December 19, 2014
Dear Parents,
It's hard to believe our holiday break begins on Wednesday next week! We have had a very exciting month of school and have learned so much. The children have done amazingly well with all the excitement and changes in our schedule.
One of the highlights for this week was our Nutcracker Field Trip! It is always fun watching the children get excited when they hear the familiar songs and see their Nutcracker characters on stage! We want to thank Mrs. Valente and Mrs. Broy for chaperoning our field trip. We had a wonderful time!
We are very excited for our own Nutcracker performance that will be on Monday and hope that you will all be able to make it at 9am to watch us! The students have been working very hard and are excited to be able to perform the Russian Peppermint dance for you! If possible, please have your child wear red tops and black bottoms on Monday for the performance. Thanks!
We have almost finished our first unit in Fundations and are looking forward to working with uppercase letters in January. We have been busy working with some Kindergarten sight words, writing in our journals, and illustrating our “Good Night” books that will start coming home after the students read them to the class.
We will be sending a bag full of art projects home on Tuesday with your child. We apologize in advance for all the glitter that you will be finding all over your house now! We hope the students will take great pride showing you all their special Nutcracker, Gingerbread, and Christmas projects. We are very proud of all they have accomplished so far this year!
I sent home a packet today in your child’s blue folder. It contains a letter about guided reading instruction that will start next month, a book at your child’s reading level, the list of Kindergarten high frequency words, some name writing practice sheets, some lined writing paper, a blank January writing journal, a 100s chart, a math game, and a reading log. Several parents asked me at our conference to send home some extra “homework” for their children. None of the activities in the packet need to be returned but I would be happy to look at whatever your child completes and sends back in. Feel free to copy any of the pages so you have extra sheets to use. Your child can write in their journals, record books they are reading, practice the high frequency words, practice counting to 100, and have fun playing the math game!
I also wanted to let you know that I've added some resources to my blog. Some parents had asked me about math and reading websites and apps that their children could access from home. These are listed under the Pages section on the right side of my blog. I hope you enjoy exploring some of them! Please let me know of any others that you might already use with your child. I will take a look at them and maybe add them to the list!
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
Kerry Marsh
A Reminder: School will be back in session on Monday, January 5th.
We could also use some large brown paper bags with handles. Thanks!
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