Happy Thanksgiving!!! Love, K-3
                                                   I am thankful for all of you! Mrs. Mac.

A great trip to McQuades ...  Little one's making a big difference in someone's Thanksgiving

November 20,2015

K-3 Newsletter

                   Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

November 20,2015

Happy Friday! I am excited to take the class today to McQuades. We have our bags of change ready and our shopping cards all set to go. It is my favorite outing with kindergarten! It looks like the weather is clearing up for us as I write this. I know a lot of students have been sick this week and teachers (including myself)

I hope everyone feels better over the weekend. There seem to be a lot going around in kindergarten. I am well stocked up on tissues and lysol wipes for this month. I’ll send a note when we need more donations. Thank you!

The students have been working very hard on their Native American crafts. Everything will be sent home on Wednesday the 25th. If you are not going to be here due to travel plans please let me know in advance and I will send them home early.

Our letter of the week was “Kk”. Our tongue twister was “Kendall and Kiana kick like kangaroos.”

I have started the Lexia program here in school. Your student will go on once a week for about 30 minutes. I sent home the user and password names in your Open House folder so your child can use it at home IF you want. This in NOT homework. Also, if you are looking for online educational resources, You can go to my blog, click on Math/Literacy Games which is a small tab on top of the current newsletter and there will be many games you may choose to play.

I am an advocate of play and exploration and cooperation when we are here at school together, but I am offering these for supplemental activities. If you have any questions please let me know.

Lastly,

                SAVE THE DATE!!!!

   ANNUAL KINDERGARTEN HOLIDAY CONCERT
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23rd in the MELROSE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM at 9:30 am.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. MacIntyre

Mr. Maple is bare!!

K-3 Newsletter

                  Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

November 13,2015

I would like to thank all of you who came in for Parent/Teacher Conferences. It is clear to see why I have such a great class… great parents! I am thankful for all of your support. It was nice to sit down and talk with all of you. Remember, I am here early every morning, so if you ever have concerns about your child, let me know and we can arrange a time to meet.

I am excited about our Native American unit that we have started. The students are very engaged and interested in the first thanksgiving facts we are learning. The students are practicing making Native American symbols. We are in need of 5 more coffee cans to make Native American drums. If anyone has one I would appreciate it!

Thank you for sending in canned goods. You can continue sending them in up until the 20th. Kathy Brownell will be coming to pick them up and explain to the class where they are going.

I am sending home a permission slip to walk to McQuades on Friday the 20th. Please send in your child’s coins in a labeled bag. Please do not send more than $2.00 in change. Thank you in advance. I would like to have all the bags here by Wednesday the 18th.

Our letter of the week was “Hh”. Our tongue twister was “Hannah hugs Harry the happy hound.”

The students are working hard as usual. We are adding punctuation to our writing and learned what quotation marks are used for. Ask your child, they should be able to tell you.

We are continuing our practice with addition within 5 and 2-D and 3-D  shapes. The students are learning to group shapes either as a solid(3-D) or a flat shape (2-D). Try finding things around the house to reinforce with your child at home.

You all received reading books at your conferences. Hopefully your child enjoys these. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to write me a note.

Have a nice weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

 K-3 Newsletter

                          Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

November 6, 2015

Happy November! I hope you all had a Happy Halloween. I know the students were very excited! For those of you who were able to attend the Scarecrow festival at Godena Farm you enjoyed a real treat! The entire school did such a wonderful job creating scarecrows. It is so nice to see everyone working together and enjoying the event.

We had a great trip to the Jamestown Fire station. As usual, the fire fighters opened their doors and their trucks and let the students explore to their fullest content. We are lucky to live in such a wonderful community where people take time out of their busy schedules to welcome us. K-3 wrote thank you notes to the Jamestown fire station. This writing ties nicely into our new month of November as we will about Thanksgiving, Native Americans and Pilgrims. I am using Thanksgiving to also talk about what it means to be thankful and how important the words thank you are in our everyday lives.

We will be collecting canned goods for the Jamestown Food Bank here in K-3. You may start sending your canned and boxed food items at any time. We will also be walking to McQuades on November 20th to buy a food item for Thanksgiving Baskets to be donated to families in need.

I ask that you have your child do some chores around the house to earn $1.00 to $2.00 to spend at the grocery store. Your child can use coins to pay. He or she will not need more than $2.00 at the most!!

Please send the coins in a labeled bag with the amount and your child’s name on the bag. We will be cutting out items from the McQuades flyer. Each student will be responsible for finding and buying a specific item to put into the Thanksgiving basket. They will even be responsible for carrying it back to school! I think this gives the student a real feeling of helping others and it is important for them to know that even though the are small they can help others.

                 

I have sent home conference reminder times. Please let me know if you will not be able to make your conference. Also please remember the conference time is only 15 minutes long. It is a time for you to ask me any questions you may have about your child. If we find that you need more time, we can set up another time to meet. I am happy to do that.

In other news, out letter of the week was, “Mm.” Our tongue twister was, “Marcus and Michelle munch marshmallows.” In writer’s workshop the students are beginning to respond to prompts, answer independently and are learning about proper punctuation. I hope you enjoyed the October writing folders that I sent home. You can see how your child is growing already!

In math, we continued with addition within 5 and are also working on 2-D and 3-D shapes.

In science, we are observing leaves and are learning new vocabulary to describe how leaves are the same and different. Trees and weather has been a very exciting science unit especially given all of the changes that are taking place right outside our window.

I think the students are enjoying all the observations and walks that we have taken in the past month.

I am looking forward to meeting with all of you next Monday and Tuesday. Please remember there is NO SCHOOL on Wednesday November 11th  in honor of Veterans Day.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre