Week of January 27th

       Welcome to another wonderful week of kindergarten!  At the end of the year we will have a kindergarten celebration! We put on a concert for all of you parents and then you can take your student for a very special day, a whole day to celebrate becoming a 1^st grader!  We will have the celebration on Friday, May 16^th at 9:00am.  I know it can be hard to get time off, and I wanted to be sure to give you plenty of notice!

Our welcome from Mr. Coyote on our Sabino Canyon field trip.

        We will be having a Valentine Exchange and a little party on Friday, February 14^th!  I know some of you would like to get an early start on your Valentines and wanted to let you know that in kindergarten we only have the kids sign the cards they are giving, we don’t have them address the card to anyone specific. This gives the students the opportunity to pass out their cards in a timely manner! Please send your Valentine cards in completed, students will not be putting them together at school.
         This week in class we will be learning the letters N and B.  We will continue working on our dinosaur unit and will start making our dinosaur book.  We will also start working on the sight words me, with and she.  In math we will begin to work on subtraction and take away stories. 

I will be in Phoenix for a conference this Wednesday and Thursday so if you need anything those days please email me.  I am also sending home the new snack calendar for February and March.

Our next field trip is coming up!  We will be going to Village Farms on Tuesday, February 18^th.  There will be a cost for this trip and we will be doing another picnic afterwards so your student will need to bring a lunch.  We will need 2 more parent volunteers for the trip and if you are not already fingerprinted you would need to get it done by this Thursday.  Please let me know if you’re interested in joining us, the first 2 parents are in!

Week of January 21st

           Welcome to another wonderful week of kindergarten!  Since the beginning of the school year the class has been trying to earn all the marbles that they need for a party, a donut party to be specific.  Last week they earned all of their marbles and we will be having our party this Friday!  The students voted and they decided that they would like to wear pajamas for their party, it should be a good time!
          Our field trip to Sabino Canyon is this Thursday, January 23^rd.  We will be leaving at 8:45 that morning so please be on time, or your student will have to spend the day in another classroom.  Watch for the paper going home today that explains exactly what your student will need to bring with them for the day.  Thank you for your support!
           We had a great presentation by the founder of Ben’s Bells and we have been practicing kindness ever since!  You may see that your student has a kindness token in their pocket or around their neck.  If it comes home please make sure that it comes back to school the next day, we are looking for acts of kindness on our own campus!
          This week in class we will be reviewing letters and letter sounds, continuing Dino of the Day, and learning some cool facts about the desert so that we will be ready for our field trip on Thursday!  No homework this week, but please keep reading every night with your student.

       Our new goal is to count all the way to 75, and to be able to count by 2’s and 10’s!  We now have a daily shoe tyer of the day to help with all those untied laces!

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