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 Happy Friday, Everyone!

I hope you all have had a great couple of weeks! The kids are doing so well, despite the excitement of the season. This will be the last newsletter of the year due to the short week next week.

Speaking of next week, we will be celebrating the shortest day of the year on Wednesday (see attached sheet). For our Day of Darkness, kids will be doing all kinds of activities. I am really looking forward to all of the activities and fun next week!

We have had a great time outside, despite the crazy weather. I am really looking forward to the snow over the weekend! Be sure to have your child’s snow clothes ready to come in on Monday. I am sure the sledding hill will be back open in no time.

If you are looking for beginning reader books for your kiddos, here is a place where you can find them for pre-readers and beginning readers:

https://dogonalogbooks.com/pre-readers/

https://dogonalogbooks.com/step-1-books/

The kids have started to use the iRead online platform during literacy time as one of their stations. They have also done work building words using letter magnet tiles and reading/writing their sight words. They are all doing a super job! 

Again, we know screen time is a sensitive subject for some families and we are sensitive to it as well. Stations run 15 or so minutes for both literacy and math, meaning that your child’s screen time will be spread out over up to two times during the day totalling roughly 30 minutes. Sometimes kids will only get one, other days they will have none. 

We have continued our hard work on counting and playing with dot cluster cards to practice and deepen their understanding of numbers and their general number sense. Some of them have also gotten a chance to start using iReady, the online math learning platform. The program assesses their math understanding and then gives them good fit work. We are able to track how they are doing on skills, assign specific assignments and monitor their progress.  

We hope you all have a safe and happy break!

Take care,

Ben and Honi

Important Updates:

• Drop-off is now be at the front door. We think our kindergarteners are ready to walk in with the big kids! Pickup will still be out of our back door. If your child is able to independently buckle, please let us know if you’d like your child picked up at the pick-up circle instead.

Conversation starters:

 

*What did you do in PE, Art, Library, Spanish and Guidance this week?

*How does the morning message start (Good morning, friends!)?

*What morning center is your favorite?

*Try "partner counting" with your student (you say 1, they say 2, you say 3, they say 4....).

*What did you play at recess?

*Look at the new photos in our photo album. They are great conversation starters!

Other Reminders

Class Blog

You can check out the blog here for the newsletter and resources

Pictures

The folder with class pictures can be found here. 

Class Gear

Please remember to send 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.

Book Order Information

 

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