Dear Families,
This week the kindergartners learned the combinations ar, or, and er. These are the last new sounds that we learn in kindergarten. We learned several new words. This week we are sending home the rest of the sight and high frequency word flashcards. We want the students to practice, practice, practice so that they can all get great grades on their report cards. The kindergartners worked on report card evaluations. They practiced the songs for our VIP program. The boys and girls had a lot of fun making no bake cookies and graham cracker treats to serve on our VIP Days. The no bake cookie recipe is attached to the newsletter so that you can make them at home. It was fun to meet our VIP guests on Thursday and Friday!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some really need to be replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
For the rest of the year sharing is free choice.
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal again is to have 5 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal. Recently our classroom has been noisier because the students are chatting with their friends during work time and in line basics.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like to wear socks with their gym shoes to p.e.
Next Wednesday the kindergartners are going down to the Traer Public Library. The librarians show us around the beautiful building and read us some fantastic stories. We encourage our students to patronize the public libraries during the summer as well as during the school year.
Check out the information sent home before round up concerning track and field day. The kindergartners participate in three events. We go outside for our events and then return back to our room. We do not stay outside all day like the older students do. Since we are not outside all day, we do not want the kindergartners to bring beach towels or water bottles. That is a lot of stuff to organize!
The kindergartners are able to earn three different awards at the end of the year. The children will get an award if they are able to identify all of the letters (capital and lowercase) and count to 100. They can get an outstanding attendance award if they have missed 0, 1, or 2 days of school and have been tardy 2 or fewer times.
The end of kindergarten is drawing near. Can you believe it? We can’t!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
April 27, 2012
Dear Families,
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
This week the kindergartners learned that c and h together make the sound “ch” and ee says the long e sound. The students reviewed dimes and other coins. On Tuesday, Rebecca Hosek helped the children plant zinnia seeds and taught them about soil and seeds. On Wednesday the boys and girls attended the Ronald McDonald assembly. Ronald had a good message about how each person is unique and special. Ronald also talked about bullying and gave us ways to deal with bullies. We practiced sequencing. The kindergartners filled in the missing letters on an alphabet worksheet. On Friday we picked up garbage on the playground and football field area. (weather permitting)
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some really need to be replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
When we return from the round up vacation, sharing will be free choice.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal again is to have 5 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal. Recently our classroom has been noisier because the students are chatting with their friends during work time and in line basics.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like to wear socks with their gym shoes to p.e.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child gets to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. We encourage students to invite people other than parents if that is possible. If no other guests available, then parents are welcome to be the guests. We CANNOT accommodate all of the kindergarten parents AND the special guests in our classroom. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations were decorated last week. If you need more invitations, please let us know. Fill out the rsvp note that is at the bottom of this newsletter if you haven’t already done so. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Next week is round up week.
DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Enjoy the extra time that you have with your kindergartner!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
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____________________________________________
(Kindergartner’s Name)
________ guests will be attending on Thursday, May 10th
(number)
________ guests will be attending on Friday, May 11th
(number)
Please return by Monday, May 7th!
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
This week the kindergartners learned that c and h together make the sound “ch” and ee says the long e sound. The students reviewed dimes and other coins. On Tuesday, Rebecca Hosek helped the children plant zinnia seeds and taught them about soil and seeds. On Wednesday the boys and girls attended the Ronald McDonald assembly. Ronald had a good message about how each person is unique and special. Ronald also talked about bullying and gave us ways to deal with bullies. We practiced sequencing. The kindergartners filled in the missing letters on an alphabet worksheet. On Friday we picked up garbage on the playground and football field area. (weather permitting)
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some really need to be replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
When we return from the round up vacation, sharing will be free choice.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal again is to have 5 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal. Recently our classroom has been noisier because the students are chatting with their friends during work time and in line basics.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like to wear socks with their gym shoes to p.e.
Next week is round up week. DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child gets to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. We encourage students to invite people other than parents if that is possible. If no other guests available, then parents are welcome to be the guests. We CANNOT accommodate all of the kindergarten parents AND the special guests in our classroom. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations were decorated last week. If you need more invitations, please let us know. Fill out the rsvp note that is at the bottom of this newsletter if you haven’t already done so. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Next week is round up week.
DO NOT SEND YOUR KINDERGARTNER TO SCHOOL!
Enjoy the extra time that you have with your kindergartner!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
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____________________________________________
(Kindergartner’s Name)
________ guests will be attending on Thursday, May 10th
(number)
________ guests will be attending on Friday, May 11th
(number)
Please return by Monday, May 7th!
April 20, 2012
Dear Families,
This week the kindergartners learned about that sneaky silent e at the end of words that makes the vowels say their names. They are excited to code more words, and they are noticing vowel – consonant – e words in their Daily 5 books. Since Earth Day is on Sunday, we read books about Earth Day and made posters that told different ways we can help save the earth. The boys and girls decorated VIP Days invitations. Each child decorated two. If your family needs more than 2, please let us know and we will give you more. Notice the RSVP slip at the bottom of the newsletter. Please fill this out and send it back as soon as you can so that we know how many treats to make and how many chairs to reserve for this event.
Five of the chicks have stayed in the classroom while the other ten chicks went home to Ryan Hosek’s house. It is amazing how quickly the chicks grow and change. Check out the kindergarten blog for pictures. The address is http://northtamak11.blogspot.com. You can also find a link called Kindergarten News on the Elementary portion of the North Tama website.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. The boys and girls worked through each Daily 5 center everyday we were able to schedule Daily 5. Because of our crazy schedule, some days we worked in the centers longer than others. Many of the kindergartners are becoming more independent readers and writers. For many, Daily 5 makes the morning or the afternoon go by really quickly! The students LOVE learning how to read and write new words.
During Daily 5 the boys and girls have enjoyed going to the Traer Public Library to use the TumbleBooks. TumbleBooks read the story to the child while highlighting the words. There are SO MANY titles to choose from! Nonfiction stories are also available. If your family is interested in this site go to www.traer.lib.ia.us and click on the TumbleBooks icon on the left hand side. This is a free site!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Sharing for next week is free choice.
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal again is to have 5 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new
goal.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like to wear socks with their gym shoes to p.e.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child will get to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. We encourage students to invite people other than parents if that is possible. If no other guests available, then parents are welcome to be the guest. We CANNOT accommodate all of the kindergarten parents AND the special guests in our classroom. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations were decorated this week. Fill out the rsvp note that is at the bottom of this newsletter. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Enjoy the fantastic spring weekend!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
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____________________________________________
(Kindergartner’s Name)
________ guests will be attending on Thursday, May 10th
(number)
________ guests will be attending on Friday, May 11th
(number)
Please return by Friday, May 4th!
This week the kindergartners learned about that sneaky silent e at the end of words that makes the vowels say their names. They are excited to code more words, and they are noticing vowel – consonant – e words in their Daily 5 books. Since Earth Day is on Sunday, we read books about Earth Day and made posters that told different ways we can help save the earth. The boys and girls decorated VIP Days invitations. Each child decorated two. If your family needs more than 2, please let us know and we will give you more. Notice the RSVP slip at the bottom of the newsletter. Please fill this out and send it back as soon as you can so that we know how many treats to make and how many chairs to reserve for this event.
Five of the chicks have stayed in the classroom while the other ten chicks went home to Ryan Hosek’s house. It is amazing how quickly the chicks grow and change. Check out the kindergarten blog for pictures. The address is http://northtamak11.blogspot.com. You can also find a link called Kindergarten News on the Elementary portion of the North Tama website.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. The boys and girls worked through each Daily 5 center everyday we were able to schedule Daily 5. Because of our crazy schedule, some days we worked in the centers longer than others. Many of the kindergartners are becoming more independent readers and writers. For many, Daily 5 makes the morning or the afternoon go by really quickly! The students LOVE learning how to read and write new words.
During Daily 5 the boys and girls have enjoyed going to the Traer Public Library to use the TumbleBooks. TumbleBooks read the story to the child while highlighting the words. There are SO MANY titles to choose from! Nonfiction stories are also available. If your family is interested in this site go to www.traer.lib.ia.us and click on the TumbleBooks icon on the left hand side. This is a free site!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Sharing for next week is free choice.
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal again is to have 5 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new
goal.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like to wear socks with their gym shoes to p.e.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child will get to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. We encourage students to invite people other than parents if that is possible. If no other guests available, then parents are welcome to be the guest. We CANNOT accommodate all of the kindergarten parents AND the special guests in our classroom. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations were decorated this week. Fill out the rsvp note that is at the bottom of this newsletter. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Enjoy the fantastic spring weekend!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
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____________________________________________
(Kindergartner’s Name)
________ guests will be attending on Thursday, May 10th
(number)
________ guests will be attending on Friday, May 11th
(number)
Please return by Friday, May 4th!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Chicks Update!
Our chicks are now 1 week old!!! We kept 5 chicks in our room to observe and watch them change for the next couple weeks.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Daily 5 in Kindergarten!!!
In our classroom we started Daily 5. Here are some pictures of our centers.
1. Read to Self
2. Read to Someone
3. Listen to Reading
4. Work on Words
5. Work on Writing
This section is our Work on Writing. The options the students get to choose from for this center is writing a letter to someone with letter templates, writing on blank lined paper and plain typing paper about the bulletin board theme (changes weekly), or something that they are interested in. We have themed paper that matches the theme of the week, writing slips that start to prompt the students to write in their journals, pictures of 60 options of prompts to write about, and the last thing we have is sentence tracing sheets. Every week, there are three options of sentences that match the theme of the week. The students trace the sentence, write it themselves, and then draw a picture of what the sentence is about on the back.
This section is for Work on Words. On top the numbered containers hold the unfinished work and their journals. The options for this center are for a wide variety of learning abilities. Starting from the top left and going across there are flash cards for alphabet and sight words. The next section is a list of our sight words and high frequency words that we must learn by the end of the year. (They use these word lists for everything in this center). This also contains game boards using the sight words/high frequency words. The next section over is sight word graphs we made. The second row includes wooden letters and letter tiles to spell any word, and also letter stamps and paper. The next section includes letter magnets and cookie sheets to spell words. The third row (bottom row) includes alphabet puzzles, the next section has dry erase boards and chalk boards to write down the words on the word list or flash cards. The last section has wiki sticks and alphabet cards. Our students really enjoy the freedom to choose their activity and the varieties really help us with all the different learning abilities in the class.
This is our listening center. We have this container that has individual books with CD's or tape players. They get to choose. In the listening center we also have a large CD/Tape player that has 6 books in a set for a group of students to listen to. We also use our 3 computers to use tumble books from our local library.
For our Read to Self and Read to Someone centers we use our chair pockets (great purchase!). Every Friday we get three new Daily 5 books and keep them in our chair pockets. It is a great way to stay organized as a class.
This is our checking for understanding cue that helps our students Read to Someone.
These are our Daily 5 cards. Every 10 minutes we ring a bell and the students move their paper clip down to the next center. This is manageable for our young students.
When we first taught each center (1 center a week), we made I-Charts and our students came up with the rules for the students and the teachers. Here is where we displayed the rules. FLY INTO THE WORLD OF DAILY 5!!!
1. Read to Self
2. Read to Someone
3. Listen to Reading
4. Work on Words
5. Work on Writing
This section is our Work on Writing. The options the students get to choose from for this center is writing a letter to someone with letter templates, writing on blank lined paper and plain typing paper about the bulletin board theme (changes weekly), or something that they are interested in. We have themed paper that matches the theme of the week, writing slips that start to prompt the students to write in their journals, pictures of 60 options of prompts to write about, and the last thing we have is sentence tracing sheets. Every week, there are three options of sentences that match the theme of the week. The students trace the sentence, write it themselves, and then draw a picture of what the sentence is about on the back.
This is our themed bulletin board that will help prompt the students to write about what we are learning that week.
This section is for Work on Words. On top the numbered containers hold the unfinished work and their journals. The options for this center are for a wide variety of learning abilities. Starting from the top left and going across there are flash cards for alphabet and sight words. The next section is a list of our sight words and high frequency words that we must learn by the end of the year. (They use these word lists for everything in this center). This also contains game boards using the sight words/high frequency words. The next section over is sight word graphs we made. The second row includes wooden letters and letter tiles to spell any word, and also letter stamps and paper. The next section includes letter magnets and cookie sheets to spell words. The third row (bottom row) includes alphabet puzzles, the next section has dry erase boards and chalk boards to write down the words on the word list or flash cards. The last section has wiki sticks and alphabet cards. Our students really enjoy the freedom to choose their activity and the varieties really help us with all the different learning abilities in the class.
This is our paper for sight word graphs. These words change every week too!
This is our listening center. We have this container that has individual books with CD's or tape players. They get to choose. In the listening center we also have a large CD/Tape player that has 6 books in a set for a group of students to listen to. We also use our 3 computers to use tumble books from our local library.
For our Read to Self and Read to Someone centers we use our chair pockets (great purchase!). Every Friday we get three new Daily 5 books and keep them in our chair pockets. It is a great way to stay organized as a class.
This is our checking for understanding cue that helps our students Read to Someone.
These are our Daily 5 cards. Every 10 minutes we ring a bell and the students move their paper clip down to the next center. This is manageable for our young students.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Our Baby Chicks!!!
Our baby chicks were due April 10th. On April 10th we had two hatch out of their eggs. One black, and one yellow. The next morning we arrived at school to find 8 more in the incubator!!! Throughout the day two more hatched. We are waiting to see how many out of our 30 eggs are going to hatch!!!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
April 5, 2012
Dear Families,
We learned the letters t and h together can make two different sounds. They can have the voiced “th” sound like in feather and the unvoiced “th” sound like in thimble. The voiced “th” sound makes our lips and tongue vibrate and tickle. The kindergartners made some cute Easter bunny box decorations. If something were to fall off, just glue it back on at home. We reviewed some letters and practiced writing them the North Tama kindergarten way along with some sight words. The boys and girls continue to turn the eggs two times a day and wait for chicks to hatch. This is an exciting process to watch, and the eggs are scheduled to hatch shortly after Easter! The students worked on a few Easter projects throughout the week. On Tuesday the elementary students attended the NED assembly. We learned that NED stands for Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best. The presenter told great stories with important messages while performing yo-yo tricks.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. The boys and girls worked through each Daily 5 center everyday we were able to schedule Daily 5. Because of our crazy schedule, some days we worked in the centers longer than others. Our goal for working with writing is ten minutes. For many, Daily 5 makes the morning or the afternoon go by really quickly!
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The students could use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with headphones for listening to reading. Colored chalk (not sidewalk chalk) is also wanted!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Lately many children have been forgetting their folders at home. So many are borrowing our classroom folders that some days we are close to running out. If you find a borrowing folder at home, please send it back. Getting the folder into the backpack is a great way for your kindergartner to practice being responsible.
Sharing for next week is free choice.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 4 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal. (There is a chance that we meet this goal this week after this newsletter is printed, copied, and stapled.)
Soon Mrs. Turner will be sending home another Scholastic book order. This is a great way to start a summer library, and we encourage all of our students to read throughout the summer! Notice the due date on the form and return it on time. Please send checks with the book order instead of cash and make the checks out to Scholastic.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like to wear socks with their gym shoes to p.e.
There will be no school on Friday, April 6th.
On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development. There is no school for students on Wednesday, May 9th.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child will get to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations will go home later. A rsvp note will also go home later. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Enjoy this 3 day weekend!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
We learned the letters t and h together can make two different sounds. They can have the voiced “th” sound like in feather and the unvoiced “th” sound like in thimble. The voiced “th” sound makes our lips and tongue vibrate and tickle. The kindergartners made some cute Easter bunny box decorations. If something were to fall off, just glue it back on at home. We reviewed some letters and practiced writing them the North Tama kindergarten way along with some sight words. The boys and girls continue to turn the eggs two times a day and wait for chicks to hatch. This is an exciting process to watch, and the eggs are scheduled to hatch shortly after Easter! The students worked on a few Easter projects throughout the week. On Tuesday the elementary students attended the NED assembly. We learned that NED stands for Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best. The presenter told great stories with important messages while performing yo-yo tricks.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. The boys and girls worked through each Daily 5 center everyday we were able to schedule Daily 5. Because of our crazy schedule, some days we worked in the centers longer than others. Our goal for working with writing is ten minutes. For many, Daily 5 makes the morning or the afternoon go by really quickly!
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The students could use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with headphones for listening to reading. Colored chalk (not sidewalk chalk) is also wanted!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Lately many children have been forgetting their folders at home. So many are borrowing our classroom folders that some days we are close to running out. If you find a borrowing folder at home, please send it back. Getting the folder into the backpack is a great way for your kindergartner to practice being responsible.
Sharing for next week is free choice.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 4 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal. (There is a chance that we meet this goal this week after this newsletter is printed, copied, and stapled.)
Soon Mrs. Turner will be sending home another Scholastic book order. This is a great way to start a summer library, and we encourage all of our students to read throughout the summer! Notice the due date on the form and return it on time. Please send checks with the book order instead of cash and make the checks out to Scholastic.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like to wear socks with their gym shoes to p.e.
There will be no school on Friday, April 6th.
On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development. There is no school for students on Wednesday, May 9th.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child will get to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations will go home later. A rsvp note will also go home later. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Enjoy this 3 day weekend!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Thursday, March 29, 2012
March 30, 2012
Dear Families,
We learned the letters s and h together make one sound “sh”. The kindergartners started decorating kites and Easter eggs to put up to liven up our classroom and hallway. We reviewed some letters and practiced writing them the North Tama kindergarten way along with some sight words and last names. The four different coins were reviewed. The boys and girls continue to turn the eggs two times a day and wait for chicks to hatch. This is an exciting process to watch! The students worked on a few Easter projects throughout the week.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. We learned how to work with writing. When we work with writing we are quiet. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. We wrote sentences about a picture we picked out or about spring. We could trace a sentence about spring and then copy it on the paper. We could write letters to different people. The kindergartners are learning how to sound out words and write how they think it is spelled. As they do more writing, they will learn how to spell more words correctly. (This is called inventive spelling.) The kindergartners started out working with writing for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! Our goal for working with writing is ten minutes.
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The kindergarten classroom could use some new single color ink pads for stamping. The students could also use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with headphones for listening to reading. Colored chalk (not sidewalk chalk) is also wanted!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Since next week is Easter, the boys and girls need to bring an Easter item or a spring item for sharing. The Friday students may bring their sharing any day next week since we do not have school on Friday!
Next week Mrs. Turner’s blue team will get new books on Monday, and Mrs. Daugherty’s red team will get new books on Tuesday. There is not enough time on Thursday to check out new books!!!!! Please be prepared!!!!
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 4 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal. (There is a chance that we meet this goal this week after this newsletter is printed, copied, and stapled.)
Snowpants and boots are not needed during this awesome weather. If it snows again, you will need to send the snowpants and boots again.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like having socks for p.e. class.
On Thursday, April 5th students are dismissed one hour early for Easter break. There will be no school on Friday, April 6th. On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development.
There is no school for students on Wednesday, May 9th.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child will get to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations will go home later. A rsvp note will also go home later. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Enjoy this wonderful weather!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
We learned the letters s and h together make one sound “sh”. The kindergartners started decorating kites and Easter eggs to put up to liven up our classroom and hallway. We reviewed some letters and practiced writing them the North Tama kindergarten way along with some sight words and last names. The four different coins were reviewed. The boys and girls continue to turn the eggs two times a day and wait for chicks to hatch. This is an exciting process to watch! The students worked on a few Easter projects throughout the week.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. We learned how to work with writing. When we work with writing we are quiet. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. We wrote sentences about a picture we picked out or about spring. We could trace a sentence about spring and then copy it on the paper. We could write letters to different people. The kindergartners are learning how to sound out words and write how they think it is spelled. As they do more writing, they will learn how to spell more words correctly. (This is called inventive spelling.) The kindergartners started out working with writing for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! Our goal for working with writing is ten minutes.
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The kindergarten classroom could use some new single color ink pads for stamping. The students could also use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with headphones for listening to reading. Colored chalk (not sidewalk chalk) is also wanted!
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Since next week is Easter, the boys and girls need to bring an Easter item or a spring item for sharing. The Friday students may bring their sharing any day next week since we do not have school on Friday!
Next week Mrs. Turner’s blue team will get new books on Monday, and Mrs. Daugherty’s red team will get new books on Tuesday. There is not enough time on Thursday to check out new books!!!!! Please be prepared!!!!
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 4 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal. (There is a chance that we meet this goal this week after this newsletter is printed, copied, and stapled.)
Snowpants and boots are not needed during this awesome weather. If it snows again, you will need to send the snowpants and boots again.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like having socks for p.e. class.
On Thursday, April 5th students are dismissed one hour early for Easter break. There will be no school on Friday, April 6th. On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development.
There is no school for students on Wednesday, May 9th.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
VIP Days (formerly known as Grandparent Days) have been scheduled for May 10th and 11th. Your child will get to invite special guests to come to school and watch a short program in the classroom, enjoy a special snack, and check out our room and school. Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend. The guests choose which day they will attend. Invitations will go home later. A rsvp note will also go home later. Families will need to fill that note out and send it back to school so that we have enough chairs and snacks ready!
Enjoy this wonderful weather!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
March 23, 2012
Dear Families,
We learned the letters c and k together make one sound, and the digraph ck follows a short vowel. This week we continued to work on report card assessments. They boys and girls filled in the missing numbers on a March calendar. They colored a St. Patrick’s Day picture that we used for the report cards. We talked to the students about filling in all of the white spaces and staying inside the lines. On Monday the students made dirt cups with crushed oreos, vanilla pudding, and gummy worms for the members of the school board. The school board members and the principals really enjoyed the delicious spring time snack during the meeting. On Tuesday, Ryan’s mom brought in chick eggs and put them in an incubator. She read a book to us about eggs and hatching. We have to turn the eggs two times a day, and in 21 days the eggs will hatch! This will be an exciting process to watch!
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. We learned how to work with words. When we work with words we are quiet. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. WE practice making words and letters on paper with pencils and markers. We use erasable white boards and stamps to work with words. The kids like using wiki sticks to work with letters and words along with letter magnets on jelly roll pans. The kindergartners started out working with words for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! Our goal for working with words is ten minutes.
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The kindergarten classroom could use some new single color ink pads for stamping. The students could also use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with headphones for listening to reading.
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Until further notice, sharing is free choice. Please send only ONE item to school each week unless it is a collection of something.
March 21st was the end of the third quarter. We believe that report cards will go home on March 29th.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. We reached our goal of 7 days in a row with no reds and had a stuffed animal party on Wednesday. Our new goal is to have 4 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal.
Snowpants and boots are not needed during this awesome weather. If it snows again, you will need to send the snowpants and boots again.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like having socks for p.e. class.
On Thursday, April 5th students are dismissed one hour early for Easter break. There will be no school on Friday, April 6th. On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development. There is no school for students on Wednesday, May 9th.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
Enjoy this spring weather!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
We learned the letters c and k together make one sound, and the digraph ck follows a short vowel. This week we continued to work on report card assessments. They boys and girls filled in the missing numbers on a March calendar. They colored a St. Patrick’s Day picture that we used for the report cards. We talked to the students about filling in all of the white spaces and staying inside the lines. On Monday the students made dirt cups with crushed oreos, vanilla pudding, and gummy worms for the members of the school board. The school board members and the principals really enjoyed the delicious spring time snack during the meeting. On Tuesday, Ryan’s mom brought in chick eggs and put them in an incubator. She read a book to us about eggs and hatching. We have to turn the eggs two times a day, and in 21 days the eggs will hatch! This will be an exciting process to watch!
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. We learned how to work with words. When we work with words we are quiet. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. WE practice making words and letters on paper with pencils and markers. We use erasable white boards and stamps to work with words. The kids like using wiki sticks to work with letters and words along with letter magnets on jelly roll pans. The kindergartners started out working with words for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! Our goal for working with words is ten minutes.
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The kindergarten classroom could use some new single color ink pads for stamping. The students could also use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with headphones for listening to reading.
Please check with your kindergartner on the condition of his/her pencils at school. Some need replaced! Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Until further notice, sharing is free choice. Please send only ONE item to school each week unless it is a collection of something.
March 21st was the end of the third quarter. We believe that report cards will go home on March 29th.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
The kindergartners continue to work with the green, yellow, and right light system. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. We reached our goal of 7 days in a row with no reds and had a stuffed animal party on Wednesday. Our new goal is to have 4 days in a row without any YELLOWS. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the new goal.
Snowpants and boots are not needed during this awesome weather. If it snows again, you will need to send the snowpants and boots again.
Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Kids that wear sandals and flip flops to school like having socks for p.e. class.
On Thursday, April 5th students are dismissed one hour early for Easter break. There will be no school on Friday, April 6th. On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development. There is no school for students on Wednesday, May 9th.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
Enjoy this spring weather!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Thursday, March 8, 2012
March 9, 2012
Dear Families,
Vowels that are not followed by a consonant say their name. That is what we learned this week. We code vowels not followed by a consonant with a macron. A macron is a straight line that goes over the vowel. Some words we learned to read were so, go, no, he, be, me, hi, etc. Since we are finished learning the letters of the alphabet, the kindergartners started making keyword booklets. Reviewing these booklets over the summer really helps them remember the letters, keywords, and sounds. The boys and girls practiced sequencing with a snowman activity. We have been working on evaluations for report cards. The kindergartners reviewed telling time to the hour and decorated place mats for the school board meeting on March 19th.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. We learned how to listen to reading. When we listen to reading we listen to books recorded on tapes or cds. We are quiet. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. We follow along in the book so that we can learn new words and listen to a fluent reader. The students loved the different voices and added sounds and music on the cds and tapes. The kindergartners started out listening to someone for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! We did get to practice reading to selves and worked up to ten minutes minutes. Our goal for read to self is ten minutes.
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The kindergarten classroom could use some new single color ink pads for stamping. The students could also use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with head phones for listening to reading.
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it. Check with your student. Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short.
Until further notice, sharing is free choice. Please send only ONE item to school each week unless it is a collection of something.
March 21st is the end of the third quarter. We believe that report cards will go home on March 28th.
There is no school all of next week, March 12th – 16th because of spring break. School will resume on Monday, March 19th.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the goal.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away and there are many mushy places. If it snows again, please send the snowpants.
If we decide that our students do not need to wear boots we will leave them in the room and play outside without them. Please let the teachers make that decision.
On Thursday, April 5th students are dismissed one hour early for Easter break. There will be no school on Friday, April 6th. On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night! It is time to “spring ahead”!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Vowels that are not followed by a consonant say their name. That is what we learned this week. We code vowels not followed by a consonant with a macron. A macron is a straight line that goes over the vowel. Some words we learned to read were so, go, no, he, be, me, hi, etc. Since we are finished learning the letters of the alphabet, the kindergartners started making keyword booklets. Reviewing these booklets over the summer really helps them remember the letters, keywords, and sounds. The boys and girls practiced sequencing with a snowman activity. We have been working on evaluations for report cards. The kindergartners reviewed telling time to the hour and decorated place mats for the school board meeting on March 19th.
The kindergartners continued Daily 5 this week. We learned how to listen to reading. When we listen to reading we listen to books recorded on tapes or cds. We are quiet. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. We follow along in the book so that we can learn new words and listen to a fluent reader. The students loved the different voices and added sounds and music on the cds and tapes. The kindergartners started out listening to someone for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! We did get to practice reading to selves and worked up to ten minutes minutes. Our goal for read to self is ten minutes.
We are in need of some supplies for Daily 5. The kindergarten classroom could use some new single color ink pads for stamping. The students could also use more individual cd players with headphones and individual tape players with head phones for listening to reading.
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it. Check with your student. Some pencils need to be replaced by families because the eraser is worn down or the pencil is too short.
Until further notice, sharing is free choice. Please send only ONE item to school each week unless it is a collection of something.
March 21st is the end of the third quarter. We believe that report cards will go home on March 28th.
There is no school all of next week, March 12th – 16th because of spring break. School will resume on Monday, March 19th.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds. Check with your kindergartner on how close we are to reaching the goal.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away and there are many mushy places. If it snows again, please send the snowpants.
If we decide that our students do not need to wear boots we will leave them in the room and play outside without them. Please let the teachers make that decision.
On Thursday, April 5th students are dismissed one hour early for Easter break. There will be no school on Friday, April 6th. On April 18th the students are dismissed at 12:50 for professional development.
Round up week will be April 30th – May 4th. Kindergarten students stay home that week so that we can get to know the future kindergartners. Please mark your calendars and arrange for child care that week.
Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night! It is time to “spring ahead”!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Thursday, March 1, 2012
March 2, 2012
Dear Families,
Qu week went very quickly! We learned that combination qu says “kwoooo”. The only sight word that we added to our list was what. That word tends to give kindergartners a lot of trouble. The kindergartners drew a person, and that paper was added to their portfolios so that we could share them at conferences. On Thursday a pyrotechnician talked to the boys and girls about fireworks and his job working with fireworks.
The kindergartners started Daily 5 this week. We learned how to read to someone. When we read to someone we sit EEKK style (elbow to elbow, knee to knee). We use quiet inside voices so that our partner can hear us. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. The kindergartners learned 3 different ways to read to someone. They include the following: “Check for understanding” (same book). One person reads a page, and the other person tells him/her what they heard or saw in the story. “I read, you read” (same book). The most fluent reader reads the page. The other reader rereads the pages trying to sound like the first reader. “Read two different books.” (two books). The first reader reads one page of his/her book, and the other person checks for understanding. The other reader reads a page of his/her book and the partner checks for understanding. During Daily 5 the teachers walk around the room and watch the children. We may listen to children read in groups or by themselves. The kindergartners started out reading to someone for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! We did get to practice reading to selves and worked up to 9 minutes. Our goal for read to self is ten minutes.
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it. Check with your student. In the near future some pencils will need to be replaced by families.
Until further notice, sharing is free choice. Please send only ONE item to school each week unless it is a collection of something.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds. We made our goal on Monday this past week and celebrated with a dress up day on Wednesday. Our goal is to have 7 “no red” days in a row again.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
We look forward to seeing many families at conferences on Thursday evening. Conferences that WERE scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00. Monday’s conferences will now be held on Monday, March 5th.
There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars! If you find that your conference time does not work, please let us know so that we can reschedule it. Mrs. Turner will have her conferences in the kindergarten classroom. Mrs. Daugherty will have her conferences in the media center.
School will be dismissed at 2:20 on Monday so that the teachers can get set up for conferences. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET!
Keep reading at home this weekend so that the kindergartners may reach their goal and get prizes and surprises! Do not forget to keep track of how many minutes your child read this week and cut this week off of the blue February calendar we sent home. Write your child’s name on the strip so that we may give him/her credit for reading!! Right now we are not very close to our class goal. We want each child to read AT LEAST 10 minutes a day!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Qu week went very quickly! We learned that combination qu says “kwoooo”. The only sight word that we added to our list was what. That word tends to give kindergartners a lot of trouble. The kindergartners drew a person, and that paper was added to their portfolios so that we could share them at conferences. On Thursday a pyrotechnician talked to the boys and girls about fireworks and his job working with fireworks.
The kindergartners started Daily 5 this week. We learned how to read to someone. When we read to someone we sit EEKK style (elbow to elbow, knee to knee). We use quiet inside voices so that our partner can hear us. We get busy right away and stay in one spot. The kindergartners learned 3 different ways to read to someone. They include the following: “Check for understanding” (same book). One person reads a page, and the other person tells him/her what they heard or saw in the story. “I read, you read” (same book). The most fluent reader reads the page. The other reader rereads the pages trying to sound like the first reader. “Read two different books.” (two books). The first reader reads one page of his/her book, and the other person checks for understanding. The other reader reads a page of his/her book and the partner checks for understanding. During Daily 5 the teachers walk around the room and watch the children. We may listen to children read in groups or by themselves. The kindergartners started out reading to someone for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 7 minutes! We did get to practice reading to selves and worked up to 9 minutes. Our goal for read to self is ten minutes.
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it. Check with your student. In the near future some pencils will need to be replaced by families.
Until further notice, sharing is free choice. Please send only ONE item to school each week unless it is a collection of something.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds. We made our goal on Monday this past week and celebrated with a dress up day on Wednesday. Our goal is to have 7 “no red” days in a row again.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
We look forward to seeing many families at conferences on Thursday evening. Conferences that WERE scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00. Monday’s conferences will now be held on Monday, March 5th.
There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars! If you find that your conference time does not work, please let us know so that we can reschedule it. Mrs. Turner will have her conferences in the kindergarten classroom. Mrs. Daugherty will have her conferences in the media center.
School will be dismissed at 2:20 on Monday so that the teachers can get set up for conferences. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET!
Keep reading at home this weekend so that the kindergartners may reach their goal and get prizes and surprises! Do not forget to keep track of how many minutes your child read this week and cut this week off of the blue February calendar we sent home. Write your child’s name on the strip so that we may give him/her credit for reading!! Right now we are not very close to our class goal. We want each child to read AT LEAST 10 minutes a day!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Thursday, February 23, 2012
February 24, 2012
February 24, 2012
Dear Families,
During Ww week the kindergartners learned that w says “woo” like the wind. The boys and girls learned about George Washington. He was our first president of the United States. George was a farmer and a surveyor, and he led our country in the Revolutionary War. If he were still alive George Washington would be 280 years old. We believe that George Washington died because he had a horrible case of strep throat. On Thursday the kindergartners got to ride a bus to Waterloo to see “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater. We enjoyed the play and eating lunches in the classroom.
The kindergartners started Daily 5 this week. We learned how to read to ourselves. We want to learn how to read to ourselves so that we can become more independent and better readers. During Daily 5 the students will be quiet and read the pictures or the words in the books. They stay in ones spot and do their own work. The students start reading right away and raise hands for help. We talked about being responsible and respectful to others. During Daily 5 the teachers walk around the room and watch the children. We may listen to children read in groups or by themselves. The kindergartners started out reading to themselves for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 6 minutes!
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Qq. Since there are not many things that start with Qq, the students may bring any item for sharing. Kindergartners that normally share on Friday may bring it any day since we do NOT have school on Friday, March 2nd because of a comp day.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds. Check with your child to see where we are on this goal!
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
Conferences WERE scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00. Monday’s conferences will now be held on Monday, March 5th. Conferences WILL still be held on Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, March 5th for conferences. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars! If you find that your conference time does not work, please let us know so that we can reschedule it. Mrs. Turner will have her conferences in the kindergarten classroom. Mrs. Daugherty will have her conferences in the media center.
School will be dismissed at 12:50 for elementary students on Monday, February, 27th so that families may travel to Des Moines for the Girls State Basketball game. North Tama plays against North Mahaska at 5:00. Go Big Red!
Keep reading at home this weekend so that the kindergartners may reach their goal and get prizes and surprises! Do not forget to keep track of how many minutes your child read this week and cut this week off of the blue February calendar we sent home. Write your child’s name on the strip so that we may give him/her credit for reading!! Right now we are not very close to our class goal. We want each child to read AT LEAST 10 minutes a day!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Dear Families,
During Ww week the kindergartners learned that w says “woo” like the wind. The boys and girls learned about George Washington. He was our first president of the United States. George was a farmer and a surveyor, and he led our country in the Revolutionary War. If he were still alive George Washington would be 280 years old. We believe that George Washington died because he had a horrible case of strep throat. On Thursday the kindergartners got to ride a bus to Waterloo to see “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater. We enjoyed the play and eating lunches in the classroom.
The kindergartners started Daily 5 this week. We learned how to read to ourselves. We want to learn how to read to ourselves so that we can become more independent and better readers. During Daily 5 the students will be quiet and read the pictures or the words in the books. They stay in ones spot and do their own work. The students start reading right away and raise hands for help. We talked about being responsible and respectful to others. During Daily 5 the teachers walk around the room and watch the children. We may listen to children read in groups or by themselves. The kindergartners started out reading to themselves for 3 minutes. We increased the time a minute a day, and now we are up to 6 minutes!
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Qq. Since there are not many things that start with Qq, the students may bring any item for sharing. Kindergartners that normally share on Friday may bring it any day since we do NOT have school on Friday, March 2nd because of a comp day.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great! Another great website for literacy is www.starfall.com. This website gives students many different ways to learn and read!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds. Check with your child to see where we are on this goal!
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
Conferences WERE scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00. Monday’s conferences will now be held on Monday, March 5th. Conferences WILL still be held on Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, March 5th for conferences. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars! If you find that your conference time does not work, please let us know so that we can reschedule it. Mrs. Turner will have her conferences in the kindergarten classroom. Mrs. Daugherty will have her conferences in the media center.
School will be dismissed at 12:50 for elementary students on Monday, February, 27th so that families may travel to Des Moines for the Girls State Basketball game. North Tama plays against North Mahaska at 5:00. Go Big Red!
Keep reading at home this weekend so that the kindergartners may reach their goal and get prizes and surprises! Do not forget to keep track of how many minutes your child read this week and cut this week off of the blue February calendar we sent home. Write your child’s name on the strip so that we may give him/her credit for reading!! Right now we are not very close to our class goal. We want each child to read AT LEAST 10 minutes a day!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
February 17, 2012
Dear Families,
During Xx week the kindergartners learned that x says “ks” at the end of words like fox and box. The boys and girls made x-ray books and had fun putting x’s on ten silly items in a picture. They voted for their favorite extra activity. The choices were bowling, playing mini golf, going to a movie, going to Chuck E. Cheese, or going on a picnic. The kindergartners practiced their listening skills on a worksheet. We learned about Abraham Lincoln. Hopefully the children could tell you several facts about him.
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Ww. Your student should bring something that starts with the letter Ww. Kindergartners that normally share on Monday may bring it any day since we do NOT have school on Monday, February 20th due to Presidents’ Day.
The kindergartners will be going on a winter walk next week on Friday afternoon.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars! If you find that your conference time does not work, please let us know so that we can reschedule it.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. When we return to school we will be eating lunch in our classroom. Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
Keep reading at home this weekend so that the kindergartners may reach their goal and get prizes and surprises! Do not forget to keep track of how many minutes your child read this week and cut this week off of the blue February calendar we sent home. Write your child’s name on the strip so that we may give him/her credit for reading!!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
During Xx week the kindergartners learned that x says “ks” at the end of words like fox and box. The boys and girls made x-ray books and had fun putting x’s on ten silly items in a picture. They voted for their favorite extra activity. The choices were bowling, playing mini golf, going to a movie, going to Chuck E. Cheese, or going on a picnic. The kindergartners practiced their listening skills on a worksheet. We learned about Abraham Lincoln. Hopefully the children could tell you several facts about him.
Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Ww. Your student should bring something that starts with the letter Ww. Kindergartners that normally share on Monday may bring it any day since we do NOT have school on Monday, February 20th due to Presidents’ Day.
The kindergartners will be going on a winter walk next week on Friday afternoon.
North Tama Elementary is using a math practice website called IXL. Kindergarten families are welcome to go online and use this website. The address is www.ixl.com/signin/northtama. Your child’s user name is their first initial followed by their last name. All of these letters are lowercase. You child’s password is your child’s initials typed in lowercase letters. For example, if your child’s name is John Smith, his username would be jsmith, and his password would be js. This is a great tool and easy to use!!! At each questions there is an option to have the computer speak to you. You also get prizes when you reach the goals!!! Try it, it’s great!
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our new goal is to have 7 days in a row without any reds.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars! If you find that your conference time does not work, please let us know so that we can reschedule it.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. When we return to school we will be eating lunch in our classroom. Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
Keep reading at home this weekend so that the kindergartners may reach their goal and get prizes and surprises! Do not forget to keep track of how many minutes your child read this week and cut this week off of the blue February calendar we sent home. Write your child’s name on the strip so that we may give him/her credit for reading!!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
February 9, 2012
Dear Families,
During Jj week we read the book I am Not Jenny. The boys and girls enjoyed thinking of a job they would love to be instead of being a kindergarten student. The students started working on writing their last names. They will need to know how to write their last names for the third quarter report card. The kindergartners were given baggies of jelly beans that they graphed according to color. The jelly beans were the crazy Jelly Belly brand of jelly beans so some of the flavors were very interesting. Some children did not like some of the flavors. On Tuesday the red team made rice krispie treats with Mrs. Johnson’s fourth grade class. The blue team made chocolate dipped peanut butter ritz cracker sandwiches with Mrs. Andvick’s fourth grade students. We sold those treats at the bake sale on Wednesday.
Our bake sale on Wednesday was a huge success! Thank you for sending in those delicious treats. The boys and girls loved shopping at the bake sale, too.Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Xx. Sharing will be free choice next week because there are not many things that start with the letter Xx.
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal is to have 5 days in a row without any reds. As we write this newsletter, we are close to making that goal! Check with your student to see if we made it.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. Even though the snow may be almost gone at your house, we still have a lot of snow at school. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. We will be eating lunch in our classroom that day. Forms were sent home last week. Please return those forms! Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to a January newsletter was an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine. The kindergarten party will be on Tuesday, February 14th.
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
During Jj week we read the book I am Not Jenny. The boys and girls enjoyed thinking of a job they would love to be instead of being a kindergarten student. The students started working on writing their last names. They will need to know how to write their last names for the third quarter report card. The kindergartners were given baggies of jelly beans that they graphed according to color. The jelly beans were the crazy Jelly Belly brand of jelly beans so some of the flavors were very interesting. Some children did not like some of the flavors. On Tuesday the red team made rice krispie treats with Mrs. Johnson’s fourth grade class. The blue team made chocolate dipped peanut butter ritz cracker sandwiches with Mrs. Andvick’s fourth grade students. We sold those treats at the bake sale on Wednesday.
Our bake sale on Wednesday was a huge success! Thank you for sending in those delicious treats. The boys and girls loved shopping at the bake sale, too.Our chair pockets are an exciting addition to our classroom. Children may now bring their own cool pencils from home to use at school. The pencils stay in the chair pockets so only your child will use them. Please send pencils with erasers on them so that if your student makes a mistake he/she can easily erase it.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Xx. Sharing will be free choice next week because there are not many things that start with the letter Xx.
This week the kindergartners continued working with the green, yellow, red system. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes. Our goal is to have 5 days in a row without any reds. As we write this newsletter, we are close to making that goal! Check with your student to see if we made it.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. Even though the snow may be almost gone at your house, we still have a lot of snow at school. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. We will be eating lunch in our classroom that day. Forms were sent home last week. Please return those forms! Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to a January newsletter was an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine. The kindergarten party will be on Tuesday, February 14th.
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Thursday, February 2, 2012
February 3, 2012
Dear Families,
During Vv week the boys and girls enjoyed riding a bus down to the North Tama Veterinarian Clinic. Dr. Boerm and his staff taught us about taking care of pets, and they showed us some really interesting (and sometimes gross) x-rays, bugs, worms, etc. The kindergartners learned about the different jobs in a veterinarian clinic. They journaled about the vet clinic visit in their journals. For report cards the kindergartners colored and cut out different hearts and turned them into a dog. These projects were kept by the teachers so that we can use them for report cards. We practiced counting by fives and working with nickels. We watched a Ground Hog’s Day filmstrip on Thursday. Throughout the week we did different Valentine’s Day activities.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Jj. Kindergartners may bring an item that starts with the letter Jj.
This week the kindergartners started something new. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. Even though the snow may be almost gone at your house, we still have a lot of snow at school. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
In kindergarten we would like to start something called Daily 5. Daily 5 activities concentrate on reading (and possibly math or science). The students will rotate through 5 different Daily 5 centers. The teachers want to raise money for some supplies for Daily 5. We want to buy each child a chair pocket. We are planning on having a bake sale on Wednesday, February 8th. We would like to have each child bring AT LEAST 6 individually wrapped bake sale items for this fundraiser. (Of course families may send more!) Each item will be sold for 25¢. The kindergartners will get to purchase items first. More information will come home about the bake sale.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. We will be eating lunch in our classroom that day. Forms were sent home last week. Please return those forms! Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
On Monday, February 6th North Tama is hosting an AR Family Reading night from 6:00 – 7:30. Families may go to their students’ classrooms and participate in different reading activities. In the kindergarten room students have the opportunity to make foam books. Each page of the foam book is a different theme. Each book costs $3. We sent home an order form for families to fill out a couple of weeks ago so that we know how many will be making books. (Other family members are welcome to purchase and make a book!) You are welcome to pay now or that night! ALSO, Mrs. Ehlers will have the book fair open during media time next week. If your family is not able to make it during the special Monday night AR festivities, then fill out the book order we sent home this week and return it to school. Mrs. Ehlers will help fill the orders during media time.
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to a January newsletter was an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine.
In the elementary newsletter it stated that Valentine’s Day parties are on Thursday, February 9th. NOT ANY MORE!!! THE BOYS AND GIRLS IN KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, AND SECOND GRADES WILL HAVE THEIR PARTIES ON VALENTINE’S DAY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH!!!!!!!!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
During Vv week the boys and girls enjoyed riding a bus down to the North Tama Veterinarian Clinic. Dr. Boerm and his staff taught us about taking care of pets, and they showed us some really interesting (and sometimes gross) x-rays, bugs, worms, etc. The kindergartners learned about the different jobs in a veterinarian clinic. They journaled about the vet clinic visit in their journals. For report cards the kindergartners colored and cut out different hearts and turned them into a dog. These projects were kept by the teachers so that we can use them for report cards. We practiced counting by fives and working with nickels. We watched a Ground Hog’s Day filmstrip on Thursday. Throughout the week we did different Valentine’s Day activities.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Jj. Kindergartners may bring an item that starts with the letter Jj.
This week the kindergartners started something new. Lately the class as a whole has been talking a lot and not listening to directions. We start every day on green. (Green is great!) If the class is loud or isn’t following directions as a group, the green will turn to yellow. (Yellow is a warning.) If the boys and girls work hard and begin listening and following directions we can move back to a green. If they do not, we move to red. (Red is BAD!) If the kindergartners get to red, they eat snack silently. If they get two in a day, they eat snack silently AND put their heads down on their tables for a few minutes.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
Keep sending the snowpants and boots everyday until further notice. Even though the snow may be almost gone at your house, we still have a lot of snow at school. The North Tama playground has big snowpiles on it that take a LONG time to melt away.
There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
In kindergarten we would like to start something called Daily 5. Daily 5 activities concentrate on reading (and possibly math or science). The students will rotate through 5 different Daily 5 centers. The teachers want to raise money for some supplies for Daily 5. We want to buy each child a chair pocket. We are planning on having a bake sale on Wednesday, February 8th. We would like to have each child bring AT LEAST 6 individually wrapped bake sale items for this fundraiser. (Of course families may send more!) Each item will be sold for 25¢. The kindergartners will get to purchase items first. More information will come home about the bake sale.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. We will be eating lunch in our classroom that day. Forms were sent home last week. Please return those forms! Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
On Monday, February 6th North Tama is hosting an AR Family Reading night from 6:00 – 7:30. Families may go to their students’ classrooms and participate in different reading activities. In the kindergarten room students have the opportunity to make foam books. Each page of the foam book is a different theme. Each book costs $3. We sent home an order form for families to fill out a couple of weeks ago so that we know how many will be making books. (Other family members are welcome to purchase and make a book!) You are welcome to pay now or that night! ALSO, Mrs. Ehlers will have the book fair open during media time next week. If your family is not able to make it during the special Monday night AR festivities, then fill out the book order we sent home this week and return it to school. Mrs. Ehlers will help fill the orders during media time.
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to a January newsletter was an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine.
In the elementary newsletter it stated that Valentine’s Day parties are on Thursday, February 9th. NOT ANY MORE!!! THE BOYS AND GIRLS IN KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, AND SECOND GRADES WILL HAVE THEIR PARTIES ON VALENTINE’S DAY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH!!!!!!!!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
January 27, 2012
Dear Families,
This week the kindergartners learned about the letter Dd. We read the book Dr. DeSoto. In the book a mouse dentist helps a fox with a bad tooth and has to be extra careful and clever so that he is not eaten. We read the big book called Any Kind of Dog. The boy in the book really wants a dog, and his mom tries to convince him that other animals would make great pets. The kindergartners reviewed pennies and dimes. They practiced following oral directions on a worksheet. This worksheet will be shared with families during conferences at the end of February. We celebrated our 100th day of school on Wednesday. We hope the delicious smelling Fruit Loop necklaces with 100 rings of cereal made it home before the cereal was eaten off of the string! On Wednesday we read 100th day of school books and did other 100th day of school activities. The boys and girls decorated valentine sacks. Families may send valentines in anytime to be distributed in the bags. Since we did not have school last Friday, we also finished our months of the year booklets.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Vv. Kindergartners may bring an item that starts with the letter Vv or an item related to Valentine’s Day. On Wednesday, February 1st the kindergartners are traveling by bus downtown to the North Tama Veterinarian Clinic. Mrs. Daugherty’s class will be going at 12:50, and Mrs. Turner’s class will be going at 1:20.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
In kindergarten we would like to start something called Daily 5. Daily 5 activities concentrate on reading (and possibly math or science). The students will rotate through 5 different Daily 5 centers. The teachers want to raise money for some supplies for Daily 5. We want to buy each child a chair pocket. We are planning on having a bake sale on Wednesday, February 8th. We would like to have each child bring AT LEAST 6 individually wrapped bake sale items for this fundraiser. (Of course families may send more!) Each item will be sold for 25¢. The kindergartners will get to purchase items first. More information will come home about the bake sale.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. We will be eating lunch in our classroom that day. Forms were sent home last week. Please return those forms! Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
On Monday, February 6th North Tama is hosting an AR Family Reading night from 6:00 – 7:30. Families may go to their students’ classrooms and participate in different reading activities. In the kindergarten room students have the opportunity to make foam books. Each page of the foam book is a different theme. Each book costs $3. We sent home an order form for families to fill out last Friday so that we know how many will be making books. (Other family members are welcome to purchase and make a book!) You are welcome to pay now or that night!
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to LAST WEEK’S newsletter was an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine. Some students may want to make a valentine for our high school helpers. Their names are Stacey Grimm and Kayla Hora. Last week we forgot to include Ellie Schafer in our list of kindergarten helpers!
Last Friday’s snow day will be made up on Tuesday, May 29th.
We realize that we gave you a LOT of information. Please, please, please mark your calendars. Also PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE write your child’s name on every boot, mitten/glove, hat, scarf, pair of snowpants, and coat.
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
This week the kindergartners learned about the letter Dd. We read the book Dr. DeSoto. In the book a mouse dentist helps a fox with a bad tooth and has to be extra careful and clever so that he is not eaten. We read the big book called Any Kind of Dog. The boy in the book really wants a dog, and his mom tries to convince him that other animals would make great pets. The kindergartners reviewed pennies and dimes. They practiced following oral directions on a worksheet. This worksheet will be shared with families during conferences at the end of February. We celebrated our 100th day of school on Wednesday. We hope the delicious smelling Fruit Loop necklaces with 100 rings of cereal made it home before the cereal was eaten off of the string! On Wednesday we read 100th day of school books and did other 100th day of school activities. The boys and girls decorated valentine sacks. Families may send valentines in anytime to be distributed in the bags. Since we did not have school last Friday, we also finished our months of the year booklets.
Next week we will be learning about the letter Vv. Kindergartners may bring an item that starts with the letter Vv or an item related to Valentine’s Day. On Wednesday, February 1st the kindergartners are traveling by bus downtown to the North Tama Veterinarian Clinic. Mrs. Daugherty’s class will be going at 12:50, and Mrs. Turner’s class will be going at 1:20.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 20th so that families can celebrate Presidents’ Day. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
In kindergarten we would like to start something called Daily 5. Daily 5 activities concentrate on reading (and possibly math or science). The students will rotate through 5 different Daily 5 centers. The teachers want to raise money for some supplies for Daily 5. We want to buy each child a chair pocket. We are planning on having a bake sale on Wednesday, February 8th. We would like to have each child bring AT LEAST 6 individually wrapped bake sale items for this fundraiser. (Of course families may send more!) Each item will be sold for 25¢. The kindergartners will get to purchase items first. More information will come home about the bake sale.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. We will be eating lunch in our classroom that day. Forms were sent home last week. Please return those forms! Remember that we do NOT have refrigerator space for 33 lunches, and pop is not allowed as a drink.
On Monday, February 6th North Tama is hosting an AR Family Reading night from 6:00 – 7:30. Families may go to their students’ classrooms and participate in different reading activities. In the kindergarten room students have the opportunity to make foam books. Each page of the foam book is a different theme. Each book costs $3. We sent home an order form for families to fill out last Friday so that we know how many will be making books. (Other family members are welcome to purchase and make a book!) You are welcome to pay now or that night!
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to LAST WEEK’S newsletter was an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine. Some students may want to make a valentine for our high school helpers. Their names are Stacey Grimm and Kayla Hora. Last week we forgot to include Ellie Schafer in our list of kindergarten helpers!
Last Friday’s snow day will be made up on Tuesday, May 29th.
We realize that we gave you a LOT of information. Please, please, please mark your calendars. Also PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE write your child’s name on every boot, mitten/glove, hat, scarf, pair of snowpants, and coat.
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Monday, January 23, 2012
January 20, 2012
Dear Families,
During Yy week we worked with yellow playdough. The kindergartners practiced saying the months of the year and made months of the year booklets. Since Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we read books and talked about what a great man he was. The students dictated 2 facts that they remembered about Martin Luther King, Jr. to the teachers. (Mrs. Turner started talking about Martin Luther King, Jr. last week, too.)
Next week we will be learning about the letter Dd. Kindergartners may bring an item that starts with the letter Dd OR a collection of 100 “things” in honor of our 100th day of school. Please make sure that the 100 “things” are similar like 100 legos, 100 pennies, 100 cotton balls, 100 buttons, 100 sticks of gum and easy for your child to bring to school.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
On January 24th we have the 100th day of school, which is exciting! That day we will have to celebrate! (Hopefully snowdays do NOT mess this up!)
There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
In kindergarten we would like to start something called Daily 5. Daily 5 activities concentrate on reading (and possibly math or science). The students will rotate through 5 different Daily 5 centers. The teachers want to raise money for some supplies for Daily 5. We want to buy each child a chair pocket. We are planning on having a bake sale on Wednesday, February 8th. We would like to have each child bring AT LEAST 6 individually wrapped bake sale items for this fundraiser. (Of course families may send more!) Each item will be sold for 25¢. The kindergartners will get to purchase items first. More information will come home about the bakesale.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. Forms will be sent home soon.
On Monday, February 6th North Tama is hosting an AR Family Reading night from 6:00 – 7:30. Families may go to their students’ classrooms and participate in different reading activities. In the kindergarten room students have the opportunity to make foam books. Each page of the foam book is a different theme. Each book costs $3. We will be sending home an order form for families to fill out so that we know how many will be making books. (Other family members are welcome to purchase and make a book!)
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to the newsletter is an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine. Some students may want to make a valentine for our high school helpers. Their names are Stacey Grimm and Kayla Hora.
We realize that we just gave you a LOT of information. Please, please, please mark your calendars. Also PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE write your child’s name on every boot, mitten/glove, hat, scarf, pair of snowpants, and coat.
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
During Yy week we worked with yellow playdough. The kindergartners practiced saying the months of the year and made months of the year booklets. Since Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we read books and talked about what a great man he was. The students dictated 2 facts that they remembered about Martin Luther King, Jr. to the teachers. (Mrs. Turner started talking about Martin Luther King, Jr. last week, too.)
Next week we will be learning about the letter Dd. Kindergartners may bring an item that starts with the letter Dd OR a collection of 100 “things” in honor of our 100th day of school. Please make sure that the 100 “things” are similar like 100 legos, 100 pennies, 100 cotton balls, 100 buttons, 100 sticks of gum and easy for your child to bring to school.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection. Please send snowpants to school, too. Kindergartners have a really hard time staying out of the snow, and we do not want them coming back in the building with wet pants. The rule is no snowpants – no snow. Please put extra socks in your student’s backpack. Socks tend to get wet at recess or after recess when they walk to put their boots away.
On January 24th we have the 100th day of school, which is exciting! That day we will have to celebrate! (Hopefully snowdays do NOT mess this up!)
There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
In kindergarten we would like to start something called Daily 5. Daily 5 activities concentrate on reading (and possibly math or science). The students will rotate through 5 different Daily 5 centers. The teachers want to raise money for some supplies for Daily 5. We want to buy each child a chair pocket. We are planning on having a bake sale on Wednesday, February 8th. We would like to have each child bring AT LEAST 6 individually wrapped bake sale items for this fundraiser. (Of course families may send more!) Each item will be sold for 25¢. The kindergartners will get to purchase items first. More information will come home about the bakesale.
On Thursday, February 23rd the kindergartners will be attending a play at the Blackhawk Children’s Theater in Waterloo. The performance is at 9:45, and it usually lasts about an hour. The kindergartners will not be back to school in time to eat the hot lunch in the lunchroom. Families will need to decide if they want their student to bring his/her own lunch or purchase a sack lunch from the cooks. Forms will be sent home soon.
On Monday, February 6th North Tama is hosting an AR Family Reading night from 6:00 – 7:30. Families may go to their students’ classrooms and participate in different reading activities. In the kindergarten room students have the opportunity to make foam books. Each page of the foam book is a different theme. Each book costs $3. We will be sending home an order form for families to fill out so that we know how many will be making books. (Other family members are welcome to purchase and make a book!)
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Attached to the newsletter is an up to date class list. Kindergartners may make valentines for every boy and girl in the whole class, or they may make valentines for just the “red team” or just the “blue team”. We recommend that families start writing names early! Families may help write the students’ names on the cards/envelopes. Your student should be able to write his/her own name on each valentine. Some students may want to make a valentine for our high school helpers. Their names are Stacey Grimm and Kayla Hora.
We realize that we just gave you a LOT of information. Please, please, please mark your calendars. Also PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE write your child’s name on every boot, mitten/glove, hat, scarf, pair of snowpants, and coat.
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
January 13, 2012
KINDERGARTEN NEWS
January 13, 2012
Dear Families,
This week we had a Character Counts Assembly where we got to see how other classes have good character. We learned all about the letter Ee and did lots of fun activities. The kindergartners worked more on learning their phone numbers and even decorated the bulletin board in the classroom. The kindergartners graphed their favorite winter activity from 5 different choices. Their choices were Skiing, Making a Snowman, Snowball fight, Skating, and Snowmobiling. (Snowmobiling won by a landslide!) The students did a few science experiments with eggs. We watched how an egg sinks and floats once you add salt into water. We also observed the inside of an egg. We learned about animals that hatch from an egg too. We also learned about Elephants and how they weigh 15, 400 pounds and eat for 16 hours a day!
Next week we will be learning about the letter Yy. Since there are not many things that start with Yy, sharing will be free choice.
The second quarter ends on Monday, January 9th. Report cards were sent home on Friday, January 13th. Please sign the envelope and send it back to school! Conferences are not scheduled until the end of February. If you have any questions or concerns about the information on the report card, please call us at school or email us. We would be glad to meet with any parents that want to discuss their kindergartner’s progress in school.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection.
On January 24th we have the 100th day of school, which is exciting! That day we will have to celebrate!
The students are dismissed early on Wednesday, January 18th. Town students are dismissed at 12:50, and bus students are dismissed at 12:55. There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
Have a WONDERFUL weekend and see you Monday!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
January 13, 2012
Dear Families,
This week we had a Character Counts Assembly where we got to see how other classes have good character. We learned all about the letter Ee and did lots of fun activities. The kindergartners worked more on learning their phone numbers and even decorated the bulletin board in the classroom. The kindergartners graphed their favorite winter activity from 5 different choices. Their choices were Skiing, Making a Snowman, Snowball fight, Skating, and Snowmobiling. (Snowmobiling won by a landslide!) The students did a few science experiments with eggs. We watched how an egg sinks and floats once you add salt into water. We also observed the inside of an egg. We learned about animals that hatch from an egg too. We also learned about Elephants and how they weigh 15, 400 pounds and eat for 16 hours a day!
Next week we will be learning about the letter Yy. Since there are not many things that start with Yy, sharing will be free choice.
The second quarter ends on Monday, January 9th. Report cards were sent home on Friday, January 13th. Please sign the envelope and send it back to school! Conferences are not scheduled until the end of February. If you have any questions or concerns about the information on the report card, please call us at school or email us. We would be glad to meet with any parents that want to discuss their kindergartner’s progress in school.
Please send hats or earbands and mittens or gloves to school everyday. When it is cold outside we make them wear them. If they do not have hats/earbands (or hoods) and mittens/gloves the boys and girls have to borrow from us, and they do not like our selection.
On January 24th we have the 100th day of school, which is exciting! That day we will have to celebrate!
The students are dismissed early on Wednesday, January 18th. Town students are dismissed at 12:50, and bus students are dismissed at 12:55. There is no school for the students on Friday, February 10th so that teachers can attend professional meetings. Conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 4:00 – 8:00 and Thursday, March 1st from 4:30 – 8:00. Students will be dismissed one hour early on Monday, February 27th. There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd. Please mark your calendars!
Have a WONDERFUL weekend and see you Monday!
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Daugherty
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