Hello Kindergarten Parents,
Thank you so much for coming to our Open House tonight and for checking the blog already!
If you haven't yet done so, please email me your child's name, your name/s, and best contact phone number so I can add you to my parent email list.
The directions to find the online transportation are:
Go to mead354.org
Drop down the menu Our District
Click on Transportation Info
Click on Where's My Bus Stop
You will then need to enter your home address and your school. Thank you for your patience as we gear up for school!
You can also click on this handy link to take you directly to the transportation page:
http://www.mead354.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=257925&type=d&pREC_ID=588884
Again, we are unsure what our Library time will look like this year. As soon as bargaining is complete, I will have that information and I will update the blog to relay the changes.
Lastly, please fill out all forms in your Open House folder on the right hand side and return these to me as soon as possible. Thank you for being so willing to help our students grow! Every single parent volunteer job is needed to make our program a success. Thank you for your help! I appreciate it so very much!
All the information we went over tonight is in your parent packet, including our behavior plan. Please read all this information and email me or call me if you have any questions. Your involvement and positive attitude of school will reflect in that of your child's each and every day of their school career. Thank you in advance for partnering with me to help create a love of learning in your child!
Happy Trails!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Happy Thursday!
Happy Thursday!
What a great day we had today! The last few days have been super packed and full of fun and also our last kindergarten assessments.
A little shout out! Thank you again to the many parent volunteers who have been so helpful this year and also helping to make sure everything gets finished before school is out! We are beyond grateful for everything you have done for us this year!
The end of school is coming fast and we are checking things off our list. Below are a few reminders about up coming dates. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Important Information:
1. The students have P.E., music, and library tomorrow!
2. Library books are due (if they weren't turned in today). Some kiddos have books that are still checked out. Please check your child's backpack to see if they received a notification letter. Report cards will not be given to kiddos who still have books checked out.
3. Homework folders are due tomorrow. Please be sure your child's HW is turned in with their folder. We are looking forward to reading all the kiddos' last stories!
4. Tomorrow, June 5th is the Spartan Fun Run Field Day. The am class will be from 9:15-9:40am and the pm class will be from 1:05-1:30pm. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately and that they are wearing shoes that tie.
5. Our end of Kindergarten program is scheduled for June 9th at 6:30pm. Please feel free to bring your other kiddos, invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. It's sure to be a fun (and cute) show!
6. Please turn in lunch money if your child is having hot lunch on Wednesday for our lunch at school day! $2.40
7. Please plan on joining us for our last day of school and "snack-nic" at 11:00 and 2:30! We will give students their Kindergarten Memory book and report card on the last day of school, June 11th!
Have a great evening!
Love,
Angie
Monday, June 1, 2015
Happy June!
Happy June!
What a great day for Reading, Writing, and Math! Today, we practiced our addition skills, wrote a new narrative story, and read a Eric Carle book.
*****PLEASE be sure to let me know if your child will be bringing their lunch or buying a school lunch on our Practice Lunch Day, Wednesday, June 10th! If they are buying a school lunch, please send their lunch money in asap!
Important Information:
- June 3rd: Science Fest from 6 to 8! Come tour the school and see all the cool happenings in science at each grade level!
- June 4th: Library Books and take home books are due! Take Homebooks will be exchanged one last time on Thursday. We will be collecting them for the final time on Monday, June 8th!
- June 5th is the Spartan Fun Run Field Day. The am class will be from 9:15-9:40 am and the pm class will be from 1:05-1:30 pm. Please be sure your child wears tennis shoes and clothes ok to get dirty in! :)
- June 9th: Our end of Kindergarten program is scheduled for 6:30pm. Please feel free to bring your other kiddos, invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. It's sure to be a fun (and cute) show!
- June 10th: Kindergarteners eat lunch at school just like a first grader! AM is at 11:00 and PM is at 12:50.
- Kindergarten "Snack-nic" and last day of school is June 11th! The morning class will be at 11am and the afternoon class is at 2:30pm. Please try to join us for the "Snack-nic,"followed by the parent celebration tunnel, where students will acquire their "Ticket to First Grade."
Happy Trails!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Terrific Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday!!
It has been a great week so far! We are reviewing and sharpening our skills of the sounds Qq, Zz, Jj, Yy and the sight words with, me, what, my, and where. Today, we spent time reading and blending sounds and writing words. In reading group, we worked on segmenting the sounds in a word, blending sounds to make words and also read our readers. At the parent helper rotation, we worked on subtraction with Pete the Cats Buttons, and we listened to a fictional story about a shark.
In math, we are also focusing on the students' fluency for subtraction and addition, as well as, drawing story problems and writing number sentences that match.
It has been a fun week for Isopods in science! Yesterday, we had our Pill Bugs and Sow Bugs out for a race and the Sow Bugs won! Pill Bugs are known as the Roly Poly, so we had a lot of fun holding those! Today, we observed, compared and contrasted our Isopods.
Updates and Reminders:
- If you and your child filled out the reading log to earn a Silverwood ticket, those are coming home in a white envelope tomorrow (Wednesday). Please check your students backpack, and please treat these tickets like you would cash. There are not any replacement tickets if your ticket is lost.
- Art-A-Baloo portfolios will be coming home later this week as well! I can't wait for you to see all the art your child has created this year!
- I am printing the rest of our pictures this week for the Memory Books, so if you haven't emailed me your child's field trip picture from December, please email it to me by Friday. Thank you!
- I sent out Royal Reader emails for the students that have summer birthdays, please email me and let me know if that time and day works for you if you haven't yet.
- Please return your child's permission form for our Field Trip next Thursday, May 28th!
- Science Fest is June 3rd, from 6-8 PM. Tour around the school and see what cool things are happening in Science at each grade level.
- Our Spring Concert is Tuesday, June 9th at 6:30 PM
- June 11th!! Last Day of Kindergarten, "Ticket to First Grade" with Mr. Hoglund and "Snacknic" with Parents! More info will come home later this week!!!
- Take Home Books and Library books are due Thursday.
- Homework is due Friday.
- No School on Monday, May 25th in honor of Memorial Day!
Whew! So many fun things happening in Kindergarten these last few weeks! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Happy Trails!
Mrs. Wittwer
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Happy Tuesday!
This week, our letter of the week is Yy, which makes the /yee/ sound. Our sight words this week are "where" and "me." Yesterday, we had a blast with worms! Each student held a night crawler or a red worm if they wanted to. We looked at the body parts and observed how they moved. This whole week we are learning about worms and what they do!
Today, we started our day with decorating and coloring a memory book page, then writing the capital Q and lowercase q, calendar, and daily news. During reading groups we worked on blending and sounding out words with our letter of the week. We cut, glued and colored our "ball of yarn" into our ABC book and listened to "Mother, You're The Best..." in honor of Mother's Day. After reading groups, in math we worked on taking apart numbers to find the two parts that make up that number. This week we are still working on subtraction using number bonds, and number sentences. We finished up our day with practicing our songs for our end of the year concert with Mrs. Longmeier's class.
Meet the Principal Finalists on May 29th!
You are invited to attend an open forum for our Prairie View community to meet our new PV Principal candidates on Friday, May 29th from 3:30-4:30 PM in the PV Cafeteria. Candidate #1 will be with our community members from 3:30-4:00 and Candidate #2 will be available from 4:00-4:30 PM to answer any questions you may have. We hope that you will be able to join us! Reminders:
- Homework Folders went home Monday and are due back on Friday. In your student's homework folder is the permission form for our Field Trip at the end of the month. Please return this when you can.
- Thursday: Take Home Book exchange day, so please send in a note with your child's book. Also, Library books are due!
Happy Trails!
Mrs. Wittwer
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Thursday!
Happy (Sunny) Thursday!
We started our day with a math sprint, and then we worked on a super-special gift for Mother's Day! Most gifts were taken home today, a few will be sent home tomorrow. We then transitioned to reading groups, where kiddos worked on initial sounds, reading, ABC books, and listening. We then worked on math subtraction sentences and number bonds. Then we continued our day with science, reading all about worms. We ended our day with a short recess in the beautiful sunshine!
Important Information:
1. The students have P.E., music, and library tomorrow!
2. Library books are due (if they weren't turned in today).
3. Homework folders are due tomorrow. Please be sure your child's HW is turned in with their folder. I am looking forward to reading all the kiddos' stories!
4. Our spring field trip is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th. We will be going to Sky Prairie Park. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to meet us there! Permission slips will go home next week on Monday.
5. Our end of Kindergarten program is scheduled for June 9th at 6:30pm. Please feel free to bring your other kiddos, invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. It's sure to be a fun (and cute) show!
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