Week of January 28, 2008

We have been working on the letter “Ww” this week. Our poem for the week was Mitten Weather. We found the Ww’s in our poem. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Ww and completed My Ww Book. We were writing about the kind of weather we like and what we like to do.
In math we are working on recognizing and writing the numbers to 50. Please remind your child to put a space between the numbers. Practice writing numbers at home.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Xx Theme: Exercise
Math: Numbers to 50

Valentine’s Day Party
On Thursday, Feb. 14th the kindergarten classes will be having classroom parties. On that day your child may bring ONE valentine card for EVERY child in the class. (A.M. Class: 17 students, P.M. class: 16 students). Please bring your valentines a clearly marked bag with your child’s name. Please have you child sign each card but DO NOT write individual names on the envelopes. Bring the cards to school by Feb. 14th.

Valentine Activity
We are going to be making special valentine bags. Each child needs to bring in a gift bag for this activity. Please make sure your child’s name is on the bag. We need these by Wednesday, Feb. 7th.

Important Dates
Feb. 2 – Groundhog Day
Feb. 5 – Teacher Institute – No School
Feb. 7-Early Dismissal –P.M. Class attends
Feb. 8– 100th Day of School
Feb. 14-Valentine’s Day Party
Feb. 15 – Six Flags Reading Logs are due

Week of January 21, 2008

We have been working on the letter “Ii” this week. Our poem for the week was Ice. We found the Ii’s in our poem and talked about the different forms of water. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Ii and completed My Ii Book. We wrote about what we like to do on a snowy day and what kind of ice cream we like best.
In math, we are working on writing and grouping numbers to 50.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Ww Theme: Weather
Math: Greater Numbers to 50

On Thursday, Feb. 14th the kindergarten classes will be having classroom parties. On that day your child may bring ONE valentine card for
EVERY child in the class. (A.M. Class: 17 students, P.M. class: 16 students). Remember to bring your valentines a clearly marked bag with your child’s name on it. Please have you child sign each card but DO NOT write individual names on the envelopes. Bring the cards to school on Wednesday, Feb. 14th the kindergarten classes will be having classroom parties. On that day your child may bring ONE valentine card for EVERY child in the class. (A.M. Class: 20 students, P.M. class: 16 students). Remember to bring your valentines a clearly marked bag with your child’s name on it. Please have you child sign each card but DO NOT write individual names on the envelopes. Bring the cards to school anytime before Wednesday, Feb. 14th.

Six Flags Six Hour Reading Ticket
In addition to the Pizza Hut reading incentive program, we are participating in the Six Flags Six Hour Reading Club. I am sending home the reading log for you to keep track of the minutes and book titles that your child will read to earn a ticket to go to Great America. These forms are due on February 15th.

Important Dates
Jan. 21 – Martin Luther King's Birthday – No School
Feb. 5 – Teachers' Institute Day –
No School
Feb. 7– Early Dismissal - P.M. class attends school. No class for the A.M. Kindergarten.
Feb. 8 - 100th Day of School!
Feb. 14 - Valentine Party
Feb. 18 – Presents’ Day – No School

Week of January 14, 2008

We have been working on the letter “Mm” this week. Our poem for this week was “Inside a Mitten”. We found the Mm’s in our poem and read a book by Jan Brett titled “The Mitten”. We retold the story using the characters from the story and a mitten. You can visit Jan Brett’s website http://www.janbrett.com/ at home for some fun activities to do with your child. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Mm and completed the My Mm Book. We wrote about how we could stay warm on a cold and snowy day.

In math we are working on the numbers above 20. We are using a spacing stick called Mr. Spaceman to help us put spacing between our numbers. We are learning to compare numbers above 20 in terms of which is more and which is less. We are also writing these
numbers to match groups.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Ii
Theme: Ice
Math: Numbers 11-50

Help Wanted!
After the first of the year we will be adding a computer day – Thursdays from 10:15-11:15 and 2:15-3:15. Let me know if you are interested in helping out with the computers every other week.

Our Character Counts Pillar for this month is Respect. Wear yellow on Wednesdays. Are you Respectful?
“I am respectful because I don’t interrupt people when they are talking.”
“I am respectful when I say please and thank you.”

Important Dates
Jan. 21 – No School Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Jan. 25 – Movie Night