Kinder Update

Tomorrow is our first Early Release!!

Early Release Schedule:

Starts:  8:35

Lunch:  10:30

Dismissal:  12:30

We had a great week!  The Kinders make me so happy:)   They love learning the letters names and sounds and adding sign language.  We studied the letters E, F, G, and H this week.  We also worked on the numbers 3 and 4.  Tomorrow we will work on a Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom activity counting the letters in our name!  Fun:))

Thank you so much for all your help at home with Name Writing.  It is difficult in the beginning of the year to form each letter using the correct letter formation.  With continued practice they will get better.  Be patient:)

Next Tuesday, September 27th, is Parent Info. night in Room 2 from 6:30-7:15. We will be going over curriculum, volunteers, our classroom website, and our monthly Read Alouds.

Picture day is Coming up Next week on Thursday, September 29th:)

 
Have a Great Weekend and READ, READ, READ!!!

Happy First Full Week of Kindergarten

Today your child is bringing home their poetry folder.  Please listen to your child recite the poems, Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear and the Number 1 poem."  Please bring Poetry Folders back to school every MONDAY.  We will be adding a new poem each week.

 I  do not send homework folders on Friday.  I will send home their Homework folders on Monday through Thursday.  Next week we will begin to work on writing their name the " school way".  Name writing can be very difficult in the beginning of the school year.  Please be patient with your child as they are learning this skill.

Sharing Begins Next Week

 

Please help your child find a sharing that begins with any letter of the alphabet.  Please have them put it in a paper sack and write three clues on the outside of the bag.  They have a great time guessing their friends sharing.  This is a great way to encourage oral language. 

• For Example:

1. It starts with the letter R
2. I found it on the road
3. It is very hard.

If you guessed a ROCK you are right:)

We have been working very hard learning lots of new skills and routines

• Classroom Rules  (ask your child about the rules)
• writing the numbers 1 and 2 
• writing the letter and word I
• Counting to 20 and backwards from 10
• our ABC sign language song.  (ask your child to show you the hand signs for the letters ABC and D
• using how to use glue
• taking turns 
• sharing
• Nursery Rhymes

Thanks again for all your support helping make this year a wonderful kindergarten year:)

Please sign up for the Remind app.  This remind text message will inform you of upcoming news.  Thanks Again and Have a Wonderful Weekend:)

Happy First Day of Kindergarten

Welcome to Kindergarten

Class of 2029

Please look through your child's backpack today and find these important papers:)

We had a wonderful first full day of kindergarten.  I was so excited to meet your children and be their Kindergarten teacher this year.  There was LOTS of learning going on today.  We reviewed rules, routines and enjoyed visiting the library.

Here are a few important reminders and things to consider...

Your child is bringing home their “HOMEWORK FOLDER” home today!!  There is A LOT of important information inside. 

Please check backpacks daily for important information. 

Please return the student information page ASAP.  And please sign up for Remind-a free, private texting service that I use to communicate with families.

-please donate a snack for our classroom each month.  We would love to start having a snack in the afternoons.  If each family donates one box of crackers, bag of raisins, etc. each month then we should have plenty to share every day.

-if your child would like to get a milk with cold lunch, just make sure you put money into their account.

Today we learned how to line up and walk down the hall in a line!

We also started a special book about nursery rhymes.  Today we learned Jack Be Nimble.  Each day this week we will do an art project centered around the Nursery Rhyme unit.

Remember doors open at 8:25 the bell rings at 8:35, hang up coats/backpack, put cold lunches in the bin and grab a book to read/ enjoy and sit on the rug.

See you tomorrow! 

We are going to have a

WONDERFUL KINDERGARTEN YEAR!!

Class of 2029 Rocks!

September Calendar

September 2016

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday 1	Friday 2	Saturday 3
4	5	6	7 first day of school for ½ the Kinders	8 first day of school for the other ½ of kinders	9 No school for kinders	10
11	12 Library	13 P.E.	14 Fire Drill 2:30 Music	15 Bus Evacuation Drills Library	16 Popcorn  .25 P.E.	17
18	19 Music	20 Library	21 P.E.	22 Music	23 Early release 8:35-12:30	24
25	26 Library	27 K info night 6:30-7:15 P.E.	28 Music	29	30 Popcorn .25

Welcome to Kindergarten

Welcome to Kindergarten
 

We are very excited about our Full Day Kindergarten program.  In kindergarten, children develop skills that they need to be successful as they enter first grade and continue through school. Having a full day of school will allow children to develop early reading and math skills, social skills, and have lots of time for fun and play.  Our program also includes; music, library, science, P.E. and social studies.

 

Kindergarten Staggered Start Schedule

 

This means that for the first three days of school (Sept. 7,8, & 9), your child will only attend one of these days. Only a portion of the students will come to school each day, until all students have attended. Then, all students will come together as a class, on Monday, September 12th.
 

Parent letters and post cards will be mailed before school that will provide details regarding the staggered start schedule and which day your child will be attending school.

 

We believe this ‘staggered start’ method will be helpful to both your child as well as our kindergarten team.  Many of our kindergarten students have never experienced school before. This is a new transition for them, especially attending for a full day. By providing teachers with smaller groups of students, this will eliminate many of the worries our youngsters may bring. In addition, this schedule will provide an opportunity for our kindergarten team to get to know all the children through small group activities as they begin to learn about school. Further, teachers will be able to observe, assess and get to know children and parents before developing class lists.
 

  Parent letters and post cards will be mailed before school that will provide details regarding the staggered start schedule and which day your child will be attending school.

Class Lists will be posted on Friday,  September 9th at 4:00. 

 

All students will attend Monday, September 12th.

 

I am looking forward to a great year in Kindergarten.  I can't wait to meet the students and parents and work together to make a WONDERFUL beginning to a lifetime of learning.  See you very soon.

 

Sincerely-

Mrs. Thompson

Class of 2027

What a Wonderful Kindergarten Year!  Thank you so much for all your kindness and support.  At the end of the year you really can see the growth of each child and the love of learning!    Thank again and enjoy the summer. 

Autograph signing

One Butterfly Born!

Today was Quiet Day and we witnessed a live birth of our first butterfly. (yahoo!)   They named the butterfly Kelsey after my daughter, because I told the class it was her birthday!  They are so sweet:))

This week was filled with lots of learning and our countdown to the last day of school.  The students favorite day was " P" day for Parachutes.  Below I added some great pictures of the students playing with the parachutes.  I also added the adorable picture of the students gathered to watch the birth of our butterfly!  It's great to be in kindergarten:)

Next week will be another crazy busy week:

Monday- Relay Races
Tuesday- Summer Birthdays
Wednesday-Twin Day
Thursday- United Together.All kinders will play together in our classrooms to get to know one
another better before they head off to first grade.
Friday-- We will visit first grade classrooms.

Thank you again for all the support you have given me this year.  It has been a great year filled with learning and lots of fun!

Upcoming Events.

Tuesday-  June 14th-- X-tra Special Day  Parents are invited to attend the las t