K-3 Newsletter February 27, 2015

                                                  Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great vacation. The children have transitioned well back into the schedule of school. We have been very busy working on our Chinese unit. The children created their own Chinese dragons, they practiced writing Chinese symbols and they also created their own Chinese lanterns. We have read some wonderful literature about Chinese New Year and we also practice writing the numbers 1-10 in Chinese. We have incorporated our Chinese unit into our math and have even done addition with Chinese symbols!  

 We are very excited about our Chinese Potluck on Thursday, March 5th. Please arrive promptly at 5:00. Please have your child wear as much red as possible. The children will be doing a quick performance before the dinner. When you arrive please send your child over to me and we will get ready to put on a quick show for you. While I am getting them ready could you please help me by setting up your entrée on the buffet table? Thank you in advance. The children have worked so hard and are excited to share what they know and celebrate with some delicious Chinese food. I sent home a sheet about what to bring. Each family in my class should bring a drink and fruit dish to serve 12. Please include a serving spoon to go a long with your meal and be sure to remember to take it with you when the dinner is over. Mrs. Green’s class and Ms. Mitchell’s class will provide entrees for all of the families. We are looking forward to having all the kindergarten families together.

In other news, please continue to read nightly with your child. It is very important that the nightly readers come back within 2 or 3 nights consistently. The nightly reading should be enjoyable for you and your child and should not take more than 10 minutes. Please let me know if you have misplaced your bag so that I can get you a new one. Our letter of the week was “Gg.” Our tongue twister was “Gail and Gwen grow goodies in their garden.” In Writer’s Workshop, the students have been working very hard. They are answering prompts well and adding spaces into their writing. We are also working on using lowercase letters in our writing as well.

Keep up the great work everyone!

I hope you all have a nice weekend. Thanks for sending in all the winter gear for your children. We sure do need it!!

*We are looking for donations of plastic spoons for our classroom.

Enjoy your weekend,

Fondly,

Mrs. MacIntyre