Cool News from Team KB
January 13, 2016
Notes from Mrs. Rodriguez
Monday I sent out little laminated cards as part of the homework. We use a website called Reading A to Z (https://www.readinga-z.com/) in the classroom, both on the SmartBoard and on the iPads. You can get the app for free in the Google Play Store, the Apple App Store or the Amazon Appstore for Android, or you can log in on a computer. The card has my username: iwdesreadingaz and your child's username on it. I can send out reading assignments reflecting what we are working on in class, and your child can also read books at the book level where I feel they are reading successfully. Try this out with your child, and let me know if you have any questions. Happy Reading!
I have had many questions about Book-in-a-Bag...I rely on the parent volunteers to come in and take care of this for me because there is simply not enough time in the day. That being said, if we get busy or the parent volunteer is unable to come we don't get Book-in-a-Bag done that day.If your child comes home with the wrong bag for the book, just read the book you get and I will count it on your child's Book-It. I will get December Book-It slips outs by the end of the week.
Important Dates!!!
Thursday, January 14 - Please try to find time to come to our program "If You Give A Student a Story..." The K teachers and their friends have been working hard to create an evening of Family Fun!! We hope to see you here from 4:30-6:30 (plan to stay around 30 ish minutes please).
Friday, January 15 - SIP 1/2 Day of School - No lunch served. Dismissal begins at 11:00am.
Monday, January 18 - No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 19 - Please bring your zoo cages to school!!!
Wednesday, January 20 - Report cards come home. This is also a 2 hour early out - Dismissal begins at 1:00. Remember our Kindergarten Zoo is going to be open from 10:45-11:30 that morning!!! Plan to attend or find a family friend who can come in your place. :)
Sharing
- an item from your home that begins with the letter of the week.
- a non-perishable food item for G.O.D.'s Food Pantry.
Sharing Schedule
Tuesday ~Robert, Claire, Miley, Aayden, Jasmine, Jayden, Autumn, Lizette
Wednesday ~ Alivia, Arianna, Andres, Emma, Issac, Edgar, Jose, Vander
Thursday ~ Ryan, Bentley, Carina, Avah, Owen, Eduardo, Samuel, Julian
Cool Quote of the Week
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~ chinese Proverb
Email: lrodriguez@iwest.k12.il.us
Website: www.iwteamkb.com
Location: Danforth, IL, United States
Phone: 815 269 2230
Twitter: @iwteamkb
Can You Help Us Please?
*watch the green folder for important papers from the office and for homework. Take a few minutes each night to help your child complete the homework, making sure they write their *own* name. :) Every once in a while you might want to wipe down the greed folder. They are getting really sticky :(
*read to your child, at least 20 minutes each day. We have been sending home Book-In-A-Bag as often as we have volunteers in to check them out for us.
How can you help our classroom from home?
*we currently need patient friends to cut out the sight word cards, so we can get them laminated and put into our book totes. Let me know if you are handy with scissors, and they really need to be cut individually :|
*save Boxtops and Campbell's Labels for Education, put them in a bag and send them in to school!
*we love "good clean garbage" like:
~clean empty frosting containers
We have plenty of (need no more right now, thanks!)
~clean lids from water bottles, soda bottles and clean empty Crystal Light
Cold Weather Policy
As far as going outside when the weather gets colder...Our school policy is that we go outside if the temperature is above 20 degrees. If the difference between the temperature and the wind chill is more than 10 degrees difference we try to not go outside. Remember the weather is ever-changing and just because it is nice here in Danforth on the back playground doesn't mean the wind is not blowing at your house or place of work. With this in mind, please send your child with clothing appropriate to the weather...hats, gloves, boots, scarves, coats that close, etc. When we are bundling up we also work on those zipping skills needed on the K report card, and following directions. It takes time to bundle up, but we use it as a learning time.