Friday Newsletter, 9-23-16

News and Information

Bingo for Books

Tonight in the cafeteria at 6:30 p.m.  Come play BINGO to win books and enjoy and snack!

School Picture Day

School pictures will be Thursday, September 29th.  Order forms are coming home in the red folder today.  Please do not return the forms until Thursday.  You can order online as well.

Field Trip

Our first field trip to the Plymouth Apple Orchard will be October 12th.  Permission slips and payment forms are coming home today.  If you are interested in chaperoning please remember you need to have a completed background check on file in the school office.  Please stop by the office if you need to fill out this paper work.

What We Did This Week

Our new alpha-friend was “Pippa Pig” – letter P

We worked in our journals

We read stories

We worked in our poem books

We chanted Fall finger poems and nursery rhymes

We played during Free Choice

We learned the first 3 numbers to our number song and practiced using the whiteboards

We visited the playground

We are working on an apple tree craft

We visited art, gum, music and media

Have a great weekend!

Below please find the links to some of the counting songs we do in class:

Field Trip to the Apple Orchard

Please mark your calendar.

Our first field trip to the Plymouth Apple Orchard will be October 12th.  Permission slips will come home soon.  If you are interested in chaperoning you need to have a completed background check in the office.

Most people complete this paper work when they register their student.

If you are unsure or need to complete the paper work please stop by the school office.

Thank you!

Friday Newsletter, 9-16-16

News and Information

Bingo for Books

Friday, September 23rd at 6:30 in the cafeteria.

Popcorn Friday

September 30th will be our first Popcorn Friday.  More details will come home soon.

What We Did This Week

The students and I continued to practice daily routine, procedures and classroom rules.  On the back of your student’s red folder is their daily behavior report.  Ask them about our colored system.  Students on “green” 80% of the month will attend a school wide reward party at the end of September.

We concentrated on the letter S this week – Sammy Seal.  We introduced our alphafriends.  Please see the link below:

We read stories

We are learning Fall Finger Poems

We wrote in our journals

We engaged in play during free choice

We worked in our poem books

We went to gym, art, music and media

We traced our names

We completed our letter S sheet

Thank you to all of the families that were able to attend Open House, it was a pleasure to see and speak to you more.

Thank you for the book donations purchased at the Book Fair.  They will be a great addition to our classroom library!

 

 

 

District Survey

When you get the opportunity please copy and paste the below link into a new browser  to take a quick survey for the district.  Young 5 students are considered Kindergarten students.  Thank you!

 

https://docs.google.com/a/dearbornschools.org/forms/d/1H6mYOgzseCh3_OrWSkSKz6I-07hQ0FEkkZAeFiYlygA/edit