January 28 Kindergram

Mrs. Eggers * Mr. Daugherty *Mrs. Oetker

READING: Staying Healthy is our new reading theme. We talked about germs and how we can’t see them. We learned that germs can travel as far as 3 elephants if we don’t catch them inside our elbow or in a kleenex! We measured how long that would actually be. We read many healthy stories, made Achoo Art, and made a hungry caterpillar headband to remind us to eat healthy fruit!

HOMEWORK: LETTER OF THE WEEK: “Ss” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, January 31. Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes. Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “S” and bring it to school.

MATH: We continue our work in Topic 9 which is over measurement. We measured with cubes and estimated how long different objects can be. We made an inch worm ruler to help us measure with inches. We sure do love to measure different things in the room!

HANDWRITING: We need to keep practicing the lower case letters. We know how to make the letters: c, o, a, s, d, g, v, w, u, t. All of these letters start on the top line. The letter t is the only letter so far that starts above the top. It is made with a big line going down.

SCIENCE: We did a great job of getting the fabric clean that we made really dirty last week. We learned that sometimes you have to use soap and a scrub brush to help get stains out of fabric. We have a better understanding about our clothes and why the sometimes don’t always come clean. J We also made something from fabric. Be sure to ask your child about it!

100^th Day is tomorrow, Friday, January 28. Be sure to count out 100 snack items and bring them to school! J

Valentine Boxes: February is right around the corner! Everyone should be making their Valentine box at home. We can’t wait to see what everyone creates! The valentine boxes can start coming to school on Thursday, February 10^th.

Valentines: When your child sends Valentines to school; please have the student sign their own name on the Valentine. Do not put whom the Valentines are for. We only have a short time to pass them out. Thanks for your help.

Dates to Remember:

· February 2: Groundhog’s Day-Will he see his shadow?

· February 4: No School; Teacher Inservice Day

· February 8: Family Resource Center open 5:30-7:30 p.m.

· February 14: Valentine Parties 2:00-3:00 p.m.

PTO meeting 6:30 p.m.

· February 15: Music program 1:30 p.m. at the High School Auditorium

· February 21: No School: President’s Day

· February 24: February/August Birthday club

· February 28: Assembly/Buddy Activity

· March 1-4: Parent/Teacher conference week

***DONATIONS***

We could really use the following items. These items help us with many classroom activities. Thank you for donating! We really appreciate it!

1. uncooked rice

2. conversational hearts

3. 5 potatoes (all classrooms still need)

4. 1 bag of baby carrots (Mrs. Oetker still needs)

5. 1 celery stalk (Mrs. Oetker still needs)

6. 1can of chicken broth (Mrs. Oetker still needs)

7. can of peas (Mrs. Oetker still needs)

8. can of corn (Mrs. Oetker still needs)

9. can of green beans (Mrs. Oetker still needs)

10. 1 green pepper or red pepper (Mrs. Oetker still needs)