Kindergarten Newsletter
Room 1
September 14, 2015
Mrs. Dowdell and Mrs. Copani
Classroom News
Our kindergarten class is off to an
exciting start! We did a lot during our
first week of school. We have been busy
getting to know each other and our new
daily routines. We read books, counted,
wrote a story together, drew pictures,
played outside, used blocks, sang songs
and did so much more!
We have 3 monarch chrysalides in
our butterfly habitat. It has been very
exciting to watch and learn about the life
cycle of the butterfly! We also caught a
praying mantis on our way in from the
playground. We learned that he eats
other insects and have been observing
him as he stalks his prey.
Last week we sent quite a bit of
paperwork to be filled out by the parents.
Please fill that out and send it in as soon
as possible. We also sent a letter
explaining how we are planning to provide
snack this year. We do try to have snack
every day. As you could see from the
letter, we are asking each family to
contribute $10 at this point in the year,
and we will probably need to ask you to
contribute in February. Thank you for
your support in providing snack for your
children.
We are looking forward to another
fun and busy week this week!
Reminders
*Open House is Tuesday, September 29 at
6:00. Please save the date and come visit your
child’s classroom.
* Please fill out and return all of the forms
that are being sent home. Thank you to the
families who have already done this!
* Please send in $10 for snacks.
* The students are welcome to bring in water
bottles. Please put their names on them.
* Students need to wear sneakers on gym
days (Thursdays).
* Please do not let your child wear flip flops
to school as it is unsafe on the playground.
* Mrs. Dowdell’s email address is
bfanning-dowdell@scsd.us
Our weekly specials schedule
Monday – art
Tuesday – music
Wednesday – library
Thursday – gym
Friday – art
*Please remember to have you child wear sneakers
on gym days.
Math Learning Standards that we will be
working on this week are: patterning, counting
at least to 10, number recognition at least to
10 1:1 correspondence and number writing.
Reading Standards: hearing sounds in order
and counting sounds, listening to stories and
being able to retell important details and
name writing.