Friday, April 21, 2017

Hi!

I wanted to let you know that the last day of school for our KINDERGARTEN students is Wednesday, June 14th. Our last day is earlier than the rest of SMS to allow time to screen the in-coming kindergarten students. Please save the date because we will be having a celebration in our classroom.

Here are some pictures from our week:

Our author visit!

 This week we had a big math problem to solve! The children had to use Post-it notes to see if they were tall enough to ride an imaginary amusement park ride. They needed to be 12 Post-it notes tall. Ask your child about this math activity.

Up-coming Events:

• PTO Spring Social- 5/5
• Ride Your Bike to School- 5/12
• Early Release-5/17
• MakerFest- 5/18
• See Science Center Field Trip- 5/26 *More info to follow
• No School-5/29
• Grandparent Luncheon- 6/5
• Field Day- 6/9
• Last Day of K-6/14

Enjoy the vacation week.

Kristen

April 14, 217

Greetings!

It was a pleasure meeting with all of you for conferences these last few weeks. There is so much growth and development to celebrate with these kindergarten students.

Please ask your child to tell you about our author visit today. JoAnn Adinolfi was great! She lives right in Portsmouth. We were lucky to see her art, watch her draw and learn about where she gets her story ideas.

Progress Reports were sent home today to report attendance. Conferences replace grades this quarter.  I only printed one side of the progress report in an effort to conserve ink. Please sign and return the envelope as soon as you can. Thank you.

We are working to determine the last day of kindergarten and will get the date to you ASAP. We end the school year a few days earlier than the rest of SMS to allow time to screen the in-coming kindergarten students.

Up-Coming Events:

• LAST Word of the Week- she
• LAST handwriting letters- x & z
• Jump Rope for Heart-4/21
• Spring Vacation- 4/24-4/28
• Bike to School Day-5/12
• Early Release-5/17
• MakerFest-5/18
• Field Trip-5/26 *More information to follow
• No School- 5/29
• Grandparent Luncheon-6/5

Donation Requests:

-flour for our texture table

-tissues

-foaming hand soap

😊 Kristen

April 7, 2017

Hello Fish Families!


Mr. Fosher has asked me to pass along information about an exciting opportunity for SMS kindergarten students. This year 20 children have been invited to sing/recite a poem at the Exeter High School graduation on Friday, 6/16. He would like 2 boys and 2 girls from each kindergarten class to participate. More information will follow about rehearsals, but the children and parent (if you choose) are bused from SMS to EHS and back. The children are only there for the song/poem. Please email me if you would like to be a part of this.

Visual Arts: We made umbrella sun catchers and are working on coffee filter spring flowers.

Readers' Workshop: We began our last reading unit, "Becoming Avid Readers".  Avid readers read a lot. They read everywhere and can't stop reading. They have a stack of books-in-waiting. We are working on being avid readers during reading time. 

Writers' Workshop: The children are writing "How To" pieces. They are planning the steps to the teaching books across their fingers. We learned about how many "How To" books include a list of materials needed. The children are using first, next, then and last in their writing.

Math Workshop: We have been working on subtraction this week. We played a game "Disappearing Train" focusing on counting backwards, taking away, and the subtraction symbol. Please continue to practice counting backwards from 20-0 with your children when you can. The children also played a fun attribute game. 

Up-Coming Events:

Word of the Week- on
Handwriting- f and q
Early Release- Wednesday, 4/12
April Vacation- 4/24-4/28


Donation Requests:

• Flour for our texture table

Fondly,

Kristen