Erin Munavu
K Teacher
Thursday newsletter, December 17
December 17, 2009
Room A Newsletter!
December 17, 2009
Dear Families,
Can you believe it is already Winter Break? I cannot believe the first trimester is over, and I will be leaving on my maternity leave. It has been an amazing trimester—as I know you have seen, all of your children have made growth in all areas: socially, emotionally, in reading, in writing, and in math. You will see more growth during the next trimester—especially in their reading and writing! Mollie will be teaching a lot of great units including how readers think and talk about books, a how-to and a fiction writing unit. She will continue to teach about space and the planets in science, and will be building more on number sense and working with bigger numbers.
We celebrated the end of our reading and writing units. Last Friday, we read our published stories to our 8th grade reading buddies, and then our buddies toasted to us. Ask your child what his/her buddy said (they were very thoughtful toasts!). On Tuesday, each child read aloud a just right book to 10 classmates. They were so proud to share their learning, and were eager to give each other toasts in celebration. I am very proud of how they are able to reflect on what they have learned and give each other compliments!
Over the vacation, please make sure your child is reading every day, whether that is alone, reading to an adult, sibling, or friend, or being read to by an adult, sibling, or friend. You can also refer to the December calendar or the supplementary homework sheet I previously sent home.
Other ideas to continue learning over the vacation:
- keeping a journal. Have your child write/draw about something that happens each day over break.
- look at the night sky and talk about the stars and moon. You can also keep a daily weather graph.
- count, sort, make patterns. Math can be integrated into almost any activity (let’s count the ornaments, how many more days until 2010, looking at the calendar, etc.).
**Please sign up to help wash towels and/or clean the classroom on Fridays. Even though I will not be here after break, the sign up is for the following trimester. There are more slots on the back! Let’s make it as easy as possible for Mollie!
Upcoming events:
· Walking Trip to Loma Alta Park, tomorrow: December 18th from 11:45-2:15, I’m anticipating I might have to drive (this baby is getting heavy!), so it would be extremely helpful if we could have volunteers to walk with the class! Family is welcome to eat lunch with us and enjoy the last afternoon before holiday vacation! We’ll also have a small holiday celebration, so if you’d like to bring a small treat or game to play, we’d love it!
· Winter Vacation December 19-January 10
Thank you:
To everyone who has taken wash home this trimester: Albert’s family, Ocean’s family, Peyton’s family, Finn’s family, Candace’s family, Austin’s family, Charlotte’s family, Marisol’s family, Logan’s family, and Matthew’s family!
To everyone who has come in on Fridays to clean the classroom: Chris, Karla and Edward, RJ, Julie U, Julie J, Sun, Toni, Heather, Zarina, Tracie, Ellen, and Adriana!
To everyone who has volunteered in the classroom: Christa, Ellen, Zarina, Ilse, Susie, Cari, Sun (cleaning Scooter’s tank!), Heather (we love music!), Susan (we love movement!), and all the parents who were here on Camp Day!
To everyone who has done work at home for the classroom: Taffany, Zarina, Ellen, Susie, Sun, Cari, and Julie U.
--You have made this a smooth, fun trimester for the students and for me!
Thank you also for getting your children to school on time, making sure they have healthy snacks, reading take home books with them, and being such supportive, wonderful parents! It truly shines through in our classroom community!
Report Cards should arrive over the vacation. For the first trimester, most students are still developing concepts, so you should expect to see a lot of 1s on the report card. Also, many parts of this report card do not apply to kindergarten, so they will be intentionally left blank. If you have any questions, please let me know!
Wish List:
· Gift Certificates to PetCo would be greatly appreciated for Scooter’s tank!
· Outdoor toys for students to play with during recess, including sand toys, balls, hula hoops, etc.
Ways to Help OCS
- If you have not already, please give to the ANNUAL CAMPAIGN. We are very fortunate to have great programs still at Odyssey (Computers, PE), but we will not be able to have them next year without your support. Thank you for being great supporters of our Odyssey community!
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Happy Holidays!
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