Happy 100 Days of School

Dear Parents and Students,

Our 100th day of school is on Friday, February 1st!

Homework for this week is to bring a collection of 100 items to school.  Collections can be made of beans, pennies, stickers, macaroni, sports cards, beads, toothpicks, or any other small items.  The “process” is what is important in this project.   Have your child count the objects by ones, in groups of five, and in groups of ten. Please have your child glue their collection on a piece of cardboard or bring their collection to school in a plastic bag.

All 100 Day collections are due at school no later than Friday, February 1st. We will share our projects and do other 100 activities on that day to celebrate this special day!

Mrs. Black

Kindergarten News

Dear Parents,

We will be studying about the months of the year and working on reviewing the high frequency words, the letter names and their sounds. We will work on blending and segmenting words as well as writing proper sentences. We will also review the SIPPS Charts. I hope that your child has practiced these topics during the vacation.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Black

Kindergarten News

Dear Parents,

I hope that you had a nice Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

As we return back to school, the children will continue to study weather and the winter season. We will also begin to get ready for testing.

Please review all of the things that I discussed with you during our parent/teacher conference. Work daily on the following:

• Identification of letter names – upper and lower case
• Sounds of the letters
• Writing the upper and lower case letters
• Rhyming words
• Reading simple words by sounding them out
• Writing simple words by sounding them out
• Answering questions about books
• Identifying numerals 1-20

Testing will continue through mid-February, so be sure that your child gets plenty of rest and comes to school on time.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Black

Kindergarten News

Dear Parents and Kids,

Welcome back from vacation and Happy 2013! I hope you had a great holiday. We will be studying weather beginning with the winter season. Please talk with your child about winter activities.

We will also learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his life. We will talk about our dreams and what we would like to see improved in the world.

Continue to work at home with your child on the activities that I gave to you at our conference. Remember to practice the high frequency words and the sounds of the letters. Also continue to write daily in the journals. Testing will be in February!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Black