Dear Parents,
I hope you are enjoying some fun family time on this long weekend!
Of course, we have tomorrow off school in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Tuesday, it will be very important to return the Blue Bags on time since we only have a day to turn them back around. So please put them by the door or wherever you will remember them Tuesday morning :) Please remember to check your child's blue bag to be sure that it includes the journal, the book, and the homework folder. Many blue bags have been returned recently that are missing one item. Thanks!
Our new letter this week is Ll, and the Alphafriend is Larry Lion. We have a new word this week, is. We will also introduce another vowel sound this week, Ii, and that Alphafriend is Iggy Iguana. We are now more than half-way through our kindergarten year. This is where the kindergarten curriculum really takes off, and your continued support with the curriculum will be especially important at this time. Completing homework weekly, including the journal, reading to your children and asking them questions about what they are reading, and reinforcing math facts and sight words is really important at this time. We want to ensure that everyone is prepared for first grade, and we definitely need your help :).
We completed the math topic on numbers to 20 last week. Many children have more difficulty with the numbers between 10 and 20 than they have with numbers between 20 and 30 (our next chapter). Please check in with your children on recognition of numbers below 20.
We also have Snow Day this week. It will be Wednesday for the p.m. class (please note the change of day) and Friday for the a.m. class. This is a day when the children come to school all dressed in their snow gear-- whatever items you have. Mittens, knit hats, jackets, snow boots, scarves, goggles, etc. are all welcome! Please do not buy anything special for this day, just use what you have or borrow from a friend. They wear their gear, and then we will have some snow-themed fun! We will be having a "snowball fight" using wadded up recycled paper & have an icy treat! It is always lots of fun.
Another fun day to mark your calendars for is 100 day on Thursday the 31st. This is an in-class celebration of our 100th day of school. We will have many fun activities for counting out 100. This is another very memorable day for the children. The sharing theme next week, in honor of 100 day, will be a collection of 100 things. This does not have to be anything fancy-- the kids can bring in 100 pennies, Legos, Cheerios, etc. The main thing is that you & your child sit down together to count out the item. You can count them by 1s or put them into 10 groups of 10-- whatever your child prefers. It is a fun activity for them to see the different ways that "100" can look, so start discussing with your children what they'd like to bring in next week.
This week's share is Letter of the Week sharing. Please have your child bring something in that starts with the letter Ll. The children like to bring this sharing in a bag with clues, so please help them with that. Many children are writing their own clues now, which is wonderful! Children who normally share on Monday can share any other day this week.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, Blue Bags in hand!
Upcoming Events:
1/21: MLK Day, no school
1/23 or 1/25: Snow Day-- children dress up in snow gear
1/30: January's Wacky Wednesday
1/31: 100 Day-- celebration of the 100th day of school
2/13: Special Wacky Wednesday for field trip to see a play
2/18-2/22: President's Week: No School
