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
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