Week 26

We reached our goal of 120 tally marks by synergizing together as a class!  The reward that we were working towards was a game day.  We played Lucky Ducks, Fishing, ZINGO, Barrel of Monkeys, Ring Toss, and Frogs.  Each team had to work together to follow the rules and take turns.  I was so excited to see them communicating and working together as they rotated from game to game!

Now we are working on getting a total of 150 tally marks to have a... 

LEGO building activity!

Last week’s VALENTINE’S ACTIVITY was a blast!  Thank you to our fabulous parents for a great activity.  We played Number BINGO with numbers to 30.  We made a valentine to give to someone special.  We worked on our counting and fine motor skills with hearts and chopsticks.  We also used our math skills of estimating, counting, and graphing.  Then, we ate yummy fruit pizzas while listening to stories.  Finally, we opened our valentines and practiced reading our newest high-frequency word, from.

Thank you for all of the wonderful valentines you gave me!  I truly do feel loved!

SCIENCE

We are continuing to explore living things and their characteristics.  Next week we will be growing grass and observing and dissecting seeds.  To do this we are in need of the following donations:

• 1 bag of large lima beans
• 25 – 8 ounce clear Solo cups
• 1 small bag of grass seed
• 1 small bag of Miracle Grow potting soil

Please contact me if you would like to donate any of the above items.

Something to think about...

Just a reminder about tardies and absences as we continue through our adventure of kindergarten.  As of last Thursday, our class has 170 tardies and 217 absences.  That is a lot of lost learning time that is difficult to make up!  When a child is absent, Mrs. Karren works with them to teach them what they have missed.  We are happy to do it but that means that child will need to miss out on Specials: PE, Music, Art, and Spanish to catch up, and it diverts Mrs. Karren from her other responsibilities of working with children with special needs.  Each child also has a 20 minute, daily Waterford session that they need to complete on the IPad that is only accessible from school.  Children that are absent are doing 2 - 20 minute sessions to catch up for each day missed.  We have to do this in order to keep our usage up that qualifies us for the grant that pays for the program. Once again, that also takes away from other learning opportunities in the class or their specials. 

I understand that it is unavoidable when a child is sick.  Then, I want them to stay 

home.  I also understand that sometimes doctor’s appointments require that they leave early or come late.  But, please make every effort to help your child be to school every day, on time.  Thank you for all of your efforts!  

We had a fabulous turn out at Parent Teacher Conferences!  Thank you for taking the time to come!  I hope you enjoyed the Leadership Notebook your child shared with you!  As a teacher it was so rewarding to see them take charge of their conference!  Make sure you keep the pink paper that I gave you and refer to it often.  It shows you what your child needs to work on to be prepared for the end of the year DIBELS assessment and for first grade.