Kindergarten: December 2018

Monday, December 17, 2018

Week of December 17th

Good Afternoon & Happy Third Week of Advent!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We have a VERY busy, fun-filled, and exciting week ahead of us.

Here is some VERY important information for tomorrow and the week ahead:

1) Tomorrow is our Pajama Day & Top Secret Surprise in the afternoon. Students are asked to come in their comfy jammies tomorrow and can bring ONE fluffy friend to spend the day with them. In the afternoon we have an amazing experience planned to surprise them with.

2) Tomorrow is Santa Shop in the morning. All payment reminders went home last week. All cash payments MUST be in tomorrow morning with your child in order for them to purchase what you ordered.

3) There is NO after care this Wednesday the 19^th. Students must either take the bus or be car rider.

4) If you have not already done so, please send in your gift exchange presents by Thursday.

5) This Thursday is our Christmas Concert for K-8^th grade. Students are asked to dress in their “Sunday Best” which means festive dress/skirts for the girls, button-downs and nice pants for the boys, no sneakers please. Students are asked to be here by 6:45 pm, we will be meeting in the 2^nd grade classroom for drop-off and pick-up. In the past, Kindergarten students have been allowed to leave after their performance, however this year the concert will be much shorter in length and therefore they will be required to stay the entire concert. The whole concert itself should not be longer than 45 minutes total. Once the concert is over, we will meet back in the 2^nd grade classroom and you may pick up your children and leave from there.

6) This Friday is our last day of school before winter break, we will be dismissing at 11:45 am. There is no after care on Friday, students are to be bus or car rider please.

7) We will not be adding any new popcorn words this week as we are very busy with group projects, STEM activities, special days, and Music rehearsals. We will be reviewing past concepts and themes this week as well.

Thank you so much for your time. Have a lovely week and looking forward to seeing everyone Thursday evening for a great concert.

Love & Prayers,
Mrs. Tironi

Monday, December 10, 2018

Week of December 10th

Good Afternoon & Happy Second Week of Advent!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We had a marvelous Monday today and the class worked very hard!

I will not be in school tomorrow as I will be down in Newark for an all-day workshop, or "Teacher School" as I told the kiddos. Mrs. Matthews and Mrs. Nowel will be here tomorrow. If you have any changes in dismissal or need to contact them during the day tomorrow, please reach out directly to Mrs. Nowel via Class Dojo, as she does have the app on her phone and can see it right away.

A few important papers went home today in homework folders. One is a permission slip for our Christmas Breakfast that will be happening next Friday morning. Please be sure to fill out the permission slip and return to school asap.

The second important notice that went home is a letter explaining our Kindergarten Christmas Gift Exchange. We do ask to please send in gifts by next Thursday the 19^th. Thank you so much for your support, we are looking forward to an awesome celebration with your children.

Important Dates Ahead:

12/14- This Friday TAG Day- Theme is Christmas Colors

12/18- Santa Shop

12/19- There is NO after care this day

12/20- K-8^th Grade Christmas Concert 7:00 pm

12/21- Half Day with NO after care

12/24-01/01- Christmas Vacation- School reopens Wednesday 01/02

Here are our themes/concepts for this week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/ Phonics:

-Daily journaling activities

-Vowel: Ee

-Sight Words- come, they

-Color Word- green

-Reading Comprehension- sequence, characters

-Grammar Skill: Syllables

2) Mathematics:

-Numbers in Base Ten: tens and ones

-Counting by 5’s and 10’s

3) Religion-

-Second Week of Advent- Week of Peace

-Preparing for Baby Jesus’ Birthday

-Peacemakers

-Daily Prayers

4) Social Studies:

-Holidays Around the World Unit

5) Science:

-Needs vs. Wants

Thank you very much for your time. Have a wonderful week.

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Week of December 3rd

Good Afternoon & Happy First Week of Advent!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to a beautiful Advent season. Our class has been hard at work and doing a fabulous job. I am very excited for all the wonderful things ahead.

As a reminder, Scholastic Book Orders are due by tomorrow evening. You may order online and use our class code P8VPV.

Reading Folders will be going home today with December reading log and READO boards. Please be sure to initial your child’s READO board, so we can ensure they are completing the activities. They may also use Raz Kids & ABCmouse for additional fun, interactive support of our lessons.

Students who completed their November log & READO board will receive their certificate, Free Frosty coupon & classroom prize coupon today.