50th Day of School, Thanksgiving Fun, and a New Friend!

This will be a short week, but we sure are packing a lot into it! :)  We will continue learning all about families and Thanksgiving during these three days.  We also welcome Jasmine Berryhill into our kindergarten class.  We are very excited to learn all about our new friend Jasmine!

50th Day of School! Since September, we have been counting the days of school in our kindergarten classroom.  Our friend, Zero the Hero, visits us each time we reach a new group of ten.  He visited on the 10th day, the 20th day, the 30th day, and the 40th day.  Zero the Hero will visit us on Monday and we will also have a 50th Day of School Celebration.  The kindergarten teachers will provide the activities and the treats, but please help us by dressing your child in clothes that celebrate the 1950s!  Please do not buy anything new.  Your child can wear rolled up jeans, a white shirt, rolled down socks.  Please see the letter that went home in your child's folder for some more ideas.  Use what you already have at home!

Parent Teacher Conference Days:  Tuesday is a half day due to parent teacher conferences. Please note that the children will be dismissed at 11:45 on these days. We will still eat our morning snack, but lunch will be eaten at home.  Please make sure that your child has a healthy morning snack on these three half days.  Your child's report card will be on BC@HOME the day prior to your child's conference. Please review your child's report card prior to the conference.  Feel free to contact me or the main office with any questions or concerns regarding this. Also, Wendesday is a full day of school.  Please let me know if your child will be absent or if you plan on leaving early due to traveling for the long holiday weekend.

--> ~Winter Weather and Clothing ~
As a class, we have been working very hard on putting on our coats, zippering our coats, and putting on our own hats and mittens for recess and at the end of the school day.  We are also practicing putting our gloves, mittens, and hats inside our coat sleeves after taking them off so that they do not get lost.   Please note that the kindergarten children go to lunch after recess.  Each day they take off their winter clothes in the cafeteria before sitting down to eat. Students should be putting hats and gloves in their sleeves so they don't get lost. Please also remember that students need sneakers to change into if they wear boots. Our goal is to keep our classroom neat and safe each day and to prevent clothing from entering the Lost and Found!  Thank you so much for your support in this area.  It is a huge help.

Mystery Readers:  We had our very first Mystery Reader on Friday. The children loved hearing the clues about our reader and were very excited to meet Lily's grandmother!  Thank you for sending back your clues to me.  We can stretch this out during the next couple of months to ensure that every child's family has a chance to be a Mystery Reader.  Please contact me with any questions or concerns.  It's never to late to sign up to be a Mystery Reader! :)

I am looking forward to a busy three days with your children! :)  I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Eileen Browne