Our Theme Is Animals. If You Have a Photo of Your Pet Please Send It in with Your Child

Welcome to February! Before you know it, it’ll be Spring! January flew by so fast. We welcomed lots of new friends to our class last month& this month! Welcome new families. We will have a sweetheart party for Valentines Day. If you do Valentines Simply write “ to my friend” or leave it blank and sign your child’s name. ( no nut products).

Our theme is animals. If you have a photo of your pet please send it in with your child and the pets name so we can talk about them. The children know about my animals. I have a cat named Boa but I also have chickens, dogs, turtles and occasionally cows, sheep and turkeys. This month we got four new Barefoot books introduced to us. The songs are so fun to sing.

Our phonics focus will be vowels this month. We will practice identifying the vowels and introduce the songs: The Vowel Song and The Two Vowel Rule. Our colors are purple & pink. Shape: heart. Number 13.

This month’s character education value is Respect. Respect is the ability to recognize and appreciate the rights, beliefs, practices, and differences or other people. Respecting someone means that you value that person for their contributions to society, your community, or the group.

Don’t forget to empty art folders. Put names on jackets. Also check cubby and tadpoles for when your child is low on diapers. Sometimes the only way to communicate is through The tadpoles and little notes because I don’t see everyone personally.

If you are interested to know my schedule rarely changes. I’m here from 8:45- 5:00. Sometimes I am here until 5:45. Other teachers you can speak with who frequently visit this classroom are Ms Nicole and Ms Tiera. Hope you are all doing well.

Miss Ellen

Hello Shark Families,

We hope everyone is settling into the New Year! We have been working on our renewed effort of reading and writing this past month. Please follow up at home and help us with writing especially your child's name.

This month on Feb. 9th, we have the Mother-son /Father-daughter dance, so make sure to let Ms. Mel or Ms. Nickie know if you would like to attend.

We will have a sweetheart party for Valentines Day. If you do Valentines Simply write “ to my friend” or leave it blank and sign your child’s name. ( no nut products).

Our Shark's class will have a small spring break from Feb. 19-23 as our school agers will be out of school that week. They will be working in the Dolphin and Ladybug class during this break. They will not have their normal homework packet during this week either. Thank you to all who are making an effort to work on their homework packets and who are returning them and to those that are working on he reading books. Please make sure they are reading these books at home with you, and that you are signing their reading folder when you send it back. Students are finished with a particular level book when they can read it fluently (meaning a combination of recognition and memorization).

In addition to these, the Sharks will be completing their regular lessons and daily theme activities. This month our themes are American Presidents, Fairytales, Nursery Rhymes and Spring. Our letters are Kk, Vv, short Uu, and short Ee. Our Spelling Words are Had, has, were, him, them, with, how, went, there, into , out & with. Our numbers are 17, 18, 19, & 20. Our shapes are star, square, & circle. Our colors are white, blue, & yellow.

Our Character Education this month will focus on Respect, perfect for working on respecting space and time as we work with each other. Respect is the ability to recognize and appreciate the rights, beliefs, practices, and differences or other people. Respecting someone means that you value that person for their contributions to society, your community, or the group.

We have one birthday this month, Ms. Mary is on Feb. 23. Also we have started our Student on the Month. A flyer will go home with your student the first week of the month. It is not to late to return your star student flyers. This month's stars are Vivian and Gavin. They are great examples of our Character Education theme Respect. Congratulations to you two for being great examples to our friends.

Our door is always open,

Ms. Olivia & Ms. Mary

Welcome to the month of February! This month, our alligators will be focusing on Places to go. Highlighting; Ocean Safari, Rain Forest, and Space. Our monthly letters are I,Z,K,W and our monthly leters are 18, 19, 20. Our color is pink and our shape is square.

With Valentines day happening this month I want to let all of you know that we will be having a card exchange on February 14th. Children who would like to participate can bring in cards with the “from” space filled in with your child’s name. Please leave the “To” space blank so that we may be able to properly distribute the cards to all of the classmates. If you would like to bring in a small valentines themed snack for your child to share for PM snack , please remember we are a nut free facility, no peanut products of any kind. Thank you.

This month we will be celebrating Exaviers’s birthday! Happy Birthday and we hope you have a wonderful day! Our star students for this month are Davis and Declan. They have both been doing a wonderful job in class. We are so proud of you both!

Please remember that our door is always open if you ever have any questions or concerns.

Ms Tierra and Ms Nicole

I can’t believe how quickly January went by! I hope you all are ready for a new month of fun and learning.

Our themes for this month are Healthy Me, Healthy Earth, How Does Your Garden Grow and To market, to market.

The letters we will be focusing on this month are Ww, Kk, Vv, and Uu. The numbers we will be learning are 96-100, and then we start back up at 1 and go to 30. We break it down so it’s 5 numbers per week.

Our color of focus is pink (Ms Bianca’s favorite!) and our shape is a heart. Very fitting for February!

The Character Education for this month is Respect. This is something that everyone should have for one another, no matter what. We will be working on learning ways that we can respect our friends, parents, teachers, and anyone else who we may cross paths with.

Our fun events for this month include our Mother/Son, Father/Daughter dance that will be held on February 9th at 6:45 pm. The cost is $30 per couple.

Wednesday February 14th will be our class Sweet Heart party. Please place your child’s name on our sign-up sheet so that everyone can contribute to make sure our party is the best ever! The sign-up sheet will be located on the ledge outside the classroom. We will also be doing a card exchange in the classroom that day so please have your child just write their name on the” from” part and leave the “to” part blank. The need 28 Valentines.

Lots of Love,

Ms Bianca and Me Linda

OMG it is already February... Can you believe it? January seemed to fly by. We had so many great things happening that month that of course being so busy February was able to sneak up on us! Our Annual Father/Daughter Mother/Son dance will be held on February 9th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Please R.S.V.P this event with the office staff.

Parents need to remember to have their children have an extra set of clothes available in their cubby for any accidents or spills. Also each week our students who rest need to have a fitted crib sheet and small blanket for rest time. These items should be brought in on Monday and taken home Fridays for washing.

Kindergarteners who return to us in the mid-day will also need to have bedding brought in for their rest time as well.

We want to officially welcome our newest member of the Admin Team Mrs. Kari Pinten. Many of you have met her already but if you have not please do so and welcome her to our family.

Upcoming Events:

Father/ Daughter Mother /Son Dance- February 9th from 6:30-8:30 the cost is $30.00per couple all are welcome to attend

Calendar of Events:

February 2nd- Ground Hog Day

9th- Valentine Dance /Hershey Chocolate Founded in 1894

14th- Valentine’s Day- classroom parties will be held before noon.

16th Chinese New Year- Year of the Dog

17th- Random Act of Kindness Day

19th- President’s Day

19th-23rd – No Public School will be in session in observance of Presidents week

No Enrichment Class will be offered this week

27th- International Polar Bear Day

Monthly Value: Respect/ Tolerance

To recognize and respect the difference between self and others; as educators, our responsibility is to introduce children to culture diversity and the importance of its makeup in our country. Children will feel connected to cultures different from their own when they realize the importance of contribution of all people from all cultures.

Parent Activities:

1. Watch What You Say! Using derogatory names for people or cultures that are different teaches intolerance. Find positive ways to refer to others, and model these at home.

2. Research the Origin of Your Child’s Name. Was it passed down from generation to generation?

3. Cultures and Traditions. Discuss with your family what different cultures and traditions your family has. How are they different from your neighbors’ and friends’ cultures and traditions?

Thank you for making our school rock!!

Ms. Nickie, Ms Mel & Mrs. Kari

Hello February! I have a feeling it’s going to be an awesome month. This month our Character Education focus is on respect. This is something that everyone should have for one another, no matter what. We will be working on learning ways that we can respect our friends, parents, teachers, and anyone else who we may cross paths with.

Our overall theme for this month is Our Earth with highlighting; Discovering our Planet, Exploring Environments, Going Green, and Planting a Garden. We will be exploring the long vowels this month; A,E,I,O, and U. Our numbers will be 6-11, our colors are red, white, and pink. Our shape this month is hearts.

Mark your calendars for our Annual Father/Daughter, Mother/Son dance on February 9th from 6:45 pm-8:30 pm. Please let the office staff know if you will be attending the cost of this event is $30.

On February 14th we will be having our sweet heart party. We will also be doing a card exchange that day so please have your child write their name in the from spot on the cards but leave the rest blank. Thank you. We will have a sign up sheet in the classroom for you to sign up for Veggie, fruit and other yummy items. Please remember we are a Nut Free Facility. Thank you.

We would like to welcome all of our new friends to the Ladybug room. We are looking forward to having lots of fun with our new friends this year. We would like to wish Camden a very happy Birthday this month, we hope you have a great day. We would like to congratulate our star students this month; Leilani, Daniel, Fateh and Ricky. You are all doing amazing in class. Keep up the good work.

Lastly we would like to welcome back Ms Saleha from her vacation. We hope you had a wonderful time, we sure did miss you.

We love the ladybugs

Ms Donna and Ms Saleha

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are our Monkeys. Welcome to February! This month’s Character Education is Respect. To recognize and respect the difference between self and others; as educators, our responsibility is to introduce children to culture diversity and the importance of its makeup in our country. Children will feel connected to cultures different from their own when they realize the importance of contribution of all people from all cultures. The monkey’s will be given activities, and projects to work on that will teach, show and feel how to be respectful to their friends, family, and to themselves.

We will be having a “Sweet Heart” snack on Valentines Day. A sign up sheet will be posted for your child to sign-up on. If your child wants to bring Valentines for their friends they are welcome to. Please Sign every Valentine To: My Friend.

Lastly, the themes for this month will be: you are my Valentine, The great outdoors, and the Ocean.

If you have any questions please come and talk to me.

Love, Ms Haley