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
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