Dear Families,

I can’t believe our class will be celebrating the “100th Day of Kindergarten” on Tuesday, February 23rd!  Time sure flies when you are having fun while you are learning.

We will be having a special snack.  We call it “Gorp”  🙂  To make our gorp in class we will combine different snacks to equal 100.  Below is a list of suggested items we could use to help make our snack.  If you would like to send something in, that would be awesome!

Suggested items:  ( no nuts)

mini pretzels      cheese  puffs             mini marshmallows

goldfish               popcorn                      M&M’s

cheerios               animal crackers     veggie straws

Thanks again for your continued support!!

Dear Families,

On Wednesday, our kindergarten scientists had 25 teachers and administrators come and observe us during our “settling” test.  It was standing room only in here!  🙂  The visitors were very impressed with our class!  Here take a look:

Ask your child about what we learned during our “settling” test.

Have a great weekend!

Dear Families,

I hope you are enjoying the day off with your family! I sure am although I have to type this quick while my sons are busy playing in the basement!

• PBL science homework-  there is no special format for this assignment.  There is no posterboard or special paper required.  We are excited to investigate the different types of earth materials collected.  Please place the collected earth materials in a ziplock bag.  Due tomorrow!
• Letters Books:  J j
• Spelling words:  can   fan  man  ran

Monday:  Enjoy the day off!

Tuesday:  Letter books will be sent home.  Return library books.  Wear gym shoes.  Spelling words will be placed in spelling notebooks.

Wednesday:  PBL science lesson in the morning.  We will have a group of teachers visiting our classroom to watch our kindergarten scientists in action!

Thursday:  Music with Mrs. Baloga

Friday:  Spelling test!  Letter books are due today.  We will go to gym and the computer lab.  Lindbergh’s Sock Hop 6:00-8:00 p.m.

I hear a crash from the basement, gotta go!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Thanks to everyone who brought in supplies and treats for our Valentine’s Day party today.  Thanks to Aailyah’s mom, Yuan’s mom, Ali’s sister, Gabriella’s mom and dad and Grace and Madilyn’s mom for helping us today!  Ask your child about their favorite Valentine corner today!

Thanks for all the treats and cards!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Our kindergarten scientists conducted a “roll a ball” test on four different earth materials.  Ask your child what earth material rolled into a ball the best.  Here are some pictures of our scientists in action:

Enjoy the long weekend!

Ms. Wright

Hello Families,

Aaaahhhhhh!  I knew as soon as I pushed the “submit” button yesterday I I forgot a few things.  Here’s what I left out of yesterday’s posts:

Thanks to Zach’s mom for setting up our visit with Firefighter Mike and taking such great pictures!  You Rock!  Thanks to Aailyah’s mom and Adam’s mom for helping with science yesterday.  Way to go!!!  (Yes, the room was actually cleaner than before you came! :))

One last thing, if you have an ice cream scoop that we could borrow for our Valentine’s Day party today, that would be most appreciated.  Please label the scooper with your name so we will make sure that it gets returned to you today.

Have a great day!!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Today we started our Project Based Learning Unit on Earth Science.  The kindergarten scientists investigated four different earth materials:  clay, soil, sand and gravel by using magnifying glasses and tweezers.  Was it messy?  Yes!  Was it noisy?  Yes!  Were the students engaged?  Yes!  Did they learn lots about earth materials?  Double yes!

Until tomorrow!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Today we had Zach’s uncle visit our classroom, who happens to be a Allen Park firefighter!  He taught us very important fire safety information.

Firefighter Mike had the students race to see how fast they could get on their safety gear.  Take a look!

Ask your child about what number Firefighter Mike wants them to remember!

Until next time!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Thanks again for coming through with all of our party needs.  Here is a list of who is bringing what:

Howdy Parents,

Here is what you need to know for this week:

Letters of the Week:  V v

Spelling Words:  cap  map  sap  tap

Monday:  Letter books will be sent home today. Return library books.   Wear gym shoes.  We will go to gym and art. A PBL (Project Based Learning) homework assignment will be sent home in your child’s red folder.

Tuesday:  We will go to music as well as the Media Center to check out new library books.

Wednesday:  Late Start today!  School will begin one hour later.  We will have a visit from a firefighter today.  Thanks to Zach’s uncle for coming to our classroom!  We will begin our PBL unit today.  If you are available to help us at 2:00 p.m. while we explore earth materials, please let me know.  Our class would love it!

Thursday:  Letter books are due today.  Students will take their spelling test today.  Our Valentine’s Day party will be today from 2:00 p.m.-3:35 p.m.  If you are available, please join us.  We could use a lot of volunteers for this party!

Friday:  No School/ Mid-Winter Break

Please check this morning’s post for all the Valentine’s Day party donations we need.

Until next time…

Ms. Wright