It is hard to believe that Wednesday is the end of our second trimester! The kindergarteners are hard at work getting ready for first grade! We continue to work on word family words. Next week we will start short I words with the –ig word family. Next week’s words are that, eat, and has. If you haven’t asked your child to read to you, make sure to take the time to do it. We hare becoming fluent readers, and are working hard on our comprehension skills. Talk to your child about what happens in the stories that you read. In math we will continue talking about money, and introduce the dime. Social studies and science next week will focus on dental health. We are even having a dentist come and visit on Monday!

Important notes:
Wednesday is the end of the grading period.
We are collecting food boxes for a class store (the box from cereal, a cookie tin, the Capri-Sun box, an empty box of pasta, etc.) if you have any EMPTY food containers, please send them in to be part of the store!

Caroyln was last week's terrific kid. Here is what she had to say about the past two weeks:

We got new word wall words. We saw someone who talked about being a good friend and our feelings. She read a book about not being a bully. We played scooter ball in P.E. We talked about presidents. We learned about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We watched an ABC video. Last week we saw a play. The big kids wrote it themselves. (our Odyssey of the Mind Team) We celebrated Valentine’s Day. We opened our cards and ate one piece of candy. These two weeks were Valentine’s Day fantastic!

Carolyn enjoying Valentine's Day