and dictated two facts we learned about him on a paper. We worked hard at completing all 4 of our Saxon reading lessons for Ee during this crazy week. The kindergartners practiced counting by tens and made Ee booklets.
Next week we will be studying the letter Yy. Since there aren’t many things that start with Yy, kindergartners may bring in any free choice item. Since there is no school on Monday due to teacher meetings, the Monday sharing people may bring their sharing item any day next week.
Some families are thinking about Valentine’s Day already. Children can choose to have a valentine for each child in their particular group or one for each child in the class. (This means that reds could give a valentine to only the reds, or the reds and the blues. The blues could give a valentine only to the blues, or the the blues and the reds.) Attached to this newsletter is the list of names for each group. We encourage children to start working on them early. Writing their own name 20 to 41 times takes a long time. Families can help write the students’ names that the valentines will be given to.
PLEASE SEND BOOTS, HATS, AND MITTENS EVERYDAY TO SCHOOL!!!!!! Hopefully we will get to go outside soon. We want to be prepared when that happens!
We have had a lot of colds and other sick bugs in the classroom. We try to keep germs spreading to a minimum, but that is difficult. We wash hands often, clean the toys, tables, and pencils, and encourage students to cough and sneeze into their elbows instead of their hands. You will be called to pick up your child if we believe that he/she is too sick to be at school. We hope that you understand.
We hope you can keep warm this winter weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Rohlfsen, Mrs. Pokorny, and Mrs. Herink
SOME UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER:
February 13th - Valentine’s Day parties
February 16th - There IS school!
February 24 - 12:20 Dismissal for Parent-Teacher Conferences
February 27th - NO SCHOOL (Comp Day)
Dear Families,
What a week! We learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. and dictated two facts we learned about him on a paper. We worked hard at completing all 4 of our Saxon reading lessons for Ee during this crazy week. The kindergartners practiced counting by tens and made Ee booklets.
Next week we will be studying the letter Yy. Since there aren’t many things that start with Yy, kindergartners may bring in any free choice item. Since there is no school on Monday due to teacher meetings, the Monday sharing people may bring their sharing item any day next week.
Some families are thinking about Valentine’s Day already. Children can choose to have a valentine for each child in their particular group or one for each child in the class. (This means that reds could give a valentine to only the reds, or the reds and the blues. The blues could give a valentine only to the blues, or the the blues and the reds.) Attached to this newsletter is the list of names for each group. We encourage children to start working on them early. Writing their own name 20 to 41 times takes a long time. Families can help write the students’ names that the valentines will be given to.
PLEASE SEND BOOTS, HATS, AND MITTENS EVERYDAY TO SCHOOL!!!!!! Hopefully we will get to go outside soon. We want to be prepared when that happens!
We have had a lot of colds and other sick bugs in the classroom. We try to keep germs spreading to a minimum, but that is difficult. We wash hands often, clean the toys, tables, and pencils, and encourage students to cough and sneeze into their elbows instead of their hands. You will be called to pick up your child if we believe that he/she is too sick to be at school. We hope that you understand.
We hope you can keep warm this winter weekend!
Ms. Howard, Mrs. Owens, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Rohlfsen, Mrs. Pokorny, and Mrs. Herink
SOME UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER:
February 13th - Valentine’s Day parties
February 16th - There IS school!
February 24 - 12:20 Dismissal for Parent-Teacher Conferences
February 27th - NO SCHOOL (Comp Day)
Friday, January 9, 2009
January 9, 2009
January 9, 2009
Dear Families,
During Cc week we learned about how crayons are made. We practiced reading color words, and reviewed clocks. We graphed our favorite kind of candy choosing from the following: Air Head Extremes, M & M’s, Skittles, Jolly Ranchers, and suckers. We talked about New Year resolutions and journaled our ideas. Since we had 2 Zz week activities that we didn’t get to before Christmas, we did them this week. The kindergartners watched a Backyard Safari video about caterpillars and butterflies.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Ee. Sharing for next week is free choice.
The end of the quarter is currently January 14th. Our school does not have scheduled conferences at the end of the second quarter, but we would be happy to set a time to meet with or call anyone who has questions or concerns.
The students will not have school on Monday, January 19th. The teachers get to have lots of meetings that day.
Please make sure that your child is prepared to go outside every day. The boys and girls need something for their heads/ears, boots (when there is snow or a lot of mud), gloves or mittens, snow pants (when there is snow), and warm coats. It is important that every item is marked with a name. An extra pair of socks put in the school bag would be appreciated! In fact, an extra shirt, pair of pants, and underwear would be appreciated, too. We are to the point that our extra clothes supply is depleted. Moms and Dads will be called to bring in extra clothes if their child needs some because of an accident due to spilled milk, mud, bathroom problems, etc.
We hope that you have an enjoyable weekend!
Mrs. Owens, Ms. Howard, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Pokorny, Mrs. Rohlfsen, and Mrs. Herink
Dear Families,
During Cc week we learned about how crayons are made. We practiced reading color words, and reviewed clocks. We graphed our favorite kind of candy choosing from the following: Air Head Extremes, M & M’s, Skittles, Jolly Ranchers, and suckers. We talked about New Year resolutions and journaled our ideas. Since we had 2 Zz week activities that we didn’t get to before Christmas, we did them this week. The kindergartners watched a Backyard Safari video about caterpillars and butterflies.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Ee. Sharing for next week is free choice.
The end of the quarter is currently January 14th. Our school does not have scheduled conferences at the end of the second quarter, but we would be happy to set a time to meet with or call anyone who has questions or concerns.
The students will not have school on Monday, January 19th. The teachers get to have lots of meetings that day.
Please make sure that your child is prepared to go outside every day. The boys and girls need something for their heads/ears, boots (when there is snow or a lot of mud), gloves or mittens, snow pants (when there is snow), and warm coats. It is important that every item is marked with a name. An extra pair of socks put in the school bag would be appreciated! In fact, an extra shirt, pair of pants, and underwear would be appreciated, too. We are to the point that our extra clothes supply is depleted. Moms and Dads will be called to bring in extra clothes if their child needs some because of an accident due to spilled milk, mud, bathroom problems, etc.
We hope that you have an enjoyable weekend!
Mrs. Owens, Ms. Howard, Mr. Degner, Mrs. Pokorny, Mrs. Rohlfsen, and Mrs. Herink
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