The first week of school has come and gone and your children seem to have adjusted well. We have spent the week doing "guided discoveries" which are focused, purposeful, and playful ways to introduce materials, areas, and activities in the classroom. This helps in the use and care of the materials and also promotes independence at cleanup time. Our expectations are clear and encourage students to keep a kind, caring, and safe classroom. This is all part of Responsive Classroom and will be continued next week.
We have read many stories, which we call "read alouds". The children have read our morning message and have answered questions in morning meeting. We have sung songs, done activities, and read poetry. We are also getting to know one another better every day. We have completed three days of work centers. The students have a job list to complete each morning and will eventually rotate through their jobs independently (although they need quite a bit of support at the beginning of the year). They have improved each day!
The nurse would like to remind parents to make sure all medical forms are turned in ASAP. Please send them to school with your child in his/her blue folder and we will make sure they get to the nurse.
Our Parent Back-to-School Night is scheduled for this coming Tuesday night, September 19th. The schedule was sent home today in your child’s folder and was also emailed from our main office earlier in the week. It is a great opportunity to learn more about the curriculum and what we do every day at school. There will be a time to ask general questions but it is not intended to be a personal conference time. I have a fun project for parents to complete that I know your children will love! I am looking forward to seeing you all there!
Please don’t forget to complete a CORI at the Central Office at the back of the High School if you are interested in volunteering at all in the classroom or on field trips.
Mrs. Sullivan and I are both enjoying our time with your children and are excited about working with them for the remainder of the year. We are looking forward to working with all of you too!
We hope you enjoy the pictures below. They capture small glimpses of some of what we did during our first week of Kindergarten!
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
Please don’t forget to send in the $5 to cover the cost of the field trip t-shirt. You can send either cash or a check made out to Francis Wyman Kindergarten. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing! These picture's are great!
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