K-3 Newsletter

             Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

Happy Spring! Although it doesn’t look like it, spring has arrived.

I hope we have turned the corner and warmer weather is on it’s way.

Let’s look for signs of Spring and bring them into our classroom.
If you happen to see any over the weekend, I welcome your child to bring
them in.The students are really enjoying our Dr. Seuss unit. I appreciate you
sending in the Dr. Seuss books. The students are proud to bring something
from home and share it with the class. During the first week of April we will
be celebrating Reading Week. If you would like to come in and read your
favorite children’s book please email me at
macintyre.colleen@jamestownschools.org and we can arrange a time.

Our letter of the week was “Tt”. Our tongue twister was “Tori tells Tommy
about tacos and tomatoes.” During Writer’s Workshop, the students have
been working with partners. We have continued interviewing each other and
writing about our partners. We are also continuing with informational text and
writing about what we have learned from the text read. I am also reminding
the students to take their time and be neat. I am reminding them to work
carefully and take pride in their writing.

In math, we continue with addition and subtraction stories. We are also
paying close attention to the formation of our numerals. Please practice
writing the numbers 0-10 at home with your child and the proper formation.
Thank you in advance.

Please continue with the reading bags and let me know if you have lost yours.
At this time of year, all students should be returning them on a regular basis
(one or two books per week) Please let me know if you have any questions about
the books.

The year is going to go quickly from this point on. As long as we have no more
snow days, Kindergarten Graduation will be Friday, June 22nd, so please save
the date. Graduation is on the LAST DAY of school.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

K-3 Newsletter                      

                      Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

March 16, 2018

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

We were very lucky to have Kathy Brownell come in today and gather all the kindergarten classrooms together. She told us some Irish folktales and sang some beautiful music with different instruments as well. She also read a poem to us that including our class. She is very talented and kind to come in and treat us to such a great time. Thank you Miss Kathy! In Makerspace this week, the students created Leprechaun traps! The students had some creative ways of catching those tricky Leprechauns.

This month our focus is on word families and rhyming words. The students are also comparing fiction and nonfiction books. We have been writing informational pieces during writer’s workshop. The students also interviewed each other and wrote about things their friends like to do. The students have also identified Dr. Seuss books as fiction. Thank you for sharing your Dr. Seuss books from home. If your child has a favorite Dr. Seuss book at home, please send it in and I will read it to the class. Our letter of the week was “Ii”. Our tongue twister was, “ Isaac and Iris like ice cubes and ice cream.”

In math, we are practicing with addition and subtraction number stories. The students are getting very proficient and addition and subtraction! We are working on math vocabulary as well. Some language we use is, number sentence, plus sign, minus sign, equal sign and reciprocal!

Hopefully, we will not have anymore snow days.. We shall see. The class and I are excited to get out in nature and find signs of spring.

In science, we will soon begin our Animals Two By Two Unit. In this unit, we will explore goldfish, guppies and worms!

I hope you all have a nice weekend.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

   Mrs. MacIntyre

                       K-3 Newsletter

Dear Families,

March 2, 2018

Gung Hay Fat Choy! I hope you all had a wonderful time at the Chinese Potluck Dinner. The multi-purpose room looked beautiful and so did the children! I hope you enjoyed the singing and all the delicious food. Thank you for your contributions. It was wonderful and a great way for the students to celebrate all they have learned about Chinese New Year with their families and friends! We were able to learn many different things about Chinese New Year in a fun and memorable way.

Today, we quickly moved forward and celebrated Dr. Seuss’s Birthday along with making our own party hats! Please check my school blog for photos. During the month of March, we will be focusing on rhyming and word families. One way we do this is emerging ourselves into Dr. Seuss books! We are very excited to be going on our field trip to the VETS auditorium in Providence on Monday, March 5th. Your child must bring a lunch from home and if you could stay clear of peanut products I would appreciate it. We will be eating in the classroom upon our return and we have a student with a peanut allergy.

In math we practiced writing and counting to ten in Chinese and we continue to practice with subtraction. The use of manipulatives is very important when learning this concept in kindergarten. Continue to practice at home with snacks or legos or small toys that you may have at home.

In Makerspace, Miss Haley helped the students construct their own paper collages with various types of paper. They love being creative and we are very lucky to have this space and time with Miss Haley.

The students are making great progress with their writing and are becoming very proficient with their sight words we have been practicing. Keep up the great work.

Please continue with the nightly reading bags but do not replace it with reading to you child every night. This is the  best way to create a love of reading. Make it a relaxing time for you and your child and you will be benefiting them in many ways.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me at

macintyre.colleen@jamestownschools.org

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. MacIntyre