Happy Friday! We have made through our first two weeks of kindergarten and everyone is doing a great job! Everyone is learning the routines and procedures each day and we even started doing our center rotations.
Next week we will be focusing on the letters R and T as well as numbers 0-5. We will be practicing writing these numbers and letters the proper way. I would encourage you to start working with your child at home to help them with their writing. We will also be focusing on the sight words, green, yellow, red and my.
Homework will be sent home next Friday. Homework will be a two week calendar and I encourage you to do two activities each night. Homework will be due two weeks later. I understand that situations come up and you might not be able to do two activities one night so you are more than welcome to catch up or work ahead if you know you will have a conflict. Homework is essential in a half day kindergarten to make sure they are getting all the skills necessary for first grade. If you start healthy homework practices now, your child will have them for the rest of their life!
Everyone should have received a note about the upcoming root beer float party on Sept 3rd. They are asking that kindergarten supply the ice cream. If you are able to donate, please bring the supplies to the office no later than Sept 2ND so we can put them in the freezer.
Thank you to everyone who came to the last PTO meeting. Our class had one of the most class participation and we won an otter pop party! PTO is a great way to get involved in the school.
Star of the Week starts next week. I will be sending home the jar with next week's star. There were some conflicts with dates and I needed to shift the calendar so your week might not be the one your signed up for on meet the teacher night. I will be sending home when your week is hopefully next week!
I will be starting our parent helper calendar in the first week of September. If you would like to be considered as a weekly or biweekly parent helper, please email me and let me know and I will contact you about a day. Parent helpers are essential to making kindergarten run smoothly. As a parent helper you will assist me by running small groups, supervising the class while I am in reading groups, making copies, filing, and hanging their work on the walls. The more helpers I have the more we can get done! If you are interested in a weekly or biweekly position please let me know.
Remember, Thursday is our PE day and students cannot participate in PE if they are wearing flip flops. Please make sure you are sending your student in closed toed shoes.
Scholastic book orders went home this week. If you would like to order any books please return the order or order online by August 30th.
As I'm sure you have noticed, we have been practicing cutting this week. Lots of students still need extra help with cutting. Please practicing cutting at home. A great way is to simply give them old newspapers or magazines and let them cut them up. This is an easy way to get lots of fine motor practice!
I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend. If you have any questions please contact me!
ktrowbridge@jocombs.k12.az.us
