Kindergarten News
August 17, 2010

Weekly Theme:
“All About Me”/Self-Esteem

Literacy Idea
Sing the alphabet song. Be creative—sing it as a rap, skip every other letter, sing quietly, loudly, or backwards.

AUGUST

We are so excited that you will be a part of our kindergarten family this year! We will have a great experience as we work together to ensure academic and social growth, development and success for your child.
Our core curriculum contains a multitude of skills necessary for a five-year olds academic and social development. We will be engaged in literacy skills, math concepts, computer skills, life skills, science, social studies and physical education experiences.
Please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns you may have. We appreciate your support and look forward to meeting with each of you!

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850

Kindergarten News
May 17-21

Weekly Theme:
Review

Literacy Idea
Provide “real” reasons to write: letters, lists, cards, journals, etc.

MAY

Thank you for attending our Kindergarten Program. Your support is greatly appreciated and your children are wonderful!

Thank you also to those who volunteered to help with Field Day next Monday. We will begin at 9:30 for the morning class and 1:30 for the afternoon class.

Our Field Trip to Park Discovery will be on Tuesday, May 25th. Please watch for the permission slip to come home with additional information in your child’s homework folder.

The last day of school is Friday, May 28th. On that day, both morning and afternoon classes will meet from 8:50-10:30/10:40. From past experience it works much more smoothly if we dismiss the AM students at 10:30 and the PM students at 10:40. All PM classes need to be picked up in the kindergarten classroom. The buses will not be running for the PM students. There is no Extended-Day on that day. We need to do it this way in order to allow all students the chance to meet their 1st Grade teachers. We appreciate you changing your schedules accordingly. Have a great week and please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns.

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850

Kindergarten News
May 10-14

Weekly Theme:
Insects

End of Year Program

Remember our program on Thursday, May 13th at 6:00 for the AM class and 7:00 for the PM class!

MAY

Once again, the time continues to go by so quickly! All take home and school library books need to be returned by Thursday, May 13th.

The students are excited to present the Kindergarten program on May 13th. If your child is in the morning class, please have him/her meet in the school library at 5:45. The afternoon class will meet in the library at 6:45. The morning class will perform at 6:00 PM and the afternoon class will perform at 7:00 PM in the school gym. Please dress your child in Sunday clothes if possible.

The last day of school is Friday, May 28th. On that day, both morning and afternoon classes will meet from 8:50-10:30/10:40. From past experience it works much more smoothly if we dismiss the AM students at 10:30 and the PM students at 10:40. All PM classes need to be picked up in the kindergarten classroom. The buses will not be running for the PM students. There is no Extended-Day on that day. We need to do it this way in order to allow all students the chance to meet their 1st Grade teachers. We appreciate you changing your schedules accordingly. Have a great week and please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns.

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850

Kindergarten News
May 3-7

Weekly Theme:
Time

We will be doing DIBELS and Kindergarten Assessment Testing the next two weeks. If your child will be gone during this time, please contact me ASAP!!

MAY

Wow, the end of the year is coming so quickly! All take home and school library books need to be returned by Thursday, May 13th. The students are excited to present the Kindergarten program on May 13th. If your child is in the morning class, please have him/her meet in the school library at 5:45. The afternoon class will meet in the library at 6:45. The morning class will perform at 6:00 PM and the afternoon class will perform at 7:00 PM in the school gym. Please dress your child in Sunday clothes if possible.

The last day of school is Friday, May 28th. On that day, both morning and afternoon classes will meet from 8:50-10:30/10:40. From past experience it works much more smoothly if we dismiss the AM students at 10:30 and the PM students at 10:40. All PM classes need to be picked up in the kindergarten classroom. The buses will not be running for the PM students. There is no Extended-Day on that day. We need to do it this way in order to allow all students the chance to meet their 1st Grade teachers. We appreciate you changing your schedules accordingly. Have a great week and please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns.

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850

Kindergarten News
April 26-30

Weekly Theme:
Time

Help your child develop good comprehension skills
• Talk with him/her about the story and pictures
• Have him/her predict what a story will be about
• Have him/her retell the important parts of the story

April

We are working hard at end-of-level testing, DIBELS, and the kindergarten program. Thanks for your continued help and support! This time of year it is needed perhaps the very most. Please keep up the daily reading. It is so exciting to see the progress of each child! We will continue to practice and review skills that will give your kindergartner the opportunity to be successful in first grade.

The students are excited to present the Kindergarten program on May 13th. It will be held in the school gym. If your child is in the morning class, please have him/her meet in the school library at 5:45. The afternoon class will meet in the library at 6:45. The kids are great performers and are doing well learning their speaking and singing parts.

Have a great week and please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns. Thank you!

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850

Kindergarten News
April 19-23

Weekly Theme:
Vowels

Help your child develop good comprehension skills
• Talk with him/her about the story and pictures
• Have him/her predict what a story will be about
• Have him/her retell the important parts of the story

April

Thanks for all you do at home to help with your child’s education. I appreciate your support! Keep up the great work with the leveled books and the homework!

We will be testing your child beginning the first part of May for DIBELS, Kindergarten Assessment, and current reading levels. I encourage you to look over your child’s assessment from 3rd quarter and review with him/her any items that have an “N” by them. The 4th quarter assessment covers the following skills:
• Predicting what a story is about by looking at the pictures
• Retelling a story including beginning, middle and end
• Creating a series of 3 rhyming words (ten, hen, men) for example
• Reading all 25 kindergarten sight words
• Writing a story with a picture (including capital, spaces, and ending mark)
• Subtraction to 5
• Naming days of the week in order
• Identifying parts of a calendar
• Time/Money

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850

Kindergarten News
April 12-16

Weekly Theme:
Weather/Seasons/
Vowels

Literacy Idea
Ask open-ended questions that require more than a “yes” or “no” answer. Ask “what if” questions. You might be surprised at the answers your children can come up with!

April

The kids are excited to present our kindergarten program to you! We had our first practice this week and they did a great job! We will continue practicing our singing and speaking parts so that we will be ready for May 13th! I’m sure you will be impressed—they are awesome little performers! Please mark this very important night on your calendars and let grandparents know about it as well.

Your children should have brought their Spring picture packets home. Please either send the money back to school with your child if you decide you want to purchase them or if you do not want to purchase them, please send the picture packet back. Lifetouch Photography wants to collect all money and pictures by next week.

Thank you for bringing in box tops! The Spring contest goes until April 30th so please continue to send them in! It is a great way to earn money for our school.

Mr. Oldroyd will be taking teacher requests for next year until April 15th. They need to be in writing, have a 1st and 2nd choice, and have a valid, educational reason for the request.
Thanks for all you do. As always, please call or e-mail with any questions or concerns.

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850