Dear Parents:
During the month of March, we
will be discussing several topics: “Spring”, “St. Patrick’s Day”, “Plants” and
we will continue our study of fairy tales.
Kindergarten
Fridays:
The Monday/Wednesday Class has
school the following Friday
(Monday/Wednesday
Class)
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
Early
Dismissal (2:25 p.m.)
Friday,
March 14th, 2014
The
Tuesday/Thursday Class has school the following Fridays
(Tuesday/Thursday
Class)
Friday,
March 21st, 2014
There will be no
school for any students the following days
March 7th, 2014
(Teacher PD Day)
March 28th, 2014
(Teacher PD Day)
March 31, 2013 (Start
of Spring Break)
Spring Break Holidays
Monday, March 31 - Sunday,
April 6, 2014
First Day Back after Spring Break:
The first day back for the
Monday/Wednesday class will be Monday,
April 7th, 2014.
The first day back for the
Tuesday/Thursday class will be Tuesday,
April 8th, 2014
Early Dismissal:
The
Monday/Wednesday class will be dismissed on Wednesday, March 5th at 2:25 p.m.
as it is the first Wednesday of the month.
Please meet your child in the boot room at 2:25 p.m. that day if you
normally pick up your child.
Bus
students will be catching the bus at that time.
Report Cards
Report
cards will be going home on the following days.
The
Monday/Wednesday Class will
get their Report Cards on Wednesday,
March 19th, 2014.
The
Tuesday/Thursday Class will
get their Report Cards on Friday, March
21st, 2014.
Student-Led
Conferences:
This
term the school will be holding student-led conferences instead of the
traditional parent-teacher interviews. This is where your child will guide you
through several different activities they do on a daily basis to demonstrate
what they have and are learning. We have
found this to be a much more informative way for parents to see what their
child is able to do rather than sitting with the teacher repeating everything
written in the report card. Attached is
a form for you to fill out on which time(s) you would prefer to come in with
your child. Choices are filled in on a
first returned basis. Please note that
there will be 3 to 4 other families in the room with you, rotating around the
centers as well. I ask that no other siblings come so that you may
focus on your Kindergarten child as this will be their time to shine for
you. Once we receive everyone’s
selection we will attach a note confirming your time to your child’s report
card.
Student-Led
Conferences will take place on the evenings of
Wednesday , March
26th, 2014 and on Thursday, March 27, 2014.
It is preferred
that you sign up for the same evening that your child attends class.
Ex. If your child
attends the Monday/Wednesday Class, please pick a time on Wednesday, March 26th.
Puppet
Lady In Class Presentation
On March 10th and
March 11th, the Puppet Lady will be in our class teaching the Kindergarten students
about different types of puppets and the students will have a chance to use her
puppets to create a puppet show. This
presentation will take the whole morning.
Pancake
Tuesday
Tuesday, March 4th, is
Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. All
students at Willow Park School will be given 2 free pancakes (with syrup) and a
juice box for lunch. If your child does
not like/want or feel that 2 pancakes will be enough for lunch, please send a
regular lunch with them that day.
The Mon./Wed. class will
receive their pancake lunch on Wednesday, March 5th.
Recess/Extra
Clothing
After Spring Break, all the
Kindergarten students will be enjoying the same
3 recesses as the rest of the school.
With the onset of spring comes puddles and slush. Puddles mean: run, jump and get wet!!! Please send extra socks and splash pants each day as keeping children out of the
puddles is like asking the sun not to shine!!
PLEASE LABEL ALL CLOTHES!!
Rubber
Boots
Every spring, we have major
stress (students included) over whose black and orange boots are whose and
whose butterfly boots belong to whom.
With so many boots that look the same, we are asking the both boots be well labelled so that
someone else does not go home with your child’s boots. Thank you in advance.
Father’s
Day
Just a reminder, even though Father’s Day is not
for several months, we are preparing for the gift we would like your child to
make for their dads. For this gift, we
need a 4 X 6 sized picture of just your Kindergarten child with their dad. Also, if you have small to medium sized
bolts/nuts/screws that you have no purpose for, we will start collecting them
now.
Extra
Information Sheets:
Throughout the year, we will
be sending home newsletters from the Occupational Therapist. Everyone in the class will receive these as
general information.
Attached is a sheet called,” The Power of Play”, as
information for you as parents
If you have any
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at 780-986-8456 or
e-mail
Thank you,
Dina Hannon
Beginning Sounds Scavenger Hunt
Here is a game to
play at home over Spring Break. Below
are all the letters we have covered in our Phonics program on small pieces of
paper. Lay them on your living room
floor. You may only want to put 2 or 3
at a time. Set the timer on the stove
for 15 minutes and ask your child to search the house for items that begin with
the letters. Either bring the item to
the letter card or take the card to the item (e.g. C is for car). Then, together, think of other items that
also begin with the letters. You may
also choose to print the words of the items on the letter cards, or have your child
attempt to sound out the words. Please
encourage “invented spelling”, where the child spells what he/she hears and is
not corrected by you. Mistakes are okay
at this stage!
Have fun.
Aa
|
Cc
|
Dd
|
Ee
|
Ff
|
Gg
|
Ii
|
Jj
|
Kk
|
Ll
|
Oo
|
Nn
|
Qq
|
Rr
|
Ss
|
Tt
|
Uu
|
That is all for
now. We hope that everyone enjoys their Spring
Break.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Hannon
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