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Mrs. Wells' KinderLION News October 29-November 2, 2012

Mrs. Wells’ KinderLION News Week of October 29th – November 2nd, 2012 Dear Parents, Parent-Teacher conference forms are coming home today. Kindergarten’s conferences will be different this year. We only have 2 days to have our conferences, and we must give all parents a time to meet. So you will find a conference sheet with your assigned day and time. We had to cut our conferences to 10 minutes each, in order to get to meet with each and every parent we have. Please fill out the attached form and send back the next school day stating if you can or cannot meet at this time. Unfortunately, these are the only times we will be able to meet this first round, so we hope you can make it. This week we are working on the Reading Street, Unit 2, week 2 “ Nature Spy”, We are reviewing two new sight words, “have”, and “is”. Please continue to review the sight words,”to” “a” “the” “little”, “I”, and “am”. Please also work with your child on recognizing these words and the letters, sounds of the alphabet. Go Math! Chapter 3: We are continuing to work on Chapter 3 “Represent, Count, and Write Numbers 6 to 9. Please practice counting by 1’s to 25 with your child and writing numbers 0-10. Thank you! Halloween Treats for Treat Bags. : Reminder, we will NOT have a Halloween party, however, we will be sending home Halloween treat bags for our children. If you are planning on sending in treats for your class treat bags, please remember we have Peanut Allergies in the Kindergarten Classrooms. Please do NOT send in anything with peanuts or peanut oils. If you prefer you can send in pencils, stickers, and other small non-food items instead of candy. Thank you. SAVE THE DATES!! Thanks to our wonderful PTO, every child in Kindergarten received a FREE t-shirt saying “Class of 2025” at the Kindergarten Registration at the end of last year. Parents of children who did attend filled out their child’s name on a white index card and handed it to the PTO parent to get their shirt. We had lots of children not attend the roundup, so we went through all the cards and found out who in each class had received shirts. If you did not get your free shirt in the Spring of last year, we are sending them home this week. (Group B got theirs on Friday in Mrs. Smith’s room). PTO brought Cosi on Wheels to Amelia! This is a great hands-on science experience for your child. Group A children will have COSI on Wheels on Wednesday, Oct. 31st and Group B students will have COSI on wheels on Tuesday, October 30th. Dates to Remember: Thursday, November 1st: Last day to order a pie for the Market Day Fundraiser Tuesday October 30th & Wednesday, October 31st: COSI on Wheels Assembly! Friday, November 2nd: Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children will attend) Monday, November 5th: PTA Skating Party 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 6th: NO SCHOOL : Teacher In-Service Day Friday, November 9th: Report Cards Sent Home: Group B (Tuesday-Thursday Children will attend).

Mrs. Wells' KinderLION News October 22-26, 2012

Dear Parents, This week we are working on the Reading Street, Unit 2, week 1, “Flowers!” Our new Big Idea concept for Unit 2 is “How are animals and plants unique?” We introduced two new sight words, “have”, and “is”. Please continue to review the sight words ”to” “a” “the” “little”, “I”, and “am”. Please also work with your child on recognizing these words and the letters, sounds of the alphabet. Red Ribbon Week…. Thanks for helping us make Red Ribbon Week so wonderful! We have had children dress in Red on Monday, in their PJ’s on Tuesday, wear hats on Wednesday! Thursday students are to wear boots to stamp out drugs, and on Friday, we are all to wear our blue and white spirit wear! On Tuesday we had a very special treat. We had Officer Patton come to our school with a special Police Dog. We talked about stranger danger. They also talked about being safe and wearing seat belts, and saying “No” to drugs. On Wednesday, we had celebrities at our school. Author, Nancy Orlando and Illustrator, Debbi Kern(former Art Teacher from Amelia Elementary), came to read their new book, “Good Grief It’s Winter”. Debbi and Nancy read their new book to our students, and acted out scenes. They gave each child a mask to decorate and a color sheet from their book! Reminder Market Day Pie Fundraiser: For a limited time this month, we will be participating in a PIE fundraiser with Market Day. Our goal this year is 350 pies. The fundraiser is from Oct. 17th – November 1st. Participation prizes!! Every student who sells at least ONE item will earn an 8 pack of Wiki Stix just for helping us get closer to our goal. Bonus Day Prizes are back! Every student who sells at least TEN items will earn our Bonus Days Prize pack that includes several fun prizes. Prizes are awarded based on the total number of units sold on the order form. It is time to start testing Kindergarten on the report cards skills. We will be checking identifying upper case letters, lower case letter, letter sounds, rhyming words, counting to 100 by 1’s, and writing numbers 0-10. The weather is supposed to turn cold next week. PLEASE make sure to send coats, gloves, etc.. on cold days. We go outside every day that it is dry and over 32 degrees. Dates to Remember: Friday, October 26th: Group B (Tuesday -Thursday Children will attend) Tuesday October 30th & Wednesday, October 31st : COSI on Wheels Assembly! Friday, November 2nd: Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children will attend) Monday, November 5th: PTA Skating Party 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 6th: NO SCHOOL : Teacher In-Service Day Friday, November 9th: Report Cards Sent Home: Group B (Tuesday-Thursday Children will attend).

Mrs. Wells' KinderLION News October 8-12, 2012

Dear Parents, This week we are working on the Reading Street, Unit 1, week 5, “Smash, Crash! ”, We introduced two new sight words, “to”, and “a”. Please continue to review the sight words, “the” “little”, “I”, and “am”. Please also work with your child on recognizing these words and the letters, sounds of the alphabet. Reminder: There will be NO school on Friday, October 12th for our Teacher In-service Day. Book Fair is next week. This week you will get a book fair order form. If you send in money, PLEASE, put it in a sealed envelope with your child’s first/last name on it, and classroom name. Here is the Kindergarten schedule. Mrs. Wells’ Group A Monday, October 15th 10:20 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Mrs. Smith’s Group A Monday, October 15th 10:50 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. Mrs. Wells’ Group B Thursday, October 18th 10:20 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Mrs. Smith’s Group B Thursday, October 18th 10:50 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. Mrs. Trent’s Group B Thursday, October 18th 10:50 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. Picture Day for Group A was Wednesday. If you forgot to send in money to purchase a package, you can mail payment to Lifetouch N.S.S. Attn: Late Picture Order, 11815 Highway Dr. Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH 45241. If you want to pay by credit card, you must call to order. 513-772-2110. Toll free (1-800-229-5016) Recess alert: It is getting cold outside. We have outside recess every day possible, unless it is raining, or the temperature is below freezing. PLEASE make sure your child is wearing a coat to school (gloves and hats are good too.) Please make sure you write your child’s first/last name in the inside. We have lots of children that have similar jackets. We have lots of children having trouble zipping up their coats. Please have them practice this skill at home. Lunch Money: Please do not send lose change or dollar bills for lunch money. If you are going to send in money please put it in a Ziploc baggie or a sealed envelope with your child’s first and last name on it. Children are bringing in loose change and dollar bills, and then putting it down somewhere and then everyone tries to claim the money. Dates to Remember: Friday, Oct. 12th NO SCHOOL for Teacher In-service Day. Friday, October 19th: Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children will attend) Friday, October 26th: Group B (Tuesday -Thursday Children will attend) Tuesday October 30th & Wednesday, October 31st : COSI on Wheels Assembly! Friday, November 2nd: Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children will attend) Monday, November 5th: PTA Skating Party 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 6th: NO SCHOOL : Teacher In-Service Day Friday, November 9th: Report Cards Sent Home: Group B (Tuesday-Thursday Children will attend).

Mrs. Wells' KinderLION News October 1-5, 2012

Dear Parents, This week we are working on the Reading Street, Unit 1, week 4, “Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip”, We are reviewing the sight words, “the” “little”, “I”, and “am”. Please work with your child on recognizing these words and the letters, sounds of the alphabet. Reminder: Go Math! We are starting Unit 2 this week which will focus on Compare Numbers to 5. Students will use one to one correspondence to identify sets with the same number, more, or fewer. We will work on math vocabulary: compare, greater than, the same, and less than. October Homework Packets: Homework Folders came home on Monday for Group A, and Tuesday for Group B. Each month we will send home a new homework packet and calendar in your child’s homework folder. This homework is for you to do a little each day and to NOT turn in until the end of the month. You will not need the internet for this homework packet. The Math part of the homework will be pages that are in the Go Math Student workbook we sent home at the beginning of the year. The Reading Street Homework, will have copies of all the pages you need in the folder. At the end of the month, students will bring their homework folder and their homework calendar back for a sticker. We will then refill with the next month’s homework packet. There will be NO school on Friday, October 13th for our Teacher In-service Day. Picture Day! Wednesday, October 10th is Group A’s Picture Day. If you want to purchase school pictures you must send in the picture money order form no later than Wednesday, Oct. 10th. If you are in group B, your picture day is not until November. I will send home your picture envelopes closer to your picture day. Reminder: Peanut Allergy: ALERT: We have a child with a Peanut allergy. My classroom has to be Peanut and Peanut oil free. For the safety of that child, please do NOT send any item that contains peanuts or peanut oil. Thanks for your help in keeping all students safe. Don’t forget to send a peanut free snack with your child EVERY day. I have at least 7 children in each group that come without snacks every day. Lunch Money: Please do not send lose change or dollar bills for lunch money. If you are going to send in money please put it in a Ziploc baggie or a sealed envelope with your child’s first and last name on it. Children are bringing in loose change and dollar bills, and then putting it down somewhere and then everyone tries to claim the money. Dates to Remember: Friday, October 5th: Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children will attend) Wednesday, October 10th: Group A (Monday-Wednesday) Picture Day! Wear your Smile! Friday, Oct. 12th NO SCHOOL for Teacher In-service Day. Friday, October 19th: Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children will attend) Friday, October 26th: Group B (Tuesday -Thursday Children will attend) Thursday October 30th & Friday, October 31st: COSI on Wheels Assembly!