Happy New Year! Look at these special children I get to spend my day with. Looking at this slideshow makes me ready to return. I hope your break has been full of cherished memories.
The big news this week is Room 114 will begin Accelerated Reader. There will be a handout in Monday's binder explaining Accelerated Reader and how it will work in our classroom. It is a very important that you understand the AR process so please take the time to read the handout carefully. The children will be able to take their first test on Friday - no earlier so follow my handout. After Friday, I will help them take tests any day of the week before school or during snack time. I do not take away instructional time for AR.
There is a Renaissance Home Connect letter in binders on Monday. You can sign up to receive an email when your child takes an AR test and the score received. As a parent I love this feature and can keep track of my children's AR progress. I encourage you to sign up for the email notification. You are unable to take AR tests at home.
Our library books are AR books so please make sure your child knows where his/her book is. We will be going to the library on Monday.
Monday is also Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00. I do allow you to prepay for Italian Ice if Monday mornings are stressful as you try to find $1.00. I will notify you once your Italian Ice money runs out.
Please return poetry journals on Monday and look for it to return on Friday.
The children worked so deliberately on making napkin rings for your family. I wish you could have heard their thinking. They spent time and logic selecting out the perfect fabric for each family member. I know your evenings are busy but it is so important to listen to your child and have conversations. You can learn a lot about your child and his/her personality by just listening and watching.
In Monday's binder will be a new reading log and reading instruction information for this quarter.
In reading this week, we are working on the letter Rr. Our high frequency words are: me, with, she.
In math, we are beginning to work with the number 10. Look in binders for homework practice sheets.
We have a field trip on Thursday of this week. Please dress in yellow field trip t-shirts (and jeans if desired ) as we go to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival to see the theatrical production of Goodnight Moon. We will be eating lunch at 10:00 on Thursday to accommodate our field trip schedule. We will leave the school at 10:30 and return around 1:00. Please be sure to send a snack on Thursday because of our early lunch time. The office will call you to bring the yellow field trip t-shirt to school if your child comes without it.
We celebrated another classmate the last week of school in December. There is nothing quite as special as having your classmates spend time making a page for a book that is written all about you!
We will start Monday morning off with a class meeting. We will listen to everyone share their adventures from the past two weeks. We will review our five life skills of being helpful, careful, patient, respectful, and responsible to one another. We will also talk about being responsible for doing our best on all classwork! The second half of Kindergarten has more responsibility as we prepare to become first graders.
A party is a great way to end the first semester of Kindergarten. Thanks to the room mothers for coordinating and to all of you for providing the necessary details for the fun. Room 114 is one of my favorite places on earth and it is because of the 19 children who come to work and play.
Contact me with any questions or concerns.
Upcoming events:
1.9 Goodnight Moon at ASF - wear yellow field trip t-shirts
1.9 Report cards are issued
1.20 No school in observance of King/Lee birthdays
1.30 100th Day of School
1.31 Room 114's Superpower Crafternoon
2.3 Stephen Fite concert: dress up as a superhero (yellow t-shirt must be visible)
The big news this week is Room 114 will begin Accelerated Reader. There will be a handout in Monday's binder explaining Accelerated Reader and how it will work in our classroom. It is a very important that you understand the AR process so please take the time to read the handout carefully. The children will be able to take their first test on Friday - no earlier so follow my handout. After Friday, I will help them take tests any day of the week before school or during snack time. I do not take away instructional time for AR.
There is a Renaissance Home Connect letter in binders on Monday. You can sign up to receive an email when your child takes an AR test and the score received. As a parent I love this feature and can keep track of my children's AR progress. I encourage you to sign up for the email notification. You are unable to take AR tests at home.
Our library books are AR books so please make sure your child knows where his/her book is. We will be going to the library on Monday.
Monday is also Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00. I do allow you to prepay for Italian Ice if Monday mornings are stressful as you try to find $1.00. I will notify you once your Italian Ice money runs out.
Please return poetry journals on Monday and look for it to return on Friday.
The children worked so deliberately on making napkin rings for your family. I wish you could have heard their thinking. They spent time and logic selecting out the perfect fabric for each family member. I know your evenings are busy but it is so important to listen to your child and have conversations. You can learn a lot about your child and his/her personality by just listening and watching.
In Monday's binder will be a new reading log and reading instruction information for this quarter.
In reading this week, we are working on the letter Rr. Our high frequency words are: me, with, she.
In math, we are beginning to work with the number 10. Look in binders for homework practice sheets.
We have a field trip on Thursday of this week. Please dress in yellow field trip t-shirts (and jeans if desired ) as we go to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival to see the theatrical production of Goodnight Moon. We will be eating lunch at 10:00 on Thursday to accommodate our field trip schedule. We will leave the school at 10:30 and return around 1:00. Please be sure to send a snack on Thursday because of our early lunch time. The office will call you to bring the yellow field trip t-shirt to school if your child comes without it.
We celebrated another classmate the last week of school in December. There is nothing quite as special as having your classmates spend time making a page for a book that is written all about you!
We will start Monday morning off with a class meeting. We will listen to everyone share their adventures from the past two weeks. We will review our five life skills of being helpful, careful, patient, respectful, and responsible to one another. We will also talk about being responsible for doing our best on all classwork! The second half of Kindergarten has more responsibility as we prepare to become first graders.
A party is a great way to end the first semester of Kindergarten. Thanks to the room mothers for coordinating and to all of you for providing the necessary details for the fun. Room 114 is one of my favorite places on earth and it is because of the 19 children who come to work and play.
Contact me with any questions or concerns.
Upcoming events:
1.9 Goodnight Moon at ASF - wear yellow field trip t-shirts
1.9 Report cards are issued
1.20 No school in observance of King/Lee birthdays
1.30 100th Day of School
1.31 Room 114's Superpower Crafternoon
2.3 Stephen Fite concert: dress up as a superhero (yellow t-shirt must be visible)
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