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{school_clipart_school_house.gif} AprilMay 2009 Newsletter
Dear Kindergarten Families,
With April comes many fun spring activities andHere is an update on our last quarterweek of school. Your studentsParents are learningwelcome and encouraged to tell time byattend any and all of the hour and measure temperature changes with a thermometer. We have planted flower,bean and pea seeds and hopefully they will grow.Ha! We also made a crystal coal garden and a terrarium. We will soon be watching baby caterpillars change into butterflies. This weekevents. On Tuesday
and Thursday we will dye eggs and have an egg hunt as well as make Bunny cards for you. The Rigby Reading themes will cover America and Growing and Changing.
We will also be reviewing all the concepts we have learned this year to prepare for thesending home lots of end of the year testing. Keep up the good work of reading, writing and talking to your child about everything. Parents are the most important teachers!
Weitems. We hope you will be visiting some of you at your home to celebrateenjoy the learning your child has done. We will also be scheduling May conferences for thoseposters that need to to sign upMrs. Worth made for Summer School or Individual Learning Planseach
of the students. Hopefully it is something they can keep forever. Thanks for next year. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with scheduling these appointments and allowing us into your home. It is usually a very positive experience for all.
Important Dates to Remember:
April 10th- No School - Teacher Planninggreat year!
Monday- Regular Day
May 6th- Parent Teacher Conferences (P.M.) and Field Trip to Moon Farm (A.M.)
May 7th and 8th- No School
May 13th- Field Trip to Public Library and Picnic Lunch
May 21st-
Tuesday-Regular Day
Wednesday-Fun Day(formerly Water Day)-Early Release 8:45- 1:45
Thursday-Our Last Day of School and
9:00 Awards Assembly in the gym
9:45 Celebration of Learning
Please let us know if anyone would like to volunteer in the classroom for any of our activities.
10:30 Switch classrooms(visit 1st grade)
10:45 Recess
11:00 Shared Reading
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Movie or alternate activity
1:30 Centers
2:30 Recess and snack
3:15 Farewell Slide Show in gym
3:45 Goodbye and Have a great summer!
P.S. We would love to have you and could use the help.two extra Class Pictures for sale if anyone needs one.
Sincerely,
Susan Elenz

{school_clipart_school_house.gif} MarchApril 2009 Newsletter
Dear Kindergarten Families,
Hooray! Spring is on the way! I think we are all ready for some warmer weather. March will be anotherWith April comes many fun spring activities and busy month for us. For Dr. Suess's birthday,Monday,our school is having a door decoration contestour last quarter of school. Your students are learning to tell time by the hour and measure temperature changes with a read-in at 3:00.thermometer. We had great fun decorating our door. Our theme is Horton Hears a Who!have planted flower,bean and the kids made elephants that cover our doorpea seeds and part of the wall. You'll have to come check it out. They are really cute. Also, on that day the kindergarten classeshopefully they will be doing Dr.Suess activities in each classgrow.Ha! We also made a crystal coal garden and rotating from room to room like we did for Christmas. Our classa terrarium. We will soon be reading The Cat in the Hat,playing a rhyming game and making Cat in the Hat pictures. They may wear pajamas that are appropriate for school that day.watching baby caterpillars change into butterflies. This means something like sweats, t-shirts,etc.. Weweek we will also be making Green Eggsdye eggs and Hamhave an egg hunt as well as make Bunny cards for snack one day.
Otheryou. The Rigby Reading themes for the month will include Spring Weather, St. Patrick's Daycover America and The Sun. WeGrowing and Changing.
We will continue sendingalso be reviewing all the little books home. Your support is paying off. We see nice improvements inconcepts we have learned this year to prepare for the students reading and writing skills.end of the year testing. Keep up the good work!
Onwork of reading, writing and talking to your child about everything. Parents are the 100th day of kindergarten,Mar. 20th, wemost important teachers!
We will be visiting some of you at your home to celebrate by doing fun math projects all day.the learning your child has done. We will have some homework projects associated with this also. Thanksalso be scheduling May conferences for keeping up with the homework; it really helps. We also have a field trip to the Math and Science Center on March 31st. You willthose that need to add this to sign up for Summer School or Individual Learning Plans for next year. Thank you in advance for your March calendar please.cooperation with scheduling these appointments and allowing us into your home. It is usually a very positive experience for all.
Important Dates to Remember:
March 2nd- Dr. Seuss's Birthday Celebration
March 3rd- Food for Thought Night- Lasagna Dinner- Read Across America
March 5th- Tie DyeApril 10th- No School - Teacher Planning Day
March 9th-13th- Spring Break
March 16th-
May 6th- Parent Teacher Work Day-Conferences (P.M.) and Field Trip to Moon Farm (A.M.)
May 7th and 8th- No School
March 20th- 100th Day of Kindergarten- Celebration
March 31st-
May 13th- Field Trip to the MathPublic Library and Science CenterPicnic Lunch
May 21st- Last Day of School and Celebration of Learning
Please let us know if anyone would like to volunteer in the classroom for any of our activities. We would love to have you and could use the help.
Sincerely,

Hooray! Spring is on the way! I think we are all ready for some warmer weather. March will be another fun and busy month for us. For Dr. Suess's birthday,Monday,our school is having a door decoration contest and a read-in at 3:00. We had great fun decorating our door. Our theme is Horton Hears a Who! and the kids made elephants that cover our door and part of the wall. You'll have to come check it out. They are really cute. Also, on that day the kindergarten classes will be doing Dr.Suess activities in each class and rotating from room to room like we did for Christmas. Our class will be reading The Cat in the Hat,playing a rhyming game and making Cat in the Hat pictures. They may wear pajamas that are appropriate for school that day. This means something like sweats, t-shirts,etc.. We will also be making Green Eggs and Ham for snack one day.
Other themes for the month will include Spring Weather, St. Patrick's Day and The Sun. We will continue sending the little books home. Your support is paying off. We see nice improvements in the students reading and writing skills. Keep up the good work!
really helps. We also have a field trip to the Math and Science Center on March 31st. You will need to add this to your March calendar please.
Important Dates to Remember:
March 2nd- Dr. Seuss's Birthday Celebration
March 16th- Teacher Work Day- No School
March 20th- 100th Day of Kindergarten- Celebration
March 31st- Field Trip to the Math and Science Center
Please let us know if anyone would like to volunteer in the classroom for any of our activities. We would love to have you and could use the help.
Sincerely,

Hooray! Spring is on the way! I think we are all ready for some warmer weather. March will be another fun and busy month for us. For Dr. Suess's birthday,Monday,our school is having a door decoration contest and a read-in at 3:00. We had great fun decorating our door. Our theme is Horton Hears a Who! and the kids made elephants that cover our door and part of the wall. You'll have to come check it out. They are really cute. Also, on that day the kindergarten classes will be doing Dr.Suess activities in each class and rotating from room to room like we did for Christmas. Our class will be reading The Cat in the Hat,playing a rhyming game and making Cat in the Hat pictures. They may wear pajamas that are appropriate for school that day. This means something like sweats, t-shirts,etc.. We will also be making Green Eggs and Ham for snack one day.
Other themes for the month will include Spring Weather, St. Patrick's Day and The Sun. We will continue sending the little books home. Your support is paying off. We see nice improvements in the students reading and writing skills. Keep up the good work!
with the homeworkhomework; it really
Important Dates to Remember:
March 2nd- Dr. Seuss's Birthday Celebration

Dear Kindergarten Families,
Hooray! Spring is on the way! I think we are all ready for some warmer weather. March will be another fun and busy month for us. For Dr. Suess's birthday,Monday,our school is having a door decoration contest and a read-in at 3:00. We had great fun decorating our door. Our theme is Horton Hears a Who! and the kids made elephants that cover our door and part of the wall. You'll have to come check it out. They are really cute. Also, on that day the kindergarten classes will be doing Dr.Suess activities in each class and rotating from room to room like we did for Christmas. Our class will be reading The Cat in the Hat,playing a rhyming game and making Cat in the Hat pictures. They may wear pajamas that are appropriate for school that day. This means something like sweats, t-shirts,etc.. We will also be making Green Eggs and Ham for snack one day.
Day and Our Solar System.The Sun. We will good work!
On the 100th day of kindergarten,Mar. 20th, we will celebrate by doing fun math projects all day. We will have some homework projects associated with this also. Thanks for keeping up with the homework it really helps.
Important Dates to Remember:
March 2nd- Dr. Seuss's Birthday Celebration
March 9th-13th- Spring Break
March 16th- Teacher Work Day- No School
March 20th- 100th Day of Kindergarten- Celebration
Please let us know if anyone would like to volunteer in the classroom for any of our activities. We would love to have you and could use the help.
Sincerely,

{school_clipart_school_house.gif} FebruaryMarch 2009 Newsletter
Dear Kindergarten Families,
For February our themesHooray! Spring is on the way! I think we are all ready for some warmer weather. March will be Valentine's Day, President's Day, Familiesanother fun and Friends. We will set upbusy month for us. For Dr. Suess's birthday,Monday,our school is having a Post Office in the room to encourage writingdoor decoration contest and role playing.a read-in at 3:00. We will work on identifying coinshad great fun decorating our door. Our theme is Horton Hears a Who! and bills by talking about the President's faces on them. Using our Rigby Reading Program we willkids made elephants that cover our door and part of the responsibilities and jobswall. You'll have to come check it out. They are really cute. Also, on that family members have. Weday the kindergarten classes will also cover what it meansbe doing Dr.Suess activities in each class and rotating from room to be a friend. Now that we have covered all the alphabet lettersroom like we did for Christmas. Our class will be reading The Cat in the Hat,playing a rhyming game and making alphabet books as a review. WeCat in the Hat pictures. They may wear pajamas that are also starting to encourage more independent writing.appropriate for school that day. This means something like sweats, t-shirts,etc.. We will expect students to write their own sentencesalso be making Green Eggs and sound out wordsHam for snack one day.
Other themes for spelling. Of course drawing is still part of the writing experience at this level too.
For our Valentine Party we have a fun day planned. Wemonth will be joining our 3rd Grade Reading Buddies for some Valentine gamesinclude Spring Weather, St. Patrick's Day and card exchanges. Our theme forSolar System. We will continue sending the daylittle books home. Your support is Teddy Bears. So please send a teddy bear to school with your child (or any stuffed animal).paying off. We will do activities withsee nice improvements in the bears during the daystudents reading and then return them to you atwriting skills. Keep up the end of the day. Also please send Valentine cards for your child to give out to classmates. We have 21 students in our class. The students will be decorating boxes to hold all their "mail". Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.good work!
Important Dates to Remember:
Thursday, Feb.March 2nd- Dr. Seuss's Birthday Celebration
March 3rd- Food for Thought Night- Lasagna Dinner- Read Across America
March 5th- ParentTie Dye Day
March 9th-13th- Spring Break
March 16th- Teacher Conferences- 4:30-7:30p.m.
Friday, Feb. 6th-Work Day- No School- Teacher Planning Day
Monday, Feb. 9th- Dad's Night Out-Dinner and activities for kids and dads(or male family member)
Friday, Feb. 13th- Valentine's Day Party
Monday, Feb. 16th-No School - Teacher InService Day
March 20th-
Please let us know if anyone would like to volunteer in the classroom for any of our activities. We would love to have you and could use the help.
Sincerely,

{school_clipart_school_house.gif} JanuaryFebruary 2009 Newsletter
Dear Kindergarten Families,
Happy New Year Everyone! Brrrrrr...It is cold! WeFor February our themes will be integrating a Winter theme into all our curriculum areas.Valentine's Day, President's Day, Families and Friends. We will make snowmen, snowflakesset up a Post Office in the room to encourage writing and snow pictures.role playing. We will experiment with waterwork on identifying coins and ice,sinkingbills by talking about the President's faces on them. Using our Rigby Reading Program we will cover the responsibilities and floating and even make some fake snow.jobs that family members have. We will also cover what it means to be writing and reading about these things as well. Wea friend. Now that we have some fun winter math games also.
Report cards go home next week and I am so pleased withcovered all the progress studentsalphabet letters we will be making alphabet books as a review. We are making.also starting to encourage more independent writing. We still have much workwill expect students to do,however,to get everyone reading at a level 3 on the DRA(reading assessment) by the endwrite their own sentences and sound out words for spelling. Of course drawing is still part of the year. With your help, I knowwriting experience at this level too.
For our Valentine Party we can do it.have a fun day planned. We will start sending home little booksbe joining our 3rd Grade Reading Buddies for readingsome Valentine games and returningcard exchanges. Our theme for the day is Teddy Bears. So please send a teddy bear to school to help with this. Reading toyour child (or any stuffed animal). We will do activities with the bears during the day and then return them to you at home makes a huge difference. Thanksthe end of the day. Also please send Valentine cards for your child to give out to classmates. We have 21 students in advanceour class. The students will be decorating boxes to hold all their "mail". Thank you for your help.cooperation in this matter.
Important Dates to Remember:
Monday, Jan. 19th- Martin Luther King Day-Thursday, Feb. 5th- Parent Teacher Conferences- 4:30-7:30p.m.
Friday, Feb. 6th- No School- Teacher Planning Day
Monday, Feb. 9th- Dad's Night Out-Dinner and activities for kids and dads(or male family member)
Friday, Feb. 13th- Valentine's Day Party
Monday, Feb. 16th-No School
Thursday, Jan. 22- District 51 AIMS Open House-Two Rivers Convention Center- 5-7pm- Music, Food, Information - Teacher InService Day
Please let us know if anyone would like to volunteer in the classroom for any of our activities. We would love to have you and could use the help.
Sincerely,