Dear Families,

I posed the question “How much would 100 drops of water be?” to our kindergarten scientists.  Most of us thought that it would overflow an 8 ounce cup.  Then we took out our pipettes and tested it out.  We found out that 100 drops of water is not much at all, it barely covered the bottom of the cup.

Here is what 100 drops of water looks like!

Here are some other pictures from our 100th Day activities.  Here we are making our 100 Day Crowns.  I think we used 100 staples in each one.  Thanks to Gracie’s mom, Martin’s aunt, and Kamyl’s grandma for helping us.

We sorted 10 different snack items.  We  counted out 10 pieces each and had a tasty 100 piece snack!  Thanks to everyone who brought in snacks for us.

Stay warm this weekend!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Hope you are enjoying the mid-winter break with your family.  Here is what you need to know for this upcoming week:

Monday:  Spelling tests will be given on these words:  cap, map, tap, nap and your child’s individual words     Letter books will be sent home today.  We will be studying the letters Q and q.  Please remember to have your child bring gym shoes.

Tuesday:  100th Day of Kindergarten!!  100th Day Posters are due!  We are looking for volunteers to help us today from 10:00-11:30 a.m. Let me know if you are available. We will go to Music and art today.

Wednesday:  We will have our guest teacher Mrs. Miller today.  I will be attending Science Leadership training all day.  The class will go to music today.

Thursday:  We will have a guest teacher in the morning today.  I will be visiting a Leader in Me school in Novi.  There will be no Mad Science today.

Friday:  Letter books are due today.  We will go to gym and the computer lab today.  Jump Rope for Heart money is due today. It is Popcorn Friday today.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

Our class will be celebrating the 100th Day of kindergarten on Tuesday, February 24.  We will be engaged in a variety of  100th Day activities all day long.  We will be making a special snack that contains 100 pieces of different items.  If you would like to send something in on Monday or Tuesday, that would be awesome!!  Please leave a comment below so everyone knows who is sending in what.  Thanks so much!

Suggested items:

• mini pretzels
• goldfish
• cheerios
• Chex
• cheese puffs
• popcorn
• animal crackers
• other cereal
• M & M’s
• chocolate chips
• other

Volunteers:  If you are able to help us on Tuesday from 10:00-11:30 a.m., please let me know!  Thanks!

Stay Warm!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

I just wanted to thank you for all of the wonderful Valentine’s Day cards and treats!  It was such a busy day that I didn’t get to open these special treats in front of the students.  But trust me, I have sampled many of the delicious chocolates and cookies, read every card and smelled every flower!

Thanks again!

Hope you are enjoying the break with your families!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

In case  your child’s note regarding the 100th Day didn’t make it home, here are the directions:

On Tuesday, February 24, we will be celebrating the 100^th day of school.  Prior to that day, your child will need to create a poster showing a 100. The poster will be done at home but can be turned in on the 100^th day or before.  They are to draw, stick, etc.  100 things on their poster.  Have your child make it as creative as they can.  Anything goes as long as there is a 100 of something on the poster.

Thanks!

Ms. Wright

P.S.  Your child may use construction paper or ½ of poster board.  Please no foam board!  I would like to hang up these posters in the hallway for everyone to see, however I am not ready to take the timelines down. That means we are running low on space.  Thanks for your understanding.

Hello Parents,

Here are some cute pictures from Kamyl’s mom taken during the party.  Enjoy!

Dear Families,

We had a packed classroom today during our Valentine’s Day party !  The kindergartners really seemed to enjoy the six different Valentine corners.  Ask your child what was their favorite corner.  The students made delicious looking “floats”, they built towers using tweezers and conversation hearts, they graphed M & M’s, they created and delivered valentine cards.

Thanks to everyone who brought in treats and party materials. We had everything we needed and more! 🙂

A huge thanks to Tyler’s mom, Gracie’s mom, Isaac’s grandma, Ian’s mom, Zoey’s grandma, Kamyl’s mom, Kate’s dad, Lydia’s mom, Jack’s mom, Charlie’s mom,  Thomas’s mom, Elijah’s mom, Sebastian’s mom and dad.

If you took any pictures during the party, I would love to post them on the blog!  Just email them to me and I will do just that!

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Have a great break!

Ms. Wright

Dear Families,

I just wanted to thank everyone for all the school supplies that came pouring in this week.  I think our inventory of glue sticks and white boards matches that of my favorite Target store!  🙂

One more thing.  Our kindergarten class will be celebrating the 100th Day of Kindergarten on Tuesday, February 24th.  In your child’s folder, there is a note explaining the home project of the  100th Day poster.  If you have any questions about it, feel free to email me over the break, I will be checking my email.  My son has the same project so we will be  busy working on it at ourtoo.

Have a great break!

Ms. Wright

Hello Parents,

We conducted another science experiment on our Earth Materials today.  This time, each scientist took a turn seeing if they could roll their earth material into a ball.

We found out that:

• Clay was the easiest earth material to roll into a ball.
• Gravel can not be rolled into a ball.
• Sand can be rolled into a ball if you have the right amount of water.
• Soil can be shaped into a ball but not by rolling.
• Things that are sticky are best to be used for rolling into a ball.

Thanks to Isaac’s Aunt Megan for helping us today and for taking such great pictures!  Thanks to my friend Mrs. Anderson for helping too.

Have a great night!

Ms. Wright

Hello Families,

We need to borrow a few ice cream scoops for our Valentine’s Day party on Friday.

Thanks!

Ms. Wright