January 16th

Next week we will be having a school-wide Spirit Week:

Monday:   Wear Purple

Tuesday:  Wear Red, White and Black

Wednesday:  Wear shirts with kind words

Thursday:  Hat Day

Friday:  Pajama Day

For Your Calendar:

Jan 27th--Field Trip to The Grand Rapids Symphony Lollipop Concert at East Grand Rapids Performing Arts Center.  Kaylee Smith and Brooklynn Cowan will be attending as our parent volunteers. 

Feb. 10th--Field Trip to the Wittenbach Nature Center 9:30am--12:00pm .  We will need parent volunteers to meet us there.  Let me know if you are able to attend!

Feb. 13th--Valentine's Day Party 10:15-10:45am--Sign up will be coming soon

April 28th--Field Trip to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum 9:30-11:30am.  I will need 4 parent volunteers to meet us there.  I will do a drawing as we get closer to the date.  Student admission is paid for by MLE Family Links fundraiser.  

May 14th--Field Trip to the Wittenbach Nature Center 9:30-1:30pm.  We will be eating lunch at the nature center.  Please pack a lunch and drink for your child.  We will need parent volunteers to meet us there.  Let me know if you are available to attend!

May 21st -- Kindergarten End of the Year Family Picnic at Creekside Park in Lowell.  We hope all our Kindergarten families will join us for a picnic lunch and playtime!  10:45am-1:30pm  Younger siblings are encouraged to come, too!

May 28th--Field Trip to the Dairy Discover Farm 10:00-12:00.  All parents may attend.  Cost $6 per parent attending.  Student admission is paid for by MLE Family Links fundraiser.  

Reading

Theme:  Our Country, Our Culture--This week we learned about traditions.

*The job of the author and illustrator

*Letters/Sounds:  Jj and Ff

*Building words with known letters

*Taking picture tours/walks through a book

*Using an illustration to tell a story

*Make connections to our own lives when we read a book

Sight Words:   

Review Words:  a      the     and       go    he   had    I     see   you    has   we   of     at    to

it     is     in    has     am    on    as   can    his     him    have   did    girl    for

Writing

*Using sight words and known sounds to write simple sentences

*Capitalizing the first word in a sentence

*Space between words

*Period at the end of the sentence

Math

*Understanding subtraction 0-10

*Writing and solving addition and subtraction problems 0-10 using manipulatives

Reminders

*Send a snack daily

*Library books are returned on Thursdays

*Literacy Bags returned on Mondays

*Send a water bottle daily

*Once a month ice cream Fridays are free for all :)

Take a Peek at our Week

Social Center Fun!

Reading groups with Mrs. Hasper

Snowman Addition!

We love reading in our tent!

Working with partners

Snowmen at Night

Getting to be the "teacher"

Disappearing Train Game