Announcements

2-5-10

You may notice that the snow and winter scene on my teacher web page is gone. 
I don't know about you, but I'm ready for some sun! (I'm willing to try 
anything!)

I can't believe that it's already February. Where has the time gone? I guess 
time does fly when you are having fun!

This week we had a blast learning all about the number 100. We celebrated the 
100th day of school on Wednesday with a huge celebration. Next week we will 
learn about patriotism and also have some fun with valentine activities. Our 
valentine party will be on Friday, February 12th at 8:15. The students will 
be enjoying various games and activites in each of the kindergarten 
classrooms. In math next week we will revisit graphing.

We have been working hard in our writing journals this week. The stamina is 
building and most students can now fill up their page with good sentences 
that have spaces and punctuation. It's so exciting to see! I still have to 
give reminders about writing in lower case letters, but overall the progress 
has been fabulous! If you haven't had a chance to read our day/night 
paragraphs on the board in the hallway, please stop by for a peek. (We are 
hoping to impress the first grade teachers across the hall!)

Good news! Our class in now going to wellness as one whole group. I know that 
it may not seem like a big deal, but when you have a class that's been split 
about seven ways for specials, this is huge! The class is loving being 
together and I have already received many compliments from Mr. C.! As of now 
we are divided in half for art and for music. (Your child will continue to 
have the same art and music teacher.)

If you haven't had a chance to view your child's computer lab work online, 
it's available now. Go to the Great Oaks web page. Click on teams, 
kindergarten, Mrs. O. and then view student work. You should see about 5 
postings from our work in the computer lab. Enjoy!

 Things on the calendar:
* February 10th - Early Release - 12:45
* February 12th - Valentine Party - 8:15 (Please remember to bring in your 
highlighted item for the party.)
* February 15th - Student Holiday
* February 16th - Read to Succeed forms due