News From the Jungle

**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****

We had a great week! The children are settling into the school routine and learning how to follow directions. We have a great group this year!

Thank you for coming to open house – it was great to see all of you, and share a little bit about each of our classes! If you have not already done so – please follow your teacher’s blog in order to get the latest information.

We will be going on a field trip to the Apple Orchard in Plymouth on October 3rd. Permission slips and more information will be sent home on Monday, September 18th. Permission slips and money are due on September 29th.

When you send money in for lunches, field trips, etc. please place it in a bag or an envelope and label it with your child’s name. Thank you!

Homework will be sent home next week. It comes home on Monday, and is due by Friday. However, due to a 4 day week, please try and have it in by Thursday.

Upcoming Events

9/18 Outdoor Movie Night Sale begins (note came home today)

9/20 Scholastic Book Order DUE!!!

9/22 No School for Kindergarten students

9/29 Picture Day

(Send your children to school in the outfit you want them in for pictures)

9/29 Outdoor Movie Night Orders due today

9/29 Permission slip and field trip money due (note coming home on 9/18)

Agenda for the Week

Reading and Writing:  We worked on recognizing and writing the letter A and the letter Z. We learned the sound of each letter and practiced identifying objects that begin with each letter sound. Please continue to help your child correctly hold a pencil and form each letter.

If your child is still struggling with writing their name, please practice at home! If you would like name tracers for your child, visit the website below:

https://www.handwritingworksheets.com/flash/printdots/singleword/index.html

Directions: Scroll down until you see a gray rectangle which says, “Step 1: Enter student name, then type your child’s name in the first box and the second one which says, “word.” Choose the size you would like, size 2 or size 3 are best. Then click print.

Math: We practiced recognizing, writing and representing numbers 1, 2, and 3. In addition, we learned about math centers and learned how to stay in center groups and rotate to new centers.

We focused on learning the rules of the classroom and school. We also spent a lot of time learning different procedures such as how to walk in the hallway, how to transition from tables to carpet, how to signal for the bathroom during instruction time, and much more! The children are hard at work trying to be the best class in the school by following directions and setting good examples for others.

Science: We are learning about our five senses! This week we focused on sight. We completed the paper book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? We used this book to talk about things we see and review colors. I also used this activity to begin teaching a writing concept that we will practice all through the year, which is making our pictures match our words.

Social Studies: This week we spent a lot of time getting used to being in kindergarten all day! We continue to go over some rules and procedures. We are also learning what it means to be a good friend to one another in our class.

Housekeeping Items:

Snack Time

**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****

Please be sure to put the snack in a separate place from their lunch. Please show your child where you will put their snack each day in order to foster independence for them. Sometimes, when the snack is packed inside the lunchbox, the children try to eat their whole lunch at snack time. Thank you for your assistance in separating your child’s snack and lunch.

Snacks should be healthy to provide the children with energy for their day. Please send a simple snack such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, and crackers. Please do not send candy as a snack. Juice is not allowed in our classroom. Please do not send any kind of juice box with your child for snack time. The children may have the juice for lunch in the cafeteria.

Folders

Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!

Change of clothes

Please send in a change of clothes (pants, shirt, underwear, socks) in a gallon bag with their name clearly written on the baggie. My most frequent call home is to ask for parents to bring a change of clothes to school. Even the most disciplined children have accidents at school sometimes. We have so much fun during the day that sometimes the children do not want to stop to use the bathroom when needed. Not only do bathroom accidents happen, but sometimes the playground equipment is wet or the ground is muddy. Having a change of clothes at school makes it easy for me and for you to help your child feel clean and comfortable in the quickest way possible. We will leave the baggie of clothes in their locker at school.