November 17, 2006
Dear Families,
During Nn week we practiced our numbers and made Number Booklets. The nickel was introduced. The kindergartners learned to read 2 new words this week. The words are an and Nan. Notice the two new flash cards. Please review them often! 2 booklets about a girl named Nan were read and sent home. Phone numbers were practiced. Boys and girls will need to know their phone numbers for the next report card. November necklaces were colored and put together. We started talking about Thanksgiving this week, and the students used their markers to color turkeys. The turkeys will be in the hallway. They will be sent home before Thanksgiving. Tyler’s mom, Beth Morrison, came to school and talked about being a nurse. She showed us some of her cool nursing tools, and she told us the important parts of her job.
Next week we will be studying the letter Ii. Since next week is such a short week, we will NOT have sharing.
Right after Thanksgiving the boys and girls will be writing letters to Santa. They will be dictating their ideas to a teacher to be typed on the computer. We would like them to have 3 or 4 ideas of gifts they would like to receive. These letters will be mailed to Santa, and they may appear in the Traer Star Clipper. Please discuss Christmas ideas with your child so that we can type these letters quickly and easily. Families may write down their child’s list of 3 or 4 items and send it to school after Thanksgiving.
Speaking of Christmas, many families are beginning to think about the elementary Christmas party and the gifts that the kids exchange. We ask that the boys buy a gift for a boy and the girls buy a gift for a girl. We will have a “grab bag” type of gift exchange. The amount that can be spent on the gift $2.
Our kindergarten parents in the past have been very generous when remembering the teachers at Christmas time. An idea that we learned from Pied Piper is that instead of buying the teacher a gift, families could choose instead to purchase a gift for the room. We have a few ideas for items that we would like for the classroom: markers to be used in our writing center, glue sticks, stickers, disposable cameras, baby dolls, doll clothing, larger trucks and tractors, and games (see the teachers for ideas). If you need any ideas, just ask one of us. Of course, families may handle this matter however they desire.
Also in regards to Christmas, the date for the elementary Christmas program is Wednesday, December 13th. It usually begins at 1:30 in the gym. The fifth and sixth grade bands will play first, and the kindergartners will follow them. Following our songs, families will have a choice of whether to have their kindergartner sit with them for the remainder of the program or watch the rest of it with Mrs. Owens and Ms. Howard. Watch for more information about the program closer to December 13th.
Please remember that school will be dismissed at 2:20 on Wednesday, November 22nd for Thanksgiving vacation. School will resume on Monday, November 27th at the normal time.
We know that the cold and flu season is upon us. Please remember that if your doctor prescribes a medication that has to be taken at school, THE DOCTOR and THE PARENT (yes both) need to write the directions down for the nurse. (This means 2 notes are required.) The prescription medication MUST be in the original container from the pharmacy. Families might want to ask for 2 containers when filling the prescription; one for school and one for home. The nurse cannot administer any medication without both notes. Cough syrup needs to have a doctor’s order to be given in school. (If your child is constantly coughing, he/she should really stay home.) DO NOT SEND COUGH DROPS TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR STUDENT! Parents are welcome to come to school and give medicines to their own children. Please contact the school nurse or us if you have any questions.
Mrs. Owens, Ms. Howard, and Mrs. Herink
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