Kindergarten News

January 7-11

Upcoming Events

Monday, January 7--Fluoride

Thursday, January 10—Library, PE, Music

 Friday, January 11--Computers

Monday, January 21—Martin Luther King Holiday

Weekly Theme:

 Winter/Antarctica

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

NEWS

Thank you so much for the nice gifts, cards, and remembrances.  I appreciate each of you and your thoughtfulness!  I hope you had an enjoyable, relaxing Christmas break and I also want to wish you a Happy New Year!  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 by Monday for the pizza certificate.  Remember our goal for kindergarten is 15 minutes a night, 5 nights a week.

We are reviewing skills in preparation for the next DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills) assessment that will take place the middle of January.  These skills include beginning sounds in words,  letter naming, reading 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 portion of the test is a one minute timed assessment to determine fluency. 

One of the students in our class lost his black "Old Navy" coat with his name on the inside.  If your child brought it home by mistake, please return it to the school and I will make sure it is returned to the student.  THANK YOU!  

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