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Add you email address to my website at www.tvja.org under class pages, Mrs.
Gilmore, Kindergarten Newsflash, to keep updated with events.
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Leave a message at school 503-649-5518 ext 313
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Kindergarten News
No School for Kindergartners during the week of
May 4th thru May 8th
Teachers will be conducting evaluations for next year’s Kindergartners
If you know of anyone interested in a great Kindergarten program -
please send them our way!
Sharing Day
Starting May 11th sharing will consist of
Favorite books
Illness Policy
Please review the Illness Policy in your
Kindergarten Handbook
Please remember that students may return to the classroom when they have been
SYMPTOM FREE
For 24 HOURS
And can function in the learning environment.
Lots of fun activities headed our way
For May and June
Only five more weeks of school left -
Last day for Kindergarten will be June 11th
With dismissal at noon.
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Word Study
Week of April 1 Ee
Week of April 6 Qq
Week of April 14 Yy
Week of April 20 Xx
Week of April 27 Zz
Week of May 11 Reviews,Letter Formations, and Reading
High Frequency Words:
Continue to help students read and spell previous words. We will be adding the
words:
By, your, oclock, this, here, there, where, some, something, make, get, was, of
Small reading booklets will be coming home. Let your child read to you. Focus on the
high
frequency words.
Homework:
When reading with your child, look for and discuss punctuation such as: question
marks,
quotation marks, and commas.
All About Me Project
Week of...
April 6 Pranav
April 20 Tarun
May 11 Sanjana
May 26 Michelle
April/May
Spring Activities
Birds
Butterflies
Moths
Plants
Bible
Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2
Ministry of our savior, Jesus Christ
For God
so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,
but have
everlasting life.
John 3:16
Math
We will be exploring grouping by tens, counting by fives, tens, subtraction, money,
time and
measurement.
Upcoming Events
March 30 Wheres Rosie puppet show about the water cycle came to visit.
April 8 KinderKonzert Field Trip
April 13 No School
April 16 Jackson Bottom Wetlands Field Trip
April 18th Beaverton Church
11:10 12:00
May 4th through 8th (M-F) Kindergartners No School
Sharing week of:
May 11th Favorite Books
May 18, Students may bring seeds they have found or collected for their sharing day.
This will be the last week for sharing.
May 25, Monday No School
June 5, Friday
All School Picnic
June 9 Plumper P. Patch Field Trip; we will be planting pumpkin seeds.
June 10 Wacky Science Day
June 11 Last Day of School
Kindergartners dismiss at noon
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2008-2009 TVJA School Calendar
August 25 First Day of School, Grades 1 10, Day of School
August 25 Kindergarten 2 hour family sessions
August 26 Kindergarten 2 hour family sessions
August 29 School Picnic/Parent Orientation
September 1 No School Labor Day Holiday
October 17 End of First Quarter 39 Days
October 20 No School Teacher Prep
October 21 Second Quarter Begins
October 27-28 No School Student Led Parent Teacher Conferences (K-10)
November 26-30 Thanksgiving Vacation
December 19 Day of School
December 20-Jan4 Christmas Vacation
January 5 No School-teacher/Pastor Conference
January 9 End of Second Quarter 44 Days
January 12 Third Quarter Begins
January 19 No School M.L. King Holiday
February 16 No School Presidents Day Holiday
February 26-27 No School Teacher Technology Conference
March 13 End of Third Quarter 41 Days
March 14-29 No School Spring Vacation
March 30 Fourth Quarter Begins
April 13 No School Optional Parent-Teacher Conferences
May 4 No School Teacher Prep
May 5 - 8 No School for Kindergarten Only New Student Evaluations
May 25 No School Memorial Day Holiday
June 5 School Picnic
June 9 8th Grade Graduation
June 11 Day, Last Day of School
End of Fourth Quarter 51 Days