Kindergarten News....September 9, 2014

Kindergarten News… September 9, 2014

This week is sure to be an  exciting week!  We are looking forward to walking in the Umbrellas for Peace parade that Mrs. Gocken has been working so hard with us to paint umbrellas.  The parade will be this Thursday starting at 8:45.  We will be walking behind Mrs. Gocken and Mrs. Brockway who will start the parade.  There will be a firetruck that the parade will follow down Main Street and then back up Reed Street back to our school.  Our class will be with the kindergarten section in front if you are able to come to see us - please look for us in the front of the parade!  Parents are welcome to come and sit along Main Street.

This week is also orange week.  We will be doing some orange activities later this week.  Remember to wear orange tomorrow on Wednesday if possible.  This week we learned the rhyme of Humpty Dumpty and cut and glue a sequencing page and put a puzzle together.  

We are starting our unit about apples.  We are going to trace our hands, wrist and arm to make the trunk of an apple tree.  On Monday we read the story ‘A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds’.

During calendar time we are learning the months of the year song and the days of the week song.  We are also learning the names of the coins and that each coin has the picture of a president on it.

Thank you for checking your child’s homework folder!  This week there is a poem about apples with activities on the back and a math sheet to do.  Thank you for your help from home!

Just for fun…

When asked what peace means to them, these were the wonderful responses from your kindergarteners… (turn over for responses please)

Peace means...

- being nice

- to take care of your family

- being nice to somebody

- to help

- waiting peaceful

- be nice

- following your family and teachers

- to be quiet

- listen to my family and teachers

- keep your own space

- to always say nice words

- listen to each other and stay in line

- peace

- being nice all the time

- don’t talk to someone if they’re not being nice and don’t pop their bubble

- giving a hug

- you are happy

I am proud of all of our kindergarteners for being kind to each other and for doing a great job learning the I-care rules!  So far our rules are:

1.  We listen to each other.

2.  Hands are for helping, not hurting.

3.  We use I-Care language.

Our new rule that we are going to learn is ‘We care about each other’s feelings’.  Our kindergarten friends are already doing a great job caring about each other.  Keep up the great work!