Friday, February 22, 2013

February 25- March 8

Dental Health
     Over the next two weeks, we will be focusing on dental health.  Your child will be reading books to learn about dental health as well as see demonstrations how to properly brush and floss their teeth. At home this week, please have a conversation with your child about the importance of brushing their teeth and help them with flossing after daily brushing.

Math News
    Thank you to all of the parents who have sent cool whip containers to school with your child, this is greatly appreciated. However, we are still in need of additional containers. If you have any extra containers, please send them to school with your child. This would be a huge help to our learning of factors of 5 and above.
    Pleas continue to practice math facts with your child at home. Your child brought home a sheet of math flash cards which consists of addition and subtraction equations. Please cut apart the cards and use them to practice with your child. If your child is having difficulty with the flash cards, use various objects around the house to help your child visualize the math equations which they are attempting to solve. Some ideas for objects you can use are; goldfish crackers, cotton balls, m&m's, beans, Legos, or any small object.

Outdoor Recess
    The weather is still cold and snow is still on the ground. Please make sure that you are sending proper snow attire to school with your child so they can enjoy their outdoor recess!

Have a wonderful two weeks!
Miss Sicurezza

Thursday, February 7, 2013

February 11-15 & 18-22

Important News
  • No School on Friday or Monday!
  • If you have any small plastic bowls/containers (cool whip or butter containers would work), could you please donate them to add to our math tools?  Thank you!
  • A HUGE thank you to the PTO for adding new equipment to our playground.  We have more swings and 2 new basketball hoops!  How exciting! Thank you!!
  • Valentine information came home.  Please make sure your child makes a valentine for EVERY child in the class. 
  • Please make sure your child has the proper attire for outside recess.  
Language Arts & Social Studies
The next TWO weeks we will be learning about Presidents, American symbols and Maps.  Can your child name one symbol they have learned?  We will learn about the Statue of Liberty, bald eagle, American flag, Mt. Rushmore and the White House.  The students also learned that the President works in the Oval Office.  We have also learned about the first and current President.  Can your child name them?  We will also be creating maps of our classroom. 

Math
We are working on various activities that focus on the combinations of five.  We are also practicing counting to 100 focusing on the teens.  Please practice writing the numbers in the teens. 

The 100th Day of Kindergarten!

We had so much fun celebrating the 100th day of Kindergarten! Here are some of our projects.


 
 

Monday, February 4, 2013

Valentine Information

The Valentine information will be coming home this week.  Please note that we are asking that you cut out and glue the picture of the student on the valentine.  This will make it easier for the students to deliver the valentines to their classmates.  We will be making bags at school for all of our valentines this week.  Please note: our Valentine party is on Thursday, February 14.