Friday Update January 17th

January 17, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year again!  I heard about so many fun holidays!!!  It is great to be back with the cuties, and of course with our two new cuties Justin and Ishaan!  They are already settled and happy in our class!  Report cards come home today, so look for them in your child’s zippy pouch.

** If you could send in a photo from your holiday, that would be WONDERFUL! We need inspiration for our journals. J

Here are some things that happened this week. We…

*learned the name, sound, and formation for the letter Dd.

*brainstormed/ listed words that begin with Dd and wrote them in our alphabet journals.

*added dots to our feely letter Dd.  Please remember to add this to your feely letter ring and review all of the letters. (It is coming home in the zippy today.)

*did a dinosaur dig in the sensory shredded paper table.

*dot painted pictures

*started learning nursery rhymes—Hey Diddle Diddle was for today.

*estimated and counted dog bones.

*made dog headbands and collars, put on face paint, and made “doggy dinner” for our Dog day today.

*read some wonderful dog books—our favorites included Dog’s Colorful Day, Dog in Charge and Whistle for Willy.

*we started learning about Chinese New Year and made red/gold lanterns for good luck (2 each! J) and began painting cherry blossoms.  

And…….BIG NEWS!  Our Gingerbread Man wrote us two postcards!!!!!!!!!  (YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE EXCITEMENT!!) Apparently he is having fun on his travels and has been through Australia to see the koalas and kangaroos and through Switzerland to ski! WOW!  I wonder if he will go anywhere else—the cuties are on edge (hint hint---more postcards please—it is so wonderful!!!!!  Thanks for those two!)  

                                                                    

REPORT CARDS

Report cards are in the zippy pouches today.  The letter/number assessments were shared with you at October conferences will be shared again during March conferences.  A final copy of these assessments will be attached to the end of the year report but will not be sent today. Please let me know if you have any questions/thoughts about the report. The report card is yours to keep.  Please sign the envelope and return it on Monday.

VIP CALENDAR

Please let me know if you haven’t had a chance to sign up on our VIP calendar. VIP spots are for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:15 to 12:15 (and then you are welcome to stay for lunch.) I will put a copy of the VIP calendar on the blog on Monday so you can see where empty spots are, but more than one parent is welcome on each day, so just let me know when you can do it!

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will learn the letter and sound for Oo, and continue with Chinese New activities and Nursery Rhymes.

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books on Monday.

*Return report card envelope on Monday

*Free Dress on Wednesday.

*We are in need of large cereal type boxes to make Valentine mailboxes.  Please send in any donations. (Just a heads up J)

*An updated class information sheet is in the zippy pouch today.  Please keep it for your reference.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

* Thursday, January 30^th and Friday, January 31^st:  NO SCHOOL for students—Chinese New Year Holiday.

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah