It is Yellow Ribbon Week and we will celebrate Dr. King's message of peace and kindness all week. "Kindness is cool" and we will do many fun activites to remember kindness. On Wednesday, students can dress cool (with a cool attitude or for cool weather). On Friday, students can wear yellow (or Mountain Avenue blue). This week we will also work on the letter Ww and the sight word "and." We will also work on sorting and classifying objects in math and continue learning about weather and seasons in science. Our 100th day of school is coming up, and we will make a snack with 100 items. If you'd like to donate, please click on the link below. Thanks!

100th Day Snack Sign Up

This week we will focus on the letter Hh and the sight words "look" and "good." We will go to the art room, learn about Martin Luther King, Jr., and work on i-Ready tests. Please skip i-Ready at home this week until we complete our tests. We are learning about weather and seasons, and on Thursday the 17th, we will have a "Snow Day." See the newsletter in the homework folder for more details. Remember there is no school next Monday in observance of Dr. King's birthday. 

Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful vacation. First, I want to thank you all for the wonderful gifts. Your thoughtfulness is so appreciated! This week we will work on the letter Ll and the sight words "do" and "you." We will work on writing, addition, seasons, and begin to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King. We will have a few changes with the new year, including writing homework beginning this week. Please help your child write 1 - 2 sentences neatly and illustrate a picture. They may sound out words, but should spell sight words correctly and remember proper capitalization, spacing, and punctuation. Remember to work on sight word rings and to have your child bring them in once they can read each set...they can also use thier word rings to help with their writing homework! Let me know if you have any questions.

It's hard to believe that it is the last week before Winter Break! We have a fun and busy week planned. We will focus on the letter sound Oo and the sight words "where" and "what." In math, we are working on teen numbers. We will go to an instrumental concert and see our buddies. I hope you can see the kindergarten students perform at our flag ceremony this Friday at 8:30. They should dress festive. Please bring them to the classroom at 8:10 to get ready. Our Winter Party will be right after from 9:00 - 10:00 and we will decorate gingerbread houses. Thanks to all who have donated party and gingerbread supplies! Thanks also to all who donated books from the book fair and other supplies to our classroom! 

This week we will focus on the letter sound Kk and the sight words "for" and "this." We are practicing teen numbers and reading The Gingerbread Man. We will have music class on Tuesday and learn about coding in the computer lab on Wednesday. We will also see our 5th grade buddies on Wednesday. We hope you can see the Kindergarten classes perform on Friday, December 21st at 8:30 at the flag ceremony. Feel free to join us afterward to decorate gingerbread houses at our Winter Party from 9:00 - 10:00. I've posted a link below to a sign up genius if you are able to donate supplies for this fun activity. Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4CAEAD23A64-gingerbread2

This week we will focus on the letter Bb and the sight words "be" and "me." We will begin to learn about different holiday traditions. We will go to the book fair on Thursday morning at 8:30. Parents are welome to attend or to send money with your child. We will also go see the chorus perform holiday songs on Thursday. Friday is our field trip to see The Nutcracker at the Alex Theater. Details about snack will be in the Thursday folder, but we will leave around 8:30 and should be back by 12:15. Students may dress festive in holiday attire!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break. This week we will focus on the letter Ff and the sight words "go" and "here." We will share about our vacations, do an art project, and meet with our 5th grade buddies. As the holiday season begins, please let me know if you do not want your child to take part in projects that may involve holiday symbols (such as reindeer, Santa, etc.) or if they celebrate a particular holiday this season that we could learn about in class. We will learn about various holiday traditions and make a variety of projects. Remember that Friday is a minimum day and kindergarten dismissal is at 12:00 and the cafeteria is closed.

Because this is a short week, we will not have any homework. We will get our eyes and ears checked on Tuesday. We will review letters, sounds, sight words, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. We look forward to our potluck feast on Thursday at 11:15 and hope you can make it...families are welcome! Remember there is no school for students on Friday, but I will begin parent-teacher conferences on that day and look forward to meeting with each of you to discuss your child. Have a great Thanksgiving and see you after the break!

This week we will work on the letter/ sound Gg and the sight word "come." We get to visit the art room, the 6th grade "wax museum," and will also learn about Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Please join us on Thursday, November 15th at 11:15 for a short performance and potluck feast. Details are in the homework folder. Remember to sign up for a parent-teacher conference and, if you haven't already, please consider donating to MACK. MACK donations provide many of the programs our students use, including IXL, classroom supplies, counselors, etc.  Our MACK drive ends on Thursday and our class has had great participation so far. The classroom with the most participation earns extra recess and we are close, so please help our class and our school. Any donation amount helps! Thank you!

Hi Parents, 

Here is the link to sign up for a parent-teacher conference. Please sign up at your earliest convenience. I look forward to meeting with you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a4caead23a64-2018

Thank you,

Mrs. Frakes