Mrs. Pickett's Kindergarten Class 2017-2018

Today the children are bringing home coin boxes.  Legacy Student Council is raising money for research into a cure for leukemia and lymphoma.  Students can ask for donations from family and friends to put in their boxes.  When the boxes are returned, we will send them to the Student Council.  Their goal is to raise $3000.  If every student brought $5 in, they could reach their goal.  You are not obligated to donate, but you have the opportunity. Please be sure to send your child to school with weather appropriate clothes.  I worry about children going outside in a sweatshirt when it is 20 degrees out. 

Welcome back after a week's vacation!  I hope everyone is staying warm!  Here are a few things to think about over the next week or so: We had a wonderful Valentine's Party.  Look at the end of this post for some of the pictures! Book Orders Book orders are due on Friday.  You can either fill out the form and bring it to school with a check, or go online to order and use our class code. These are terrific books at great prices and they help our classroom! Snacks Our classroom supply of snacks is running low!  As the children are growing, they feel like they need a snack during the day.  If they did not bring a snack from home, they will ask me for one.  At the moment, our community supply of snacks is running low.  If you would like to help us and contribute to that, it would be appreciated. Kleenex Our classroom supply of Kleenex is running low.  Sniffle season hit our kleenex supply hard!  Now we need to replenish it.  ...

I am embarrassed that it has been a month since my last post.  It is important that you know what is happening in our classroom and I have dropped the ball on passing that information along.  I apologize.  Here's what you need to know. Wednesday, February 7 is a Late Start Day .  School will start at 11:30 and dismiss at 3:40.  When the children arrive, we will go directly to lunch.  NO SCHOOL -We will not have school on Friday, February 16 or Monday, February 19.  LONG DAY - Since we are not at school on Monday, February 19, we will be at school ALL DAY on Friday, February 23. Valentine's Day - We will have a Valentine's Day Party on Wednesday, February 14.  It will be from 9:20-10:30.  Children are welcome to bring Valentine's for every child in the class (we have 20 children).  Please do not worry about writing who the Valentine is for, only write who it is from.  If you write who the Valentine is to, children spend an e...

Welcome back!  I am glad to be back in school with the kids!  We have a few important dates coming up that need to be put on the calendar. Friday, January 12-No School Monday, January 15-No School-Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Friday, January 19-HALF day at school This month we are talking about Winter and Weather.  Take a few minutes and watch the weather forecast with you child.  Talk about what you see, what you hear, and what that tells you about the weather.  During winter activities, we will be talking about snow, penguins, polar bears and other winter animals. 

Friday, December 15 will be our Polar Express Day!  We will drink hot cocoa and eat popcorn while we watch The Polar Express.  Feel free to bring pillows and blankets to be comfortable in while watching the movie.  I am really looking forward to the day! Jenny

DO NOT EAT!  Please do not eat the gingerbread houses we sent home today.  The houses are glued together with hot glue, we used expired frosting to decorate them, and the candies we used are old candies (I don't know how old).  These are for decoration only.  The children did a terrific job on these!  Please see earlier posts for information about our Polar Express day on Friday, December 15, 2017.  This will be a fun day! Winter Break is coming!  Please check previous posts for the dates. Lost and Found Please check the school's Lost and Found if you are missing coats, hats, gloves, lunch boxes, backpacks, or anything else.  The items in Lost and Found will be donated to charity on December 15.  Colder Weather Occasionally, our weather does get cold.  Please dress your child appropriately to go outside for recess on these days.  We go out to recess every day.  It is essential that they have an appropriate jacket to w...

Gingerbread Houses This Friday, December 8, we will be decorating Gingerbread Houses.  Thank you to Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Myers for making the houses for us!  We will decorate houses during our normal center time from 9:15-10:30.  Parents are welcome to join us.  This is always a fun activity and I look forward to it!  Assessments I will be doing assessments with students next week and Mrs. Diemert, our literacy specialist, will be asking each child to read for her.  At this time of year, we expect children to be reading at level 2 or level B.  I am eager to see how much the children have learned!  Polar Express Next Friday, December 15, we will watch The Polar Express at school.  It will be a pajama day!  We will have popcorn and hot cocoa during the movie.  The book and movie are absolutely terrific and I look forward to sharing both with the class next week!  Winter Break We will be on Winter break from December 18-J...