• Monday, May 15th 

  Please send your child’s chromebook, headphones, and login card to school tomorrow. Thank you! 

  This will be a busy but fun week in kindergarten.  I am still assessing the students for report cards as well.  I can't believe how quickly the month of May has flown by!

  Tomorrow is Field Day. The students will spend the day outside from 9:00-11:25, so please apply sunblock before sending them to school. Your child will need to bring a beach towel and water bottle. Please have your child wear our PURPLE class shirt.

  Upcoming Dates:

  Thursday, May 18th - Kindergarten End of the Year Program 

  Friday, May 19th - Astro Bash

Friday, May 12th

Here is next week’s newsletter: May 15-19.

Parents, please check your child’s blue Daily Folder and backpack today. In your child’s backpack your child will be bringing home their Chromebook, log-in card, headphones, and charger. You will need these for the virtual learning day on Monday.  In your child’s folder you will find a paper choice board with the title “Kindergarten Learning at Home” and a "color by number within 10" paper. These are also for Monday’s virtual learning day. You will find the link for the Art Hub video and word problems in Schoology.  Please return your child’s Chromebook, log-in cards, and headphones on Tuesday, May 16th. On Tuesday, you will also send the choice board back in your child’s blue Daily Folder. You will also return your child’s chromebook. You can keep your child’s charger at home. The charger is checked out to your child. Please keep it in a safe place all summer. 

A great way to save time and money is by ordering school supplies now for the 2023-2024 school year. The  Columbia Elementary back-to-school supply  kits are now available for you to order! You can go to www.unitedschoolsupplies.com now and enter our School Code, which is 138200.The kit price for 1st grade is $50. 

Monday, May 8th

Here is this week’s newsletter: May 8-10. Thank you for taking the time to read it each week!

If you plan on attending field day on Thursday, you will need to sign in at the office that morning.  Remember that the only parents that are allowed to attend Field Day are the parents who signed up to volunteer on the sign-up genius form. All volunteer spots have been filled.  If you are a volunteer, you will see Coach Fields that day for your assignment.  In case of rain, the rain date will be May 16th. Please send your child in their purple class shirt on Thursday.  You can see more details about the field day in the important information in the newsletter. 

Parents, I would like to encourage you to be reading and filling out the reading log for your child.  I have had a few that have reached that 35 book goal! If your child has not yet reached that goal, please read and record the books. Our class goal was that if every child met the goal, we would earn an extra recess.  The reading log is due Tuesday, May 16th.  I know sometimes you may read a book and just forget to write it down due to a busy schedule.  

On Friday I emailed you a Google Form for end of the year activities.  If you haven't had time to fill this out, please do so now.  You can find the form here: May Activities Google Form

Reminder: 

All library books are due Wednesday, May 10th!

• Thursday, May 4th 

  *End of Year Activities*

  It is important for each parent to read this information and follow directions about class shirts, water bottles, and towels. I know several of you are experiencing end of the year activities for the first time. The following are descriptions of each activity so that you can be prepared and know what to expect:

  Field Day - This will be Thursday, May 11th. Coach Fields has planned our Field Day events. Kindergarten will be outside from 9:00-11:00. The classes will rotate through several stations. The majority of the stations are held outside, so please apply sunblock on your child before sending your child to school. Please have your child’s water bottle labeled with their name and have it filled with water and ice. Please send a towel. It would help your child if you sent the water bottle and towel inside of a plastic bag (Target, Publix, etc.) or a small drawstring backpack so they can easily keep up with their items. The only parents that are allowed to attend Field Day are the parents who sign up to volunteer. If you are a volunteer, see Coach Fields for your assignment. We will eat lunch much later on Field Day than normal, so please make sure your child eats breakfast. Please have your child wear our PURPLE class shirts on Field Day.

  End of the Year Program – This will be on Thursday, May 18th in our cafeteria. This is an opportunity for our students to perform for you. They will sing songs and recite poems. All parents, grandparents, younger siblings are welcome to come to our End of the Year program. We will begin promptly at 8:30, so please arrive around 8:15 to have time to sign in and find a seat. Please be in your seat by 8:30. The performance should only last about 30 minutes. This is a special performance, so the children are encouraged to dress nicely. You should have an opportunity after the show to say hello and take pictures. Please let me know if your child will not be there, so I do not save them a spot on the stage. I will take a picture of our class during the May 11th practice so you can see where we will be standing on the stage. (I will put this picture on Seesaw, so please check it on May 11th so you can sit in an appropriate spot.) Your child can bring a change of clothes and shoes to put on after the program.

  Astro Bash - This will be on Friday, May 19th. The students will be provided a shirt to wear for the Astro Bash. We will spend most of the day outside. Please apply sunscreen before school and bring a refillable water bottle labeled with your child’s name. We will have a picnic lunch outside, so please send your child with a towel for the picnic. Please wear velcro or slip on tennis shoes. There will be inflatables at the bash, so velcro/slip-on shoes are a MUST! We will not have time to tie shoes before rotating stations. 

  Class Party – This will be on Wednesday, May 24th. Our party will be outside. It will begin at 8:30 and last until 10:00. Please apply sunblock on your child before sending him/her to school on party day. The Kindergarten classes will rotate through several stations. The Kindergarten room moms are organizing our party. Parents are welcome to come to our party, but no siblings. Please have your child wear our PURPLE class shirts on this day. We will take a class picture in our class shirts today. The party snack will be Rita’s Italian Ice. You will have to pre-order and pre-pay for the party snack. An order form will be sent home in your child’s folder soon. May 24th is also a half-day of school. Students will be dismissed at 11:30. 

  Last Day of School – The last day of school is Thursday, May 25th. Students will be dismissed at 11:30. Send your child’s backpack and folder. Report Cards and End of the Year Data Reports will be sent home on the last day. If your child will not be attending school on May 25th, you will need to provide me with a self-addressed stamped envelope so the report card can be mailed to you.

  End of Year Assessments - This is not an End of Year Activity, but it is still important for you to know about it. Starting May 10, I will reassess all of our Kindergarten Standards for our last report card. I have to submit 4th Nine Weeks grades on May 19. This means now is the time to review and practice any of the standards your child has yet to master. Refer back to the pictures you took of your child’s Progress Report so you know what standards to practice with your child.  Thank you for your support at home. It is still very important for your child to be at school on time every day. 

  *If you read all of today’s long informational post, send me an email and I’ll give your child a Good Time Ticket. In your email, let me know if you have questions about these end of the year events that were not answered above.

• Monday, May 1st

  Tomorrow is our field trip to Early Works Children’s Museum! If your child is bringing lunch from home, it must be completely disposable. All students need to wear their purple class shirt on the field trip. If your child doesn’t have a class shirt, please have him/her wear any solid purple shirt. Parents who  pre-purchased admission to Early Works must come to Columbia tomorrow between 8:15-8:30 to check-in and receive a visitor sticker.  You will need to wear the visitor sticker while on the field trip. Parents should plan on meeting us at Early Works by 9:15. There is parking available for 50 cents per hour.  Parking is available at the Fountain Circle Parking Garage located behind the museum. The address is 318 Fountain Circle SW, Huntsville, AL 35801. Parking does cost $0.50 per hour. Street parking is also available for the same price, but it can be hard to find due to construction. Sign-in at the front desk when you arrive at Early Works. Don’t forget to email me by this afternoon if you want to check out your child from the field trip. 

  Our class will take their Spring DIBELS benchmark assessment on Thursday. You will want to make sure your child gets plenty of sleep the night before and eats a healthy breakfast the morning of the test. Thank you for your continued support this year. The children have grown so much and I know they will all do their best on these benchmark assessments. 

   

Thursday, April 27th

Here is next week’s newsletter: May 1-5.  

The Report of Learning Folders are in backpacks today. Please take time to read through the Progress Reports. Please sign in the 4th Nine Weeks signature box and return the Report of Learning folder by Monday, May 1st. 

The following Power Standards might need your continued support: 

- 50 Fry sight words (flashcards)

- Writing CVC words

- Reading grade level text with purpose and understanding 

- Counting to 100 

- Counting on from any given number

- Addition Facts (flashcards)

- Subtraction Facts (flashcards)

When completing the progress report assessments, several of my students read all 50 of the Kindergarten sight words. If your child did this for his/her first time, I will put the list of 1st Grade sight words in their green Practice Folder.

Reminders for the field trip to Early Works:

• If your child is bringing a lunch from home, it must be completely disposable.

• All parents who are on the list of chaperones that are meeting us at Early Works must come to Columbia on May 2nd  between 8:15-8:30 to check-in and receive a visitor sticker. 

• If you have signed up to attend the field trip, please meet us there by 9:15.

• All students must have a lunch in our cooler before we can leave. 

• We are not bringing jackets on the field trip.

• Please wear your class shirt on Tuesday, May 2nd. 

• If you plan to check out your child from the field trip, please email me by Monday.

No school tomorrow! Enjoy your long weekend!

Tuesday, April 25th

We started taking our iReady Reading assessment today. We'll finish it tomorrow. After that, we will take our iReady Math assessment. On Wednesday, May 4th the students will take their DIBELS benchmark assessment. Please make sure your child gets plenty of sleep each night and eats a healthy breakfast each morning. Thank you for your support. 

There will be no school on Friday, April 28th.

I know that it is a busy time of year with sports and activities, but I ask you to still check and empty your child's Daily Folder daily.

• Thursday April 20th

  Here is next week’ s newsletter: April 24-28

  Tomorrow is our Purple Up Day! We are encouraging students to wear purple to support our peers with family members in the military. 

  Next Friday April 28th is a weather day. There will be no school that day. 

• Monday April 17th

  I know that it is a busy time of year with sports and activities, but I ask that you please continue to check and empty your child's Daily Folder daily. Thank you to everyone who sent your child’s green folder to school today. 

  Please remember to only send plastic containers in lunchboxes to school. Glass containers are not allowed due to the hazard of breaking when dropped.

  The weather is getting warmer, which is creating a challenge to keep up with jackets that are necessary for early morning, but not needed later in the day when it is warmer. As a reminder, the students are responsible for keeping up with their belongings. They are given prompts and reminders, but ultimately, each child is responsible for their own belongings. For safety reasons, if a child leaves a jacket outside during recess or PE, that child is unable to go back outside later to retrieve that missing item. Items left outside are brought inside later and placed as lost and found. If your child has a missing item, they are welcome to look through lost and found after finishing their lunch. 

  As the weather gets warmer, please remember that closed toe velcro tennis shoes are required daily. No sandals or crocs please!

  Mark your calendars for the following events:

  -Friday, April 21: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast in the Media Center, 9:00-10:30

  -Friday, April 21: Purple Up Day, wear purple

  -Next Friday April 28th is a weather day. There will be no school that day. 

  Today is Spirit Day at Takiki’s Mediterranean Cafe. Mention Columbia at checkout to support our school.

Thursday, April 13th

Here is next week’s newsletter: April 17-21. Thank you for taking the time to read it each week!

We have been learning about the weather during science for the past few weeks. Tomorrow morning, Kindergarten will be having a special visitor! Brylee Brown, a meteorologist on our local WAAY channel will be coming to talk to us about weather! We are very excited to host her, and want to make a great impression. Please talk with your child about our Astro values: Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Cooperative, and Be Kind. Talk to them about listening to our speaker with their eyes, ears, body, and brain, sitting quietly on their bottom, keeping hands to themselves, staying in their space, and clapping quietly when she finishes her presentation.

This week in phonics we learned about the digraphs wh and ng. The students are doing well reading words that contain these digraphs, but as you saw on the phonics framework paper that was sent home yesterday, applying this in our writing is quite a bit more difficult. Right now, it seems most want to write digraph wh every time they hear /w/. No worries! They will understand with more practice and exposure. 

Field trip forms and payment are due tomorrow, April 14th. Please remember that all adult admission must be prepaid, and send $10 per adult along with your child’s $20 and signed paperwork. If the $20 fee presents a hardship for your family, please send a note or email so we can work out a solution.

If your child hasn't worn their purple class shirt in awhile, please make sure to locate it. Your child will need to wear it on May 2nd for the Field Trip, May 11th for Field Day and May 24th for the Class Party. Mark these dates on your calendar. More information will be shared about these events at the beginning of May.

I also want you to mark your calendar with our Kindergarten End of Year Program the morning of May 18th. More details will be shared at the beginning of May. 

Tuesday, April 11th

Field trip forms came home last week in the Daily Folders. Both forms and payment are due by this Friday, April 14th. Please remember that all adult admission must be prepaid.

Reading Logs - All students that had 5 books recorded on their reading log last week received a Good Time Ticket today. Please take time to read to your child daily. This is an activity that you can do with your Kindergarten students and their siblings. Children of all ages benefit from hearing books read aloud. 

Upcoming Dates to Know:

-Tuesday, April 11: Spring Pictures

-Tuesday, April 11: PTA Meeting and Talent Showcase, 6pm

-Wednesday, April 12: Spirit Day, Crazy Weather, send $1 to support Art, Music, and Spanish

- Friday, April 14: Field Trip forms and money are due

Expectations for Daily Practice at Home:

Spend 10 minutes each day on the Practice Folder activities. These activities include Practice #23, the reading sheet, Fry sight word flashcards, and math fact flashcards. Your child needs your support at home to master the Kindergarten sight words, addition facts, and subtraction facts. 

Read a book to your child and record it on the reading log.  Your child's reading log should have at least 20 books written on it when they bring it in their green Practice Folder next Monday. 

• Thursday, April 6th

  Here is next week’s newsletter: April 10-14.  Thank you for taking the time to read it each week!

  Information about the Field Trip: 

  Field Trip Paperwork went home yesterday in your child’s daily folder. The forms and $20 payment are due on Thursday, April 14th. Parents that plan on meeting us at the Early Works Museum will need to pre-purchase your admission ticket. The cost of the adult ticket is $10. We ask that you send your payment on the same day that you send the completed paperwork. Thank you! 

  Self-Control - Lately, I've had to talk about self-control on a daily basis with the class. We talk about how they are in charge of what their body does and what their mouth says. It is making a choice to do the right thing, even when others are not making that choice. For example, as I go to each table to quickly check the phonics worksheet, the students sit on the rug after they put the worksheet in their mailbox. Students are expected to sit patiently (criss cross with a quiet mouth) until everyone gets to the rug.  Lately, I have students that are spinning in circles, rolling on the rug, and talking in a yelling voice to each other.  Another example is when I ask the class to get in line so we can go to lunch, music, PE, etc. The students are expected to stand in line quietly facing the door. Instead, I have kids dancing, playing, and talking. We've been late to a few places because I wait to leave our classroom until everyone gets under control.  I am requesting your assistance. Please talk to your child about how to have self-control. Give them time to practice - at home, at a store, or in a restaurant. While they are young, I know they are capable of exhibiting self-control because we have not had the number of issues that are occurring more frequently as of late.  Thank you so much for your support!

• Monday, April 3rd 

  I hope you noticed the April Challenge on this week’s newsletter. If not, go check it out. We become better readers by spending time reading. Help your child develop the habit of reading daily. If you did not send a note for completing the March Challenge, you can send it tomorrow. Thank you! 

  Continue to work with your child on learning the 50 Fry sight words, 21 addition facts, and 21 subtraction facts. Daily practice makes a world of difference! If you haven’t made flashcards, these resources will help you:    Sight Word Flashcards   Addition Flashcards   Subtraction Flashcards  

  Upcoming Dates:  

  April 11th- Spring Portraits 

  April 12th- Crazy Weather Spirit Day

  April 28th- Weather Day (No School)

  May 2nd- Spring Field Tri

Thursday, March 30th

Here is next week’ s newsletter: April 3-7

Madison Baseball Association (MBA) and Bob Jones High School are teaming up to bring Youth Baseball Day to Bob Jones High School on Saturday, April 1st at 11:00 am.  Read this flyer for more details!

After reviewing your child’s last report card you may find that the following Power Standards might need your continued support:

- 50 Fry sight words (flashcards)

- Spelling CVC words

- Reading grade level text smoothly, accurately, and with expression to support comprehension 

- Writing letters and numbers with proper strokes, formation, and line placement

- Counting to 100 

- Counting on from any given number

- Addition Facts (flashcards)

- Subtraction Facts (flashcards)

Reminders- 

• Please pack a snack for your child daily. I have several students who have been forgetting snacks lately. 

• Blue Daily Folders should be checked and emptied everyday. 

March 27th, 2023

Thank you to everyone who signed and returned the report card in your child’s Report of Learning folder.  If you did not send it in the folder today, please send it tomorrow. Thank you for remembering to send the green Practice Folders today! I hope you are continuing to enjoy listening to your child develop as a reader each day using the included sentences and passages. Remember your child becomes a better reader by reading. The time you spend each evening with your child reading will make a meaningful difference!

Reminders:

All transportation changes should be emailed to cesattendance@madisoncity.k12.al.us and the classroom teacher. On days where I need to be absent, I will not be able to check my email and notify the substitute of these changes. Also, remember you do not need to send in the hard copy of doctor’s notes. Please snap a picture of the note and send that to cesattendance@madisoncity.k12.al.us. Thank you for your help with this. 

Columbia’s FCA club is collecting items for the Clearview Cancer Center for new patients. The items are chapstick, small bottles of hand lotion and hand sanitizer, wrapped snacks, hard wrapped candy, puzzle books, and small notebooks.  Small gift bags will be made for the new patients to help them as they begin their new journey with treatment. If you are able to help by donating items for these bags, please send these items along with your child in his/her  backpack. Donations are due by April 4th. 

Thank you to all of you who have donated kleenex, hand sanitizer, and wipes to our classroom! During this allergy and cold season, these items are greatly appreciated!

• Friday, March 24th

  Here is next week's newsletter: March 27-31.  Please take time to read the newsletter. Thank you!

  The 4th Nine Weeks reading log was placed in your child's green Practice Folder on Monday. The goal is to read 35 books by Tuesday, May 16th. Students should have at least five books written on their reading log by Monday. The students who have at least five books on the reading log will earn one Good Time Ticket. Each week thereafter, students should have five additional books written on the log and will earn another Good Time Ticket. This will help us stay on track to earn our extra recess goal! 

  Report of Learning Folders are coming home today with your child’s 3rd Nine weeks Report Card. Comments about a few of the report card power standards: 

  • If your child has a 1 on "Read Kindergarten high frequency words accurately and automatically, fluently add within 5, and fluently subtract within 5," there is a great way to help your child master the skill...daily use of flashcards. :)

  • Spell simple words phonetically by writing a letter for consonants and short vowels - Students are expected to apply our Kindergarten phonics rules when writing words. This includes the correct use of short vowels in words like pin, pen, ham, yam. It also includes writing -ck when final /k/ is after a short vowel. For example, duck, stick, tack, lock, etc. Next week, we will be reading and writing words with qu. After that instruction, the students will be expected to remember that q and u work together and make the beginning sound with the following words: quiz, quit, quack, quilt, quick, quest. To practice writing simple words at home, give your child a piece of paper and say any of the above words and ask your child to write them.

  • Read and reread grade appropriate decodable texts smoothly, accurately, and with expression to support comprehension - Please listen to your child read the passages in the Practice Folder. When finished, ask questions about what they have read.

  After taking notes about which standards to practice at home, please sign in the address box on the first page and return it in the Report of Learning Folder by March 27th. Thank you!

Monday, March 20th

Thank you for sending Practice Folders today. You will see new passages and Practice Sheet #20. These folders are to be returned to school every Monday. If you forgot to send your child’s practice folder today, please send it tomorrow. Thank you! 

The 4th Nine Weeks reading log is also in your child's green Practice Folder. The goal is to read 35 books by Tuesday, May 16th. There are 58 days between now and May 16th. There are seven days in a week, if you read 5 books per week, your child will meet this goal.  Please make every effort to read 35 books to your child and record the titles on the reading log. Our class has yet to earn the extra recess this year. They have been excited about the possibility of the extra recess, so please help them earn the extra recess. 

Cold and flu season is here and we have gone through almost all of our tissues and hand wipes. If you could donate any boxes of tissues or hand wipes it would be greatly appreciated!

I would like your help. Please talk with your child about classroom behavior. The class has been very talkative, loud, and interruptive. In class, we've discussed being conscious of their speaking volume and having self-control, but it hasn't transferred to application yet. Thank you for helping me with this at home too. During recess the kindergarten teachers are observing some aggressive and inappropriate games being played. We request your help with talking to your child about this. Please encourage your child to keep their hands, feets, and all other objects to themselves when playing with others. 

3/21 World Down Syndrome Day: wear BLUE and YELLOW tomorrow!

• Sunday, March 19th

  I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Spring Break and are ready to start the last nine weeks refreshed. 

  Here is this week's newsletter: March 20-24 Thank you for taking a few minutes to read it. 

  Please send both the blue Daily Folder and the green Practice Folder to school tomorrow. Thank you!

Thursday, March 9th 

We'll share the March 20-24th newsletter when we return from Spring Break. 

If you forgot to send the 3rd Nine Weeks reading log today, please send it in your child's blue Daily Folder tomorrow. Thank you!

Mark your calendars: Our Spring Field Trip to Early Works Children's Museum will be Tuesday, May 2nd.

I hope all of your families have a wonderful and safe Spring Break. I hope it is filled with rest and relaxation. Then, be ready to come back on March 20th ready for a busy 4th Nine Weeks of school!

• Monday, March 6th 

  We started a new literacy station last week. It is called Magnet Center. At this station, the students build words in a word family using magnets. Then, they write the words. Their last step is to use the words in a sentence on the back of the paper. Last week our word family was -at, this week our word family is -it. I am expecting the students to begin their sentence with a capital letter, put a space between the words, and end the sentence with punctuation. The students are enjoying this new station.

  Please make sure you send the written work from the phonics video and the word problems to me in the Daily Folder tomorrow. If you forgot to send the Practice Folder and/or Practice #18, please send them tomorrow as well. 

  The 3rd Nine Weeks Reading Log is due on Thursday, March 9th. After recording the books read each day this week on the reading log, please send it in your child's blue Daily Folder on Thursday. Thank you! We're hoping we earn the extra recess for the class meeting the reading goal. 

  Today I heard lots of talk about children leaving for Spring Break trips this week. Time with family is super exciting and I hope everyone enjoys the vacations you have planned. Please make sure to email me if you know your child is going to miss any days this week, so I can adjust my assessment plan accordingly. Thank you!

  Tomorrow is astronaut or alien day for Space Week. 

  Expectations for Daily Practice at Home:

  Spend 10 minutes each day on the Practice Folder activities. These activities include Practice #19, the reading sheet, Fry sight word flashcards, math fact flashcards. 

  Read a book to your child and record it on the reading log.  The library is open this week! Remember to send the reading log to me on Thursday. Thank you!

• Thursday, March 2nd

  Here is next week’ s newsletter:

  March 6-10

  Tomorrow, Friday March 3rd will be a virtual learning day. Please complete all the assignments listed in Schoology. You will need to turn in the written work on Monday March 6th. This long weekend is a great opportunity for listening to your child read passages from the green folder. As a challenge you can read a sentence from the green folder for your child to write independently. The chromebooks, headphones, and QR codes must be returned on Monday with your child. 

  While assessing for Report Cards this week, I have noticed that many students are really struggling with automatically and accurately producing the answers to the addition and subtraction facts.  Flashcards  are a great way to practice math facts. Fluency with addition and subtraction facts is a power standard in Kindergarten; so please begin working on these facts at home, if not already. Another helpful trick is to write the more challenging facts on a sticky note. Then put that sticky note in a common place like on the bathroom mirror or on the refrigerator. Then as your child passes that sticky note you can have your child read the facts aloud. Thank you for your support! This same trick works great for sight words as well. 

  Assessment Reminders: The third nine weeks assessments have started. Please use these flashcards to help your child practice at home.  Sight Word Flashcards   Addition Flashcards   Subtraction Flashcards   Subtraction Video

  Reminder: Space Day is next week. Here’s the flyer for the dress up days. 

Monday February 27th

Read Across America is this week!  Our Spring Book Fair is this week in our media center. Our class will visit the book fair tomorrow at 8:15-8:45. If you would like to send money in for your child to purchase a book, please send the money in a labeled envelope or bag with your child’s name, my name and the amount. Remember that you may shop online at scholastic.com/fair as well.   

You may also shop at the book fair tonight during our Camp Read S’More family night from 5-7. There will be guest readers and special family activities.

As a reminder, here are the special days for the rest of this  week.  

Tuesday-Camp Cozy: Wear cozy clothes and bring a flashlight for reading

Wednesday- Camp Care-a-lot: Wear a shirt with a positive message

Thursday- Camp Read Aloud: Book Character Day- PTA Spirit Day Bring $1

Friday- Wear a CES: Wear a CES shirt or red/black

Please remember to empty your child's folder daily. When too many papers get left in the folder, the folder begins to rip.  This would be a huge help for me as I place new papers in your folders each day.  

If your child has completed February’s challenge, please send in the Dental Health Log on Wednesday, March 1st. 

Assessment Reminders: The third nine weeks assessments have started. Please use these flashcards to help your child practice at home.  Sight Word Flashcards   Addition Flashcards   Subtraction Flashcards   Subtraction Video

Here is the list of sight words that have been taught thus far in Kindergarten. This also gives the breakdown of the scoring for the report card. I will also be sending this paper home for you to keep and use with your child.

• Thursday, February 23rd

   

  Here is next week’s newsletter: February 28-March 3. Thank you for taking the time to read the newsletter each week.

  Next week, Columbia will be celebrating Read Across America with Camp Read S’More. Click here for information about the family night events, and the fun dress up days we will have.

  Next Friday, March 3rd, our PTA is holding the Out of this World Dance. Click here to purchase family tickets.

  We will begin assessments for the 3rd 9 Weeks Report Cards next week. Please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep each night, eats breakfast each morning, and arrives at school on time each day. Thank you! 

   

• Tuesday, February 21st

  I hope you enjoyed a restful long weekend!

  The Book Fair will be open this coming Monday, February 27th. It will be open from 7:40-8:15 daily and will close on Friday, March 3rd at 10:45 a.m.  In addition, if you wish to come and shop with your child the Book Fair will be open during the Camp Read S’more event on Monday night. The Book Fair will be open from 5:00 to 7:00 pm and the family activities will be from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. Our class is scheduled to visit the Book Fair on Tuesday from 8:15-8:45.  If you would like for your child to purchase books you can send money  in a marked envelope or Ziplock bag inside your child’s daily folder. 

  Spring Pictures have been rescheduled for April 11th. I will hold onto the forms that were signed and returned to me last week. 

  I will begin assessing the addition and subtraction facts for the 3rd Nine Weeks Report Card next week. If you haven't made the addition and subtraction flashcards yet, you might find these helpful. Helpful Links: Addition Facts    Subtraction Facts

  Thank you for remembering to send the green Practice Folders today! I hope you are enjoying listening to your child read the sentences and passages each day. We become better readers by reading. The time you spend each evening with your child reading will make a meaningful difference!

  Expectations for Daily Practice at Home:

  Spend 10 minutes each day on the Practice Folder activities. These activities include Practice #17, the reading sheet, Fry sight word flashcards, math fact flashcards. 

  Read a book to your child and record it on the reading log. If your child completes the reading log by March 7th, he/she will earn FIVE Good Time Tickets. If all of the class meets this goal, the class will earn an extra recess. 

Friday, February 17th

Our class have been learning about plants and animals for our Science unit over the past several weeks. A couple of weeks ago, our class planted seeds with our Buddy Class and we have been observing the plants' growth. We enjoyed looking at them each day, noticing the roots and making sure the plants were watered and in sunlight. We have learned what makes something a living thing.  We will be learning about animals and their habitats starting next week!  Your child's plant will be coming home today in a brown bag so that the soil will be not be spilled. Please ask them if they can tell you what makes something a living thing. The students have enjoyed this unit so much!