Ms. Tiffany

Ms. Tiffany’s Weekly Newsletter

Friday, December 11, 2009

Parent Messages

Monday will be our last day to turn in Box Tops. Please send in any box tops that you may have collected.

If you have signed up to bring something for our Holiday Breakfast, please make sure you have turned in your breakfast item (with the exception of doughnuts), by Wednesday, December 16^th.  If you have signed up to bring doughnuts, you may bring them the morning of the breakfast.

On Wednesday, December 16^th, we will have a Polar Express Day. The students will have a chance to wear their pajamas to school and bring a blanket and/or pillow for the day.

When we return from Christmas Break, we will be conducting our 2^nd Home Visit.. From Jan 5^th-8^th, we will dismiss each day, at 10:30am. This will allow us enough time to visit with each family and have the opportunity to introduce our new teacher. A Home Visit Schedule will be posted for each family to sign up for an appropriate time. If you have not signed up yet, please do so as soon as possible.

Important Reminders

December 14^th- Box Tops are due

December 16^th- Polar Express Day

December 16^th- Breakfast Items are due

December 17^th- Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Field Trip

December 18^th- Holiday Breakfast @ Market Street Pre K

December 21^st- January 4^th Winter Holiday Break

January 5^th-January 8^th  Return to School from 7:45-10:30

Focus Letter and Concept

This week, we read many different Christmas stories and sung many different Christmas songs. Each day, we have been counting down the number of days until Santa will be here.

As we’ve prepared for the Holidays, we have also made special Holiday gifts, written letters to Santa, made gingerbread play doh and made Rudolph Reindeers and cookies with our Lebanon High School S.T.A.R.S. buddies.

Our letter of the week was letter “Gg”. We talked about the sound that “Gg” makes, things that begin with the letter, and met our letter friend, Gus the Goat.  In addtion, we completed our Gg letter tub, played red light, green light during recess, sorted gifts and gummy bears, and threw away garbage that did not resemble the letter “Gg”, Our nursery rhyme this week, was entitled Georgie Porgie.

Make Believe Play Concept

As we continue to build on our roles as restaurant characters, we are developing our methods of play planning. Each Monday, you receive a play plan that your child has developed, to share with you at home. Please review your child’s play plan each week as they are sent home.
 

Parent and Child Time

Each day, we create a morning message and answer a mystery question. Ask your child to share the morning message and the mystery question of the day.

Describe things that begin with Gg and have your child guess what they are.

Ask your child what sounds Gg makes.

Play your favorite board game with your child.

Discuss the type of garbage that can be recycled and the type of garbage that must be sent to the dump. If you have paper or aluminum cans, you can bring them to school to put in our recycling bin.