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No School, Monday, January 18th – MLK Jr. Day

1/2 Day of School, January 29th – End of the Marking Period

Late Start – Wednesday, January 20th

Little Ceaser’s Pizza Kit Fundraiser

January 8th-27th

Order packets are coming home in the red folders today.

Reading Logs

January reading logs were sent home Monday.  You can turn those in at the end of the month for a free personal pizza from Pizza Hut.

What We Did This Week

We spent time getting back into school routine and re-teaching classroom and school-wide rules

Our Alpha-Friend was Zelda Zebra, Letter Z

We wrote in our journals

We worked in our poem books

We completed our Letter Z worksheet

We worked in our handwriting books

We rotated through Daily 5

We are still working with our “teens” in Math

We rotated to mixed groups for our Leader In Me Lesson, (The Little Engine That Could)

We attended an assembly for our Positive Behavior

We completed our MATH NWEA testing in the computer lab

I am currently assessing students in their letter identification, sound identification and certain math skills for the end of the marking period.

Have a great weekend!

Welcome back!  I hope that everyone enjoyed their break.

Thank you again for the donations, supplies and time donated in making our Holiday Party a success.  Thank you for the wonderful Christmas gifts as well.  I am working on posting pictures from our holiday party but having difficulty getting the pictures off my phone.  I’ll keep working on it!

Just a reminder that we will visit the library tomorrow (Wednesday) so please return previous library books.

We will have outdoor recess if the windchill is 20 degrees or higher.  Please remember to dress for the weather.  (The past 2 days we have had indoor recess.)

Please keep in mind that we have no school January 18th (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), a 1/2 day of school on January 29th (end of the marking period), and a late start on January 20th

Late Start Wednesday – School starts at 9:35 a.m.

Holiday Party Friday morning 8:35 -10:00 a.m. ($5.00 donation)

PBIS Party on Friday afternoon for “good behavior” in December (Holiday Movie Party, I will provide the snack).

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Reminder that there is a late start Wednesday, December 16th.

December Reading Log

Reading logs were sent home last week.  Hand them in by the 18th of December to earn a pizza.

Holiday Party

Our holiday party will be the morning of the 18th, 9:00-10:30

We will enjoy holiday themed centers, crafts and treats.  We are asking for a 5.00 donation from each student to cover these costs.  Thank you!

What We Did This Week

Our AlphaFriend was Fifi Fish, letter Ff

We wrote in our journals

We worked in our poem books

We rotated through Daily 5 – we matched lower case letters

We practiced writing our numbers, counting by 1’s and 10’s and learned about the “tricky teens” (numbers 11-19)

We attended a music concert

We worked in our handwriting books

Holiday Party

We are asking for 5.00 from each student to fund our holiday party.  There are planned activities and a craft.  We also will enjoy some festive food.

Popcorn Friday

Friday is popcorn Friday.  25 cents a bag.

Click on the link to sign up to volunteer at our Holiday Party

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C44AEA72EA0F85-holiday

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Santa Shop

Letters regarding the Santa Shop are coming home today in the red folders.  Our shopping day is next Tuesday (the 8th).  Please fill out the Santa Shop envelope if your student plans on shopping.

December Reading Log

Reading logs were sent home this week.  Hand them in by the 18th of December to earn a pizza.

Library Books

We did not make it to the library to exchange books this week because of an assembly.  We will get there next week!

Holiday Party

Our holiday party will be the morning of the 18th, 9:00-10:30

We will enjoy holiday themed centers, crafts and treats.  We are asking for a 5.00 donation from each student to cover these costs.  Thank you!

What We Did This Week

Our AlphaFriend was Gertie Goose, letter Gg

We wrote in our journals

We worked in our poem books

We rotated through Daily 5

We practiced writing our numbers, counting by 1’s and 10’s and 1:1 matching numbers to quantity

We attended a music assembly

We attended a positive behavior (PBIS assembly)

We visited our “Leader in Me” mixed aged groups for the first time

We worked in our handwriting books

We reviewed the sense of taste and the sense of sight (in Science)

Don’t forget the last day to order online from the December Scholastic Book order is Friday.

Book orders were sent home last week.

PBIS Reward on Wednesday

Board Game Day

Bring your favorite board game from home.  We will gather in the gym and play with the other Kindergarten students.

Smencil Sale

Holiday “Smelly Pencils” for sale at lunch Wednesday – Friday.  1.00 a pencil.  Please send money in a marked envelope.