Service Project

Our school wide service project for Lent is Seeds for Hope which is a  shelter for women and their children who are in need. Kindergarten is responsible for bringing in canned food items. I know we just did this but any contribution you can make is deeply appreciated by this organization. Our class goal is 50. We will be able to count those cans by ones, tens, and fives which is a math standard for kindergarten so we are learning to give to others in need as well as practicing some very important math sills.

Building

Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who came in to help the children build their gingerbread houses today. They are all together and ready to decorate tomorrow. Thank you for sending in your child's donation to this project. We had 100% participation and that is greatly appreciated. We will be decorating tomorrow if you would like to join us. Grandparents are welcome as well. The kids are having a ball with this project!

First In Math

The following children were First In Math winners of the day last week.  Caroline, Lucas. Christian, Cade and Henry. Good job kids!

Field Trip

We just got back from the field trip and we had a blast! We got to hear a story about the gingerbread man, go back in time and learn how gingerbread cookies were made long ago,  and search for the gingerbread man in a barn with animals. We finally found him and got to take our picture with him and do a dance. From there we decorated a gingerbread man cookie and eat it for snack. After all of those fun activities we toured the gingerbread houses that were on display to get some ideas. Please ask your child about their favorite gingerbread house. Please join us as we build our houses and decorate them tomorrow and Wednesday. Times were listed on the information sheet sent out last week.

Goals Poster

I got a great idea today form a parent who created a "Goals" poster with her child. Together they put all of the goals from the goal sheets so far that her child needed to work on still. They use it as an reminder of what he needs to work on and when he reaches his goal of knowing something they check it off. I thought this was an awesome idea and the student was so excited to tell me all about it. Mom told me he is really motivated now to reach his goals.

Advent

Advent begins on Sunday and in your child's Friday folder the monthly homework for the month of December will be an Advent calendar to help your child prepare for Christmas. Enjoy this time with your child. I think you will find that you get as much out of the activities as your child does. December is such a busy month and I love the Advent calendar because it requires us to slow down and focus on what is really important. I am combining the December and January goals into one goal sheet to be worked on at home. If your child recognizes all of the letters of the alphabet and knows the letter sounds (progress report sent home last week) they really need to be working on sight words at home. I am really stressing the importance of knowing these words to the children because knowing the introduced sight words are so crucial to reading and writing at this point in kindergarten.

Canned Foods

We are still collecting canned foods this week if you would like to send some in. The kids are having fun counting the cans so we are getting so practice with adding.