Popcorn

Rain Rain Go Away, the students will miss their popcorn Thursdays!

Due to the cold and sometimes rainy weather we will be postponing the popcorn Thursday’s till March. January and February are unpredictable and with the popcorn being outside, we just cannot ask our fabulous Popcorn volunteers to stand out in the cold.

Addition Symbol

Today in math we discussed the addition symbol. We used counters on both sides of the addition stick and then said a "number sentence". For example 3 + 2 = 5. Then the kids said a "number story" like, "I had three pigs. My mom gave me two more pigs. Now I have five pigs altogether."

Practicing this concept at home will help cement this language and concept for your child. Thanks!

Grant Application Help Requested

I am considering writing a grant for 7 ipads for classroom use. I can forsee SO many possibilities with this new technology. The deadline for the application is midnight January 28th. I say considering, because my life is extremely busy and I have to asses whether I will have enough time to devote to writing this grant. It is through the Issaquah Schools Foundation. If you have any experience or interest in partnering with me in this endeavor, please let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Author of the Month | Jan Bret

Our author of the month for January is Jan Bret. We will be reading her wonderfully rich books and completing a piece of art work inspired by her book The Mitten, later this month. She has a fun website you can go explore. Just click HERE.

Star of the Week Activities

Several people have asked for a list of the Star of the Week activities again so I thought I would just post it here so you could refer back to it. All of these activities are optional. Do as few or as many as you would like. I try to fit the activities on the day they are scheduled, but sometimes we run out of time and we end up doing an activity the following day.

Schedule of Events
Monday: Star Banner Sharing
Please return the completed “star banner” to school. This will be returned to your at the end of your child’s special week.

Tuesday: Special Sharing
Today, a favorite book belonging to your child can be shared with our class.

Wednesday: Secret Sharing
Please bring an item in a bag that we cannot see through and be sure to keep it a secret! We will use questioning techniques and clues to discover what the secret item is. (PM kinders may choose to do this another day during the star week.)

Thursday: Class book about our star
Today our class will make a very special book about you, our star!

Friday: Estimation Bag
We will use our estimation skills to guess how many items are in your bag—Please don’t tell us! (Families, please keep the number of items to 30 or smaller and place them in a Ziploc bag.)
Reminder:
Your child is more than welcome to share a non-edible birthday treat (ie. stickers, pencils, erasers, etc.) sometime during this week with our class.

Have fun!

January Calendar

Several students have been absent today so I am sending home the January calendar in their mailboxes. Please have them write the numbers for the days and then create the picture with the snowman as shown above. You may keep this at home to enjoy!

Week Preview

Welcome back! I hope you all had a restful break. This week is a review week. We will be reviewing the letters, t, f, c, o and the words "and, are, said, the we, my, I, have, that, you, a, is"

Thanks for all of your support!
~Mrs. Perry