Friday, February 27, 2015

Nursery Rhymes and Rhyming

This week we talked all about nursery rhymes and rhyming words. We have been trying hard to listen to the ends of words to see if they sound the same, please continue to focus on this at home too. We also reviewed the number 3 and the letter Nn. We were also given a special gift of additional Magna-tiles for our classroom by Ms. Barb's high school buddies class. Thank you so much! The students have been having such a great time with them and they are now able to make much more elaborate creations.

Dental Health and Arctic Animals

Last week we talked about dental health and arctic animals. We had a visit from a local dentist, Dr. Sally. She talked about the importance of clean and healthy teeth and what we can do to help them stay strong. She even gave each student a little goody bag! With arctic animals we pretended we were penguins and learned about some fun animals that live in cold climates. We focused on the number 2 and letter Pp.

Friday, February 13, 2015

Valentine's

This past week we focused on Valentine's Day, letter Vv and review of the number 1. We had fun at our Valentine's "party". Treats were passed out, a Charlie Brown Valentine video was viewed, and we played games. 

Next week we will be talking about dental health and arctic animals. We will have a special visit from a local dentist to talk to us about her job. We will be focusing on the letter Pp and review of the number 2. Next Monday and Tuesday I will be sending home a note about spring conferences, these are not mandatory for families to attend. I have put requests to meet with some of my student's families, if you feel you want to be added to the list for conferences please send back the bottom portion of the note that will be in your child's folder. 

We have started a really fun activity in the past two weeks. It is something we do to give the students a mini break in the day. The activities are used to promote movement, mild exercise, music and dance expression, and fun! We do a variety of silly songs, children's yoga, and children's zumba. To check out what we do please visit www.gonoodle.com and click on demo class. This will allow you to try it out at home, if you would like you can click sign up and create accounts for your children. They get to choose a character and the more you play the more this character changes. You can click on "tags" scroll to the bottom and click "more tags" to have it display categories such as grade levels, type of activity, or length of activity.  Some of the videos we really like in class are from the group KooKooKangaRoo (roller coaster and Pop See Ko) and zumba kids (party rock and happy)

Reminders 
---attendance policy: all absences must be excused in writing or email. A phone call is appreciated but it does not meet the requirements to count as an excused absence.
---Early Release: Thursday the 19th students will be dismissed at 1:52.
---No School: Friday the 20th
---FBI event: Friday the 27th at 1:15 in the Stetsonville gym. Notes will be sent home this coming week
---Book orders: Due Wed. 18th/Thurs. 19th


Friday, February 6, 2015

January has come to an end

January is now behind us. Second semester has started and your students are excited to be in the last half of the school year! Report cards have gone home and if you have any questions about them, please do not hesitate to contact me. Keep in mind that the grades on them represent what they have shown us that they can do at school. If they can count to 20+ at home, but they haven't displayed that here at school they will still have a B on their report card rather than an E. With the changing of the semesters we have had to say goodbye to our high school mentor-ship buddy, Ms. Kendra and we now have Ms. Kaitlin joining us for the remainder of the school year.

We have just finished up our two weeks of the dinosaurs theme. We also just had our first field trip of the year!  The Broadway Theatre opened up for us to watch Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The kids had a great time, THANK YOU!

We will be having a Valentines celebration on the 11th and 12th. If you choose to send treats or valentines please address them to "my friend". It makes it easier to pass them out for your student.

REMINDERS:
There will be an early release on the 19th.
There will be no school on the 20th.
Our next Families Being Involved event will be on the 27th at 1:15 in the Stetsonville gym to watch a movie projected on the wall. Popcorn included, bring your towels, chairs, pillows, etc. to sit on.