Dear Families,
I hope you all enjoyed a nice long weekend. It sure feels like fall these last couple of days. I wanted to share with you the Penguins filled up our snowball jar! As a class, we voted for stuffed animal day to celebrate. Wednesday, September 28th is the day! Your children can bring in one of their favorite stuffed animals to school. This is not required, but if they are interested in doing so, please send in a small stuffed animal that can sit on their tables at school. Thank you so much! Also, our students will continue to go outside for recess so please make sure they come with a jacket, sweatshirt,...to be comfortable outside. Thank you! Also, if you could please label everything that comes to school, that would be great. I really appreciate it. If you have not sent in a set of extra clothes to school, it would be great if you could. It is nice to have those on hand in case of any accidents. Thank you! Thank you for signing up for our upcoming conferences. They will all be held remotely, unless you email me asking for an in-person conference. If you have not signed up yet, please do so at your earliest convenience. Thank you! We have our picture day on Thursday, September 29th. In literacy, we are starting to read some literature books. We are focusing on characters, settings and events in a story. We are continuing our theme of communities and neighborhoods. We are also working on opinion writing, concentrating on drawing detailed pictures and labeling them. The students have been doing great with this. Please let me know if you have any questions. Take care! Sincerely, Linda Dolan
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Dear Parents,
I am still working on our blog, but I did want to share it with you so you can get used to navigating through it. On the tabs above, the "Home" tab will give you important dates that are coming up. The "Blog 22-23" tab is where I will be writing our blog/classroom newsletter every other week to keep you updated with things happening in the classroom. The "Classroom Schedule" tab is where you can see the specific days we have our specials. The "Class list" tab lists all of our penguins this year. I am unable to share last names of students. The "Classroom Information" tab will be where I will place specific structures, math letters,... The "Pictures" tab is where I will be sharing some class pictures. We are finished with our first round of MAP tests. Your children did such an amazing job! They completed both the reading and the math MAP tests this past week. Scores will be available sometime late September. This will be communicated through Mrs. Smith's Willow Grove Principal's Message the closer it gets. In literacy, we are talking about informational texts. We are practicing using text features, such as headings, photographs and bolded words. We just completed a book about places in our neighborhood. We are also working on drawing WOW pictures. These are pictures filled with good details, colors and labels. In Countdown, we are working on letter sounds and rhyming. In math, we have introduced some engaging Work Places to practice patterns, one-to-one correspondence, and solid geometric shapes. We also practice our counting every day. **When sending in the nasal swab kit, please be sure the sticker with your child's name is on the bag. Also, you will need to send in only 1 kit each time. All of the other supplies should be kept at home. Thanks so much! (This is only for those who signed up for testing) We are in a nice routine in the Penguin class. I am so proud of them already! Thank you again for all of your sweet messages regarding my husband. They were all very appreciated! Take care! Sincerely, Linda |
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