K-3 Newsletter

                               Mrs. MacIntyre

October 24, 2014

Dear families,

I can’t believe we are heading in to our last full week of October. The children are enjoying our fall unit. We have learned about the season of fall including foliage, apples, pumpkins and harvest as well as fire safety.

In Writer’s Workshop, the children continue to make individual strides. Please remember, all children develop different skills at different times. Some children may be writing words, while others are learning letters. What is important is that they are all progressing at their own pace, as they begin the writing process. I praise children for working their hardest and trusting their selves in what they know about letters and sounds, this is the way to become an independent writer

In Math, we introduced addition and the children did an amazing job!  They enjoy picture addition so much. Practice adding at home using cheerios, raisins or grapes. Anything your child likes. We also talked about 3-Dimensional and 2-D shapes. Vocabulary you can use at home would be 2_D is flat and 3-D is solid. Have your child sort for you at home!

Our letter of the week was “Nn”. Our tongue twister was “Nick and Natasha nibble nuts.”

I want to thank all of you who sent in Box Tops for K-3. I think I told you last year K-3 won and we earned an awesome scavenger hunt! Keep up the great work!

I sent home the blankets on Thursday because there were confirmed lice down the hall in 2^nd grade. I was being proactive and getting things out a day early to be safe. You may send in a beach towel ONLY on Monday. Please put it in a separate bag other than your child’s back pack so it can stay inside of it during the day. Please do not send in fluffy blankets, pillows or stuffed animals. Send in a couple of books in the bag also. Thank you so much in advance!

The first week of November, we will be starting 4^th grade buddies. We will partner with Mrs. Geary’s 4^th graders. They will come down once a week for about 20 minutes to read with their buddy. It is a great way to get to know the “big kids” in our school. Both 4^th graders and Kindergarteners look forward to it!

As I prepare this newsletter at 7:30 am on Friday morning, I am hoping that the rain will stop so we can go on our Fire station  fieldtrip… time will tell…

Please, if you have not signed up for a parent/teacher conference and you wish to do so, contact me via your child’s blue book. Conferences are very short this year (15 minutes). If there is something you are particularly concerned about or have questions about please feel free to e-mail me. I would be happy to talk with you in advance. I will be sending you a date and time reminder next week for when you are scheduled to come in.

Fondly,

Colleen MacIntyre