A
note from Ms. Poteet…
The one hundredth day
was here, and went! Can you believe your
children so close to finishing their first year in school? Boy, have they grown! Thanks to all of your enthusiasm and
creativity, our children had a great day, and they were so proud!
Last week, we attended
a puppet show by “Kids on the Block” addressing “good touch” and “bad touch” as
a culminating activity to the lessons that we had with Mrs. Hammons. The play was an entertaining approach to
discussing the sensitive subject of child abuse. If you would like more information from this
non-profit agency, their web-site is www.ky.kob.org.
I will be attending
the Oldham County Learning Institute on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We will have our first substitute on these
days. Please remind your child they need
to follow our school and classroom expectations even when the teacher isn’t
present.
Remember that our Kindergarten Writing Celebration is
February 10th from 11:05-11:30 in our school library. You are welcome to stay for lunch from 11:32-11:57. Lunch order forms were sent home last week. Please let me know if you will not be able to
attend, I will try to ask a school friend to come read with your child.
If you haven’t had a
chance to send in the field trip form for “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” yet, please do
so before the end of the week, as we need to pay for our seats in advance.
Important Dates this Month:
February 10th
Writing Celebration
February 14th
Valentine Party (information coming home soon).
Before you buy your Valentine’s, know
that we are not allowed to give Valentine’s with candy (school policy).
What are we learning?
Reading Workshop
We will begin our
unit on Reading as Mentors. Children
will learn that there are reading role models at school, at home, etc.
Writing Workshop
This week we will continue
working on our All About Me books. They
are very motivated to write a book all about themselves! Family journals will be sent home on
Friday. Please take time over the
weekend to read your child’s letter to you and respond.
Word Study
This
week, we will be reviewing ch, sh, th and wh sounds. We will also learn how to
read and write these words that will be added to our Word Wall: came, very, now.
Have your child sing you the songs for these words.
Math
In
math, we are solving number stories.
Science
On Friday, we began our Science Biographies Unit. The first scientist we are learning about is
George W. Carver. The next two are Jane Goodall and Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Reminders
*Send
in a healthy snack and water bottle every day.
*
Sign your child’s weekly planner every night!
*
Library book due every Friday!
Related
Arts Schedule
Monday-Tuesday PE
Wednesday-Friday Music
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