Kindergarten Dolphin Splash
Important DatesEarly Dismissal 1:20 / 11/25
College Week / 11/30-12/4
Career Day / 12/4
Hour of Code Week / 12/7-12/11
Data Notebooks / 12/17
Flu Mist Clinics / 12/18
Decorating Gingerbread Houses / 12/21
Winter Break – No School / 12/24-1/3
During the month of December, we will learn about Holidays Around the World and add words to our Word Wall. We will write about holiday celebrations and analyze how different people celebrate different events and in different ways. We will continue to read, read, read! In math, we will discuss less/more, odd/even numbers, and continue to match numerals to sets.
Winter Holiday Celebrations
What winter holiday does your family celebrate? Would you be willing to share it with our class? The children enjoy having parents visit. Please indicate below if you are willing to come and tell us about your holiday traditions. Please return the slip even if you are not able to help, so we know which holiday your child celebrates.
Gingerbread Houses
Kindergarten will have a special unit on The Gingerbread Man and will build mini houses on Monday, December 21st. We will be sending home requests for items needed to decorate our gingerbread houses. Parent volunteers are needed! If you would like to help the children make the houses, please let your child’s teacher know.
Please cut and return. ------
Child’s Name ______
Our family celebrates: ______
Would you be willing to come in to share a holiday tradition? ______
Dates you are available: ______
Are you interested in helping with the gingerbread houses? ______
Share Bag for December
On Fridays, kindergarten students may bring a Share Bag. This is our version of Show and Tell and encourages the children to give clues and build critical thinking skills. As a reminder, the children may bring in anything to share with the class that is special to them. Put the item in a bag and write three clues about the item on the bag. The children’s clues have been great!
Note:
On rainy, snowy or extremely cold days, students come in to line up in the hallways – not outside the kindergarten doors.
Supply Check
Please check with your child about school supplies. Do they have enough crayons and pencils? How many glue sticks do they have? This is a good time to replace supplies. J
Lost and Found
Please label your child’s coats, gloves, hats, lunch boxes. . . Check the Lost and Found for any missing items!
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