Dear Parents,
We hope you are enjoying the New Year and all the cold weather we have been having! It is definitely nice to be back in school after a long and restful vacation.
It didn't take the children long to get back into a routine. They have been busy, as usual, and have been working very hard. They have made chubby little snowmen and decorated snowmen to go along with Lois Ehlert's book, Snowballs. They have finished working on two class big books about snowmen and what they wear in the snow. They have written in their journals (we now encourage them to write a whole sentence) and illustrated poetry. We have been focusing more on sight words and have been playing a sight word memory game. I would encourage you to work with your children on the sight words at home too for extra practice.
We will be starting our second unit in Fundations next week and will begin tapping out words. We will also start practicing the uppercase letters soon. The sheets I will send home next week and will continue to send home are for students to practice with at home. They don’t have to come back to school although it’s fine if they do. Please don’t let your students practice the letters they haven’t learned at school yet so that they can learn the proper letter formation first.
We have also begun learning about sea life in preparation for our trip to the New England Aquarium on January 27th. Information about this trip went home yesterday. Please let us know if you are interested in chaperoning for this field trip. I will only be able to take a limited number of chaperones again so I will pick names from a hat if necessary. Please make sure to send the $13 to cover the cost of the trip when you are able to.
We will be having our Fish Day on Friday, January 23rd. Students will get to visit other Kindergarten classrooms to complete various fish projects. We will need extra help that day… probably from around 8:30-9:50am. If you are available and interested in helping, please let me know so I can put you on the schedule.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Melanie Duncan and Kerry Marsh
PS… Please have your child bring in snow gear: boots, gloves or mittens, and hats. When there is snow…the children will not be allowed to play in the snow without snow pants and boots. The office informs us each day whether or not it is too cold to go outside so it is always wise to be prepared each day with warm clothes. It would also be very helpful if you could have your child practice zipping his/her jacket, putting on his/her snow pants and boots, and keeping all gloves or mittens tucked safely in a sleeve or pocket. It is also helpful to write your child’s name on each piece of clothing so they can be returned to them if they get lost. Thank-you!
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