December….this school year is flying!

Thank you again for coming to conferences and all your donations for our Stone Soup festivities!  They are still talking about it!

Here are some dates for December to remember:

Thursday December 17 we are having our Christmas party in the afternoon.  I will send reminders of the things you said you could send in for the party. 

At our party, we will do a gift exchange.  We are asking each child bring a gift—girls bring a girls gift and boys bring a boy gift—between $3.50-$4.00.  Please send it to school by Tuesday December 15 wrapped.

 Indicate on the package   TO:  a girl or boy  FROM: Your child’s name.  Please do not indicate another child’s name in the “to” spot as we will be drawing numbers to pick a gift.

Friday December 18 is our last day before Christmas break—It is PJ day in Kindergarten!  The children can either bring or wear their pj’s to school!  If they wear them, please make sure they have a set of clothes in their backpacks incase they want to change!  We have a sing along in the morning and will watch a movie in the afternoon. 

I’m so excited to see how fast and independent the children can dress for outside play!  Thanks for sending in appropriate clothing for the various weather conditions!  What a crazy fall/beginning of winter we have had!  Please make sure they have shoes every day!  I do not let them wear boots in the classroom as we are on the floor a lot and it’s miserable to sit in a wet spot!  Plus boots are so warm and clumsy!

Please send in folders everyday too.  It really helps the children keep their papers organized to get home to you!

We are on the letter Nn, new sight words are and & but.  Vocabulary words are listen and volume.  Our category words are sound words.  We listen for different sounds.  What sounds do you hear at your house, in the store, outside, in the car, etc.?

They have all brought home their November writing journals.  I hope you are enjoying reading through them!  What treasures for you! 

Social Studies will be around families and holidays.  Science we will be exploring the 5 senses.

Math we are working on number games, (putting numbers in order).  We will be learning Monster Squeeze, (this game involves finding a mystery number on the number line) which they can also do on their Ipads with a friend.