WEEK IN A PEEK!
August 21, 2009
THIS WEEK WE: had great first days of kindergarten. We learned to spell red blue and yellow! They can sing a song for each too! We talked a little about school rules and how important it is to cooperate with our classmates and teachers. We took a cup of water, dropped some red food coloring in it and watched as the molecules of H20 hit each other and spread the red color throughout the whole cup of water. It was amazing! Of course we had to do that with blue and yellow also!
NEXT WEEK WE WILL: continue learning about our color words. Remember, Monday is orange day. We will also start interviewing a student each day so we can get to know everyone better. CLIFFORD DAY is next Friday. Have your child wear red. We will plan Clifford activities all day.
BOOK ORDERS: I am sending home an order form for Scholastic Books. If you would like to order, please fill out the form and enclose it in an envelope with a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs. Please make sure it is in a sealed envelope labeled Scholastic Books so it doesn’t get lost and I know what it is. It takes about a couple of weeks to receive the order.
ALL ABOUT ME: If you have not sent the All about me form back with a picture, please do so on Monday. Thanks!
READING SLIPS: Enclosed is a reading slip. As you read to your child, write the title on a line. When you have ten books recorded, return it to school and your child will earn a cut out shape. He will get a sticker for each reading slip returned. At the end of the month, I will send a special treat for all that have sent in at least one reading slip. We will do August and September together to give everyone plenty of time.
MERIT AWARDS: I will award merit award stickers to 1 or 2 students each week. I will be looking for students displaying positive attitudes, cooperating with others, being kind, and working hard at school. I will start looking next week! I am sure it will be a difficult job to just find 2 students that display those traits!
SCHOOL PICTURES: Aug.27th. Return payment envelop on Monday.
THANK YOU: for picking up the frogs. I appreciate it so much!
COOPERATION: is our character word this month. We had a kick-off assembly this morning. I will be looking for someone to represent our class that exhibits cooperation.
They will be honored at the end of the month at our Caring Kids Assembly.
BLOG: I will post the newsletter on the blog each week along with any pictures that I happen to take.
http://mountjoyskindergartenclass.blogspot.com
THEME: Colors
Wear the following colors on:
Monday---Orange
Tuesday--Green
Wednesday--- purple
Thursday--- Your favorite color -- PICTURE DAY!
Friday---Clifford Day! Wear RED!
Please return the Friday Folder on Monday! Enclose any notes, lunch money etc. If you send money for lunch and snack milk, please send in an envelope marked with your child’s name for the entire week.
Thank you,
Mrs. Mountjoy
