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December 3rd-6th
Remember to save your box tops and soda tabs!
Box tops will help earn money for our school.
Soda tabs are collected, counted and sent to the Ronald McDonald House.
Remember to order your SCRIP…it is money you would spend anyway and it earns money for our school!
FYI•Scholastic Book Orders (due December 4th)-This will be the last order before the Christmas Holiday. If you would like to purchase books as a Christmas present please let me know and I will send them to the office for you to pick up.
•Elves’ Shelves Shopping (12/5)-Our class will visit Elve’s Shelves. If you would like for your child to shop please send money and your child’s shopping list in a labeled envelope. Items cost between $1-$3.
•Please sign and return all progress reports.
•Plew’s Canned Food Drive: Plew Panthers are collecting canned goods to donate to Sharing and Caring. We are collecting items from now until December 14th. Thank you for your donations!
•Gingerbread house party (12/19)-We will need volunteers to help with set up (12:00) and clean up. If you are available please let me know. Also please send all gingerbread supplies to school by Friday, December 14th. We hope to see all of you there!
•Arrival time: Please remember arrival time for students begins at 8:05. Students are not permitted to enter the classroom prior to 8:05.
This Week’s Studies:This week we will:•study the letter “Zz” and its sound •introduce the sight word “is” and add it to our word wall•represent, compare, and order sets up to 20 in math; write numbers 11-20•introduce patterns•identify opposites•learn how things move during Science•recognize and identify U.S. symbols during Social Studies ***Please remember, to demonstrate mastery of letters, your child needs to know its name, write it, and use the sound. To demonstrate mastery of numbers, your child needs to know its name, write it, and show objects to match it.To demonstrate mastery of sight words your child should be able to recognize the word in several different settings (alone, in sentences, or in books)
If you every have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me via the communication log in your child’s folder, email ([email protected]) or directly at the school (833-4100).
Important Dates
•December 4th-Scholastic Book Orders Due
•December 5th-Elves’ Shelves Shopping
•December 6th-Early Release
•December 14th-Gingerbread Supplies due
•December 14th-Last day to turn in canned goods
•December 19th-Gingerbread House Party 12:30
•December 20th-Kindergarten Christmas Concert 9:00
•December 21st-January 4th (Christmas Break)
•January 7th-School resumes
READ! READ! READ!
Every night for 20-30 minutes
“Kindergarten teachers have always known that kids have to believe they can read before they can
actually do it….”
-Reggie Routman, from Reading Essentials
Early Release-Thursday, 12/6
Dismissal will begin at 12:10. **Reminders: Lunch 10:05-10:30
Mile Club 11:00-11:30
Hungry Howie’s Night 12/6
Take a night off from cooking! They will donate 20% of sales back to Plew. Simply staple your receipt to the form and return it to school.
