From our Room Mother Emily Stone

Hello Fellow Kindergarten Parents!

It is time for the Valentine’s Day party!  I think the students get more excited about this party than any other!   We are planning a surprise for our sweet kindergarteners for their Valentine’s Day Party and we need your help!

We need parents to help send in things for the students to dip into their chocolate surprise.  This is going to be yummy fun!  We will also be providing pizza.

Here is a list of things that we need.  If you can send in one of these items (enough for 25 students) just contact me and let me know.  I am providing my phone number and email address.  You can email, call, or text me.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY MONDAY the 12^th WHAT YOU CAN BRING! 

Apple slices

Pretzels

Marshmallows

Strawberries (sliced in half)

If you can think of anything else that would be good dipped in chocolate let me know and you may bring/send that!  Just remember that we are a nut-free school so leave all nut products at home.

We also need:

Valentine plates and napkins

Juice boxes

(let’s see if two parents can send in 12 each)

We also welcome a parent to bring chips and cookies/cupcakes

The party will be on Valentine’s Day (Wednesday), February 14^th.  We would love for you to be there!

My phone number: 331-1474           Email address: emilystone@mac.com

Peace,

Emily Stone (room parent)

Dear Parents,

Our 100 Collections need to be at school by January 25^th – the “official” 100^th day of school.  I apologize for not including this information in my earlier letter!!  Additional 100 Collection ideas include rice, beans, puzzle pieces, crayons, stickers, and toothpicks.  Good luck and have fun. 

Mrs. Edwards, our student teacher from Lee has been working with and teaching our class for the past couple of weeks.  She is doing an outstanding job and the children really love her!  She will begin her two weeks of full-time teaching on January 30^th.

Remember to dress you children warmly.  We will go outside if the weather is above 40 degrees and not raining or the playground is not extremely muddy. 

If you need to change your child’s method of transportation home, PLEASE send a notice in to us in writing!  I can’t rely on young children to communicate this important information!!  If your child is normally a bus or car rider they will be sent to this area for dismissal unless I hear from you!  This is also important for ASU students and La Petit students.  I want to ensure that your child is dismissed safely!

Next week our “letter of the week” will be initial blends.  In other words, we will begin working with sounds such as /pl/,/fl/,/cl/, /sl/ and /st/.  On Friday, your child may bring an item from home that begins with one of these sounds for Show and Tell. 

The week of January 30^th will be Gg week.  The weeks of February 6^th  and February 13^th , we will review letter Ee and initial blends.

If your child is not bringing home his or her poetry folder, math journal, word journal, or red folder it may be due to the fact that we haven’t seen it.  We have several children who are missing these important resources. Please check your home for these items and send them in as soon as possible. 

Please make sure your child’s lunch account is up-to-date.  The cafeteria does not allow charges of any type.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Parker, Ms. TaJuan and Mrs. Edwards

Happy New Year!  We are half way to first grade...can you believe it?

Just a few reminders:
1. Report cards go home on Friday.
2. Dress warmly each day.  We will go outside daily unless it is really cold (40 degrees or less) or wet/rainy.
3. Remember to empty and return you child's red folder each day.  This is an important method of communication.
4. Our journals (poetry, math, and word) will resume next week.  Our new poem will go home Friday and needs to be recited by Thursday.  Word journals go home on Monday and are to be returned Wednesday.  Math journals go home on Tuesday and must be returned on Thursday.
5. Letter of the Week Show and Tell is on Fridays.  Your child can bring an item from home to share with the class on Friday.  Next week is letter Hh.
6. Your child may bring a water bottle from home to keep at his or her desk to drink from throughout the day.
7. If you want to allow your child to have ice cream on Fridays, you must put the money in his or her account or send the $.50 in on Friday.
8. Please check your monthly calendar (and keep it in your child's folder) for snack updates and other communication.  We only have one week in January that someone has signed-up to provide snack for our class.  I ask that you either send snack in individual bags/servings or divide the snack into individual zip-lock bags. This saves us lots of time!
9. If your child has a change of transportation, you MUST send this to us in writing!  I can't just let one of my "babies" jump on a different bus or change their method of transportation in the afternoons!  Even if it is just for a day or two, I MUST have this change in writing.
10. Please make sure that we have updated emergency information on file.  If we encounter inclement weather, a medical emergency, or other need concerning your child, WE MUST HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION.  This is for your child's safety!!

We are so excited to have a student teacher from Lee University in our class!  Her name is Yolanda Edwards and she will be with us until the middle of February.  I'm sure that your children will keep you informed about her activities with our class!

Thank you all for sharing your sweet children with me!
Mrs. Parker, Ms. TaJuan and Mrs. Edwards