Ms. Trowbridge's Class

Can you believe it is almost May? I cannot believe how quickly this year has gone. It seems like just yesterday we were all learning how to sit quietly and walk in a line.

I am so proud of everyone, they have come so far since the beginning of the year and are ready to be first graders! Keep up the great work at home and continue to practice over the summer so everyone gets a great jump start on first grade.

This week we have been learning about bugs. So far we have learned about spiders, butterflies, ants, ladybugs, and worms. Ask your child to tell you something about these bugs and see what they can tell you! Everyday we have been writing a fact about each bug so hopefully they will be able to tell you some interesting facts!

We have started our addition unit in math. Everyone is flying through it and are really excited to get to the "hard" stuff. I am hoping to get through addition and an introduction to subtraction before the end of the year.

We have some very exciting events coming up in the next couple of weeks. Friday, April 30th, is our AIMS water celebration. Since we had 100% AIMS turn out, the PTO puts on a water day for all grades. Kindergarten will go first thing in the morning and first thing when the afternoon class gets here. Please make sure you are sending your child IN their outfit to get wet. We will change into our dry clothes once the celebration is over. This will be a lot easier on everyone since they will only have to change one time. Students need to wear shorts and a colored t-shirt to participate in the water celebration. They also need a towel to dry off with as well as an entire change of clothes for after the celebration.

On Thursday, May 6th, we have our kindergarten celebration. Hopefully everyone got a gold paper home yesterday explaining all the details. Remember both AM and PM need to come to school in the morning on the day of the show so that we can have one giant run through before the big night. All students must come from 7:55am - 10:50am. We will be wearing our blue or red tshirts that you have brought to me before, students will be changing into their shirts once they come into the classroom. If you haven't brought in the shirt yet, please do so ASAP.

If you have any questions about anything, please contact me. Otherwise, I hope everyone has a great week!

Date Correction

THE DATE for the AIMS Celebration is Friday April 30th, not the 24th.

WWTK News

AIMS Celebration

Friday, April 24^th will be the AIM Celebration for the entire school. Kindergarten will be participating at the very beginning of each session, so here are some instructions to help make the day run smoothly.

 

PLEASE make sure to send your child to school in their swimming suits or short and shirts that will be getting wet-we go out right away and only have 30 minutes outside, so there will be no time for changing before we go outside. Boys and girls must wear a colored t-shirt (Any color but WHITE) with their suits, so please make sure they are wear one that can get wet. Also keep in mind suits must be modest-no bikini's or bare bellies for the girls and boys must also have shirts on!

 

PLEASE put sunscreen on your child before school. DO NOT send any sunscreen to school. I can not apply it.

 

PLEASE send a towel and a COMPLETE set of dry clothes for your child to change into when we are done, including underwear, shoes and clothes.

 

Don't forget about our Kindergarten Celebration coming up next week. Thursday, May 6^th at 6 pm.

 

Mrs. Wright's Class

Happy Monday! Today we started chapter 9 in math...readiness for addition and subtraction. I can not believe how ready the kids are to start these math skills. Most of them are already doing mental math and that is great. Please practice these skills at home and ask your child what they learned today. We also started our insect and plant unit. The kids learned what a plant needs to grow. Quiz them to see if they remember the 4 essential elements (air, sun, soil, water). We all continue to do super with our reading. AR is going well and we have almost half of the class going on those quizzes. As you are reading books with your child, please ask comprehension questions after and during reading to make sure they are understanding the main topic etc... This will be helpful to them when they begin AR. This is the last month you have to earn a Pizza Hut coupon. Please try to help your child reach the April goal.

Homework packets went home today. I apologize for the delay. If you need an extra weekend to catch up and complete the activities, please feel free to turn in the packet on Monday, May 3rd. Progress reports will be going home on Friday. Your kids are right on track for first grade, however, if you have any questions about the progress report contact me ASAP. In your child's folder I sent home the last round of Scholastic Book Orders for the year. There were three order forms and I encourage you to look through them to see if there is something that you can purchase to keep the kids engaged in reading over the summer. Some of my picks would be:

SeeSaw April:
What's That Mittens?
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs Pack
Get Ready for First Grade Items (page 2)
Sight Word Readers Library
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

SeeSaw May:
Get Ready for First Grade Items (page 2)
Phonics Fun Set
Biscuit Pack
Disney Princess Flashcards (addition/subtraction)

Firefly April:
The Tiny Seed
Sight Word Game
Phonics Friends
Our Earth

Most of the books listed above are leveled readers appropriate for kindergarten students. Any of them would be great for the kids to utilize this summer to enhance their reading skills. Some of the books are priced as low as $1.00 and many of the games or kits are under $15.00. That is money well spent! Please feel free to order on line or send the paper order in. Orders will be due by April 27th. Check out the selections today!

Mrs. King's Class

Parents I am sorry that homework did not make it home today. We had some technical difficulties and it will come home on Monday-don't panic if you need an extra weekend to finish it, you can always send it in following Monday instead of Friday.

Celebration News: the committee is looking for tape to help hang our beautiful backdrop and characters. There is only one kind of tape that will work on our brick walls-it is call Strapping Tape-it is used for packing and shipping boxes-it is clear and has the string going through it. If you are able to pick a roll to donate we would greatly appreciate it. You can get it at Office Max, Staples or other office supply stores. Fry's also carries it but it is a bit more expensive and the shipping stores-FED-X or UPS have it but it tends to be very expensive there. We haven't found it at Wal-Mart-but it might be there with their shipping supplies.

Also I have gotten some of yellow shirts! YEA! I still need a few more. If you could have them to me by the end of next week I would really appreciate it!

Next week is Earth Week and the entire school will be celebrating:

Monday: Wear Green
Tuesday: Wear Yellow
Wednesday: Wear Brown
Thursday: Wear Red
Friday: Wear Blue

We will be doing other activities and fun things in our rooms and on campus. If you have some recycle objects that would look cool in our "Recycled Art Display" Please send them to school on Monday or Tuesday.

Thanks for all your help and support. I couldn't do what I do without you!!

Mrs. Wright's Class

Wow what a busy couple of weeks it has been in class! I am sure you have all heard about the field trip and what a wonderful time we had. It was a great day for all and the kids did a super job being guests at the farm! We were all on our best behavior and had great manners. Thanks to the parent chaperons for the help, it was a pleasure having you join us! On that note...we are wrapping up our unit on farm animals and will begin to explore plants and bugs. This topic should carry us through the end of the year and your kids will come home with all kinds of fun facts to share with you.

Since we are left with only a month of kindergarten we have several important dates to remind you of. The first would be our kinder celebration on Thursday, May 6th. All kinder students will participate in the performance. Grandparents, uncles, aunts and friends are all welcome to attend the evening performance scheduled for 6 pm. I originally wanted all of my class to be in a white t-shirt. That idea came and went, but now I would like for my class just to have a white shirt (any kind) on that night. That way we can differentiate the classes and your kids will match. If you have questions about this, please call or email me. We also have our class party scheduled for Thursday, May 20th. We plan on doing pizza for lunch and will have crafts and fun activities for the kids to partake in. If you are interested in helping that day with a project, please let me know ASAP. I will surely need some extra hands. Our last day of school is Friday, May 21st. It is a half day so the kids will be dismissed at 11 am. I am quite sad about the end of the school year and am not quite ready to give these kids up. It has been a pleasure having each and every one of them in my class this year. They have done super and I know they will all do great in first grade.

As we wrap up the end of the school year we will continue to focus on our reading skills and strategies as well as journal writing and sentence structure. In math we will finish our 3D shapes chapter this week and will begin readiness for addition and subtraction on Monday. Please start to play around with these concepts at home. The kids are definitely ready for this! We will also be finishing a poetry book that we have been working on throughout the year, be watching for that to go home. We will continue to be busy bees in our last month together. It has been such a great year, thank you for all of your contributions!

Ms. Trowbridge's Class

I hope everyone got to hear some great stories from the field trip! We had a great time and the students are still talking about the trip today.



This week, we are starting our bug unit. We will be learning about bugs for the next three weeks. We will get to learn about the parts of a bug, all different kinds of bugs, as well as do some cool bug crafts. Students will also get the opportunity to write a mini bug report!



In Math, we are continuing our 3D shape unit. We are learning about cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres. Everyone is doing a great job of recognizing the different shapes in our classroom.



Everyone is doing a great job of reading! Keep up the great work at home.



The kindergarten celebration is approaching quickly! We have been working hard in the classroom getting ready to perform for all our parents. Remember, the celebration is on May 6th from 6-730pm in the multi-purpose room. Students need to be in their classrooms by 530pm. Students will be wearing those solid color t-shirts that you have sent in, so if you haven't turned in your blue or red t-shirt yet, please do so soon!

We are also in need of mittens! If you can let us borrow some mittens for our celebration we would appreciate it! We need about 10 pairs of mittens for the celebration.



AM kindergarten will be back on the playground in the morning starting Monday. Please remind your AM kindergartners to go straight to the playground in the morning.



This week we are doing our DIBELS testing. Hopefully everyone will do a fabulous job and will show that they are ready for first grade!



Remember to keep reading and doing that homework so that everyone is ready for first grade! Next week's homework packet is going to include spelling words. This is to help our kindergartners get ready to start taking tests in first grade. Spelling tests will be every Friday and students will be getting a grade for them. Make sure you are practicing that spelling at home!



If you have any questions, please contact me! I hope everyone has a great week.

Mrs. King's Class

What a Great Field Trip we had yesterday! We had a great time and I hope all the children came home with lots of things they learned and saw while we were at the farm. We got to see a brand new baby calf stand up and walk for the first time! It was very exciting. Thanks so much to the parents who chaperoned and to those who met us at the farm! You did a great job keeping track of the children and helping them learn all they could at the farm! It was a great learning experience for all of us.

On to our next big project the "Kindergarten Celebration" Please put Thursday, May 6, on your calendars. The celebration takes place in the multi-purpose room at 6 pm. We ask that students arrive between 5:30 and 5:45. The program will probably last between 30 and 45 minutes. We have been working very hard on our songs to sing for our parents. This is also where the yellow shirts come into play. When we met the a group of the parents who were willing to volunteer to help us they voted to have each class wear a different color t-shirt. Our shirt-color is yellow, so if you could please send in a yellow t-shirt so we can put a class picture on it for the celebration. I really need those here by next Friday April 23 so I can start to get the photo's all done. I will take a picture when we have everyone here-so far this week we have not had everyone here. Hobby Lobby and Michael's have the shirts for less than $2.00 until Saturday. You can also purchase them at WalMart, K-Mart or Target. Please let me know if there any other questions about the shirts or the celebration. I will make sure to send more information home as it gets closer.

Keep up the good work with homework. The next cycle of homework will include spelling words. We will study the words all week and then take a test on them on Friday, but the grade will not be entered into the grade book. We just want them to get used to taking a spelling test because they will start taking them the second week of school next year. This can be a bit traumatic for some so we like to practice and get them ready. The words will be word families and a couple of sight words-10 words total. Again we will not be posting these grades so they won't count against the child, but will give them experience so they are ready for next year.

Keep reading those little books, we are doing great with them and we will start addition sometime next week!!

Ms. Trowbridge's Class

Kindergarten has been doing a great job! Everyone is doing a super job of practicing first grade skills. We are continuing to work on sentence structure and writing as well as decoding words. This week we have been busy learning about farm to get ready for our exciting upcoming field trip! We have gotten to read several fun farm books as well as make some neat farm crafts. Everyone is getting super excited about the field trip.

In math we have moved on to geometry. Yes! Geometry in kindergarten! We are learning about 3D shapes, sphere, cube, cylinder, and cube. We will also be learning about cutting things into equal parts, halves and quarters. Please continue to work on money at home, many students are still having difficult recognizing and counting the coins. We will be coming back to money after we cover addition.

The farm field trip is Monday, April 12th! I hope everyone is ready. Remember, students need to bring a lunch in a disposable bag, and wear sun screen. Students are also encouraged to bring a water bottle. ALL students, AM and PM need to come to school by 8am. We will be leaving around 9am and should be back to school around 1:30pm. If you want to check your student out at 1:30, you may, but they must be signed out in the office.

The kindergarten celebration is coming up on Thursday, May 6th from 6-7:30pm. Students are required to be here at 5:30. You are encouraged to invite all your friends and family to come and see this fabulous performance put on by the kindergarten students. Each class will be singing 2 songs as well as doing a song all together. We have been working very hard in class practicing our songs and hope that everyone can come to celebrate our accomplishments this year.

Dibels testing is coming up next week, students will be tested one last time to see how much progress they have made over the year. To get your student ready for this test, you can be working on sounding out words and using words in sentences. I am confident that we will see much improvement in all the students.

Remember to continue to practice those sight words!

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Ms. Wolters' Class

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great long weekend! Thank you to everyone for coming to conferences; I enjoyed meeting with all of you and sharing the great things your children are doing. Next Monday is our field trip. I did not get all the forms back regarding the lunch so unless you specifically ordered a lunch, please bring a throw away sack lunch for the field trip. The only kids I have down for ordering a lunch are Emmanuel and Rachel so everyone else should bring a sack lunch. Thank you for all the well wishes on my wedding. We had an awesome time and I am glad to be back. I look forward to an awesome week!!