Dear Families,

We were lucky enough to meet our new friend this week.  Please welcome Ayesha to our classroom!

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Wright

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Hope you had a fantastic break and enjoyed lots of family time.  Here’s what you need to know for the week ahead in our class.

Please return Nightly Reading Homework tomorrow!  Have your child bring their reading charm bracelet/necklace tomorrow.  Thanks!!

Letter of the Week:  I  i

Words of the Week:  it  at

• Monday:  Return library books.  Letter books will be sent home today.  We will go to art and gym.
• Tuesday:  We will go to music.  We will check out library books from the Media Center.  PTA meeting at 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the cafeteria.
• Wednesday:  Mad Science at 1:00 p.m.
• Thursday:  We will go to music.
• Friday:  Letter books are due.  We will go to gym and the computer lab.

Although it might be chilly outside these days, please plan on your child going outside for recess.  That means your child needs to wear a winter jacket, mittens/gloves, hat, and scarf to school each day.  Thanks!!

See you tomorrow!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

I just wanted to thank everyone for all of the holiday goodies, gifts, and cards!  I very much appreciate your kindness. However, like I tell the students ” your parents send me a gift every time you come to school!”  It really is true!  Also, thanks to everyone who contributed to the class gift.  The generous Visa gift card will be burning a hole in my pocket until I get the chance to use it on something special.

Thanks to our Homeroom parents (Aailyah’s mom,  Adam’s mom and Yuan’s mom) who helped make it all possible. A big thumbs-up  to everyone who send in treats and supplies.  We had tons of delicious food for everyone!  We were so happy to have so many parents and family members who helped us before, during and after the party. I lost count after 12 parents came through the door! 🙂

Thanks to Zach’s mom for the pictures posted below.  Unfortunately I left my camera at school with all the party pictures.  If anyone gets a chance, please email me any pictures from the party at wrightt1@dearbornschools.org.

Happy Holidays!

Ms. Wright

Tomorrow is Late Start!  Please arrive to school at 9:35 a.m.

See you then!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Our donations for our holiday party on Thursday, December 17th are all set.  Here is what everyone is bringing:

Please send in non-perishable items by Wednesday, December 16th.  Here are the donations families have offered to bring:   

• 24 juice boxes–Ben
• container of green sprinkles–Martin
• container of color sprinkles—Martin
• 2 tubes of red icing– Aya
• 2 tubes of green icing–Aya
• veggie tray (enough for 24 students)–Zach
• cheese and crackers–Ali
• fruit tray (enough for 24 students)–Ali
• box of plastic knives–Rokaya
• box of plastic spoons–Rokaya
• 6 plastic tablecloths (red and/or green)–Grace & Madilyn
• pretzels–Rena & Alaina
• mini m&ms–Alaina

Here are the Parent Volunteers:

• Aailyah’s mom
• Yuan’s mom
• Adam’s mom
• Jack’s dad
• Aya’s mom
• Grace and Madilyn’s mom

If you would like to volunteer at our party, please leave a comment below.  We will start setting up at 1:15 p.m.  Make sure to sign in at the office first.

Can’t wait for the party to begin!

Have a great Monday!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

I hope you enjoyed the warmer temperatures this weekend.  Here is what you need to know for our busy week in kindergarten:

Letters of the Week:  L l

Words of the Week: and  me

Monday:  Letter books will be sent home.  Return library books.  Wear gym shoes.  We will go to art.

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

Wednesday:  Mad Science at 1:00 p.m.

Thursday:  We will go to music.  Our holiday party will start at 2:00 p.m., please join us if you can.

Friday:  Letter books are due.  We will go to the computer lab and gym.  Our PBIS reward is today, which is watching a short holiday movie.  In order to be invited to the reward, students need to stay on green 80 percent in the month of December.  That means if students stay on green 12 times, they will will go.  We will also celebrate Ali’s birthday!

Our kindergarten class will be having our holiday party on Thursday, December 17th from 2:00 p.m. until 3:35 p.m.  Here are the donations we need.  If you can donate an item, please leave a comment below so others can see what is being donated.  Thanks in advance!

Please send in non-perishable items by Wednesday, December 16th.  Here are the donations families have offered to bring so far:   (??? means it is still available)

• 24 juice boxes–Ben
• container of green sprinkles–???
• container of color sprinkles—???
• 2 tubes of red icing– Aya
• 2 tubes of green icing–Aya
• veggie tray (enough for 24 students)–???
• cheese and crackers–Ali
• fruit tray (enough for 24 students)–Ali
• box of plastic knives–Rokaya
• box of plastic spoons–Rokaya
• 6 plastic tablecloths (red and/or green)–Grace & Madilyn
• pretzels–Rena
• mini m&ms–???

Here are the Parent Volunteers:

• Aailyah’s mom
• Yuan’s mom
• Adam’s mom
• Jack’s dad
• Aya’s mom
• Grace and Madilyn’s mom

If you would like to volunteer at our party, please leave a comment below.  We will start setting up at 1:15 p.m.  Make sure to sign in at the office first.

Until next time…

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Our kindergarten class will be having our holiday party on Thursday, December 17th from 2:00 p.m. until 3:35 p.m.  Here are the donations we need.  If you can donate an item, please leave a comment below so others can see what is being donated.  Thanks in advance!

Please send in non-perishable items by Wednesday, December 16th.

• 24 juice boxes
• container of green sprinkles
• container of color sprinkles
• 2 tubes of red icing
• 2 tubes of green icing
• veggie tray (enough for 24 students)
• fruit tray (enough for 24 students)
• box of plastic knives
• box of plastic spoons
• 6 plastic tablecloths (red and/or green)
• pretzels
• mini m&ms

If you would like to volunteer at our party, please leave a comment below.  We will start setting up at 1:15 p.m.  Make sure to sign in at the office first.

Thanks,

Ms. Wright’s Homeroom Parents

Dear families,

Here are the students of the month from Room 114!  Congratulations to Zach Schook and Alaina Anani.  These two students were caught being kind to others when they had no idea Ms. Wright was looking!!  Keep it up!!

There are the students who read each night during the month of November.  Please keep up this daily habit at home. This month we increased the minutes from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.  Good Luck!

Here is what you need to know for this week:

Letter of the Week:  Cc

Words of the Week:   my   a

Monday:  Wear gym shoes.  Return library books.  Letter books will be sent home.  We will go to gym and art today.

Tuesday:  We will go to music and the media center to check out library books.

Wednesday:  We will go to the Santa Shop today.  A Santa Shop informational letter and envelopes were sent home on Friday. We will have a guest teacher, Mrs. Smith, in the morning since I will be at a science leader training.

Thursday:  We will go to music.

Friday:  We will go to gym and the computer lab.

RAZ- KIDS:  Tomorrow in your child’s red folder you will receive directions for your child’s RAZ-Kids account. RAZ- Kids is an on-line reading program.  It has hundreds of leveled books for your child to choose from.  It is a great way for your child to practice reading and listening to stories on the computer.  Although reading real books is still my favorite way to go, students need practice navigating on the computer especially with all the high-stakes testing they will face.   My own sons and former students love using RAZ-Kids.  The students will take a  quiz after completing a book to check for understanding.  Note:  the quizzes start at Level A.  I will model how to use RAZ-Kids in class so they students will be experts by the time they come home.  Your child’s RAZ-Kids account was paid by the PTA basket money!  Thanks again for donating towards our Mad Science basket!)

Here are just some things we will be working in class over the next few weeks:

Reading:  We are working on retelling stories as well as practicing sounds.

Math:  We are practicing answering “how many?”

Social Studies:  We are continuing our  study of needs and wants/ goods and services.

Science:  We are studying pushes and pulls.

Writing:  We will continue opinion writing.

Leader in Me:  We will live habits 1-7.

Have a great week!

Ms. Wright

Dear families,

Yesterday, Mrs. Wloch (Ruby’s aunt and a registered dietitian) came to our classroom to teach us about how we “need” healthy snacks although we might “want” other snacks.  She did an excellent showing the students how much sugar is in many of the things we love to snack on.  Your child brought home 3 yellow spoons yesterday to help visualize how many sugar we should actually eat in one day.  Mrs. Wloch taught us that we should be looking for healthy snacks to have less than 3 grams of sugar in a serving.

Thanks Mrs. Wloch for coming to teach us about healthy snacks!

Dear Families,

I wouldn’t be surprised if your child is napping right now since our day was very busy.  Thanks to Ali’s sister, Rokaya’s mom, Ben’s dad, Jack’s mom, Ruby’s mom, Zach’s mom and  Mohamad’s mom and dad for coming and helping us at Kroger and Lifetime.

While at Krogers, the students worked in small groups looking for needs, wants, goods, services, service workers and made a trade.  Take a look.

Here are some pictures of our Kroger trip.

Next, we boarded the bus and went to Lifetime.  Here the students had an opportunity to go rock climbing.

While in the gym, the students rotated through 5 different push and pull stations.  Students used materials such as: scooters, hockey sticks, rackets, ropes and balloons to demonstrate pushes and pulls.

I didn’t get many pictures while in the gym area so if you took any pictures, please email them to me at wrightt1@dearbornschools.org.

When this tired class arrived back to our classroom, the students asked if we could go on another field trip tomorrow!

I am off to rest!  🙂

Ms. Wright