Another Great Week!

Good Afternoon, Kindergarten Families!

We have done a super job building our stamina this week, building our way into the rhythm of five day weeks. I am looking forward to seeing how the kids handle the coming days week(s). If you are seeing behaviors at home due to overtiredness, be sure to let us know. We can help by encouraging kiddos to take advantage of their rest times. 

First, a big thanks and shout-out to the Rumney PTO getting all of the kindergarten kiddos Rumney t-shirts. It was a big day and I know the kids loved them!

Today you will receive a packet in the event that we have to go remote at some point. Along with some materials, we also have made a letter to lay out what a remote day or extended period of remote days could look like. Please be in touch if you have any questions about it.

In the ever shifting world of Covid protocols, I hope you have gotten a chance to see the correspondence from our acting Superintendent, Jen Miller-Arsenault regarding this as well as other news in her weekly correspondence to families. If you have Covid specific questions, feel free to reach out to me or Maria Melekos, WCUUSD Covid Coordinator. 

We have been working hard to get to know the names of all of our friends in class. We have been playing lots of games and Ms. Honi even made a book mirroring the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? With the names of the kiddos in our class. It was a fun read today! We encourage you to chat about who your child is playing with and spending time with.

We got a chance to meet our fifth grade buddies this week! This is a long-standing and powerful Rumney School tradition. Matching younger kiddos up with older students yields super positive results in how kids feel about being at school. I know that 5th graders, kindergarteners and teachers look forward to these weekly get-togethers. 

Next week we should have some butterflies to release into the wild. It has been so much fun watching the kids come in everyday looking to see the progress. We will be doing some reading and art related activities related to them next week.

Again, thanks to all of you for sending in all the tools for the kiddos to be using as we go through the year (change of clothes, raingear, camp chair, etc.). Sneakers are the best daily footwear for students. If you need help getting any of those, please let us know, the school will be happy to help.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Take Care,

Ben and Honi

Reminders

Pictures

The folder with class pictures can be found here. 

Dot Day

On Friday, September 17th we will celebrate DOT DAY in Kindergarten, and during our library time with Ms. Ally. Children are encouraged to wear dots next Friday. We'll have special Dot Day art projects. 

 

Conversation starters:

*What project did you finish in Art? (Name tags) What did yours look like?

*Ask your child how their day was and see if they can answer you in Spanish.

*Did you try anything new on the playground this week?

*Do you remember your buddy's name? Did you have fun with your buddy?

*What happened in the book about a jam sandwich?

Last, we are sending home new book order forms. Here is some information:

 

 With a $25 order, you can pick a FREE $5 Book (use code: READS).

 

Class Order Due Date: Thursday, Sept 9th.

Shop Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/XLZX8

 

Class Code: XLZX8