We had a wonderful Fish Day today! The students enjoyed visiting all the different Kindergarten classrooms to complete various fish projects. All the fish projects are now displayed in our hallway…making our own beautiful aquarium. Make sure you check out my blog post to see some exciting pictures from this very exciting day! We were very appreciative that Mrs. Gates, Mrs. Pierce, Ms. Sheehan, Mrs. Jimenez, and Mr. Walker were able to join us as volunteers! The day would not have been as successful without them!
We have an exciting week coming up next week! We will have a special Superfish Presentation on Monday from the Burlington Science Center. We will learn a lot about the sea creatures we will see at the aquarium. I’m sure the students will have a lot to tell you after school that day!
We are excited about our trip to the New England Aquarium on Tuesday! More information will be going home on Monday but students will need a bagged lunch and drink. Everything should be completely disposable. There won’t be a lot of time to eat a snack before we go so I would encourage students to eat a nice, big breakfast before school. Chaperones should be here by 8:30am and will be riding the bus with us. Thanks in advance to Ms. Murphy, Mr. Trowbridge, and Mr. Carlson for their willingness to join us as chaperones.
Our school has been working on a school wide puzzle where classes can earn CARES coupons for positive behavior. The Kindergarten class contributed several pieces to the puzzle, which revealed a special prize...Pajama Day! Our school will be having a Pajama Day, probably on the day before February vacation.
We have been working a lot with uppercase letters in Fundations as well as tapping out words. I have also been teaching the students how to sign each letter with sign language. We have learned letters A-H so far. You will have to see if your child remembers any of the signs!
We have been spending a lot of time on writing this past week, especially writing persuasive/opinion pieces. We have been focusing a lot on leaving spaces between words, using upper- and lowercase letters appropriately, and including ending punctuation. We also have spent a lot of time encouraging students to go back and read what they have written to make sure they have all the words they are trying to write.
The students finished their House for Hermit Crab books this week and read them out loud to their classmates. These books went home in their backpacks today. We use the book to reinforce the months of the year and several sight words, including in, the, saw, and a. Please have your child read his/her book to you when it comes home and frequently even after that, pointing to the words as he/she goes.
The list of students’ names for Valentine’s Day went home earlier this week. We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, February 14th by opening our valentines and having an extra snack. Students are invited to bring two snacks from home that day, one for the morning and one for the afternoon.
Our class will be participating in Wee Deliver, a schoolwide post office system from February 6-14. Students can mail letters and pictures to students in other classrooms by addressing envelopes and putting a sticker in the corner for a stamp. Students always enjoy writing to their siblings, friends, neighbors, and former teachers. You can also participate if you would like. You can write a letter to your child, address it, and put a sticker in the corner and drop it into the post box outside our main office. Our classroom address is 115 Aquarium Drive, Burlington, MA 01803.
I hope you all enjoy the weekend and hope you are all looking forward to more snow next week! Don’t forget that Winter Vacation will be February 20-24.
Also, don’t forget to keep collecting Box Tops! Send them in any time before February 15th. Thanks!
Melanie Duncan
PS...Please be sure to send lots of winter clothes with your child for recess (snowpants, boots, hats, mittens/gloves, jackets, sweatshirts, scarves, etc.). We will go outside if the temperature is above 20 degrees. It is also helpful if you can help your child practice putting everything on independently and taking it all off independently too. You can probably imagine what it's like getting 20 Kindergarten students ready for recess in the winter time! Please also label each piece of clothing with your child's name.
Also, don’t forget to keep practicing the sight words and addition fluency facts at home! The more practice the better!
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