Dear Parents,
We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving break. We'd like to thank all of you for making last Monday & Tuesday such a success! We had a wonderful spread of food at the feast, and the children all looked darling! Thanks to the MANY parents who helped with that event, and special thanks to Jen Lipscomb for helping us coordinate all the food & help. Also, Grandparents' Day was another great event. It was wonderful to see so many Grandparents & friends in our room that day. We had a fun time!
Now...onto a very busy but exciting time in kindergarten as we prepare for our Nutcracker presentation on the 17th, as well as continue with all the academics & seasonal artwork!
We will have a new letter this week, Vv, and the Alphafriend is Vinnie Volcano. We will also have a new high frequency word, to. We will continue with our math topic on addition this week, followed by a topic on subtraction next week.
If you check out our webpage, link always at the bottom of the weekly e-mail, I have added a new page tab on the right-hand side. It is for kindergarten websites. I link a website, http://www.spellingcity.com/k2grist that I'd like you all to check out with your children. This is a fun way to reinforce both the sight words and short-vowel words that they will be expected to recognize and spell in kindergarten. I have pre-loaded the list of sight words onto Spelling City, but if you want to make your own list of short-vowel words, you can do that, too. These are just extra tools to reinforce learning. I have also added the link to the math website I e-mailed you about a while ago, along with the login directions. Check it out!
We will return to centers both this week and next week, then we take a break from centers again the week of December 12th. Please check the helper schedule below, as well as on the website. I have made just a few minor changes on the website and the helpers are updated all the way through the next trimester.
This week's sharing is Toy in a Bag. Please send in a toy in a bag or backpack, etc., with three written clues. Please make sure that either you or your child is writing the clues so that we have something to prompt them with if they forget. Thanks!
Thank you for returning your red bags last week. They will go home again this Wednesday as well as the following Wednesday. They will not go home on December 15th.
In lieu of returning red bags this week, please remember to send in November's I Love to Read calendar any time this week, beginning Wednesday.
Remember that the Holiday book order will be closing on December 1st. These books should arrive before we leave for break.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
This Week's Activities/Helpers:
MONDAY: Centers (Kristi & Tammy), Sharing, Library
TUESDAY: Centers (Wendy & Manami), Sharing
WEDNESDAY:
Wednesday Envelopes/Red Bags prepped (Karla/Angie/Derek),
Computers (Matt), Sharing, Red Bags go home, Turn in I Love to Read calendars
THURSDAY: Centers (Margaret & Arden), Sharing, Turn in I Love to Read calendars
FRIDAY: ZUMBA!, Turn in I Love to Read calendars
Upcoming Events:
12/1: Dining for Dollars @ Armadillo Willy's
12/15: Nutcracker Paper Costume Making Party @ 1:25 (parent help needed!)
12/17: Kindergarten Nutcracker Performance
12/18-1/2: WINTER BREAK
1/17: No School: MLK Holiday
Week of 2/20: No School: President's Week
