K-3  Newsletter

                                          Mrs MacIntyre

 Dear families,

September 30, 2016

I can’t believe it is the last day of September! Time sure flies. The class has come a long way in just one month. We are still getting used to our schedules but I think everyone feels comfortable and happy now so everything else falls into place once that is established.

This week our letter of the week was “Dd”. Our tongue twister was “David and Dominique dance with Dalmations.”

We began journaling in our Science Notebooks. We are observing and taking data on trees and leaves. We “adopted” three trees on our playground. We named them; Mr. Maple, Mr. Oak and Mr. Green…. I suspect you can imagine why. We we be observing and recording how they change throughout the year. We also classified them as a Conifer or Hardwood. The students are already enjoying this science unit.

In math, we are practicing our writing our numerals 0-5 and we are working with shapes.(including the hexagon!) The students are tracing and counting shapes and objects. You can do this at home for extra practice if you have time.

In our Writer’s Workshop, we worked with our Being a Writer program and read wrote about things we are able to do now, things we would like to be able to do and what we would like to be when we grow up. I have encouraged the children to “write a story” through a detailed drawing if they are not ready for letters and words yet. I want them to enjoy writing and not worry about spelling!

In October, we will read a lot of books about autumn, pumpkins and foliage. We will also learn about fire safety and visit the Jamestown Fire Station.

Thank you all for the donations of tissues and Lysol wipes. I will definitely put them to good use! Remember to send sneakers on Tuesday and Wednesday if your child does not wear them to school.It is important that they have them for P.E.

Enjoy your weekend. Keep sending in those awesome signs of autumn!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

                                          Happy Birthday John Chapman!(Johnny Appleseed!)

 K-3 Newsletter

                        Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

September 23,2016

We had a nice full week of school here in K-3. It is nice getting into the routine of things and all of the students seem to be adjusting very well. We have begun our Unit Study of Eric Carle. We will read many books by Mr. Carle, paying particular attention to The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We are learning about sequence and days of the week from this book and the students made their own hungry caterpillars to hang in the classroom. We also read some books by other authors this week. We read Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom, Chrysanthemum,Wemberly Worried and The Kissing Hand. Many of the students seemed familiar with these. It is nice to see the class enjoying read alouds so much, especially since it is one of my favorite things to do with the class.

We are doing Writer’s Workshop everyday now. The students are doing well. I encourage them to use “good kid’s spelling”, and write the sounds they hear when they say a word, not worrying if it is right or wrong. When they draw a picture, I also encourage them to use five colors or more to add detail.

Our letter of the week was “Ee” and our tongue twister was: ”Elizabeth and Ethan eat eclairs.” No one in our class knew what an eclair was.. I explained it looked like a creme filled hot dog drizzled with chocolate, of course they all wanted to try one!

In math, we began writing our numbers 0-5 and we also practiced working in our Go Math workbooks.

We worked hard on getting our classroom ready for Open House. We have only been in school for 11 days so I think the students did a fabulous job! I thank you for coming and if you were not able to make it that’s no problem, I look forward to meeting with you all at conference time. Thanks for taking the time to come in.

We will be beginning our Trees and Weather unit. We will be observing and collecting data on different types of trees and how they change throughout the year.

We also celebrated the first day of autumn which was Thursday, September 22nd! I love autumn in New England and look forward to exploring nature with the students during this beautiful season.

I hope your child is enjoying kindergarten and please feel free to contact me at anytime if you have any concerns.

Have a nice weekend. If anyone sees any signs of autumn outside in nature this weekend, your child is welcome to bring them into school and we will put them on our Autumn table it is looking great already!

Thank you to Bramble for bringing in her caterpillars to share with the class, one was wrapped in a cocoon and the students loved seeing it!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

K-3 Newsletter

                        Mrs. MacIntyre

September 9, 2016

Dear families,

I am excited that we made it through our first week of school! I know it is a lot to get used to and I wonder if your children are coming home exhausted? It has been very warm and rainy all week, I am hoping next week brings sunny, cooler weather for us.

Next week we will begin a little bit more of a regular schedule

The students will begin to get used to the daily schedule and the consistency of it.

There are certain things we do everyday. We have morning meeting, which involves calendar, weather, counting, phonics, reading,science and speaking and listening skills all together. It is probably one of the best and most informal learning environments of the day! The students love it. We also have read alouds, writer’s workshop and math everyday. These blocks of learning increase in time as the children are able.

I will be sending home your child’s rest bag today. Please remember to return it on Monday. Inside the bag there should be a beach towel, a couple of books and a small stuffed animal if they like. I prefer if they bring their own books rather that use the ones from the class library only because they end up getting up and down trying to switch books and don’t get much rest… thank you in advance!

The students are doing very well with snack and lunch, let me know if you have any questions about that. We have NO peanut allergies in my class. The students are welcome to bring peanut products for snacktime.

I will write newsletters every Friday and I will upload them to my blog on the Jamestown School website.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear families,

September 7, 2016

We had a nice first day here in K-3. I think it was a big day for all of us. I know there is a lot to get used to for you and your child but I promise my the end of the month it will be smooth sailing…

If you have not already done so please be sure to log onto my blog via the Jamestown School website. I will put pictures and newsletters onto the blog and other news I think  you may be interested in. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me as well.

If you did not send a reusable bag in with your child’s beach towel please send one in this week and I will hang it in their cubby. Also, please be sure to send in water for your child, a refillable water bottle is always a good choice and I can refill it for them if they need it.

If you send in yogurt or fruit cup remember a spoon too!

I am looking forward to getting to know your child over the next couple of weeks, thanks for all of your help during this new adventure!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

September 2016

Welcome to K-3 and welcome to Melrose School Jamestown. I am very excited to start this new year with you and share this milestone year in your child’s life. We will be spending the first couple of weeks of school getting to know each other and learning about our new school environment.

This is my 10th year teaching kindergarten here at Melrose School and I love what I do. Every year I meet new students and their families and have an impact on how they learn and grow both academically and socially. It amazes me every year how much they grow by June. It may seem like a lot for you and your child at the beginning of the year but we will take one day at a time together and I am here to answer any questions you may have along the way. I encourage you to enjoy weeks and months of kindergarten as much as you can because they are sure to fly by.

In your child’s folder you will find a  blue communication book.This book should stay in your child’s folder and come back to school with them each day. In the book you can write me of any schedule, dismissal or information I may need to know that day. I am also available by e-mail at macintyre.colleen@jamestownschools.org.

Please feel free to contact me anytime. I have a blog on the Jamestown School website. You can click on kindergarten then Mrs. MacIntyre. I will upload newsletters and pictures throughout the year. Your child should bring a beach towel, book and ONE small stuffed animal in a reusable shopping bag for rest time.This comes with them on Monday and is returned on Friday to be washed over the weekend. Be sure to send it back each week. Please do not send blankets or pillows, thank you in advance.

We will eat an AM snack and a PM snack. Whatever works for you and your family in the way that you send them in is fine with me. Many parents label separate bags AM or PM and keep them separate from the lunch box especially in the beginning of the year. You can also send in a refillable water bottle or separate juice boxes. If you have any questions let me know. Hot lunch cost $2.25 and milk is 50cents. You can set up an account for your child or you can send money in with them. Many parents prefer depositing money into their account on- line.

I am looking forward to a wonderful year with the students and I am excited to begin.

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre