Lion News December 17-21st

Dear Parents, This week in Reading Street we started the story, “Little Quack”. We will work on this for 2 weeks, finishing up the first week we return from Winter Break. We are reviewing the sight words, “she”, “with”, “me”. Please continue to work with your child on the following sight words: “he”, “for”, “we, my, like”, “have”, “is”, ”to”, “a”, “the”, “little”, “I”, and “am”. 2nd Quarter Report Card Testing: 2nd quarter report card testing has begun. We will continue with testing after Winter Break. Please continue to work with your child on 2nd quarter skills. They must know all 26 letters, sounds of the alphabet, writing the letter correctly, counting to 100 by 1’s, and counting up to 20 objects (toys, etc...). We only have 8 school days with each group before 2nd Quarter Report Cards are due. We have begun testing all Kindergarten for the end of 2nd quarter skills. Assessments are 1 on 1 with each child and take up to 25 minutes each. If your child comes home with papers that do not have a smiley face on it, please understand. We are working very hard to complete all required instruction for the day, and all report card testing each day, and may not get to check every child’s paper until we are finished with testing. HOMEWORK Packets are due Wednesday, January 2nd, and Thursday, January 3rd. New Homework packets will be send home on Monday, January 7th , and Tuesday, January 8th. REMINDER: If you send in treats for the party, West Clermont Regulates they MUST be store bought with list of ingredients. This is a safety measure for ALL children. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Wells’ class has a PEANUT allergy. Mrs. Smith also has a grape allergy. Reminder we will be having our PJ Party on Wednesday, Dec. 19th for Group A, and Friday, Dec. 21st for our Group B Students. To help limit the time of instruction time lost, we will have the PJ party on the same day as our Christmas Party. Your child may wear their favorite PJ’s on the below dates. They are also allowed to bring in a small blanket and one small stuffed toy. We will be watching the movie, “The Polar Express” that morning. Christmas Party and PJ party Dates: **** Please read Note from Mrs. Walker if you plan to attend our classroom party. You MUST bring your assigned green car dismissal tag, or proper ID to enter for our parties. This is to keep everyone safe. ***** (Parents/Grandparents are welcome to attend the Christmas Party starting at 1:00 for set up, and 1:30 for the party. ) • Group A’s PJ and Holiday Party will be held on December 19th , Holiday party is from 1:30p.m. -2:30 p.m. • Group B’s PJ and Holiday Party will be held on December 21st , Holiday party is from 1:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m Reminder: If you have not yet brought in a wrapped new book for the book exchange, we need them in ASAP. We are having a book exchange for our Christmas party this year. Each child is to bring in a new book that is wrapped. Please do not let the value of the book go over $5. We will play a musical chair’s game with the books, and every child will leave with a new book to take home over the holiday. It is important to make sure the book is wrapped and has your child’s first and last name on the wrapping paper under the “From”. Please leave the “To” blank. Dates to Remember: Wednesday, December 19th Group A (Monday-Wednesday Children) will have their Holiday Party and PJ Party! Friday, December 21st : Group B (Tuesday – Thursday Children) will attend and have their Holiday Party and PJ Party! December 22nd –January 1st: Winter Break!!!! NO School Wednesday, January 2nd: 1st day back to school for Group A (Monday/Wednesday Children will attend) Thursday, January 3rd: 1st day back to school for Group B (Tuesday/Thursday Children will attend) Friday, January 4th: Group B (Tuesday – Thursday Children) will attend