Wednesday, September 25, 2019

September 25, 2019





Dear Families,

I am sending this newsletter home today for a couple of reasons. I will be out on Friday and your student's pictures arrived and I didn't want to wait to send them home. 

PLEASE remember to dress your student in play clothes, layers,  and boots/sneakers on Monday for our trip to Rocky Ridge Orchard. If you signed up to chaperone I am counting on you coming with us. You can ride the bus or meet us there. We are leaving around 8:45.


In science we continue to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. We currently have 10 caterpillars still munching and we have 4 in chrysalis as of this morning.  Hopefully they will become butterflies soon so we can release them for their flight to Mexico before the cold weather sets in! We have learned so much about the caterpillar life cycle! We also began learning about apples and their life cycle in preparation for our trip to the orchard next week. 

Books Read: Apple Trouble, Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree, Big Red Apple, The Apple Pie Tree

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The character we learned about this week was Ollie Ostrich. We also did our first "magic draw" of a "pup". 

In math we are getting to know numbers 0-10, sorting, discussing a graph, using math manipulatives, using 5 frames, practicing with quick looks at collections of dots, finger counting, working with shapes and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. 

We are still learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)



Upcoming Events:

September 30- Field trip Rocky Ridge~If you signed up to chaperone I am counting on you to be there~ 

October 11- NO SCHOOL-Professional Development Day 

October 14- NO SCHOOL- Columbus Day

Friday, September 20, 2019

September 20, 2019




Dear Families,

PLEASE remember to send in the $5.00 along with the permission slip for Rocky Ridge Apple Orchard if you have not already. I need the money in order to request a check before we go. If this is a hardship please let me know. If you signed up to go on the field trip I am expecting you to come! Thank you~

 Thank you for those earbuds/headphones that came in this week. We will hopefully be starting next week with some guided technology practice.
In science we continue to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. We currently have 10 caterpillars still munching and we have 4 in chrysalis as of this morning.  Hopefully they will become butterflies soon so we can release them for their flight to Mexico before the cold weather sets in! We have learned so much about the caterpillar life cycle!

We have also started our new mission to Thailand for our Go2Science program. We are studying tigers as well as learning a lot about the culture, people, and animals of Thailand. Exciting stuff!

Books Read: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly", Said the Sloth, Mister Seahorse and other Eric Carle favorites!

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The characters we have learned this week were; Polly Panda and Uncle Upton.

In math we are getting to know numbers 0-10, sorting, discussing a graph, using math manipulatives, working with shapes and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. 

We are still learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)



Upcoming Events:

September 30- Field trip Rocky Ridge~If you signed up to chaperone I am counting on you to be there~ 

October 11- NO SCHOOL-Professional Day for Teachers

October 14- NO SCHOOL- Columbus Day

Friday, September 13, 2019

September 13, 2019






Dear Families,

Books Read: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, A Caterpillar's Wish, Butterfly Suits, Fill a Bucket. We ate a snack of all the fruits the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate as well as some spinach that represented the leaves. Ask your child what their favorite fruit was!

In math we are getting to know numbers, introducing attributes and sorting, multisensory counting, patterns and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. 

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard).

ITEM NEEDED: We will begin using our Chromebooks next week and each student is asked to provide either earphones or earbuds for use with or Chromebook time. If you haven't sent them in yet, please do.  I will place them  in an individual bag with your student's name on it. They will be kept at school for daily work.

We are headed to Rocky Ridge Orchard in the near future! Keep an eye out for the date and time!



Upcoming Events: 
October 11- NO SCHOOL- Teacher Inservice
October 14- NO SCHOOL- Columbus Day

Friday, September 6, 2019

September 6, 2019




Dear Families,

It has been a very busy week. We are continuing our procedures and community building. We have enjoyed going to the different specials classes and meeting many new faces and doing fun activities. Today we traveled to library and will be checking out a book next week to bring home! Please see the attached letter from Mrs. Luchies concerning library procedures. Please make sure all paperwork that came home this week is returned as soon as possible. One other detail I forgot to mention in my opening letter is that folders come home on Fridays with student's work from the week, this newsletter and other pieces of information.

Books Read: A variety of Pete the Cat stories, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, Franklin's First Day of School, Timothy Goes to School

In math we are getting to know numbers, introducing attributes of shapes, sorting, graphing birthdays, and our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observation, tracking the number of days we have been in school and the days  of the week.

 Many reading and writing assessments have taken place these first few days of school. We will begin a more structured approach to reading and writing beginning next week. 


Next week we will begin to be scientists and use our observation skills to watch caterpillars grow-and grow-and grow! 


We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events!

September 12~ Picture Day~ WCS Open House at 5:30
October 11-Professional Day- No School
October 14- Columbus Day- No School