TWAS, November 28th, 2013

With Your Child This Week

1.     Ask your child what they were most excited to share with you from conferences

2.     Encourage your child to guess the sounds at the beginning of various words (dog, cat, hat, etc.)

3.     Continue counting up to 20 and down from 10

4.     Ask your child to tell you about the last visit with our special artist

What We Did This Week At School

* Finished our “All About Me” books

* Prepared for Student-Led Conferences

* Worked in our Growth Books

* Made our Fall trees

* Put buttons on Pete the Cat

* Had Jersey Day

Some Important Dates to Remember

            Friday, November 29^th – Student-Led Conferences (9:00am – 11:00am)

       - No School (all day)

December 2^nd to 6^th - Gingerbread Week

            Tuesday, December 3^rd – Early Dismissal at 2:55pm

Wednesday, December 4^th – Honey orders due

            December 9^th to 13^th -  “Holidays Around The World” week

            Wednesday, December 11^th – Blue Day

Important Information

1.    We had our first Lock Down Drill this week.  In Kindergarten we talk to the students about this being like playing hide and seek with Mrs. White.  Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

2.    We will be having our holiday party on Thursday, December 19^th in the morning.  If you are able to help us between 8:45 – 11:25am, let us know by signing the bottom of this form.

3.    Just a reminder that the Student-Led conferences are for celebrating! There will be other families in the room, so please let us know if you would like to make an appointment to discuss any issues or concerns at a different time.  We can’t wait to share all our hard work with you!

Have a lovely weekend!