Dear Families,

Please save the date for Monday, October 31, 2016!

This is the day our class will be celebrating Halloween.  Your child is invited to wear his/her Halloween costume to school. Please no masks or pretend weapons!

At 9:00 a.m. the kindergartners will parade down the halls for the rest of the school to see with a short Halloween video and party afterwards.   Around 11:00 a.m., the students will change out of their costumes and we will begin our regular kindergarten routine.  If you are interested in volunteering from 9:00-11:00 a.m., please leave a comment below or email me at wrightt1@dearbornschools.org.

Here are some items we need for our party:  (Please leave a comment below if you are able to send in an item on the day of the party-Thanks!)

• 24 *Krispy Kreme Donuts (must be peanut free)    *Krispy Kreme donuts are known to be peanut-free
• 1 gallon of apple cider
• 12 apples ( these will be sliced up during the party)
• cut-up fruit (enough for 21 students)

Thanks for your continued support!

Ms. Wright and the Homeroom Parents

Dear Families,

• Please join us tonight for a Leader in Me parent meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Lindbergh’s auditorium.  Come learn all about the 7 Habits!

See you there!

• Many thanks yesterday to Ali’s mom and our 5th grade Science Leaders for helping us with our Color Lab.  Take a look at these color chemists in action:

Please ask your color chemist about what colors they made and how they did it.

Student Readers:

Here are some proud readers.  Great job Lilly, MacKenzie, Keegan and Maryam!

Math Packets:

Please be on the lookout for a Unit 1 math packet in your child’s red folder today.  This packet was independent practice during math time.  You may notice that some pages may not have been completed.  This would be great to practice at home.  However, the packets do not need to be returned back to school.

Popcorn Friday:

Tomorrow is Popcorn Friday.  Your child may buy up to 4 bags of popcorn.  Each bag is 25 cents each.

That’s all for now!

Ms. Wright

Hello Families,

Hope you enjoyed the gorgeous weekend with your family.  Here is what you need to know for the week ahead in our kindergarten class:

• Monday- Please return book bags, Poetry Journals, library books and Nightly Literacy Homework.  Make sure your child wears appropriate shoes for gym and clothes for art.
• Tuesday- We will have music with Mrs. Baloga.  Your child will check out a new library book from the Media Center.
• Wednesday-  We will have Mad Science today!
• Thursday- We will have a guest teacher in the morning.  Her name is Mrs. Smith and she is excellent.  I will be attending a Math Academy so I can provide your child with the latest math instruction.  I will be back in the p.m.  The students will go to music with Mrs. Baloga.
• Friday-  We will go to the computer lab with Mrs. Ackerman.  Make sure your child wears gym shoes for gym with Mr. Murua.

Thanks to everyone who sent in donations for our Mad Science basket for Lindbergh’s Holiday Boutique!  We really appreciate it!

Until next time…

Ms. Wright

Dear Parents,

If you are an AOL email user, please be aware that you may not receive email notifications due to AOL policies. We are working to resolve this issue with AOL.

Thank you for your patience while we work with AOL to make sure you get classroom notifications from your teacher.

Sincerely,

Technology Department

Dear Families,

We had a wonderful visit to the apple orchard today!  Thanks to our fantastic chaperones for making our fun day of creating memories, a safe one as well!  Kudos to Maryam’s dad, Levi’s mom, Enna’s mom, Evan’s dad, Dominic’s parents, MacKenzie’s mom, Aston’s mom, Olivia’s mom, Keegan’s aunt and grandpa, Jacob’s mom and Mahdi’s dad!

Lucky for us, we had our class photographer with us.  A huge thanks to Aston’s mom a.k.a tracilovaszphotography for capturing these special kindergarten moments!

Enjoy!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Our kindergarten class is very excited for tomorrow’s field trip to the Plymouth Apple Orchard!

• Chaperones need to meet us in our classroom at 9:15 a.m.  Information packets and maps will be passed out at that time.
• Students need to be dressed appropriately for the weather since we will be outside for most of the trip.
• Students need to bring a bag lunch, clearly labeled with their name.  Don’t forget to pack a drink, no glass please.

See you tomorrow!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall weekend!  Here is what you need to know for our upcoming week in our kindergarten class.

• Monday:  Please return Poetry Notebooks, book bags and Nightly Literacy Homework today.  Your child will need to wear gym shoes and appropriate clothes for art class.
• Tuesday:  We will go to music with Mrs. Baloga today.
• Wednesday:  We will go on our field trip to the Plymouth Apple Orchards today.  Your child will still need to arrive to school at 8:35 a.m. with a bag lunch and drink, no glass please.  For further info, see below.
• Thursday:  We will go to music with Mrs. Baloga.
• Friday:  We have a half day so dismissal is at 11:45 a.m.

Red Take Home Folders:  Please check your child’s red take home folder each night and take out papers that do not need to be returned the next day.  Thanks for your help in keeping everyone organized!

Words of the Week:  a  I     ( former words of the week are:  to  the  and  he)

Raz-Kids:  Your child has now been signed up for an interactive e-book series called Raz-Kids.  Tomorrow all the login information will be sent home in your child’s red folder.  Your child will have access to hundreds of books at home and school right at their current reading level.  This is a perfect way to keep your child engage while learning important reading skills.  We will practice using Raz-Kids in class so the students will be experts by the time they come home.  Good luck and have fun.

Field Trip Information:

• Students need to arrive to school at 8:35 a.m.
• Students need to bring a bag lunch with their name clearly marked on the outside.
• Students need to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.  If possible, have your child wear a “red” shirt for being a Lindbergh Flyer.
• Thanks to the 10 chaperones going on our trip with us.  Please plan on driving to Plymouth Apple Orchards separately or carpooling with other parents.  Maps and additional information will be given to chaperones on the morning of the field trip.  Please arrive at our classroom at 9:15 a.m. and make sure to bring a lunch for yourself too.  Remember if you are chaperoning, you cannot bring siblings with you.

Chaperones: ( If this is not correct, please leave a comment below as soon as possible.)

Maryam’s dad

Levi’s mom

Enna’s mom

Dominic’s mom/dad

MacKenzie’s mom

Aston’s mom

Olivia’s mom

Keegan’s aunt

Jacob C ‘s mom

Being Proactive:  Congratulations to Aston for being Proactive at home.  If you catch your child being Proactive at home, please send me a picture.  Thanks!

Here is Mahdi being our “schedule leader!” Great job Mahdi!

Here are some pictures taken during Math Workshop last week.  Here the students are working on various activities to develop important sense of numbers.

Happy Birthday Aleksander! We were happy to celebrate with you. Those birthday brownies were delicious!

That is all for now!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Here are a few more pictures from Aston’s mom:

Don’t forget that field trip permission slip and money are due tomorrow!

Thanks!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Our kindergarten scientists completed our last two “My 5 Senses” rotations this afternoon.  Thanks to Levi’s mom, Jacob’s mom, and our fifth grade science leaders for volunteering today.  A special thank you to Aston’s mom a.k.a. traci lovasz photography!  As the saying goes, a picture says a thousand words (or in this case, a million.)

Be on the lookout for more pictures!

Enjoy!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

It is official!  We have started our investigation on our 5 Senses.  Today these kindergarten scientists rotated through 3 different “senses” labs.  Please ask your child what senses they worked on today.  Thanks to Lilly’s mom, my mom and 4 fifth grade science leaders:  Kassem, Nicholas, Hala and Annabelle for coming and helping today!

Here is Ms. JuJu ( my mom) at the “tasting” lab. Ask your child what they think about bitter! 🙂

Here is Lilly’s mom helping our kindergarten scientists at the “smelling” lab. Ask your child about what their favorite smell was at this lab.

Here is the “sound” lab. Thanks to Nicholas and Kassem helping our sound engineers today!

Here is Annabelle ( Molly and Maggie’s big sister) working with students at the “touch” lab. We were using many texture words here: soft, bumpy, rough, smooth, rough, etc. Please encourage your child to use texture words at home.

Thanks Hala for helping us at the “sight” lab. You and Annabelle really made this lab fun!

Ask your child what were some items in the “touching” gloves.

Tomorrow we will conduct 2 more of our “senses” labs at 1:00 p.m.  Thanks to Aston’s mom, Jacob’s mom and Levi’s mom for volunteering to help us.

Until tomorrow…

Ms. Wright