Weekly News

News for the week of February 8th:

 

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS:  Pierce, Ashleigh, Nishi
FEBRUARY TUESDAY FOLDER HELPER:  Tomoko Yamamoto 
FEBRUARY COMPUTER LAB VOLUNTEER:  Debasmita Roychowdhury

FEBRUARY GUEST READERS:
2/9 - Joni Biggers
2/11 - Lisette Castaneda
2/16 - Shushma Chatram
2/18 - Minhee Cho
2/23 - Irene Fogelsong
2/25 Sabeen Ijlal

(Tuesday readers please come and read from 2:25 - the bell at 2:45/Thursday readers please come at 11:55)  Plan on reading for about 15 minutes.  Thank you!

Last week began with the prediction of "Will the groundhog see his shadow?" We graphed our predictions and made our own groundhog on a stick. Six more weeks of winter!The 100th day of school definately was the highlight of our week. What a fun and educational day it was! We paraded the halls with all Comets cheering us on, looked aroud the room for 100 pennies, put them in order, made a picture with 100 beans, ate a bagel in the shape of a 100, wore our 100's hats,glasses and numbered elephants, completed our 100's stations, made a 100 snack. The student's really enjoyed themselves and one even said "This is the best day ever!" Our week ended with our 10 for 10 activity. Each child had 10 dimes to go buy items from each kindergarten classroom. I'm sure that they have already showed you all of the neat items they purchased. Thanks for making last week a HUGE success!

 This week we will do lot's of fun Valentine/friendship activities. There will be lot's of math involved! Our Valentine bags our now out in the hallway and we will be placing valentine cards in the bags throughout the week. Please don't forget to have your child write on their own for each student in the class. The teachers are optional. Friday will be out Valentine Day party. Any and all parent's are invited to come. Please note that siblings are not allowed in the classroom. There will be optional daycare provided on campus. Please contact MaryAnne Hettenhaus before 2/10 to make a reservation if you are interested. Her email is maryanne_hettenhaus@roundrockisd.org. The party begins at 1:30.

* Ashley Mock is setting up our volunteers.

ALL VOLUNTEERS: It is state mandated that any person who works with students go through a background check. This would include any person coming in for parties, volunteering in the classroom, etc. If you have not completed the background check please do so. It is a very simple process. You can go into our library and Mrs. West or Mrs. Whisnand can help get you started on the computers. Thank you.

EARLY RELEASE: Wednesday 2/10 at 12:45.

VALENTINES FOR CLASSMATES:  We will begin to pass out our class Valentines early in the week of February 8th. Please send them in by Wednesday, February 10th.  If they are ready before, send them in! There is still plenty of time to have your child address and sign them all.  I sent out the class list via email Friday afternoon.

LIBRARY READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM:  In last week's Tuesday folder you received information (green paper) regarding the library's reading incentive program - GET WILD ABOUT READING.  Every student who completes six hour of
recreational reading between Tuesday, January 26, and Tuesday, February 23, will receive one free admission ticket to a participating Six Flags Theme Park. The list is on the handout and the student reading log.  Please read the hand out and get your child involved! If you have any questions, please direct them to Mrs. Whisnand in our library.  Happy reading!  


FAMILY FUN FEST TEACHER TREAT - The kindergarten teachers are offering a  kindergarten Kitchen Party to be raffled off at the family fun fest. Families may buy tickets (look for more information as the date approaches) and one winner from each class will be drawn to determine who goes to the Kitchen Party.  The teachers will lead the winners and one friend in simple cooking projects on Monday, March 29th, 2:45 - 4:00.  If you think your child would be interested, you will have a chance to buy tickets from the PTA closer to March 6.  The PTA will notify the winner from each class.  Thanks for supporting our PTA!

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

2/10 – Early Release students dismissed at 12:45

2/12 – Valentine Parties starting at 1:45

2/15 – Staff Development, Student Holiday

3/6 – Family Fun Fest (2-5 @ CCE)


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THANK YOU:
* Shohom's dad for being our superstar reader
* All the parents who helped on the 100th day - Greta's mom, Pierce's mom, Brian's mom, Amy's mom, Sarah's mom, Brody's mom, Drew's mom, John's mom, Nikhil's mom, Ashleigh's mom.
* Amy's mom for preparing our Tuesday folders

DONATIONS NEEDED:

* patriotic ribbon
 
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ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT:

* meeting Zero the Hero!
* making 100 day hat and glasses
* coloring numbered elephant
* 100th day parade
* eating 100 bagel
* making 100 snack
* Groundhog Day
* 100 pennies in the room
* Read Miss Bindergarten get's ready for the 100th day of Kindergarten
* 10 for 10 shopping
* 100th day writing
* Mrs. Cerda's enrichment activity
* reading 100 books (we actually read 133 with our Big Buddies' help)
* estimation jars (corn kernels)
* our class picture

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