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
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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
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
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
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
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