Week of October 17th

Welcome to another wonderful week of kindergarten! I hope everyone had a very nice, relaxing break. Parent/teacher conferences are this week. Thank you to all who signed up, I know you are all very busy and I appreciate your time. If you have a morning conference before 7:30 I will come meet you at the gate of the school to let you in at your time. If you have an afternoon conference it will probably be in the cafeteria. Thank you!
We are going on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch on Tuesday, October 25th to go pick out a pumpkin. The cost for the field trip is $6 per person and permission slips were sent home last Monday. Please turn in all slips and money by this Wednesday, October 19th.
This week homework will go home today, Monday, and is due on Friday. We are working on writing words that we are learning to sound out in phonics. This week we are learning the letter N and the sound it makes. Ask your student to identify the letter and the sound it makes. Some fun games to play to help with this are letter Bingo or a game we call “Flyhunter.”
Also please count with your student every night. Our next goal to count to without skipping any numbers is 50. Please also review what the teen numbers look like, these are often a challenge for students.
It is starting to get cold outside and that means it is sweater season! Sweaters and sweatshirts that are acceptable in the classroom are solid red, navy blue or white. If your student wears a different color not in dress code they may wear it outside but not in the classroom. Please label your student’s sweater or jacket. If it goes missing it is much easier to find if it is labeled with a first and last name.
I'm looking forward to a great week!

Week of October 10th

Welcome to another, very short, week of school! Can you believe we are already almost done with the first quarter? This Wednesday is the last day of the quarter and there is no lunch and no after school that day. It can be a little hectic out in the parking lot that day so I try to get us all outside at about 11:20. We will be sitting on the backside of the east brick wall that faces the office.
Report cards will be going home this week and conferences will be next week. If you have not signed up for a conference time yet please do asap! I need to meet with everyone this week. They are short 10 minute conferences so please be on time!
We are going on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch on Tuesday, October 25th to go pick out a pumpkin. The cost for the field trip is $6 per person and I will send permission slips home today. If you would like to chaperone please let me know. Unfortunately there is very limited room on the bus so if you would like to come you would need to drive. It will be a great time though and I hope as many of you can make it as possible!
We have been practicing writing the letters l, o, g, h, t, p and a. Please keep reviewing these sounds and letters at home. There will be no homework this week due to the short week, please enjoy your break! Starting next week we will have homework packets that go home on Monday and come back on Fridays.
This Wednesday is the last day of the quarter so your student may wear Friday dress, jeans and a collared shirt or LPA shirt. Have a wonderful and safe break and we will see everyone back on Monday, October 17th!
I'm looking forward to another great week!