Newsletter for Week 3 (recap and NEW info)!

What we did during our week:

Language Arts and Writing: We worked on recognizing and writing the letter B and the letter Y.  Families, I am trying to promote writing with a tripod grasp when holding a pencil (3 finger grasp).  A child will have a very difficult time if they are holding the pencil as a closed fist.  If you need some pointers on how to teach your child a tripod grasp, I will be more than happy to show you how to teach your child at home:)  

Math: We practiced recognizing, writing and representing numbers 4, 5, and 6. In addition, we learned about rectangles, and triangles.

Science: We are still learning about our 5 senses. This week we focused on Touch and Hearing.

Social Studies: We are still practicing and getting better at our procedures every day!  Please ask your child about our 5 golden rules we follow each day to keep them on “Owl is good.”

Other: Wednesday we had an assembly from the Dearborn police and their police dog.  I posted some pictures of the assembly on our blog…check it out!

A Glimpse into next week….

• Next week we will be looking at and working with apples in preparation for our field trip!
• Book Check out will start next week!  Your child will bring a book home from the library and place it in their backpacks.  Please return the book before each following Friday, so your child can recheck out a new book:)  Also, once we start leveled books, I will be sending them home in your child’s book bag.  This won’t happen for another month or so.  For the mean time, please continue to read books from home, the Dearborn public library or on reading eggs:)

Important Information:

• Field Trip forms for the Apple Orchard were sent home, please have those returned, with money in an envelope by September 29th.
• Please remember to empty your child’s green folder every night on the side that says “KEEP at home” and sign the communication log. 

Housekeeping items:

• Homework packet: We had all students return their completed homework packet this Thursday!!  Woo hoo!  The only thing I noticed, is that some parents did not fill in the reading log each night.  Please make sure to write the title of the book and check off how the child read the book each night:)  Thank you!
• Sandals:  It seems a lot of our girls are wearing open toed shoes into the classroom.  Although, these shoes may be cute and stylish, they make for very dangerous situations on the playground and running on wood chips.  To ensure all our students are safe during recess time, I am asking all parents to send their child to school with a CLOSED toed shoe.  Please no open toed shoes and or sandals.  If your child comes to school with them, I will call home for the parent to send shoes to the office.  Thank you so much for your understanding…safety must come first for our babies:)  On Gym days (Thursday and Fridays), make sure to wear appropriate gym attire: gym shoes, pants, etc.
• Water Bottles: Please make sure to send in a REUSABLE water bottle with your child each day.  A disposable water bottle is not ideal for the classroom.  Disposable bottles make for a huge accident in the classroom, if spilled.  Please find the bottles that have a spout or a straw inside the cup.  Thank you for your cooperation in this matter:)
• Snack: Don’t forget to send in a light, HEALTHY snack with your child each day.  Please keep this snack SEPARATE from your child’s home lunch.  Snacks should be placed in a quick, accessible place where your child can grab from in their backpack.  This will make snack time less confusing for our children.  Thank you!
• Lunch: Please communicate with your child or myself (on the communication log) if your child is receiving a school lunch.  Some kids come to school and are not sure what they are doing for lunch.
• Shoes laces and Pants: Teaching your child how to tie their shoes and properly unbuttoning or buttoning their pants, will help your child become more independent learners in the classroom.  Although I would love to tie all 23 shoes in the classroom, it would take up most of my time and take away from teaching our students.  Also, teaching your child how to unbutton his/her pants will make for less accidents in the future.   Thank you for your understanding.

Upcoming Events:

September 29th – Picture Day!

September 29th – Field Trip form & money due

September 29th- Outdoor Movie Night slip (green) and money is due

October 3rd – Kindergarten Field Trip to Apple Orchard

I hope everyone is enjoying this Indian Summer we have been having in September!  We have a hot weekend ahead!