Kindergarten News

Jan. 2-6

Upcoming Events

Monday, Jan. 2--Fluoride

Tuesday, Jan. 3—Library

Thursday, Jan. 5—Computers  

Friday, Jan. 6—Music/P.E.

Weekly Theme:

WINTER/

ANTARCTICA

Please ask your child to tell you his/her address, phone number and birthday!

JANUARY

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE NICE GIFTS, CARDS, AND REMEMBRANCES.  I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU—YOU ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL!

Happy New Year!  I hope that you all had an enjoyable, relaxing Christmas break.  January will be a great learning time for us in kindergarten.   Your children are progressing nicely.  Thanks for your support at home. 

Please send back the December Reading Calendar filled out for the free pizza certificate by Monday, Jan 9^th.  Remember our goal is 300 minutes a month.  (15 minutes, 5 nights a week.)  THIS MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES!

This week we will start a unit on Antarctica.  It will be exciting to learn about this strange and beautiful place.  We will also be reviewing skills in preparation for the next DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) assessment, which begins next week.  These skills include:  letter recognition, beginning sounds of words, nonsense words (for example:  ig, xup, taf) and segmenting words (for example, the tester says, “Tell me each sound you hear in “hat” and the student would say h/a/t.  Each segment is timed for one minute.

Thanks again for all you do to help ensure your child is having a successful school experience.  You truly make a difference!

       

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850