Sowing the Seeds of Spring

Sowing the Seeds of Spring

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Parent Letter

Dear Kindergarten Parents:

Happy New Year to you all and welcome back to school! It has been wonderful to be back with the children after a restful vacation. We had our first ski day at Grafton Ponds yesterday. All of the Kindergarten children did a super job on our first excursion. The trail was quite limited due to lack of snow. With luck, the weekend will bring some snow our way and next week will be even better. Thank you for getting all of your child's equipment and clothing here and ready for the day.

We have started several units of study. Snow will be the subject of various science and math projects over the coming weeks. We will examine snow flakes and symmetry, explore melting and freezing, estimate how much water a cup of snow produces, and construct paper snowmen that are equal to each child's height. Our social studies unit on family begins with an exploration of a family artifact. Look for a note at the start of next week explaining this project. In language arts we continue to learn lower case letters and the letter sounds. Next week we will also start our writer's workshop, which is based on Lucy Calkins' Primary Writing Program. The balance of our math work will include measuring, exploring extended patterns and learning about coins and their values.

Here are a few important upcoming items. Next Wednesday, January 12, we will travel to the Weston Playhouse to see "The Magic Flute." Please be advised that there will be no pizza that day and children should have lunches that are easy to eat on the bus such as sandwiches. On January 28 there is no school and there are parent/teacher conferences from 11 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Please sign up for a conference with Tammy in the office.

As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you for sharing your wonderful children with me each day.

Best,
Libby