Dear Parents,
We had a wonderful celebration of our 100th day of school! We entered our classroom through a giant 100, clapped and jumped 100 times, closed our eyes for 100 seconds, made special 100 day crowns and glasses, and much, much, more-- phew! Thank you for sending in all the wonderful collections. It was a fun way to celebrate the whole week long. Here's to the next 79 school days!
Thank you for your prompt replies on conference sign-ups. I have just about everyone scheduled. I will send out my updated schedule later today. If I haven't heard from you, please send me your time preferences after checking the updated schedule. I look forward to meeting with you all in March, and I will begin assessing your children this week during center time to have all the latest information.
This week's letter is Qq. The Alphafriend is Queenie Queen. We will introduce two new sight words, or and but, and we will review is and here. We have finished up our math topic on numbers 20-30. Please continue reinforcing recognition of all numbers between 1 and 30, as well as reinforcing the sight words. This is the greatest "push" at this time! This week, we begin a math topic on patterning, which most children really enjoy.
Homework is due tomorrow, and then we will have a special homework project coming home this week. In honor of President's Day, we will be doing a very simple project honoring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The children will complete and color a dot-to-dot of each president. There are two dot-to-dots in the packet, one of Abraham Lincoln, and one of George Washington. On the back of each of these pictures, your child is to write one sentence about each President. The children will present these facts next week for sharing. It is always fun when the children bring in little-known facts about the Presidents, so do a little research on the web and see what you can find! Of course, it is also okay to stick with basic facts such as "He was the first President." and "He was the sixteenth President." This is their first exposure to doing an oral report, so it is most important to choose a sentence that you think your child will be able to remember and present on his/her own. There will be no homework/blue bags on February 13th, due to the upcoming President's Week holiday.
This week, our art will center around President's Day and the book, The Hat, as well as continuing to learn about penguins. Sharing this week is Homemade Item. Please send something your child has made/drawn at home or in a class-- crafts, projects, etc. Your child should be prepared to tell about how they made it.
A reminder again that we are celebrating Valentine's Day in class on the 14th. This is not a party-- we will simply pass out valentines at the end of the day. Please remember to leave the "To" section of the card blank, and just have your child sign the card. This makes distribution much easier! Please send in Valentines for all 25 students if you are participating. Thank you!
Upcoming Events:
2/13: Special Wacky Wednesday (p.m. class) and field trip to see a play (all K classes)
2/14: Valentine's Day celebration: only sign valentines
2/18-2/22: President's Week: No School
2/27: February's Wacky Wednesday
3/4-3/15: 2nd Trimester Conferences
