K-3 Newsletter

           Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

February 3, 2017

The students had a great week in kindergarten,. They were so excited to see the snow and thank you all for the snow pants and snow boots. It is so much fun when they all have the right clothes to play in the snow.

We are very busy with our new science kit. It is called Materials and Motion. The first unit of this kit explores different types of wood and even teaches students what plywood and particleboard is. We compared sawdust and shavings and observed what happens to wood when it gets wet.

Our letter of the week was “Cc.” Our tongue twister was “Cindy celebrates with cider and celery.” We discussed the difference between a hard /c/ and a soft /c/ and wrote words that fit both type.

We are also working hard on sight words and trying to incorporate them into our writing. I have sent home a list with your child. Practice as much as you can in a fun way.. Let me know if you have any questions.

Report cards will be available on Aspen on February 10th. The report cards is standards based and grading is done on a scale of 1-4.

If your student receives a 1 this means they are working toward the standard, a  2 this means they are meeting the standard with some assistance, a 3 would mean the consistently and independently meet the standard, a 4 would mean the consistently exceed the standard.

It is different than the graded system I grew up with so please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

I have the pleasure of teaching an amazing group of kind, thoughtful, curious and happy group of students.. that ‘s the best report you could get!

We have a few important dates and events coming up in K-3.

Friday, February 10th 100th Day of School

To celebrate this please send 100 items in a brown paper bag with 3 clues written on the outside of the bag. Please be sure to write your child’s name on the bag also. You can send the bags anytime. Be creative… have fun… maybe use something from nature?????

Tuesday,February 14th

Valentine’s Day Exchange

Please send in valentines with your child. I have attached a class list to this paper. Also if you have any extra shoe boxes, I need about 5 more!( If not no worries.. It will give me a reason to go shoe shopping!) Thank you in advance.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE

Thursday February 23rd at 5:00pm we will have a Kindergarten Chinese Potluck Dinner in the Melrose School Multi-Purpose Room.

Students should arrive at 4:45 so they can get ready to do a quick song and parade for their families before we eat!                    Gung Hay Fat Choy!!!

Thank you,

Mrs.MacIntyre