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