Summertime

We're Done!

We Finished!

It was so much fun

and a whole lot of work.

I would feel remiss if I didn't write this blog post,

I have had a little experience with this subject.

What should we do this summer?

Every day ---

1.

Chores, you know, work.

Every little person should have a couple of jobs.

One of them should be to get dressed, brush their teeth and comb their hair.

2.

Play outside for 30 minutes or more.

-100% non-structured-

3.

Work on small motor skills - one activity every day

How?

Play Dough

Markers 

Legos

Cut and paste

Painting

Make bead necklaces

Sorting buttons

The list goes on and on...

If you want more ideas, google images for small motor skills for Kindergarteners.

-the Dollar Store has a great kids craft section-

4.

Limit electronics!

I do have a few favorite places to go though., 

starfall.com

itrace

coolmath-games

5.

Read to your child every day and join the summer reading program at the Library.

Let them choose the books they want, but try a chapter book to read out loud to them.

Try

    or     

And most important.....Have FuN!

Last Week of School for Kindergarten

It is hard to believe,

but this will be the last week of school for Kindergarten.

The last day of school will be Thursday, May 19th.

Parents are invited to celebrate the last day of Kindergarten with us.

Mrs. Hall's class celebration will be at 10:45 on Thursday Morning.

Mrs. Nebeker's class will celebrate at 10:45 am and 2:50 pm on Thursday.  

Miss Clark's celebration will be at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm on Thursday.

5 de mayo

Our class had a good week 

drawing and writing about animals.

 For 5 de mayo 

we made sombreos for decorations

for the school party.

They worked very hard on them.

They turned out super cute.

May Newsletter

May

We have some fun activities planned in the next few weeks.

Last day of Kindergarten will be 

May 19th.

Kindergarten Registration will be on 

May 23 and 24.

Please call the school at 536- 6611 for an appointment.

Progress Reports

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What a Week!

We have finished our Spring IRI's.
It is fun to see the growth of our students.

We sent home progress reports on Thursday,
so check the backpack for those.

We still have work to do.

And parents have the never ending job
of reading to their children everyday.

April Newsletter

Welcome April

We have been busy with Extended Day students after school.

Please practice the letter sounds with your student.

We have the final IRI test next week.

Also, many months ago, we sent home a 

Roaring Reader Program.

If you  have read 600 minutes,

you will win a ticket to Roaring Springs.

Those reading logs need to be turned in to us on

Wednesday the 6th of April.

Day Light Savings Time

Don't forget to set your clocks 1 hour ahead Saturday night.

Spelling Bee Fundraiser

Money for the Spelling Bee is due on March 8th. 

The School Spelling Bee will be March 9th at 6:00 in the Gym. 

March Newletter

100 Days of School

The 100th day of school will be on Thrusday, March 3rd. 

Miss Clark is asking that each child bring 

100 objects in 10 bags with 10 objects each.

Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Nebeker are asking for 100 objects in 1 bag.

It will be a celebration of being 100 days smarter.

Spelling Bee

The class Spelling Bees will be held in the coming week.

Here is a reminder for those of you who are practicing at home.

You have to say the word, spell the word and then say it again.

So the word 'see' would be:

see. s e e. see.

The tricky word is I

I. capital I. I

Say it, spell it, say it.

Good Luck!

Presidents Day

We have finished parent teacher conferences.

Thank you for coming in.

Remember, no school tomorrow, February 15th.

It's Presidents Day.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Here are a few important dates to remember this week.

February 9th

Valentine Parties
There are about 20 kids in each class.
Please just fill out the "from"  part of the valentine.

February 10th

Parent Teacher Conferences    4-8

February 11th

NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN ONLY

Parent Teacher Conferences for Kindergarten are from 8-8

Please check your child's backpack for the Parent Teacher Conference Note.
It went home today.   Please sign it and return it.  If there is a problem, let us
know as soon as possible.


February 15th

NO SCHOOL 
Presidents Day

February Newsletter

I am sorry that I didn't get the January Newsletter posted,

but here is the February Newsletter.

Report Cards

The testing is over.

We are happy that everyone seems to be progressing.

We sent home Report Cards today.

Watch for them.

Alpha Friends

  

I have been testing letter and sound recognition this week.  

I waited to test those who have been struggling.

Here is what I have found.

When I show them the letter B

They all say, "I don't know".

Well we use Alpha Friends, so I might say

it's the the bear and they will say

b b bear, /b/b/ bear.

And I bubble over with happiness,

because they do know.

Here are some tools to use if your child is struggling.

And if they're not struggling,

we are blending words.

It's fun to practice.

Up and Running

We are happy to be back to school.

We defiantly are jumping in with both feet.

We have started testing this week 

and the IRI will follow in a couple of weeks.

The IRI is a test that measure how many letters or sounds a child can read in 1 minute.

 Feel free to practice at home.

A page of letters listed randomly is all you need.

Back to School

I hope everyone had a wonderful Winter Break.

Tomorrow is back to school.

See you then.