First Monday

Wow, we had a lot of fun on this first Monday of Kindergarten! The children got to start off the morning coloring a picture of a dog we read about on Friday. We are working on the sight word 'see" so we drew eyes about the word "see". If your child did not finish coloring and wants to finish at home that's great. I gave them a star stamp as long as they had made the eyes and could point to the word "see". Many of them read the whole sentence to me. We are off to a great start! After that, we began the Reading Series and practiced writing the letters A and a. But we didn't get to the lower case one because it was time for P.E. At the end of the day many children thought P.E. was the best part of the day. Other liked the big book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Most still say centers or recess, but playing is what this aged student usually enjoys the most.

Before lunch we practiced our dismissal procedures as it is a huge task to get 3 classes of 24 students each to buses, daycare, and individual pick up by family or friends. We will do our best to keep it safe and orderly, so please keep us posted if anything changes during the day as to who will be picking up your child.

We had a Math story about sorting and picking up called "Inside Messy Monkey's Room" and took turns doing math problems about positions words. Tomorrow we will continue with more math vocabulary and Wednesday introduce left and right.

Our amazing words this week are first, second, third, fourth, and fifth so tomorrow we get a wonderful story called "The Little School Bus". We will be retelling the story remembering who got on first, second, third, etc.

We look forward to seeing you at Open House on Thursday night. Mr. Croff starts out talking to all parents at 6:30 and then parents can visit the classrooms of their children either from 7:00 - 7:25 or from 7:30 - 7:55. We will say the same thing at both sessions and also answer questions you might have about our schedule, procedures and curriculum plans for the year.

That's all for now, I am sure enjoying this new class and the days seem to fly by, as they do when you are having fun!

Sincerely, Carol Clapper