Week of March 18th

Welcome to another wonderful week of kindergarten!  I will not be in on Monday as I will be out of town for a memorial service.  If you need to get ahold of me, please email me and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

The last snack calendar is going home today!  Just a reminder, there are 30 students in our class and please make sure that the snacks do not contain any peanuts or peanut products.  Please bring in a snack that is pre-package.  Some favorites are fruit snacks, chips, granola bars, and string cheese.  If you would like to bring in juice as well that would be a treat that the kids love!

Get your calendars out, time to plan for our end of the year celebration!  This year we will do our kindergarten celebration on Friday, May 17^th and start around 9:00.  This is a big day for the students so please plan a fun day for you and your student afterwards!  I know getting time off from work can be a challenge sometimes, so I want to make sure everyone has plenty of time!

I am sending home a big homework packet today that will be for this week and to work on over spring break.  Please remember to read with your student over the break, we are getting ready for first grade and need to read, read, read!  Spring Break is from Friday, March 22^nd, until Tuesday, April 2^nd.  Enjoy your break and stay safe!

Homework this week will be for this week and over Spring Break.  We will be learning the letter X and the sound that it makes. Sometimes this can be a tricky sound for students because not too many words start with this letter.  When your student practices this sound make sure they are making a ‘ks’ sound.  In math we are doing lots of addition!  If your student is having trouble remind they can use dots next to the numbers or crayons to help them add.  We had so much fun making our Leprechaun Traps, and I heard that some students even caught one… J

I'm looking forward to another wonderful week!

Week of March 11th

Welcome to another wonderful week in kindergarten!  The third quarter is coming to a close, can you believe it?!?  Report card day is this Friday, March 15^th, and it will be a half day, ending at 11:30 with NO LUNCH AND NO AFTER SCHOOL.  Please plan on picking up your student at 11:30 that day.  Like the last few report card days we will be waiting in our room with our backpacks on and ready!  This helps with confusion and the mess up front that day! J

For report card week this week there will be no homework!  We will be learning the letter J and the sound that it makes. We made Oobleck last week and the students really enjoyed it!  There was quite a debate about whether Oobleck was a liquid or a solid.  There were many requests to make Oobleck at home and it is a very simple recipe.  It is a mixture of cornstarch and water about 2:1.  If the mixture is too hard add more water, but if it is too runny add more cornstarch until it becomes a little bit firmer.  We added a little bit of green food coloring to the water to make it a little bit more fun, enjoy!

Report cards will be going home this week.  I will be attaching the test that I give to the students which is more in-depth and will give you a better idea of what your student needs to work on more specifically.  Please reinforce at home the areas that are highlighted, these are very important in getting your student ready for first grade. 

 Get your calendars out, time to plan for our end of the year celebration!  This year we will do our kindergarten celebration on Friday, May 17^th and start around 9:00.  This is a big day for the students so please plan a fun day for you and your student afterwards!  I know getting time off from work can be a challenge sometimes, so I want to make sure everyone has plenty of time!

I'm looking forward to another wonderful week!