100 days SMARTER!
It was really great to see that almost every
family was able to attend our Open House. I hope you found the evening to be
enjoyable and that you learned a little about your child's school day. We are
very busy in Kindergarten, as I am sure you could tell, but never too busy to
also have fun.
Next week we have a special celebration! Tuesday is the 100th day of school! Your child will officially be 100 days SMARTER! We will celebrate with centers that are filled with fun 100's day activities. Thank you to the flexible and helpful parents willing to come in and help. I would not be able to do these types of things without parent helpers. 100's day will be exciting!
The letter of the week was L and the sight word was "what." We visited a website about lions to learn facts and watch video clips about lions. We made long lions by writing sentences about facts that we learned.
In math we practiced number equations, graphing, comparing amounts fewest to greatest.
Our science unit is magnets! We began with exploring magnets in the classroom. We concluded that magnets stick to certain kinds of metal and not wood, plastic and paper. We predicted, experimented and recorded the data we collected to find out what objects stick to magnets. We will continue our magnet unit next week.
Some important events are coming up in the next few weeks. Valentine's Day will be celebrated at school on Thurs. Feb. 14th. Please have your child bring in a Valentine for EACH child in the class. Please have them address their cards to MY FRIEND. I know this may seem impersonal, but when they are passing out the cards and they can't read the names it takes a looooooong time. Imagine 25 kids having to ask you how to read a name on a card 25 different times-that is 625 names! Now do you get it? :) Also, please remember that the May Watts school rule is that no food items can be attached to the Valentine cards.
Conferences are also coming up in February. Conference notices will be coming home at the end of next week. We only have one day of conferences this time around (Feb. 19th) so that does not allow me time to meet with every parent. This round of conferences is usually reserved for students that there is a specific concern about (could be anything). If I do not request a conference with you nor I haven't already met or talked with your recently, you can assume that things are going great with your child and they are progressing satisfactorily. If you still feel the need to meet, we can do a phone conference, a quick check through email, or set up a conference time. Thanks for your understanding.
Have a great weekend!
Next week we have a special celebration! Tuesday is the 100th day of school! Your child will officially be 100 days SMARTER! We will celebrate with centers that are filled with fun 100's day activities. Thank you to the flexible and helpful parents willing to come in and help. I would not be able to do these types of things without parent helpers. 100's day will be exciting!
The letter of the week was L and the sight word was "what." We visited a website about lions to learn facts and watch video clips about lions. We made long lions by writing sentences about facts that we learned.
In math we practiced number equations, graphing, comparing amounts fewest to greatest.
Our science unit is magnets! We began with exploring magnets in the classroom. We concluded that magnets stick to certain kinds of metal and not wood, plastic and paper. We predicted, experimented and recorded the data we collected to find out what objects stick to magnets. We will continue our magnet unit next week.
Some important events are coming up in the next few weeks. Valentine's Day will be celebrated at school on Thurs. Feb. 14th. Please have your child bring in a Valentine for EACH child in the class. Please have them address their cards to MY FRIEND. I know this may seem impersonal, but when they are passing out the cards and they can't read the names it takes a looooooong time. Imagine 25 kids having to ask you how to read a name on a card 25 different times-that is 625 names! Now do you get it? :) Also, please remember that the May Watts school rule is that no food items can be attached to the Valentine cards.
Conferences are also coming up in February. Conference notices will be coming home at the end of next week. We only have one day of conferences this time around (Feb. 19th) so that does not allow me time to meet with every parent. This round of conferences is usually reserved for students that there is a specific concern about (could be anything). If I do not request a conference with you nor I haven't already met or talked with your recently, you can assume that things are going great with your child and they are progressing satisfactorily. If you still feel the need to meet, we can do a phone conference, a quick check through email, or set up a conference time. Thanks for your understanding.
Have a great weekend!
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