V-Day Boxes/Valentine's for Friends

Make Your Own Valentine’s Box

Please make a homemade Valentine mailbox with your child to bring to school.  Start with a shoebox or Kleenex box, and then use your imagination to create a Valentine box.  You might use wrapping paper, construction paper, wallpaper scraps, fabric, craft foam, or a paper bag to cover the box.  Decorate with stickers, glitter, paint pens, pom poms, lace, doilies, flowers, or valentine cards. 

Bring your Valentine’s  and Valentine boxes to school on Friday, February 10^th, 2012.  On Tuesday, February 14^th, 2012 students will put Valentine’s in each other’s boxes during the party and then open and look through their boxes.

100th Day of School

Dear kindergarten families,

Since kindergarten began, we have been counting the days of school.  We will celebrate our 100^th day of kindergarten on Monday, February 13!  Part of our celebration is creating our own 100 collections.  Please help your child find 100 related items that he or she can glue, tape, staple, or draw on the attached number grid.

Some ideas to get you started:

·         100 stickers

·         100 buttons

·         100 cotton balls

·         100 dots made by markers

·         100 pieces of pasta

Be creative!  You can use anything you can stick to this grid!  (just note, pennies are a fun project, but they tend to fall off easily because of their heavy weight.  If you choose pennies or any other heavy item, I recommend covering the entire project with strips of mailing tape.  Some heavy projects may need a piece of cardboard on the back for support.)

Please return the 100 collections chart by Thursday, February 9, so we can display the collections in our room. 

Thank you and Have Fun!

Looking for these items for our classroom centers....

• small pringles cans
• clear water bottles/juice bottles
• bottle caps
• small pizza pans
• small cookie sheets
• rice
• paint samples
• paint sticks
• The items above do not need to be new.  They can be used items that you are no longer using at home. 

Check out...

the writing we have been doing on things we learned about animals.  We are also working on starting our sentence with an uppercase letter, ending our sentence with punctuation, and using finger spaces between each word.  Click here: http://mrsleachskindergartenclass.wikispaces.com/Student+Writing+and+Work and click on "A Time for Playing."

Book Orders/Items for Michael

We do not have school on Friday, January 20th.  Please send your book orders before Thursday, January 19th. 

Items for Michael's troop (our adopted soldier) are due on Friday, January 27th.  I would like to send the care package the following week so that they can get it in time for Valentine's. 

Thanks! 

A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO...

Charla DePoppe for coming to school today and working on creating some new literacy centers.  The kids are VERY excited about using them!!!

Special thanks....

to Jenny Habana for coming to school today and labeling and organizing all of our new books.  The kids were SUPER excited!!!

I am still looking for supplies for literacy centers if you have any of those things at home, please send them to school.  Also, if you would be willing to help create them that would be great.  Thanks!

• bottle caps
• pizza pans
• cookie sheets
• magnetic letters
• pencil boxes
• rectangluar tupperware containers w/ lid (store centers in)

Class Pictures

We will be taking class pictures on Friday, January 13th. 

Labeling Books...

We just received 300 books for our classroom library.  YEAH!!!!!  I am looking for someone to come to school one day and organize the books by reading level (preA, A, B, C, etc.) and label them with stickers that say "Hawthorne Kindergarten."  Please let me know if you would be able to help with this project.  I know the students will be excited to be able to put these books in their book boxes.  Thanks for all you do!   

Care Package for Soldiers

Our class has adopted a soldier!  His name is Michael High.  He is currently serving in the US Army and is on his second deployment to Afghanistan.  Our class has been making pictures and writing letters to him the last two months.  We would like to send his squad a care package.  We have asked them what are some things that they would like (see list below).  We would appreciate it if you could donate one or more of the items listed below.   Thank you for helping us support our troops!

Items They Would Appreciate:

·        Dried Fruit

·        Sour Candy

·        Ramen Noodles

·        Slim Jims

·        Raisin Brain Cereal

·        Gum

·        Granola Bars

·        Trail Mix

·        Books (History)

·        Magazines (Time, National Geographic, etc.)

·        Wet wipes

·        Personal Hygiene products

·        Beef Jerky

·        Batteries (AA or AAA)

Reading Rocks and Math Rolls Assembly...

On Thursday, January 5, Mrs. Sandi Sorenson and her fourth graders entertained Hawthorne students with a delightful skit based on The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola.  This is a non-fiction book that presents a variety of facts about popcorn.  Threaded throughout the skit were facts and concepts about math.  The reading strategy of questioning was illustrated by the students, who asked questions of their audience before, during, and after the skit.  The fourth graders had an interesting stage and set of props including a fire (a box fan with read crepe paper being blown out),  a cave, a cornfield, and a kitchen filled with the tools to make popcorn! 

 

 

AIMSweb testing...

We did not get a chance to complete our AIMSweb testing today.  We will work on reading AIMSweb tomorrow and math AIMSweb on Wednesday.  Please make sure your child gets a good night's rest and a good breakfast in the morning.  Thanks!

Book orders...

Book orders are due back on Friday, January 13th.  Please let me know if you have any questions about what books to choose or about ordering online.  There are lots of great books in the book order that your child can read.  We are working on reading levels A-D.

Items Needed for Daily 5 centers...

• bottle caps
• pizza pans
• cookie sheets
• magnetic letters
• pencil boxes
• rectangluar tupperware containers w/ lid (store centers in)

*The items above do not need to be new.  They can be used items that you are no longer using at home.  I would also love if some parents could come in and help make some of these centers (during the day, one night, or even a weekend).  If you would be interested, please call me at school or at home.  I have put some pictures underneath of some of the centers.  Thanks!

 

Alternate Lunch Choice

Monday - Turkey and Cheese Sandwich

Tuesday - Egg Salad Sandwich

Wednesday - Ham and Cheese Sandwich

Thursday - Tuna Salad on Wheat Bread

Friday - Chelf Salad with Egg and Cheese

Your child will be able to choose between this choice or the regular menu item each day.  Please help your student decide before coming to school.  Thanks!

Change in date....

The Reading Rocks Assembly has been moved to Thursday, January 5th.  Please wear your Reading Rocks t-shirt on Thursday or a black t-shirt.  Thanks!

Winter Holiday Party

Winter Party pictures are finally up.  Sorry it took so long.  Hope everyone had a wonderful break!  I am excited to see everyone back at school tomorrow!