Newsletter: Week 1

Room 4 News
Friday, August 28, 2009
Miss Wagenaar

Reminders/Notices:
•Thank you to everyone who attended Back to School Night! It was great to meet all of you. If you still have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to ask me! If you missed Back to School Night, please feel free to email or call me with any questions you may have.
•Thank you for all the Let’s Find Out and Cooking donations I have received so far!
•Please return all forms that have been given to you by me and the school as soon as possible. These include: permission slip, technology usage agreement, parent survey, etc.
•We will begin our regular schedule next week; please remember that your child will be eating lunch at school, so they will need to either have a lunch or lunch money (or money in their account) starting on Monday. Dismissal times are as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 2:00; Wednesday 1:10.

This Week:
We focused a LOT on our routines and procedures. We practiced walking in a line, sitting quietly on the carpet, “taking a knee” when the recess bell rings, and being kind to others. This week, we have been working on building our classroom community and feeling comfortable in the classroom. We learned how to say hello in Spanish (hola) and Chinese (nei ho). We have read stories such as: Owen by Kevin Henkes, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate, and The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. We made Kissing Hand Necklaces and learned how to say “I love you” in sign language.Ask your child what their favorite story we read was this week and why!

Next Week:
We will begin using what will become our daily routine. The students will come in in the morning and have a seat on the carpet. They will also begin using their attendance cards and we will choose a “Star of the Day”. I will explain these in detail in the next newsletter. We will also have our first assembly!

Questions to ask your child:
1.What do you do when the recess bell rings? (Freeze and take a knee)
2.What was your favorite activity last week?