Dear Families,
During Kk week we worked in journals two times. The kindergartners wrote in their journals about what they liked doing in kindergarten and what they would do if they were kings. We started doing report card evaluations. The boys and girls colored and laced Christmas stockings that will be hung up on a bulletin board. The stockings will go home before Christmas break. The kindergartners colored and cut out shapes that they put together to make fish and other under the sea creatures and treasures.
Next week we will be studying the letter Bb. Please bring an item that starts with Bb for sharing. Also next week we are going to go visit the Farmer’s Savings Bank to take a tour and see the jobs in a bank!
The boys and girls have started writing letters to Santa. They are dictating their ideas to a teacher to be typed on the computer. We would like them to have 3 or 4 ideas of gifts they would like to receive. These letters will be mailed to Santa, and they may appear in the Traer Star Clipper. Please discuss Christmas ideas with your child so that we can type these letters quickly and easily. At the end of this week’s newsletter there is a form for families to fill out that will help us get these letters done without going too crazy. Families also get to let Santa know how the boys and girls have been good/helpful at home. Some of our families have already turned these forms in, but we unfortunately do not have all of the forms back yet. If you have already done this, please disregard.
Speaking of Christmas, many families are beginning to think about the elementary Christmas party and the gifts that the kids exchange. We ask that the boys buy a gift for a boy and the girls buy a gift for a girl. We will have a “grab bag” type of gift exchange. The amount that can be spent on the gift is $2. Boys and girls that want to donate any food or hygiene items to the local food pantry are welcome to bring those items into school, too. Our party has been scheduled for Wednesday, December 21st.
Our kindergarten parents in the past have been very generous when remembering the teachers at Christmas time. An idea that we learned from Pied Piper is that instead of buying the teacher a gift, families could choose instead to purchase a gift for the room. We have a few ideas for items that we would like for the classroom: pencils, pretend food, markers to be used in our writing center, glue sticks, stickers, baby dolls, doll clothing, a smaller and softer football, dry erase markers, monetary donations for different things in the room, and games or books (see the teachers for ideas). If you need any ideas, just ask one of us. Mrs. Turner made a Christmas tree wish list and hung it on the door if you would like to look at it. Of course, families may handle this matter however they desire.
Also in regards to Christmas, the date for the elementary Christmas program is Thursday, December 15th. It usually begins at 1:30 in the gym. The fifth and sixth grade bands will play first, and the kindergartners will follow them. (There is an admission fee for the program!) Following our songs, families will have a choice of whether to have their kindergartner sit with them for the remainder of the program or watch the rest of it with Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty. Watch for more information about the program closer to December 15th.
The kindergartners get to shop in the North Tama Holiday Gift Shop on Thursday, December 15th. Items in the shop cost between 25¢ to $3 with most of the items costing $1 or less. It is a family decision on whether your son or daughter participates in this opportunity. It is a good time to talk about being a good consumer. (If your child does not find something in the store that he/she wants to buy for gifts, then he/she can put the money back into his/her backpack and take it home.)
The North Tama FCCLA organization (formerly Future Homemakers of America) are hosting a party for all of the North Tama kindergartners on Friday, December 16th right after school in the FCS room (formerly known as the Home Ec room). More information will be coming home in the future, but please mark this on your calendar.
Students will be dismissed one hour early on Thursday, December 22nd for the start of Christmas break. We return to school on Tuesday, January 3rd.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Daugherty and Mrs. Turner
Copies of the newsletter can be found at the following internet address:
http://northtamak11.blogspot.com
or through the North Tama website.
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