Oh my goodness! This is the last blog of the 2022-2023 school year! As with anything, the school year had moments of speed and moments of moving slowly. Every year I am always surprised when I sit down to write the last blog post.
CONCERT: Oh how cute!!!!! Our class was so cute! They were wonderful! REMINDER - KINDERGARTEN CELEBRATION ON TUESDAY THE 23RD: Last week information was sent out in the red homework folders and the blog about the kindergarten celebration starting at 8:30 in the MPR tomorrow (Tues). As stated last week and in the invitation, due to space restrictions this event is for kindergarten parents only. *Note - This is a simple celebration. It is not a graduation. :-) KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM SUPPLIES: Over the course of the next three days, we will be emptying out desks and cubbies. Please check your scholar's backpack daily and remove any supplies that were sent home that day. Please do not send any supplies that were sent home back to school. A WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONS: Your scholars may show a wide range of emotions during the last week of school. Those that are usually excited may not be while those that usually prefer to stay home may suddenly want to be at school. Sometimes students will feel angry because they don't understand why I can't be their teacher next year. (One year one of my first grade students was so angry at me for not moving up to second grade with her that she refused to look at me or speak to me the entire last day of school.) All the different feelings and emotions are normal. Just continue to reassure your children that I love them very much, their teacher next year will love them too, and they can always come to my classroom next year to say hi. While you are reassuring them at home, I will be reassuring them here at school. GENERAL THOUGHTS ABOUT SUMMER AND NEXT YEAR BASED ON EXPERIENCE AS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER: - Read a lot during the summer! Read to your child, have them read to you, listen to/follow along with audio books, take advantage of library story times and library books. Read! Read! And practice phonograms. - Practice basic math fact through 10. - Next year your kiddos are going to be tired at the end of the school day until they adjust. - Some of my first grade students who were half-day kinders had to adjust to the full school day. Sometimes they couldn't understand why they didn't get to go home right before or right after lunch. They were always completely adjusted to the full day schedule by the end August. - Do you remember after school dismissal and how long it took that first day and days that followed? The first days of every school year, dismissal is always long. There are new students, new families, and new staff members to train and learn the dismissal procedures and it always takes a few days to adjust. Arriving for dismissal really early doesn't make it go any faster. Kinks have to be worked out every year and it will be flowing smoothly within a short time. - During meet-the-teacher, please come to my classroom to say hi! GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding - No Spalding homework. Summer packets to help your child during the summer with me sent home during the last week. Math - Numbers to 100 Science / History - Review activities Literature / Grammar - Grasshopper on the Road UPCOMING DATES: 5th Grade Promotion: Monday, May 22 Kindergarten Celebration for Kinders and Parents: Tuesday, May 23rd Spirit Day: Wednesday, May 24 Note to Full Day Kindergarten Parents- Early Release: May 23 & May 24 Peter Piper Pizza Restaurant Night: May 24 Last Day of School: May 24 *Please see the weekly school newsletter for more information about upcoming dates and events. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: - I will not be teaching kindergarten next year. I am very excited about the opportunity to teach second grade next year! (That means I may get some of your kiddos again in two years time. :-) ) NAME THE GOOD: - It has been a wonderful year and I love my students very much! Have a great week and an even greater summer!
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Oh my! So you know how sometimes you have those crazy weeks and on Monday morning you think it's Friday and you feel like you are totally on top of everything only to realize you aren't? Well, that was my week last week. Not a bad week at all, just, well... just. Ha! I didn't update the blog last week. Okay. Well! That was last week, this is this week and the blog is getting updated! Yay!!!!
KINDERGARTEN CELEBRATION: What - Kindergarten Celebration When - Tuesday, May 23rd 8:30 - Appx. 10:30 am Where - Great Hearts Roosevelt IMPORTANT NOTE - Due to the fact that part of the kindergarten celebration is taking place in the individual classrooms this celebration is for parents only. (A Kinder Celebrations invite was placed in your scholars' red homework folders today.) GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding phonogram focus - Practice 10 - 15 phonograms of choice each day - Over the course of the week, scholars will be writing all 70 phonograms - There is no phonogram quiz at the end of the week. Spalding word focus - some, if, how, them, other, baby, well, about, men, man - There is no spelling test at the end of the week. Math - Numbers to 100 Science - Space History - American Symbols Literature / Grammar - We finished Mouse Tails today. Tomorrow we start reading Grasshopper on the Road *Note - The book Mouse Soup was sent home today. Please take it out of you scholar's backpack and keep it at home. UPCOMING DATES: Kindergarten & 1st Grade Concert: Wednesday, May 17 Kindergarten Celebration: Tuesday May 23rd (see information above) Early Release: May 23 & May 24 Peter Piper Pizza Restaurant Night: May 24 Last Day of School: May 24 ON A PERSONAL NOTE: Twice a year Arthur Murray Goodyear has themed practice parties. This past Friday the theme was Candyland. During the 30 - 40 min. dismissal time at the end of the school day, I let my students color, chat, draw pictures on scratch paper, etc. Last week, while chatting with my kids who were waiting to get picked up, I told them about the Candyland theme. They decided they wanted to help. I cut out circles and grabbed a bunch of craft sticks. The scholars decorated the circles and made lollipops. They turned out sooooo cute! I took the lollipops to the studio and gave them to the teacher who was in charge of the Candyland décor. When I arrived at the dance studio on Friday my kids' lollipops were hung up all over the studio. I kept bragging to all of my dance friends, "MY kids made all those lollipops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" NAME THE GOOD: - Ms. VanZandt (KA's TA) did a wonderful job at making the Kinder Celebration Invites for the parents. - The lollipops looked amazing at the studio. Have a colorful week!! :-) This morning was so fun for me! A couple of my students came in and gave me the coolest gifts! The teacher appreciation week lunches started off wonderfully well. The nacho bar was absolutely delicious!!!! Thank you to all of you who made the first day of teacher appreciation week so special!
OH! IF YOU WERE A FLY ON THE WALL: Today was a rare day where we got out math lesson done early. Instead of filling up the last 12 minutes of the math block with more academics the class got to spend time playing with the math manipulatives. It is during those free-time moments, where, if you could be a fly on the wall, you would find out all kinds of interesting "facts" and all kinds of interesting things about your child. Today I found out that half of my students were born in China, one child has a pet unicorn, 100+100 = ten million, at least 9 of my students went to Disney Land yesterday, Santa is real because several of my kids saw him (Yes. Kindergarteners talk about Santa year round), one boy caught a fish as tall as he was... EXTRA FIELD TRIP INFORMATION: - On Thursday, please send your child to school with a DISPOSABLE lunch in a DISPOSABLE bag. Also, please send a DISPOSABLE water bottle with your child's name clearly written on the water bottle. The chaperones will be carrying the lunches and water bottles around so it is important that they are light weight and disposable. - Full day students will be dismissed at the end of the school day as usual. - Parents of half-day students have two options: a) Half-day students may be picked up at 2:00 upon our return to school OR b) Half-day students may stay at school for the remainder of the day and be picked up during normal dismissal time *Note to chaperones - upon return to school you are welcome to go to the front office and check out your child for the remainder of the day. LITERATURE BOOKS: - Last week all of the the Little Bear books were sent home in your child's backpack. Your scholar may keep them at home. Please do not send them back to school. - This week we started Mouse Tales. If your child does not have Mouse Tales here at school please send it to school with them tomorrow. Mouse Tales – Arnold Lobel 9780064440134 GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding Phonogram Focus: kn, wr, k, ui, oa Spalding Word Focus: tell, five, ball, law, ask, just, way, get, home, much, call, long Math - Addition and Subtraction Science - The Sun and the Moon History - American symbols Literature - Mouse Tales UPCOMING DATES: Teacher Appreciation Week: May 2-May 5 Headmaster & Assistant Headmaster Birthday Celebration: Monday, May 15 2nd & 3rd Grade Concert: Tuesday, May 16 Kindergarten & 1st Grade Concert: Wednesday, May 17 4th & 5th Grade Concert: Wednesday, May 17 Early Release: May 23 & May 24 Peter Piper Pizza Restaurant Night: May 24 Last Day of School: May 24 ON A PERSONAL NOTE: - A three day weekend! Perfect! That gives me an extra day to get stuff done! I did! I slept A LOT!!!!! Sleeping wasn't part of my original plans but it was the best thing thing I could have done. I also enjoyed an evening "treat run" to Target and a late night movie with my son. Best weekend ever! NAME THE GOOD: - Time spent with my son - Naps under an orange tree - Fun conversations with my students Have a great week! Hello. Short blog this week.
LITERATURE BOOKS: - We finished up the last of the three Little Bear books this Friday. The scholars will not be bringing them home for several more days, though. They get to keep all three books in their desk so they can enjoy reading them during the day! - We are reading Mouse Soup this week. There are still a few scholars who do not have the book. If they do not have it, please make sure they bring it to school by tomorrow (Tuesday)! Mouse Soup – Arnold Lobel 9780064440417 - Next Week we will be reading Mouse Tails Mouse Tales – Arnold Lobel 9780064440134 GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding phonogram focus - /ei/,/o/, /ck/,/wor/,/j/ Spalding word focus - belong, door, floor, yes, low, soft, stands, stand, yard, bring Math - Subtraction Science - Outer Plants History - Presidents Literature - Mouse Soup UPCOMING DATES: Love and Logic Night: Thursday, April 27 Admin Appreciation Day: Friday, April 28 No School: Monday, May 1 Teacher Appreciation Week: May 2-May 5 ON A PERSONAL NOTE: I often tell me students, "Be confident. Be proud of what you did / are doing. You know more than you think." I need to listen to my own words. On Friday Arthur Murray Goodyear had the Spring Fling performances. I danced to one routine. I look at the video and see a lot of goof ups BUT time to listen to my own words. NAME THE GOOD: I am hearing my students tell each other to be confident and be proud. I am hearing some of my student tell themselves the same thing. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Teaching my kids how to read is important but if just one of my kids can say to themselves, "I am confident. I know this. I am proud of myself!" then I consider it a sucessful year. Have a nice week! Tid-bits here, tid-bits there. This week's blog is full of tid-bits of information.
FIRST OF ALL - THANK YOU!: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for the wonderful birthday gifts I received last Monday! I will be sending thank you notes home throughout this week but they don't always make it home so I wanted to make sure to tell you thank-you here as well! FIELD TRIP INFO: Last Wednesday, field trip information for the May 4th field trip was sent out. Yes, I have received the e-mails from those interested in chaperoning. I always wait a full week after the information goes out before compiling a list. Please note - we are only allowed to take 6 chaperones with us. Some years we have had the exact number needed. Some years we have more than we can take. If we have more than we can take I will do a random drawing of names. Chaperones will be contacted tomorrow. Also note - permission slips and money are due by this Friday. GRADED WORK: Be sure to look at your students graded work as it is sent home in the red folders. That will give you ideas of areas in which to help your scholar at home. This week a bi-weekly will be sent home. It includes letter identification and sight-word identification. The chart shows not only how the scholars did this time, but also last time so that you can compare. Also be on the look-out for the written phonogram test. Keep it and use it as a guide for areas in which to help your scholar. PLEASE EMPTY BACK PACKS DAILY: Some students are acquiring a large stack of papers in their red folders and their backpacks. Please check their backpacks daily. Last week we also found some rather moldy leftover snacks at the bottom of the backpacks as well. :-P I do recommend periodically throwing the backpacks into the washing machine for a good cleaning. ;-) MOUSE SOUP: Students will need Mouse Soup next week. If your scholar does not have that book here please make sure it is here by Friday. Mouse Soup – Arnold Lobel 9780064440417 GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding phonogram focus - /ch/,/ar/,/oi/,/ur/,/ai/ Spalding word focus - day, eat, sits, sit, lot, box, school Math - Subtraction Science - Planets History - Famous presidents Literature - Little Bear UPCOMING DATES: Kindergarten Info Night: Tuesday, April 18 Restaurant Day: Wednesday, April 19 Clean-Up Service Project: Saturday, April 22 (This looks so cool. I already had plans for that day, though. I bet it will turn out really well. If any of you go, be sure to e-mail me and tell how it went.) Spirit Day: Friday, April 28 Admin Appreciation Day: Friday, April 28 Please see the weekly school Roosevelt Review that comes out each Friday for more information about upcoming dates and events. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: So do you remember when I wrote about reading last week and how the scholars who have recently discovered that they can read and can't seem to be able to read enough and have so many questions and the more questions I answer the more questions they have are just hungry for more??? Well, at my dance lesson last week I was describing that to my dance teacher. He listened for a bit and then said, "Are you just like your kindergarteners? Are you feeling that way too about dancing?" "YES!" I yelled into his face. "That is exactly how I feel!" He then spent the rest of the lesson patiently answering every single question that I had. NAME THE GOOD: -Birthday balloons - Scholars that are reading - Salsa dancing - Recesses that are not too hot, not too cold, but just right Have an exciting week! So I am writing this blog on a Sunday. Easter Sunday at that, but I have found it important to write when inspired to do so. Oh! I am so wanting to add my name to the plethora of blog writers that are "out there" but I just don't know how to start it or what "theme." Anyway... I do know where I want to start for this school blog.
MAGNETS: We have science in the afternoons. On Tuesday we wrapped up our unit on Magnetism. The Magnetism unit is, by far, my favorite science unit to teach! Through demonstration and hands-on experiment the students learned about the magnetic poles, attracting and repelling, and how to manipulate metal objects with magnets. FAMILIY DANCE: I didn't get to stay long - less that a half hour - but that half hour was wonderful. The MPR looked so good and I got to see some of my students - both current and from past classes. I got to dance with my students too (current and past.) At the time I left many of the little ones had opted to play outside. I bet the rest of the night was fun! READERS: Think back when you learned to read. Do you remember the feeling you had when you first looked at a group of words and suddenly realized that not only could you read the words but you actually understood what they said? Think back and remember because then you will know what your little ones are experiencing. To witness that on a daily basis is truly amazing! Then the hunger comes. I see that too. The hunger to read - to read everything they lay their eyes on. With some, it is almost as if there are a not enough words in the world to satisfy that hunger to read. TEACHER MEETINGS: If you would like to meet with me to discuss how your child is currently doing in school as well as discuss ways to support them during the summer please e-mail me and we can schedule a meeting. [email protected] LITERATURE BOOKS: Last week the class got to read and discuss the first of the three books in the Little Bear boxed set. We will continue to read the second and third books in the boxed set over the course of the next two weeks. After the Little Bear books we will be reading Mouse Soup, Mouse Tales, and Grasshopper on the Road. If you scholar does not have these books please be sure to send them to school as soon as possible. Below is the list with the ISBN numbers for ordering: Mouse Soup – Arnold Lobel 9780064440417 Mouse Tales – Arnold Lobel 9780064440134 Grasshopper on the Road – Arnold Lobel 9780064440943 If your scholar does not have the books and you are not able to purchase them due to financial hardship please e-mail me. GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding - Over the course the next three days students will be writing all 70 phonograms. This will be a good gauge to see which phonograms that understand and which ones needs more practice. Word focus for this week: see, sea, bird, cool, earth, feed, fur green, oil. There will be not Spelling test on Thursday. Math - Subtraction Science - Space History - Abraham Lincoln Literature / Grammar - Little Bear - Father Bear Comes Home UPCOMING DATES: No School: Friday, April 14 Restaurant Day: Wednesday, April 19 Clean-Up Service Project: Saturday, April 22 Spirit Day: Friday, April 28 Admin Appreciation Day: Friday, April 28 Please see the weekly Friday Roosevelt Review for more information about the upcoming dates and events. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: On Friday, while at my Arthur Murray group dance class I happened to look toward the window and saw one of my little girls with her face pressed against the glass. I immediately left the class and popped outside to chat with her. I think the two of us could have easily chatted about dance for the next half hour. Ms. Gross takes the class out for one recess each day and I take the class out for the other recess each day. I enjoy recess duty as I can watch the kids play. I also have the opportunity chat with the kids on variety of topics. One day I had a very "serious" conversation with a student about the best types of dance dresses and dance costumes are best to wear. Another day a student spent part of his recess teaching me the best way to bounce a ball when playing Four Square. He also informed me of the Four Square rules - rules which kept changing every 30 seconds or so... ; - ) NAME THE GOOD: - Dancing with my students - Seeing my students while I am at dance class - April is just a really cool month - Easter baskets! Have a happy week!! Field day was so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was slightly chilly at first but ended up being the perfect temperature because it wasn't too hot. The stations that we went to were fun. Thanks to the volunteers running the show I was able to move out of teacher mode and just play with my kids at several of the stations. The kids got really tired by the end of the field day time. The full day kids were really quiet in the afternoon and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the half day kids fell asleep on the way home after they were picked up. It was nice that field day was on a day where we didn't have school the next day. After all of the sun and running and jumping and playing with the kids I was a bit tired myself. It was just wonderful to be able to play with my kids!!!!!! Many of them said to me, "Ms. Spencer, this is the best day ever!!!!!"
GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding phonogram focus - /sh/, /ee/, /ci/, /th/, /ti/,/wor/, /ow/,/oo/,/ph/ Spalding word focus - mother, three, land, cold, hot, hat, child, ice, play Math - Adding numbers within 10 Science - Magnetism History - Thomas Jefferson Literature / Grammar - Little Bear UPCOMING DATES: Once Upon A Time Family Dance: Friday, April 7 No School: Friday, April 14 ON A PERSONAL NOTE: My ever observant kindergartners immediately honed in to the fact that my toe is wrapped in band-aids. (Kindergarteners are fascinated with band-aids.) They found the story of my stepping on my own foot during my dance lesson and the effects of the misstep very fascinating. The conversation then lead to their stories about toes and band-aids... and dogs an ice cream.... (Kindergarteners switch topics faster than we can blink.) NAME THE GOOD: - April birthdays! - Field days! - 3-day weekends! Have a Happy Easter Weekend! Last Monday the class filled up their marble jar. After having the opportunities to list their favorite treats on the board, the class voted for ice cream so they got to have an "Ice Cream Marble Jar Party" this past Friday! The class is now working on filling the marble jar again and they are already discussing amongst themselves what treat they are going to vote for.
FIELD DAY IS THIS THURSDAY!: The archway field day is this Thursday. The K-2 students have their field day activities in the morning and will wrap up in plenty of time for half-day kinder dismissal. I am excited for Field day here at Roosevelt. Archway Trivium East space was limited so some of the activities had to be in the classrooms and out in the parking lot. Now we actually have a field for field day!!!! THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT FIELD DAY BASED ON SEVERAL YEARS OF PAST EXPERIENCES: - Water bottles get misplaced when going from station to station. Make sure your child's water bottle is CLEARLY LABLED with your scholar's name AND section (example; "Mary Jones KC Room 143" - Please be sure to read the weekly school newsletter that came out on Friday for information regarding the athletic attire. - Shoes must be tennis shoes - no flip-flops or sandals. - Put lots of sun screen on your scholar BEFORE they come to school. - For full day students - send a change of clothes for just in case because sometimes the kids get very sweaty. READING VOLUNTEERS: We always love having volunteers to read one-on-one with students in the classroom from approximately 7:50 - 8:20. Volunteers must have Raptor clearance. Siblings may not attend. Here is the sign-up link for reading volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4baea92aa2ff2-reading1 GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding phonogram focus - /n/,/p/,/m/, /r/,/l/,/k/,/u/,/t/,/o/ Spalding word focus - ring, live, live, hill, late, let, big, bag, beg, bog, bug *Note - There will not be a phonogram quiz or a spelling test this week. Math - Addition Science - Magnetism History - Thomas Jefferson Literature / Grammar - The Velveteen Rabbit *Reminder - Scholar's need The Little Bear Boxed Set by this Wednesday Little Bear Boxed Set – Else Homlelund Minarik 9780064441971 UPCOMING DATES: Water Drive: March 24-30 Read-A-Thon: March 22-April 5 Field Day: Thursday, March 30 No School: Friday, March 31 Once Upon A Time Family Dance: Friday, April 7 Please see the Roosevelt Review that comes out each Friday for more information about upcoming dates. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: - So teachers have a "teacher voice." I am sure everyone is familiar and heard "the teacher voice." That is the voice that carries across a room in a way for all students to be able to hear the lesson, get control of a situation when there are inevitable crazy moments, and carries authority when words such as "Walk down the hallway please," is spoken. Well, I recently discovered that dance teachers have "the teacher voice" too! This past Wednesday there were two group classes at Arthur Murray Goodyear. I took the first class (Associate Bronze Swing) then put my street shoes on and started heading out the door. My dance teacher stopped me with a "Where are you going?" When I told him I didn't know very much Bolero, much less Full Bronze Bolero he proceeded to inform me that Bolero didn't start until Full Bronze and I am in Full Bronze and put my dance shoes back on and go take the class! My teacher spoke these words in a very positive encouraging, supportive way but he also spoke them with his "teacher voice." There was no room for argument. I turned right around, changed my shoes and was in the Full Bronze Bolero class in less than two minutes. I guess even adults are not immune to "the teacher voice." NAME THE GOOD: - Kindergarteners with ice cream dripping down their chins, sticky fingers, and big grins on their faces - Having a teacher that supportively pushes me into a class he believes I can do - Field day!! This is going to be fun week!!! Wow! It is 4th quarter already! The scholars are now expert kindergarteners. They know the procedures. They know the routines. They know the expectations of the classroom. (Whether they choose to follow those expectations, routines, and procedures is an entirely different matter. ;-) ) I had a talk with my students this morning about Spalding. They have now been introduced to all 70 phonograms. They will not be learning any new phonograms, just practicing the ones we have already learned and they get to learn how to spell harder words. The class was very excited!
PLEASE RETURN ANY BORROWED CLOTHES: Accidents happens, spills happen, and sometimes students get sick. When that happens, sometimes students have to borrow clothes from the nurse's office. Unfortunately she has not been getting a lot of the lender clothes returned. If your scholar had to borrow clothes from the nurse's office at any time this year, please be sure to send them back. When you do, please send us a quick e-mail letting us know to be on the look-out for them so we can make sure to get them back down to the nurse's office. You can also return any borrowed clothes to the main office and they will be sure to get them to the nurses office as well. LITTLE BEAR: We will begin reading the Little Bear books in two weeks. If your scholar does not have the Little Bear book set, please make sure to send them to school with your scholar by next Wednesday, March 28th!!! You can purchase the books at Barnes and Nobel in Goodyear or from Amazon. Please make sure the ISBN numbers match: Little Bear Boxed Set – Else Homlelund Minarik ISBN number: 9780064441971 GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding - Phonogram focus: /a/,/s/,/qu/,/b/, /e/, /h/,/i/, /j/, /k/,/l/ Word focus: have, are, had, over, must, make, street, say, come, hand Math - Addition Science - Magnetism History - George Washington Literature - Winnie-the-Pooh UPCOMING DATES: Restaurant Night: Wednesday, March 22 Read-A-Thon: March 22-April 5 Field Day: Thursday, March 30 No School: Friday, March 31 ON A PERSONAL NOTE: I hope everyone had a fun spring break. I know some people had to work and some people got to take trips. Several of my students spoke of being able to play a lot at the park. I had the pleasure of starting my spring break with the stomach flu. Working on evaluations and report cards while also having / recovering from the stomach flu is not something I recommend!!! :-P Luckily the rest of spring break was nicer as I got to take ballroom dance lessons, read books, sleep a lot, go to a late night movie with my son, and spend time with my parents. NAME THE GOOD: - I love being able to level students up with their books. I love the look and excitement they get on their faces when they get to move their name up to the next book. I love how excited they get for their classmates when their classmates level up! Hi there!
BUSY WEEK THIS WEEK: Art Walk - Art walk is on Wednesday from 5 - 7. We did Art Walk every year while at Trivium East. It is a fun event! Kindergarten Literacy Celebration - The 3rd quarter Kinder Literacy celebration is on Friday. Our classroom coordinator sent out the following reminder e-mail: "Our Kindergarten Literacy Party is this Friday March 10th and we need your help!! We still have open spots for volunteers and supplies. Donated supplies must be sent to class with students as soon as possible. Volunteers must have raptor clearance to participate in this event. You may obtain raptor clearance by visiting this site: https://www.greatheartsamerica.org/volunteer/ As a reminder, no siblings are allowed during volunteer event. Sign-up to volunteer or to donate supplies using the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949ADAB23A5F9C52-fairy **If you already signed up, please make sure to send your donated supplies to class as soon as possible. There is additional prep needed with some of the supplies to be ready for the activities during the party." *Please note - The kindergarten literacy celebration is for the Roosevelt Kinders only. Younger siblings may not attend. SPRING BREAK: There is no school next week. It is spring break! SUPPLY REMINDER FOR 4TH QUARTER: Kindergarten will be reading and discussing literature books during the 4th quarter. Several students already have their books here, but we do have several students who do not have their books. If you have not purchased the literature books please do so over spring break and send them to school with your scholars upon our return to school. If you are not sure if your scholar has all the books, please e-mail us and we will double check for you. Little Bear Boxed Set by Else Homlelund Minarik 9780064441971 Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel 9780064440417 Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel 9780064440134 Grasshopper on the Road by Arnold Lobel 9780064440943 GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding - Students will be introduced to the final three phonograms this week (ti, si, and ci) - The new words for this week are today, look, did, like, six, boy, book, by Math - Measurement, cumulative review Literature - Mr. Popper's Penguins UPCOMING DATES: Art Festival: Wednesday, March 8 Kindergarten Literacy Celebration: Friday, March 10 Spring Break: March 13-17 Restaurant Night: Wednesday, March 22 Have a great week and a fun spring break! |
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