April News

Friday, April 11th - Prom Day - 12:00 dismissal for everyone! That means early birds at 11:40 and late birds at 11:50. Everyone should be picked up NO LATER than 12:00. You will only need to send a morning snack. NO LUNCH at school.

Wednesday, April 16th - Easter Party hosted by Carmen Sanders' Parents. We will leave school at 9:45 to arrive for the party at 10:00. Mrs. Kelly has lots of fun planned for the day! Make sure children are dressed comfortably. I will need a couple more drivers for this trip. Please let me know if you can help out. I do need to know if you will be taking your child so plans can be made to get all children there and back to school. You are welcome to join the fun!!!
Please send 10 candy filled eggs (No chocolate please)  to school by your child next week or no later than Monday, April 14th. Mrs. Kelly Sanders will be picking these up on Monday, April 14th for hiding.

Thursday, April 17th - Troy City Kindergarten Day - More details to come! I will need drivers for this trip as well. Please let me know if you can help out with this one.

Friday, April 18th - HOLIDAY

Friday, May 9th - Field Day with Patriot Pals - More details to come!

Report cards were sent home in folders. Please go over them with your child. Discuss any areas that need improvement. Sign and return in the blue envelope by Friday, March 21st. We want these back before Spring Break please! You will see NA next to subtraction. We have just started subtraction in the last couple of weeks. I didn't feel it was fair to assess on this skill so soon. We will continue subtracting 0 and 1 and will be evaluated on the last report card. Also, we are now adding up to sums of 9 and will soon add sums to 10. Go over daily math pages at home and talk about any your child misses with them. Please practice addition facts at home. Flashcards are great practice! We play a game (Around the World) at school that requires the children to answer facts quickly. Memorization is great, and I encourage them to put the big number in their head and then count up the smaller number. Counting on fingers should be discouraged! Games, math activity books, online games are a few ways to give your child different opportunities to learn math facts. They will have timed tests on these facts in first grade. Remember, practice makes perfect!!! :) In reading, we are now distinguishing short vowel words from long vowel words. Fluency is also very important. I encourage you to read at home with your child. Make sure you are listening to them read their little books that come home for homework along with monitoring the homework pages. In first grade, the children will be expected to complete homework nightly, so we are working on developing good homework habits! If you have any questions or concerns about your child's progress or their report card assessment, please email me to set up a conference. I will be glad to address any concerns. First grade is upon  us!!!

Yearbook sales have been extended through Wednesday, March 19th. No extras will be ordered.

 Next week is Spring Break (March 24-28). Enjoy!!!

March-May Calendar

A calendar is in your child's folder listing important dates from now until the end of the school year. Please keep for future reference and add any additional info. that may come up. As of now, I do not have specific information other than what's on the calendar. I will post specific info. as I know it.

 Report cards will be sent home in folders Monday, March 17th and should be signed and returned by Friday, March 21st.

SPRING BREAK - March 24th-28th

Look over April calendar! Friday, April 11th is Prom day and school is dismissed at 12:00. You will see our K5 Egg Hunt is Wednesday, April 16th at Kelly Sander's home. I will need drivers, but don't know specific time yet. Please let me know if you can help transport children on this day or if you plan to attend with your child. We also have a field trip (Troy City Kindergarten Day) on Thursday, April 17th. I will need 3-4 drivers to help transport kids on this day as well. Friday, April 18th is Good Friday Holiday.

Kindergarten Graduation is Wednesday, May 21st at 9:00. More details to come!

Check out the "Look at Us" tab for pictures from our FUN Dr. Seuss week :)