Dear families,

I am writing to let you know that I will be there for conferences this week. There is no need to reschedule, I have been on antibiotics since Monday and I have not had a fever since yesterday at about 6:00pm. So I think I have turned a corner! I may look a little exhausted and be a little slower, but my heart will be happy and I will be ready for you all 🙂 I also wanted to send a sincere thank you to all of my wonderful families. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding as my son and I were sick. It is so difficult to be a sick mother with a sick child and a teacher who loves her classroom at the same time. I am very lucky to have such a wonderful classroom. I will see you all tomorrow morning at 9:00am after the late start.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross and Family

Dear families,

Mrs. Ross is writing you from home today. My son and I are feeling very sick. I have come down with the flu and will be staying home this week 🙁 I am so upset about it but I am resting up to come back to school as soon as I can. Here is what you will need to know this week.

Letter Study: Vv and Gg

Word Study: Review week (Please review reading and writing all the words we have had so far this week) I, a, the, to, it, and

Wednesday:  is a late start and school will begin at 9:00am.

Thursday: This week is also a library check out week for us, so if your child forgot to return their book the last time please bring it to school before Thursday.

*Conferences are scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday evening. I am very contagious right now and may have to reschedule them. I apologize for the inconvenience! I am getting in contact with the principal to see what she suggests and I will let you know as soon as possible. Again, I am so sorry for all the mess!

Mrs. Ross

Let’s try this again! It’s a good thing I never claimed to be perfect 🙂 The newsletter did not publish yesterday so here is what you need to know this week in kindergarten:

Letter Study: A a  and Pp

Word Study: you, it

Number Study: Number 9 (and all ways to make 9)

*We are getting observed by the principal this Thursday in school for math at 1:00 pm. If there are any parents willing to help again, we would GREATLY appreciate it! Thank you in advance for your time.

Conferences: Thursday, November 12th specific families will have a conference. Reminders went home yesterday. Thank you for your prompt response! Please let me know asap if you can’t make it and I’d be happy to reschedule. Please be prompt because they are short conferences and run back-to-back. I look forward to discussing your wonderful child and their progress in school.

Social Studies: This week we have begun our new unit in Social Studies about “How Do I Get What I Need and Want?” These are great topics at home and will help you out lol! If your child (like mine) is begging for Halloween candy all day it’s a great discussion point haha!

Science: We will being a unit on “Force and Motion”. In kindergarten we focus specifically on push and pull (and a little bit of gravity). This is also a fun unit to play with at home when your child is playing with certain toys or moving in certain ways you can revisit what we discuss in school!

Kindergarten Survey: Please return in folders as soon as possible or bring it to the conferences this week.

As always please let me know if there is anything I can do for you!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

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Dear parents,

Please take a moment of your time to fill out this kindergarten parent survey to help us better serve your child in preschool years. Just click on the link above that says “Kindergarten Parent Survey” and complete it online!

This will greatly help our preschool program and help your children get ready for kindergarten in the future! I will also send home a paper copy this week. Thank you in advance for your help.

Mrs. Ross

Dear Families this is a quick reminder that tomorrow November 6th, 2015 is a half day of school with an 11:10 am dismissal!

Due to the short week, our spelling test for the sight word “to” will be on Monday morning! Please practice it this weekend along with the other words although they are not on the test Monday (I, a, the).

If you have not signed up for conferences you can come to see me this afternoon or tomorrow at 11:10 am. I will schedule all other students and send home a reminder note on Monday.

Thank you for all you do. Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Ross

Room 111 Families,

Hello! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween weekend and enjoyed your extra hour of sleep! Once again, I wanted to send a big thank you to the parents who came in to volunteer their time for our party and to those who came to see our parade. You made our day so much more special. Here is what is happening in our busy week of kindergarten.

Letter Study: C  c

Word Study: to

Number Study: 8 and ways to make eight

Tuesday November 3rd: NO SCHOOL!

Thursday: PBIS Reward day. If your child has earned enough greens they will enjoy reward day Our whole class will be going this time. Great job kindergartners from 111!

Thursday: Library day. Please return library books today.

Friday: 1/2 day (no lunch in school today) dismissal

Have a wonderful week! Conferences are quickly approaching. If you have not signed up come on in and sign up this week. I’ll send a reminder home next week for everyone. Please let me know if there is anything you need.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross

Thank you to all the parents that have come to help us today and enjoy our Halloween stations and parade. The kids and I LOVE having you here. We want to wish Ayman Hijazi a Happy Birthday today, he has turned the big 5!

I wanted to send a reminder that our picture day is on Monday, November 2nd, 2016. We are NOT sure about what time the pictures will be so make sure your child is dressed in something warm to go outside for recess and wearing the proper shoes for gym class on Monday!

You can always pre order your child’s pictures online and then send in a printed receipt if you choose.

That’s all for now, more to come on Monday morning!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

Greetings room 111 families!

Tomorrow is our Halloween celebration. Here’s what you need to remember one more time:

*Students will BRING costumes to school and change at 1:00 pm (NO weapons or masks!)

*Students will participate in classroom activities beginning at 1:00 pm. Parents are welcome at 1:00pm!

*2:00 pm students will parade through the elementary school showing off their costumes (parents are welcome)

Students may pass out candy in our classroom (we have 29 students and each piece should be individually wrapped)

Dismissal is at 3:00 pm as usual from our classroom. Have a safe and happy Halloween this weekend!

I just wanted say a BIG thank you to all the parent volunteers that helped make our math workshop fun and engaging yesterday! Thank you to Bashir’s mom, Jad’s mom, Hadi Hajj’s mom, Mariam’s mom, Zayn’s mom, Yara’s mom, Adam Shawhatti’s mom, Ali’s mom and Zayd’s grandma! Thank you for giving us your time and support!

My wish is that we will have a continued stream of parent volunteers for various subjects all year. So, if you were NOT able to volunteer this week, or so far this year, it is NOT too late!

My goal is to have hands on assistance in the classroom which will translate to higher achievement. When you volunteer you will see first hand the way we learn and you can take our classroom strategies back home. Please help us achieve our goals this year.

With gratitude,

Mrs. Ross

Hello Families of 111,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! This is going to be a very spooky week in room 111 as many of our lessons have a Halloween theme 🙂

Homework packets are being collected Monday morning and you will receive the new one. Remember new packets are due on November 9th, 2015.

Letter Study: H, h

*In Zoo-Phonics the letter H stands for a horse. So when practicing the movement with your child we use our hands to make the sounds of the horses hooves by patting on our thighs.

Word Study: the, to

(students will be tested on Friday to see if they know this word. Your child will ONLY be tested if they are already able to write their name! Until they master their first name that will be their spelling word)

Number Study: 7 and all combinations of seven

Counting: all objects to the number 5 (10 if you child can do this!) counting to 100 by 1s and 10s and writing all numbers from 0-5 (0-10 if your child can do this as well!)

Please continue to do DAILY practice with these cards about 10 minutes with the letter flash cards and movements! This is a HUGE help when your child is sounding out words for writer’s workshop.

Homework:

read for 10-15 minutes on Raz-Kids or personal books from home

Practice letter flash cards (about 10-15 minutes)

counting to 100 by 1s and 10s

counting objects to practice 1 to 1 matching

Wednesday, we would LOVE to have 7 parents in our classroom to run math stations! I already have three and want to thank Mrs. Bias, Mrs. Bouzeid and Mrs. Hajj. We will see you at 1:00pm we can’t wait 🙂

Halloween: We will be enjoying a class celebration on Friday where we are enjoying fun educational Halloween themed stations! We will also be having a small parade this year at 2:00 pm. If parents would like to come to the stations or parade you are welcome to join us. Please reply below and remember to sign in at the office on Friday before coming down. In addition, if your child would like to bring in a costume to wear remember NO masks, or weapons! If your child would like to bring in a treat for their friends we have 29 students. Make sure all treats are individually wrapped! 

I would like to wish you all a happy and safe Halloween week and weekend. If there is anything I can do for you please let me know!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross

*Remember we have gym on Monday and Friday so wear the proper gym attire and shoes.