Good Looking Kids in Hilarious Hats

I know that our classroom is filled with happy children but if you needed proof look at the personality of our Hilarious Hats.  As is evident in the photograph to the left, happy children create hilarious hats.  We made a lot of people smile with our hats.  Everyone had an opportunity to share how the hats were created.  Then we sorted the hats every which way you can imagine;  hats with feathers, pink hats, tall hats, paper hats, hats with sparkles, animal hats, hats with wiggle eyes... and the sorting went on.  Thank you so much for supporting the learning of our classroom.  The children were very proud of their hats.

We will start small group reading instruction on Tuesday.  Check folders every night this week for a reading homework sheet.  Reading homework sheets do not need to be returned. Do not hesitate to ask questions about the reading instruction.

This week the entire class will be investigating the letter "Kk" as in "kid in a kayak."  The word wall words are:   three, four, pink, you.  I sent home a progress sheet on Friday as to the status of your child in learning the word wall words.  Remember to stay current on word wall words.  Do not wait until the end of the nine weeks to start practicing them.

How many times this weekend did your child pass by a mirror  and say "Hi, good looking kid!" ?  I hear that phrase from children in the bathroom while washing hands!  Thank you for taking the time and sharing our poetry journal.  This week, our poem is set to music and complete with motions.  Poetry journals come home every Friday.

Don't forget to send library books on Tuesday.  Check book bags for our latest selection.

This is a short week so if you are purchasing snack/juice, please send in $2.00 per item.  Time for Kids is due on Wednesday (check payable to Time for Kids for $4.50).  Payment for our field trip to ASF is due on Friday (check payable to Blount for $17.50).  Chaperone tickets for our class are sold out.  If you want to attend, please email me and I will see what I can do as it gets closer to the date.

In math we continue to make patterns.  We are very good at making simple patterns and our next goal is to move to more complex patterns.  Numeral recognition is another objective for this week. We are starting to practice numeral writing.  Please refer to the handout from our small group meeting on how to help your child at home.

On Wednesday, a letter will come home to notify me of the phone number you want your child to learn.  Please return to school on Thursday. 

Heads up that the lunchroom sells fruit roll ups for $.50.  Our lunch time goes by quickly and a lot of food gets thrown away so I was not promoting another item to put on our lunch tray.  However, the children noticed the fruit roll-ups and they are quite popular.  Please talk to your child if he/she is allowed to purchase a fruit roll-up. The only reason I'm writing about the fruit roll-ups is that they can quickly deplete a lunch account and I wanted you to be aware.

The picture above is almost a class portrait.  We had one friend absent on Friday.   Our class size is now at seventeen.  This was a difficult week but in the best interest of all the children it was the correct decision.  We should stay at seventeen for a very long time.

Contact me with any questions you may have.