News from the Jungle

ALLERGY ALERT: We have nut allergies in our room. Please make sure that you are not sending any snacks which contain any nuts. Our room is NUT FREE!

Upcoming Events

9/13 Open House 6:00 – 7:30 pm

(This is a chance for your child to give you a tour of the room)

9/14 ½ Day

9/19 Late Start – arrival at 9:35am. School starts 9:40am.

9/19 Scholastic Book Order Due

(Note and catalog coming home today)

9/28 No school for Kindergarten students ONLY!!!

Agenda for the Week

We continued focusing 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, 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. Please remind your child about being a good listener and rule follower while at school.

We read many books this week and began learning the parts of the book. We also worked on activities related to the books we read. The children practiced their names and will continue to practice writing their names next week. Some of the children already know how to write their names, however they are writing their name in all uppercase letters. Please work with your children at home on writing the first letter as an uppercase letter and the rest of the letters lowercase.

Next week, we will be diving into our curriculum and practicing letters, letter sounds, Daily 5, and beginning our math curriculum. Please make sure the children are well rested and ready to be learners next week as our days will be very full.

I am working on assessing letters, letter sounds, and much more. We also took our first round of NWEA testing. We will continue completing this testing next week. Once we have completed testing, we will be working on creating small groups based on the skills each child needs help progressing in.

I am getting ready the materials to send home our reading eggs and math seeds passwords as well as our RAZ-kids accounts. RAZ-kids will be the exact same username and password as reading eggs. Thank you for your patience as I get all the accounts set up and all of the login information sent home. All of these resources are wonderful to encourage academic success for every child in a fun and engaging way!

Housekeeping Items:

Lunch Cards

If you need to load money on to your child’s lunch card throughout the year, all you need to do is put cash or check in an envelope labeled with your child’s name, place it in their folder, and I will turn this in to the office for you.

Snack Time

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 and milk are not allowed in our classroom. Please do not send any kind of juice box or milk with your child for snack time. The children may have the juice or milk for lunch in the cafeteria.

ALLERGY ALERT: We have nut allergies in our room. Please make sure that you are not sending any snacks which contain any nuts. Our room is NUT FREE!

Folders

Folders came home yesterday. Please make sure to empty the folder 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. Please be sure to send the folder to school each day. It is a big part of our arrival and dismissal routines and the folders help the children keep all of their papers organized.

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.

Emergency Cards

If you have not returned your emergency cards yet, please check the information to make sure it is correct and return it to school ASAP.  Don’t forget to write in any missing information and sign the bottom.

Thank you for your patience as we get the class used to full days and new rules and routines.