Volume 2 - Issue 1
Friday August 29, 2008
Weekly Happenings
•We toured the playground, classroom, and bathroom and practiced lots of routines and procedures.
•This week we did lots of read alouds and projects based on those.
The Kissing Hand – We made kissing hand necklaces.
Froggy Goes to School – We made Froggy puppets and acted out the story.
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten – We created our own book of what Room 4 did to get ready for Kindergarten.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? - We played a name game as well as reading the book created by parents who attended Back to School Night and completed Parent, Parents.
Bono The Monkey Goes to School – We read this book about classroom rules and students began to color their own copy.
Happy Birthday to Tanay!! (August 28th)
Notes and Reminders
Drop Off: Please remember that you may walk your child onto the Kinder Yard for one more week. Please bring your student through the front gate (near the office). They may set their backpack on our zipper until they line up at the 8:13 bell. Please do not walk your child onto campus to hang their backpack before sending them onto the yard. Let’s start the year off with good habits. Thank you!
Pick Up: This week I will be walking the students of Room 4 and seating them on the curb around the play structure for pick-up recess. The front gate will be opened for you at 2:00 and you may come find your child, check in with me, then either let them play on the structure (under your supervision) or go home. At 2:10 the dismissal bell rings. At that point all children must get off the play structure (even if you are with them) and all children who have not been picked up will be walked to the office to wait for parents (or call if necessary.)
Snacks: Thank you to those of you that have already sent in snack. We enjoyed some wonderful fresh fruit this week!! Please continue to send in snacks, I will alert you when our supply gets low.
Wish List: Thank you to those of you who have already been so generous, please feel free to pop in anytime and take a look at our latest needs.
Bathroom Procedures: Please remind your students of appropriate bathroom behavior – aiming into the toilet, wiping completely, throwing toilet paper in the toilet, flushing, and washing their hands. Thank you! Also, please remind your students (as I will continue to do) to use the restroom at recess and lunch. When they need to use the bathroom during class it means that they and a bathroom buddy will be missing out on classroom instruction.
Paperwork: If you have any paperwork that hasn’t yet been turned in (field trip, emergency cards, volunteer, internet, media, etc.) please send it with your students as soon as possible. I will send notices home in Thursday folders of which papers you still are missing. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
Monday September 1, 2008 No School (Labor Day)
Tuesday September 2, 2008 Schoolwide Ice Cream Social (6:30-7:30)
Our friend this week: Legs
