Williamston Primary School
Tiger Newsletter 10/6/2023
Greetings Tiger Parents
I want to take this opportunity to say thank you for your awesome participation this week during our "Level Up Eat Lunch with your Student Event". Our Tiger Scholars were so excited about having their parents eat lunch with them this week. Please remember that you are welcomed at anytime throughout the school year to eat lunch with your child. Also please note that next Thursday we will have our "Fall Parent Curriculum Night" during this time teachers will provide you with important information to be able to better help your students at home academically and also let you know what will be taking place for the remainder of the semester academically within each grade level. Dinner will be served during this event please make sure that you RSVP. Also please note the this coming Friday is an Early Release Day and students will be dismissed at 11:45. As always thank you for all you do for Williamston Primary School.
Tiger Pride,
Mr. Howard
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Fall Parent Curriculum Night: Oct 19,2023: Dinner from 6:-6:30, Breakout Sessions 6:30-7:30
- Early Release Day 12:00pm: 10/20/23
- Red Ribbon "Spirit Week " 10-23-23 - 10-27-23
- Fall Pictures: 10/26/23
Classroom News
Kindergarten: Hi Kindergarten Family, Next week we will be discussing Spiders and Bats, and focusing on Authors and Illustrators of the stories we will be reading. We will be learning the color-black. In math we will continue to review numbers 0-5, counting and making sets. On Thursday, October 19, will be our Curriculum Night. Please come out and see all the great things we are doing in Kindergarten. Our field trip to the Stoke’s Farm Pumpkin Patch is planned for Tuesday, October 24, please send your child’s field trip money asap. Please continue to check your child’s take-home folder daily. Thank you for all you do for our students at WPS.
First Grade: Next week, we will be focusing on describing settings with stories we have already read. Our focus in math will be teen numbers. In science, we’ll be discussing Earth, moon, and sun. Please be sure your child is reading their take-home books nightly, as well as practicing sight words. Also, please check your child’s folder daily.
Second Grade: Greetings from Second Grade! On Thursday, October 19 will be our Fall Curriculum Night. Please make sure that all RSVP slips are turned in by Monday, October 16. We look forward to having you join us! Next week we will continue to ask and answer questions to help us understand informational text. We will review what we have learned in Unit 1 in Math and take the unit assessment. Please continue to practice the Most Common Words and complete nightly homework assignments.
Exceptional Children:
We will be working on the letter Nn, the number 5, the color orange and the shape triangle next week. Please make sure that when your student is absent for sickness or doctor appointments that you send a note to school when they return. Our classrooms could use some donations of baby wipes and Kleenex.
Mrs. Beach’s class will be learning about the letter P using the Letterland character Peter Puppy. We will continue to review shapes, colors, and counting sets up to five. The students will also conduct a pumpkin experiment on Friday!
Resource:
Art: Our awesome little artists have learned about a new artist this week, Ted Harrison! He is a Canadian artist who loved painting landscapes of the Yukon using simple lines and bright colors. This week students used Ted Harrisons love of color to paint vibrant backgrounds with their own trees in the foreground!
Music: Seasonal songs are enjoyed during this time of year! This week, students are learning how to correctly set the table. In music, life and social skills are integrated seamlessly. We learn about traditions and culture in the United States and around the world. Rhythm reading while playing musical instruments will be part of each music class during the next several months! Be sure to check out the Music Classroom website for pictures and videos of students and classes.
Library: This week we enjoyed reading “Lawrence in the Fall” by Matthew Farina. The fox in this story enjoyed making a collection of many unique and colorful leaves. Enjoy the beautiful season of fall by noticing some trees around you! Mark your calendars for our upcoming BOOK FAIR from OCT 30 - NOV 3!
From the Nurse's Desk
Martin County School Health Services
Guidelines for Keeping Sick Children Home
Each day many parents are faced with a decision: should they keep their sick child at home or send them off to school? Often the way a child looks and acts can make the decision an obvious one. Please consider these guidelines:
Colds: Please keep your child at home if he/she has a fever over 100 degrees or is experiencing discomfort that would interfere with his/her ability to perform in school. (i.e. uncontrollable coughing, severe lack of energy). If your child experiences green nasal discharge that continues throughout the day, or a cough lasting longer than ten days, or is accompanied by fever or chills and is productive of discolored sputum, consult with your physician.
Conjunctivitis (pink-eye): Following a diagnosis of bacterial conjunctivitis, the child may return to school after the first dose of prescribed medication.
Diarrhea/Vomiting: A child with diarrhea and /or vomiting 3 or more times during the school day should stay at home and return to school only after being symptom-free for 24 hours.
Fever: The child should remain at home with a fever greater than 100°. The child can return to school after he/she has been fever free for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medicine such as Tylenol or Motrin).
Impetigo: The child with impetigo may return to school 24 hours after treatment has begun. A doctor’s note is required to return to school.
Rashes: Common infectious diseases with rashes are most contagious in the early stages. A child with a suspicious rash should return to school only after a health care provider has made a diagnosis and authorized the child’s return to school.
Strep Throat: A child with strep throat may return to school 24 hours after antibiotic treatment has begun.
A sick child cannot learn effectively and is unable to participate in classes in a meaningful way. Keeping a sick child home prevents the spread of illness in the school community and allows the child an opportunity to rest and recover.