It was great to see you all at conferences. Thanks so much for taking the time to come in and chat with me about how well your kids are doing. I mentioned a series of books to several of you that I think the kids would like but can never remember the name. I looked it up, (and wrote it down!). It’s called the Dragon Slayer’s Academy by Kate McMullen. It is a book that you would want to read to them as it’s sometimes in pig latin! 🙂 I read it one summer for a book club for Jack and the boys especially loved it. Please be sure to hang on to the list of dates for the rest of the year to refer to. I’ll give updates as things come up.
Speaking of things coming up: Your child does NOT have kindergarten next Thursday Feb. 25th. It will be Kindergarten round up day where we get a chance to meet the upcoming K kids for next year.
I know some of you need higher books in reading folders. Please mark it on your form if you think they’re too easy. I am trying to fit in reading groups AND do testing and it just takes awhile. The good news is that it takes awhile because I have lots of kids that have taken off on their reading and I have to keep getting them harder books. Please email me if there’s an issue and thanks for your patience.
On Monday, Schlitterbahn reading minutes are due if you chose to keep track for free tickets. Library books are also due Monday. I told them today which was my mistake. It confuses me too now that we’ve switched days. Checkout is on C days now.
I am sending a book order form home tomorrow that got here late, but has some good books in it. You can order from that as well if you’d like. Those orders are due March 2 so that we can get them back before Spring Break. Having a new book to read would be a great way to start the break!
We spent two days this week talking about leaders, presidents, and in particular, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We also talked about how the kids can be leaders and what qualities we look for in a leader. We also talked about presidents being on coins and looked at the various coins and discussed their amounts. On You tube, there’s a cute video called Hey Honey Bunny about coins and their values that they liked.
Today and tomorrow we are talking about dental health, visiting a dentist, and ways to keep our teeth clean. I sent home a tooth chart for them to keep track of brushing and healthy snacks and told them when it’s completed, next week or the week after, they can bring it back for gotchas. Tomorrow we’ll make Tooth Fairies and do some creative writing trying to figure out what the tooth fairy does with all those teeth! They also got toothbrushes and toothpaste home today that Colgate sends us.
In math, we’re still decomposing numbers and taking the group of 10 out and adding the ones to get teen numbers. Pick a teen number and ask your child to show you an example!
We added the sight words “said” and “was” this week. We’re also starting to add letters to the beginning of words to make new words. For example, we’ll take the word bat and change the b to a c to make cat. Then we’ll see how many new words we can make by changing the first letter.
On the announcements this morning, Dr. McDonald asked who was still working on coding and lots of my kids raised their hands. Don’t forget to print off the certificate at the end and send it in when they finish all the modules. Some of them even choose to work on it during center time. The website it https://studio.code.org then click on course one.
Olaf was a pretty big hit, but now that he’s been in everyone’s hands, he’s not so white anymore! 🙂 He is going home for a bath and next week, we’ll start with Baxter the Bear. We had a great conversation in class today about being kind, respectful, and always trying your best. Those are the qualities that Baxter is looking for. We also talked about good tattling today and looking for those good characteristics in other people.
I will be here tomorrow morning, but will be gone in the afternoon to take Jack to a follow up appt. with the surgeon. I will let the kids know in the morning, but wanted to give you a heads up.
Have a great weekend! We’re going downtown to serve lunch at reStart with our church. That will be great, but sure wish I was back in San Diego! 🙂 Have to say, I enjoyed the 77 degree weather and hanging out on the beach!
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