Wednesday, February 23, 2005
February 21-March 4
February 24, 2005
Dear Families,
This has been quite a week! The kindergartners learned about quarters. Any extra practice with recognizing money and their values at home would be beneficial. We also discussed George Washington because his birthday was February 22nd. During the week we talked about quiet animals, practiced counting to 75, and practiced listening and following directions on a paper that looked like a quilt. We learned the new word do and read the booklets I Am Sam.
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 Pp. Sharing needs to be an item that starts with the letter Pp.
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.
Because Mrs. Owens and Mrs. Howard will both be gone next week, we are sending NEXT WEEK’S newsletter information in this week’s newsletter. If you need to talk with a kindergarten teacher, call the school at 478-8444. Our substitute teachers will be Ms. McGowen and Mrs. Snow. Check out the following Pp week newsletter information:
“During Pp week we acted out the story The Three Little Pigs. They liked hearing Mr. Foster read The Principal’s New Clothes and The Principal from the Black Lagoon. We discussed pets and colored in purple books. We learned about the Presidents. Tuesday was Dr. Suess’s 100th birthday by working on a Cat in the Hat activity with the fourth graders.
This week we did not learn a new word. We did review the words we already learned. We did work in the workbooks at sounding out easy short vowel words. The booklet Mud Fun was read and sent home. Do not panic if your child seems to take longer to learn the words. Each child learns at a different pace, and some children need to practice more than others. We will keep working here at school. It does help if you keep practicing at home. There is homework this week. Check it out!
We have several 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! “
On Monday, March 7th, the kindergartners that met their reading goals will get to go on the “Dinosaur Named Sue” field trip in Cedar Falls. We leave promptly at 8:30 so don’t be late because you will be left behind. Bus students arrive on time. Town kids need to be sure that they are in the classroom by 8:20. The cooks are serving a sack lunch that we will bring along with us to Cedar Falls. We will be eating in the Unidome! If your child does not want to eat the cooks’ sack lunch, then you can send a sack lunch to school.
Attached to this newsletter are several pieces of homework. We are sending the Pp homework early in order to help out the substitutes next week.”
Enjoy spending some extra time with your kindergartner this weekend! Remember children do not have school on Friday. (Teachers get to meet with each other and work on some district goals.) Please keep reading and turn in the last slip next Tuesday, March 1st.
Please remember that this newsletter also covers NEXT week. (Pp Week)
Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Owens and Mrs. Howard
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February 28 - March 4: Something that starts with the letter Pp
March 7 - 11: Something that starts with the letter Kk
March 14 - 18: Something that starts with the letter Gg
March 21 - 25: Something that starts with the letter Bb
March 28 - April 1: Free choice sharing
Dear Families,
This has been quite a week! The kindergartners learned about quarters. Any extra practice with recognizing money and their values at home would be beneficial. We also discussed George Washington because his birthday was February 22nd. During the week we talked about quiet animals, practiced counting to 75, and practiced listening and following directions on a paper that looked like a quilt. We learned the new word do and read the booklets I Am Sam.
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 Pp. Sharing needs to be an item that starts with the letter Pp.
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.
Because Mrs. Owens and Mrs. Howard will both be gone next week, we are sending NEXT WEEK’S newsletter information in this week’s newsletter. If you need to talk with a kindergarten teacher, call the school at 478-8444. Our substitute teachers will be Ms. McGowen and Mrs. Snow. Check out the following Pp week newsletter information:
“During Pp week we acted out the story The Three Little Pigs. They liked hearing Mr. Foster read The Principal’s New Clothes and The Principal from the Black Lagoon. We discussed pets and colored in purple books. We learned about the Presidents. Tuesday was Dr. Suess’s 100th birthday by working on a Cat in the Hat activity with the fourth graders.
This week we did not learn a new word. We did review the words we already learned. We did work in the workbooks at sounding out easy short vowel words. The booklet Mud Fun was read and sent home. Do not panic if your child seems to take longer to learn the words. Each child learns at a different pace, and some children need to practice more than others. We will keep working here at school. It does help if you keep practicing at home. There is homework this week. Check it out!
We have several 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! “
On Monday, March 7th, the kindergartners that met their reading goals will get to go on the “Dinosaur Named Sue” field trip in Cedar Falls. We leave promptly at 8:30 so don’t be late because you will be left behind. Bus students arrive on time. Town kids need to be sure that they are in the classroom by 8:20. The cooks are serving a sack lunch that we will bring along with us to Cedar Falls. We will be eating in the Unidome! If your child does not want to eat the cooks’ sack lunch, then you can send a sack lunch to school.
Attached to this newsletter are several pieces of homework. We are sending the Pp homework early in order to help out the substitutes next week.”
Enjoy spending some extra time with your kindergartner this weekend! Remember children do not have school on Friday. (Teachers get to meet with each other and work on some district goals.) Please keep reading and turn in the last slip next Tuesday, March 1st.
Please remember that this newsletter also covers NEXT week. (Pp Week)
Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Owens and Mrs. Howard
____________________________________________________________
February 28 - March 4: Something that starts with the letter Pp
March 7 - 11: Something that starts with the letter Kk
March 14 - 18: Something that starts with the letter Gg
March 21 - 25: Something that starts with the letter Bb
March 28 - April 1: Free choice sharing
