December 4, 2015

Dear Parents,

We began the week talking about nutrition and the food groups.  We then began talking about Christmas.  We will discuss one Christmas tradition for every letter of the alphabet.  This week we did A for angels, B for baked goods, C for candy canes, E – we made some paper elves, F – we tasted fruitcake, and G – we made gingerbread houses. We also have an elf watching our room from the North Pole.  The students may have told you about Diamond.  The elf will be able to report to Santa about how the kids are doing and about their Christmas list we put up.  Thanks for sending in everything for the gingerbread houses and for those who came in to help, they turned out great.  We have them displayed around the room to decorate for Christmas.  We will send them home before they get out on break.  In math we have worked on the shape trapezoid, adding, and patterns.

Next Week

Theme: Christmas                                                       Word Families: -it, -in, -id

Handwriting Letters: b, h, f, q                                 Story: The Gingerbread Man                

Shape: hexagon                                                           Nursery Rhyme: Little Jack Horner

Reminders/Dates

• We will send home Book-In-A-Bag next week on Monday and Wednesday, but no books will be sent the following week.  I need to get all books collected by Monday.  Please send in books by that day. 

·         Our core value for the month of November was positive school climate.  Our award went to Brooklyn.

·         For my math and literacy volunteers: We will have literacy centers only next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning and no centers the following week.  We will have math centers next week, but no math centers the following week.

 

 

• Please keep sending in the plastic gallon jugs.  Please be sure they are cleaned out and all the stickers are off of them.  So far we have no jugs, please if each person could send in 1 we would have enough.  Also, don’t forget about the book exchange.  Each student needs to get an ornament for another student.  The price limit is $5.  It needs to be wrapped and have a tag with the name of who it is from.  Girls will exchange with girls and boys will exchange with boys.  I would like the presents sent in by Tuesday December 15^th.

·         Tuesday December 15^th: Wear Pajamas & watch The Polar Express (Please note the other kindergarten classes are doing this on Wednesday.  Since we have our party on Wednesday, I decided to do our Polar Express day on Tuesday.)

·         I also wanted to let you know that on the December homework calendar it says to return notebooks on Wednesday the 16^th.  I would really like to get notebooks back on Tuesday the 15^th.  When I did the calendar I didn’t know I would be leaving for the break on Wednesday, so I would like to get them all that Tuesday.  I will remind you next weekJ

·         Wednesday December 16^th: Christmas celebration – Students will not need a snack or a lunch. We will have a big day full of fun activities and food.  Please feel free to join us at anytime on that day, but if you can help with the centers please sign up on the signup genius.  We also have a couple more items to get on the signup genius, please check that out if you have not sent anything in.  All items (except the grapes) are due on Monday.   This way we can get everything ready for that day. For lunch we will be having pizza.  The cost will be $1.50 per slice.  Please fill out the slip and indicate how many pieces of pizza and what kind of pizza you want.  If you plan to be here for lunch, please feel free to order pizza for yourself.  Pizza money is due Friday December 11^th.

We will have a regular scheduled day after lunch.  The students will go to their specials – library and PE.  Then we will finish the day with a Christmas movie.  So actually the students will be finished after lunch with all of our Christmas celebration.  Students may leave for the day or can stay and go to specials.  Please be sure to let the room mom know if you plan to come and help out.  It would be great for her to know who to expect to help and when you can come.  Also don’t forget about the ornament exchange and to send in your ornament by this day.

·         Friday December 18^th: Early Release at 11:45

·         Don’t forget to send in your intent forms.  They are not due until January 8^th but if you already know your intent please go ahead and fill it out and send it back as soon as possible.

Mrs. Hodges & Mrs. McLamb