Hi Families-
I hope you are enjoying a relaxing Friday at home. Don't forget school is also closed on Monday! I will be ready to greet the kiddos with a giant grin on Tuesday.
Thursday was a great day to talk about sharing. We opened the class with a story about little Bert and Little Ernie and the importance of sharing toys. Circle time was focused on turn taking and sharing. We watched a short video on sharing that you find here Sharing video. The sesame street website has a lot of great resources. Then we read and acted out the story of Stone Soup. The lesson we talked about is how we should share things we have so then everyone can be happy. I saw many of your children implementing the idea of sharing when it came to toys, balls, and bikes that day.
Another great thing about Thursday is that the administration team came to recess. Kindergarten and Pre-K won for having the highest contribution to Pennies for Patients this year. The prize is administration comes to recess. Your kids had a ball as they hula hooped with Ms. Meyers, rolled a ball with Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Holcomb, rode tricycles with Mrs. Smith, played catch with Mrs. Patorgis, and laughed with Mrs. Barker-Carlisle. The pictures we took are hysterical. You may be seeing some of them on the school website. If you are uncomfortable with your child's picture appearing on the school website please e-mail me by Monday to let me know.
Thank you everyone for your Box Tops donations! We had just over 500 Box Tops! Woo Hoo! I have already started planning on what we need and what we would like. Don't forget I need your plain white t-shirt for tie dying by March 1!!!
Next week we will be talking about fairy tales! We will be focusing our energy on Shrek and Tangled! I think it will be fun for the students to see the different characters in the stories and talk about princes, princesses, etc. The following week we will be talking about Dr. Seuss (particular emphasis will be Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham)
Remember I am always available by e-mail and phone! I have had a lot of meetings lately so it takes me a tad longer to call back then usual, but please leave a message and I will get back to you!
Important Dates:
February 17- School Closed
February 20- School Closes
March 1- Send in your plain white t-shirt for Mrs. Massey to tie dye
March 9- Teacher Workday
March 23- Spring Show
March 28- Boosterthon
April 2-9 Spring Break
