Friday Newsletter, 2-9-18

News and Information

Classroom Valentine’s Day Party, Wednesday February 14th, 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Winter Break, February 19th-23rd

Valentine’s Day Cards

Please remember to have your student just sign his/her name to their cards.  They do not need to address them to classmates.  This will make handing out cards easier.  Thanks for your help!

What We Did This Week

We introduced our Alpha Friend Iggie Iguana, Ii

We colored the letters , colored letter pictures, and worked in our poem books.

We introduced the sight word: and

We continue to explore informational writing.  We wrote to tell about Koala Bears and Snow Leopards.

We read new stories that we got from the Book Fair.

We reviewed in our Handwriting books using our “three finger squeeze” and working with the “magic C” – “big curve.”  We learned and practiced capital S.

We are counting to 100 using songs and our math grid.

We also practiced counting by 10’s to 100.

We played the math game called “Top It”

We continue our number talks and building numbers on the “ten frame.”

We also continue to practice our number formation.

We introduced addition with simple number stories.

In Science we talked about the season our birthday falls in and the differences we see between seasons.

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media

We attended First Class and discussed the Habit of Win-Win.  We also attending our monthly assembly.

Our class won the “Golden Shoe” award for outstanding behavior in gym class!!!

In Second Steps we continue to practice reading emotions and having empathy.  We talked about accidents and how to communicate and apologize to friends.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.

We enjoyed Free Choice.

Students should be bringing home Literacy Bags daily with either a book to read or an alphabet game to play (sight word flash cards are coming soon).  Students can keep this literacy bag in their backpack until I meet with their group weekly.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Happy Snow Day!

 

Valentine Cards

In Young 5’s we are not addressing cards.  Please leave the “to” part blank.

Please only have your student sign his/her name in the “from” area of the card.

We have 15 students in class.

Do not bring the cards to school until February 14th.

Thank you!

Let me know if you have any questions!

 

Thursday Newsletter, 2-1-18

News and Information

Reminder:  No school for Kindergarten and Young Fives on Friday, February 2nd.

Valentine’s Day

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on February 14th, 9:00-10:00 a.m.  A sign up for food and materials will be posted soon.  Yes, we are handing out Valentine cards (for your purchasing planning).  More details to come!

What We Did This Week

We introduced our Alpha Friend, Vinnie Volcano, Letter V

We colored the letters , colored letter pictures, and worked in our poem books.

We introduced the sight word: up

We had an introduction to informational writing.  We wrote to tell about Giant Pandas!

We read stories about Bears, and answered questions about key details in the story.

We reviewed in our Handwriting books using our “three finger squeeze” and introducing the “magic C” – “big curve.”  We learned and practiced capital G.

We are counting to 100 using songs and our math grid.

We also practiced counting by 10’s to 100.

We learned a new math game called “Top It”

We continue our number talks and building numbers on the “ten frame.”

We also continue to practice our number formation.

In Science we are tracking the daily weather.  We also talked about Storms.

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media

We practice Habit 4 – “Think Win Win” during free choice when we listen to other’s ideas and work with them to have a positive play experience.

In Second Steps we continue to practice reading emotions and having empathy.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Friday Newsletter, 1-26-18

News and Information

No School for Kindergarten and Young 5’s, Friday, February 2nd

What We Did This Week

We introduced our Alpha Friends, Zelda Zebra (Z) and Edna Elephant (E)

We colored the letters , colored letter pictures, and worked in our poem books.

We introduced the sight word: the

We wrote in our journals using details and recalling characters from stories we read in class.

We continue to enjoy read aloud stories answering the question, what happened in the story in the beginning, middle and end.

We reviewed in our Handwriting books using our “three finger squeeze” and introducing the “magic C” – “big curve”  We now have practiced O’s and Q’s (letters in the magic C family).

We are counting to 100 using songs and our math grid.

We also practiced counting by 10’s to 100.

We continue our number talks and building numbers on the “ten frame.”

We also continue to practice our number formation.

In Science we are tracking the daily weather.  We also learned why penguins have wings! (Ask your student to explain.)

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media

We practice Habit 4 – “Think Win Win” during free choice when we listen to other’s ideas and work with them to have a positive play experience.

In Second Steps we continued in lessons on knowing how to recognize different emotions and we introduced the meaning of empathy.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.

I have finished January assessments.

Students who were on green 3 days this week got to pick from the prize box.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Cold and Flu Season – A message from our Nurse

https://lindbergh.dearbornschools.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/119/2018/01/When-to-keep-a-child-home-from-school-arabic-2-2.pdf

https://lindbergh.dearbornschools.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/119/2018/01/When-to-keep-Your-child-Home-from-School-English-2-1.pdf

While we are in the midst of cold/flu season, we wanted to share with you helpful guidelines for parents to know when they should keep their children home from school. We hope this helps communicate our expectations to parents and alleviate some frustrations with children coming to school ill. Not only are these guidelines for when parents should keep their children home, but also for when we should send students home.

The Dearborn School Nurses
Carrie Conn, RN
Dearborn School Nurse
Phone 313.827.1650
Fax 313.827.1605
Email: connc@dearbornschools.org