Sabino Canyon Field Trip

Kindergarten Canyon!

The students celebrated Groundhog Day and the start of Chinese New Year, the year of the horse.  The students predicted if Punxsutawney Phil would see his showdown on February 2nd
The student’s made Chinese lanterns, painted fireworks and made a horse out of tangrams.  Also, the student made Dragons and went on a Dragon parade/dance around the school.  The students enjoyed a special Chinese snack, noodles, fortune cookie, and lucky candy.  They received lucky money and chopsticks.  
Field trip:  Village Farms – Tuesday, February 18th
• Please sign the permission slip and send in $5.
• Students will need to wear long pants, tennis shoes (no flats or boots), hat and a sweatshirt that can be tied around their waists.
• Students will need to bring a bag lunch.  Please NO lunch boxes.  Everything will be thrown away at the park.


Kindergarten celebration – Friday, May 16th from 9:00 – 10:00

Mid quarter reports will be sent home next Monday.  If you have any questions, please email me or stop by the classroom.  Please continue to review and reinforce class work.  It really does make a huge difference in your child’s education and confidence.


This week we will be working on:
• Letter Rr
• Verbs – “A verb is a word, it’s an action word.”
• Plot
• Subtraction
• Writing and identifying numbers 1-75
• Counting to 100

Chinese New Year

Kindergarten Garden!

I hope everyone enjoyed the 3 - day weekend.
Field trip – Thursday
• Our class is very excited to go on our first field trip.  
• Please review the Sabino Canyon Bingo Card with your student.
• Please make sure your student brings a lunch with a drink.  Everything will be thrown away at the park.
• Students need to wear long pants, tennis shoes and a sweatshirt/light jacket that can be tied around their waists.
• Student need to be at school by 8:20.
o Students will need to change into their field trip shirts and eat breakfast.
• We will be leaving promptly at 9:00.
Be Kind Flower:  Please decorate and return it by Friday.  We will be hanging them on our door.
Book order – Due Wednesday
• Thank you to Serenity’s and Jayden’s families for ordering online.

Homework –
• Please read with your child every night.
• Please go over Sabino Canyon words with your student.
• Please have your student read our class story to you.  We have been working very hard on it.
(Will be sent home later this week)


Thank you for your support,

Mary



Please make an appointment with the front office to have your finger prints rolled.  We will be going on at least 4 other field trips, and I will need parent volunteers.  ALL adult volunteers MUST have their fingerprints rolled and sent off.  It takes about 4 weeks to clearance.
If you have any questions, please come and talk to me.

                The students made placemats for Thanksgiving and Turkeys to help decorate their homes. 

Holiday Help Needed:

·         I will need some help tracing from parents at home.

·         If you are able to help, please send me a note 

                I will be testing each student for the 4^th quarter report card the 2^nd week of December.  I will be testing them on the following letters and letter sounds:  Ll, Oo, Gg, Aa, Bb, Cc, Mm, Tt, Ss.  Also, I will be testing them on identifying color words, numbers 1-50 and the following sight words:  the, a, I, is, to, am, little, have, see, at, on, we, like.  Please go over the above information with your student.

Thanksgiving Feast:

·         Please bring in a $1.00 for the stuffing.

This week we will be studying:

·         Review – L, O, G, A, B, C, M, T, S

·         Counting to 50

·         Writing numbers to 50

·         Identifying the setting and main characters

·         Sight words: have, see, at, on, we, like

·         Thanksgiving

·         Autumn/fall

Thank you to the families of the following students for either bringing in a pumpkin or buying items for our Halloween party:  Serenity, Jayden, Emma, Azailyah, Ronnie, Eric, Adel, and Landin.  

The students dissected 5 pumpkins.  The students sorted the pulp from the seeds and measured the circumference of each pumpkin.  Also, we graphed the size of each pumpkin.  Please look on my blog for pictures.  

Today in your student’s folder there is information regarding your student.  Please look over the following assessments.  Please reinforce any highlighted areas.  Please continue to work with your student at home.  It really does make a significant difference. 

This week we will be studying:

• Letter Aa

• Identifying the beginning and ending sounds in words

• Sounding out the parts of a word

• Sight words: have, see, at, on 

• Autumn

• Thanksgiving