Friday News

We had a great day together!

We started our time together with a special birthday and royal reader! Tomorrow is Mrs. Wittwer's birthday, so we went to her class and I read a book to both classes to celebrate her special day! Mrs. Wittwer chose a book called The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. We then went back to class and got ready for kinder buddies. For buddies today, we went up to the fourth grade class and did a fun, fall project. The students worked with their buddies to trace leaves and then color the leaf tracings different fall colors. I'm always impressed with the kinders when we do buddies. They listen and follow directions so well! Finally, we went back to class to get ready for music and P.E. 

Please note: We did go to the library today during the am class and will go again on Monday for the pm class. However, due to the book fair, students are not able to check out. Instead, the students made book fair wish lists and watched a video about the book fair. 

One last thing: I am continuing to assess kiddos on their Magic Five. I'll continue pulling kiddos and assessing them as time permits. 

Important Information:

1. Homework folders are coming home on Monday (10/26). Please note that our building policy is to only give between 5-8 minutes of homework per day in kindergarten (that includes writing their sentence, three math problems, and reading their take home book). If you would like to give your child extra work, that's up to you. If you have questions regarding your child's homework and/or our homework policy, please email me. 

2. Take Home Books are due Monday (10/26)! 

*If your child needs more practice with their book, return the book in their plastic envelope/bag so I can check off  that you have that book. 

* If the book was at an appropriate level of difficulty, but you are done with this book write on a sticky note: New Book 

**If a book doesn't have a sticky note, it doesn't get exchanged, just checked off.**

3. We will not have library checkout tomorrow due to the book fair. We will, however, let the kiddos walk through the book fair and make a wish list.

4. Please practice the flash cards you were given at Open House with your kiddo (sight words and numbers). Daily practice for just a few minutes is better than one big chunk at once.  Pick one thing to have your child work on, start with a few cards and gradually add more as they learn them.  You do not want to overwhelm them in the first sitting.  For example, if they do not know all their letters, go through and pull out the ones that they know without any prompting, then add one or two more that you want to teach them.  FYI: studies show that B and D need to be introduced separately, students need to be solid on one, before you even think about adding the other. 

5. Just a reminder that the PTO and school calendars are linked on the side of the blog. All upcoming events are posted there and is a great resource.

6. Bring in any gently used costumes for our PV service project. Click HERE to read all about it! 

 7. Our Halloween party will be Friday, 10/30/15 from 9:50-10:45 (am) and 2:00-2:55 (pm). Just a reminder that if you'd like to help out with our party, please email me. Also, kinders wear their costumes to school. Costumes should NOT be scary (no blood, guts, etc.) and NOT include any sort of weapons. If you have specific questions about your child's costume, please feel free to email me.

8. We will have a Veteran's Day Assembly. The kinders will be singing two songs at the assembly. The assembly is on Tuesday, November 10^th, at either 10 a.m. with our primary students (AM-K, 1, 2, and 3) or at 2:00 p.m. with our intermediate students (PM-K, 4, 5, and 6). Click HERE for more information about the assembly.
9. DURING CONFERENCE WEEK (NOVEMBER 19-25), GRADES 1-6 HAVE HALF DAYS; HOWEVER, THE KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE DOES NOT CHANGE. AM KINDERS GO FROM 9:10-11:45am AND PM KINDERS GO FROM 12:45-3:20pm.