Picture Retakes
On Tuesday, November 19, there will be individual picture retakes. If you are needing retakes to be done for your child, please let me know and I will send an order form home with you. Snow Make Up Day/Thanksgiving Break Reminder that Wednesday, November 27, will now be our snow make up day. It will be a half day so students will be dismissed at 12:30 that day. Then, our Thanksgiving Break will be Thursday, November 28, through Friday, November 29. Enjoy your break and know that I am very thankful for the wonderful kids you share with me everyday! Snack Next Two Weeks November 18-22 Monday- Mrs. Childers Tuesday- Emi Wednesday- Lane Thursday- Parker Friday- Brynlee November 25-27 Monday- Da’ Laiya Tuesday- Sam Wednesday- Half Day Upcoming Events November 19- Picture retakes November 27- Snow Make Up Day/Half Day November 28-29- Thanksgiving Break December 13- November/December Tiger Pride
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Veterans Day Assembly
Monday morning, November 11, will be our Veterans Day breakfast and assembly here at Willard East. The breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. Your student is more than welcome to eat with the person who is here to be recognized. Our assembly will start at 9:30 a.m. in the gym. We encourage you to invite any Veteran you may know to come celebrate this special day with us! Outdoor Recess As the cold weather is finally here to stay, a little reminder to send those warm jackets and coats for outdoor recess. They are also welcome to bring hats, gloves, and scarves to help keep warm! Our school policy is that we go out unless it is below 32 degrees, or 25 degrees with the wind chill. Snack Next Week Monday- Levi Tuesday- Enola Wednesday- Braiden Thursday- Summer Friday- Mitchell Upcoming Events November 11- Veterans Day Breakfast and Assembly November 27-29- Thanksgiving Break Tiger Pride
Reminder that our October Tiger Pride Assembly is today Friday, October 25, at 2:30 p.m. Families are welcome to attend. There are chairs set up for parents in the cafeteria, and students will sit with the class. Our assemblies usually last until 3:15. If you choose to come, you are welcome to take your child with you after the assembly. Taking them after the assembly does not count against attendance. If you are taking your child home from the assembly, students will walk back to the music room with Mrs. Kuchta (they are in music class when the assembly begins) and you can let Mrs. Kuchta know you are taking them home. The class takes their backpacks with them to music on assembly days, so you will not need to walk down to our classroom for their things. Please email me or send a note to let me know you are taking your child with you so that I know where they are as well. Let me know if you have questions! Parent Teacher Conferences Reminder that next week Monday, October 28, and Tuesday, October 29, we will have Parent Teacher Conferences. I look forward to meeting with each one of you! Fall Break We will not have school from Friday, November 1 through Tuesday, November 5. We will return to school Wednesday, November 6. Enjoy Fall Break with your family! Snack Next Week Monday- Sam Tuesday- Ammie Wednesday- Harleigh Thursday- Jordyn Friday- No School Upcoming Events October 25- Tiger Pride @ 2:30 PM October 28- Parent Teacher Conferences October 29- Parent Teacher Conferences November 1-5- No School/Fall Break Fall Party
Reminder that tomorrow, October 18th, at 11:30 AM, we will have our Fall Party! Thanks for all your help making this party a success! Half Day Remember that tomorrow, October 18, is also a half day of school. You are more than welcome to take your child with you after the party that day. We release at 12:30 p.m. Tiger Pride Our October Tiger Pride Assembly is next Friday, October 25, at 2:30 p.m. Families are welcome to attend. There are chairs set up for parents in the cafeteria, and students will sit with the class. I will give out two academic awards. If your child earns an Academic Award, they will go on stage. I will send an email home for this prior to the assembly. Our assemblies usually last until 3:15. If you choose to come, you are welcome to take your child with you after the assembly. Taking them after the assembly does not count against attendance. If you are taking your child home from the assembly, students will walk back to the music room with Mrs. Kuchta (they are in music class when the assembly begins) and you can let Mrs. Kuchta know you are taking them home. The class takes their backpacks with them to music on assembly days, so you will not need to walk down to our classroom for their things. Please email me or send a note to let me know you are taking your child with you so that I know where they are as well. Let me know if you have questions! Red Ribbon Week/Dress Up Days Next week we will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week here at Willard East! We will be learning more about what it means to be drug free. We will also have dress up days. It is not required to participate, but the students typically really enjoy this week! I am sending home a flyer today with the dress up days and will also list them below for you! Monday- PJ Day Tuesday- Wear Bright Clothes Wednesday- Wear Camo Thursday- Wear Red Friday- Wear Willard Tiger Gear Sight Words Sight words are a great start to reading in Kindergarten! Earlier this week, I sent home List A of sight words with your child. These are to be practiced at home. When your child has mastered that list, you may send it back to school in their orange folder. There is a place to sign at the bottom. On Fridays, I will sit down with them and go over the list here at school only if the list has been returned with a signature. If they pass that list, I will then put a new list for them in their folder to practice. I would encourage you to hang on to their list until Fridays so they can have them at home to practice. Unfortunately, we will have to start this next week, due to tomorrow being a half day. Each student can and should move at their own pace! Our goal is that by the end of the year, they will master all 5 lists for Kindergarten. Let me know any questions you may have on this! Snack Next Week Monday- Summer Tuesday- Mitchell Wednesday- Emi Thursday- Parker Friday- Da’ Laiya Upcoming Events October 18- ½ Day/Fall Party @ 11:30 AM October 25- Tiger Pride @ 2:30 PM October 28- Parent-Teacher Conferences October 29- Parent-Teacher Conferences Fall Party
Reminder that next Friday, October 18th, at 11:30 AM, we will have our Fall Party! Our wonderful homeroom mom, Sarah, has created a letter that I sent home earlier this week telling you more about our party. Please send in the $3 to help cover the cost of food and party supplies as soon as you can. Thanks for your help in making this party a success! Half Day Remember that Friday, October 18, is also a half day of school. You are more than welcome to take your child with you after the party that day. We release at 12:30 p.m. Rest Time This week was our last week of rest time. I will send home mats and towels Friday and they do not need to come back to school. Apples Thank you for all of the apples you have sent in! We have had so much fun exploring and creating with them the last two weeks! Snack Next Week Monday- Enola Tuesday- Lane Wednesday- Levi Thursday- Braiden Friday- ½ Day Upcoming Events October 18- ½ Day/Fall Party @ 11:30 AM October 25- Tiger Pride @ 2:30 PM October 28- Parent-Teacher Conferences October 29- Parent-Teacher Conferences Rest Time
Next week will be the last week of rest time. I will send home mats and towels next Friday and they do not need to come back to school. This will be a very hard adjustment for some of them. They are used to getting that solid 30 minutes of sleep everyday. It may be a good idea to bump up their bedtime until they fully adjust to having a full day of school with no rest. If you have any questions about this, please let me know. Sight Words This week we started to learn sight words at school. Sight words appear frequently in text students read, but can't easily be sounded out. Learning them helps children become more confident readers. This list of kindergarten sight words includes the most commonly used words every student should know, also called high frequency words. We will be learning 2 new words each week. The following is a list of the words through the month of December. On Mondays, your student will write down their 2 new sight words for the week and bring them home with them. If you will work on the two words at home, it will help practice what we are learning in class.We will have informal “spelling tests” on Fridays. These are not for a grade, just a quick check to see who needs more help learning the words. Week #1 am, at (Sept. 30-Oct 4) Week #2 can, go (Oct. 7-11) Week #3 is, me (Oct. 14-18) Week #4 my, see (Oct. 21-25) Week #5 the, to (Oct 28-Nov. 1) Week #6 up, we (Nov. 4-8) Week #7 and, do (Nov. 11-15) Week #8 got, had (Nov. 18-22) Week #9 has, he (Dec. 2-5) Snack Next Week Monday- Mrs. Childers Tuesday- Bingham Wednesday- Brady Thursday- Syler Friday- Brynlee Upcoming Events October 18- Half Day/Fall Party @ 11:30 AM October 25- Tiger Pride @ 2:30 PM Open House
Just a reminder that our Open House is tonight from 6-7 p.m. Hope to see you there! Tiger Pride Our first Tiger Pride Assembly is tomorrow, September 27 at 2:30 p.m. Families are welcome to attend. There are chairs set up for parents in the cafeteria, and students will sit with the class. Our assemblies usually last until 3:15. If you choose to come, you are welcome to take your child with you after the assembly. Taking them after the assembly does not count against attendance. If you are taking your child home from the assembly, students will walk back to the music room with Mrs. Kuchta (they are in music class when the assembly begins) and you can let Mrs. Kuchta know you are taking them home. The class takes their backpacks with them to music on assembly days, so you will not need to walk down to our classroom for their things. Please email me or send a note to let me know you are taking your child with you so that I know where they are as well. Let me know if you have questions! Apples We will be begin our Apple Unit next week. We will be doing all kinds of fun activities with apples! If you could send in one apple for your student sometime next week, we would have enough apples to taste test and make applesauce. If you would like to send in more than one, that would be great too! We will need red, green and yellow. Thank you for your help! Lunch If your child comes in without a lunch box, I will always assume they are needing to sign up for a school lunch. If you are bringing lunch to them or bringing their lunch box later, I will need a note or email. We do our lunch count first thing and it has been hard for them to have our numbers right when we are at lunch with all the changes throughout the morning. Please let me know if there are any clarifying questions about this! Snack Next Week Monday- Da’ Laiya Tuesday- Sam Wednesday- Ammie Thursday- Harleigh Friday- Jordyn Upcoming Events September 26- Open House @6:00-7:00 PM September 27- First Tiger Pride @2:30 PM Open House
Just a reminder that our Open House will be next Thursday, September 26, from 6-7 p.m. We have been working hard to prepare our room for that night and I will have a schedule to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences. You won’t want to miss it! Tiger Pride Our first Tiger Pride Assembly is next Friday, September 27 at 2:30 p.m. Families are welcome to attend. There are chairs set up for parents in the cafeteria, and students will sit with the class. Our assemblies usually last until 3:15. If you choose to come, you are welcome to take your child with you after the assembly. Taking them after the assembly does not count against attendance. If you are taking your child home from the assembly, students will walk back to the music room with Mrs. Kuchta (they are in music class when the assembly begins) and you can let Mrs. Kuchta know you are taking them home. The class takes their backpacks with them to music on assembly days, so you will not need to walk down to our classroom for their things. Please email me or send a note to let me know you are taking your child with you so that I know where they are as well. Let me know if you have questions! Community Helpers I sent home a note earlier this week about Community Helpers. In case you missed it, here is the information! Next week we will be discussing community helpers in class. We are looking for volunteers to come into our class and share about their job and how it helps the community. If you would be willing to come in and speak to all of Kindergarten, please contact your child’s teacher as soon as possible! We look forward to hearing from you and always appreciate your willingness to help! Dates/Times available for speakers: (speakers do not have to stay for a full hour, it may only take 15-20 minutes) Monday, September 23rd 9:00-10:00, or 1:00-2:00 Wednesday, September 25th 9:00-10:00, or 1:00-2:00 Friday, September 27th 9:00-10:00, or 1:00-2:00 Snack Next Week Monday- Mitchell Tuesday- Emi Wednesday- Lane Thursday- Parker Friday- Brynlee Upcoming Events September 20- Half Day September 26- Open House @6:00-7:00 PM September 27- First Tiger Pride @2:30 PM Homecoming Parade/Half Day
As most of you have heard, on Friday, September 20, the Willard Community will come together to celebrate Homecoming. Our school will be watching the Homecoming Parade that day at 10:00 AM. Due to the festivities that day, that Friday will also only be a half day which means we will dismiss at 12:30 PM not 3:30 PM. Spirit Week Next week, our school has been asked to participate in Homecoming Spirit Days! I am sending home a flyer with these days listed, as well. These will be fun days where your child may dress up. This is not required, just something to do as a fun preparation for Homecoming! The themes for each day are: Monday - PJ Day Tuesday - Hero Vs. Villain Wednesday - Western Wear Wednesday Thursday - Disney Day Friday - Willard Pride School Shirts Snack Next Week Monday- Levi Tuesday- Enola Wednesday- Braiden Thursday- Summer Friday- Half Day Upcoming Events September 20- Half Day September 26- Open House @6:00-7:00 PM September 27- First Tiger Pride @2:30 PM What Have We Been Learning
It was a short week, packed with learning! This week we started Read to Self. Read to Self is a designated time we will spend each day reading books on our own in the classroom. We talked about three ways to read a book. We learned we can read the pictures, read the words, and retell the story after we have finished reading it. Check out our class Facebook page for some photos of them reading independently! We also finished talking about our first habit in Leader in Me. A paper should have come home earlier this week telling you a little more about all 7 habits. Our first habit is Be Proactive. Be sure to ask your student what this means for them here at school and at home! Colors We will be learning about colors next week in Kindergarten! On Monday, Sept. 9, please have your child wear the color red to school. Look for more notes like these to remind you what color your child should wear the rest of the week. I will also list them on here! Snack Next Week Monday(Red)- Ammie Tuesday(Orange)- Jordyn Wednesday(Yellow)- Bingham Thursday(Green)- Brady Friday(Blue)- Syler Upcoming Events September 20- Half Day September 26- Open House @6:00-7:00 PM September 27- First Tiger Pride @2:30 PM |
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