I hope everyone had a wonderful week for winter break. The break always comes at just the right time but it's always nice to get back into a routine. The students are already back to working hard and learning lots!
As soon as we returned to school, we started working on our fine arts unit with a focus on art from the seven different continents. The children are learning about various kinds of art and have already painted self-portraits and portraits of a friend. They have been learning how to mix their own colors. I think you will be very impressed with their portraits and self-portraits when you come to the Kindergarten Museum. We started with art from North America (we made dream catchers and tipis) and will be moving on to South America next. We are planning on having the Kindergarten Museum on Thursday, April 4th, probably from about 9:00-9:45am. More information was sent home earlier this week. Creating the artwork for the Kindergarten Museum is a lot of work, but worth every minute of it! We hope you will be able to visit our Museum!
The students have worked on a class book about what they want to do when they are older and they are beginning an individual book all about who they are. They have also been enjoying reading books in small groups for guided reading.
We celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday today! Mr. D. was our guest reader. He read “Green Eggs and Ham.” The students also enjoyed some fun Dr. Seuss activities in the library on Wednesday.
We will be conferencing again towards the end of March and beginning of April. I will send a questionnaire home next week for you to fill out about the best time to have a conference and I will send out the actual schedule by the beginning of the following week. I am looking forward to meeting with you all to discuss your child’s progress and show you some of their work.
Please be sure to practice the Kindergarten sight words and addition and subtraction fluency facts as often as possible. It will be a huge help! I will be assessing the students soon! Thanks!
Have a good weekend!
Melanie Duncan
PS...We will be going to the library on Wednesday. Please be sure to return your child’s library book by then. Thanks!
Also, the next Francis Wyman Used Bookstore is Wednesday, March 13th. Students are welcome to bring either a quarter or a book to trade, if they wish to participate.
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