January 25, 2019 Newsletter

Dear Parents,

We have been busy preparing for our trip to the New England Aquarium!  We will be going next Thursday, January 31st.  Thank you in advance to our chaperones Mrs. Lewandowski, Mrs. Shaw, and Mr. Carlson.  Chaperones should plan to meet us in the classroom by 8:40am and will be riding on the bus with us.  If you haven’t paid the $7 to cover the cost of the trip, please do so on Monday.  More information about the trip and what students will need will go home next week but to give you a heads up...students will need a completely disposable bagged lunch and drink.  We will also eat a quick snack before leaving the school.

The students finished their “House for Hermit Crab” books this week and many of them have already read them to the class and have brought them home.  Students have also worked on labeling important parts of fish and have been working on sight words and rhyming words.  We have also been learning a little about Arctic animals and are plugging away at subtraction in math.

We are looking forward to our Fish Day on Friday, February 1st.  Students will get to visit all the Kindergarten classrooms to make different fish projects.  We could still use a couple more volunteers if anyone is free from 9-10am that day.

I will be putting the February volunteer calendar together early next week.  Please let me know which day(s) you would like to volunteer if you are able to do so and I will plug you into the calendar.  We will be working a little more on a persuasive writing project during the month of February so we won’t need volunteers every day but the regular time is from 10:10-10:55am.

We will be celebrating the 100th day of school on Wednesday, February 13th!  We will do some fun projects and will be doing a lot of counting that day!  Students are invited to bring in 100 non-edible items from home in a labeled baggie so they can practice counting them in school.  All objects will be returned afterwards.  Students are welcome to bring in their collections anytime between now and February 13th.  Some suggestions include:  beads, toothpicks, paperclips, buttons, crayons, Q-tips, etc.

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Thursday, February 14th by passing out valentines.  Please don’t attach any candy or other edible items to the valentines.  If you would like to send something, pencils or stickers make great alternatives to food.  I will send home a list of students’ names next week that students may use to write out their valentines.  Students can also bring a special snack from home to eat in the afternoon on Valentine’s Day.  They will need a morning snack and an afternoon snack.  All snack items need to be nut-free.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Melanie