January 26 Kindegarten Letter

January 26, 2009



Dear Parents,
I hope that all of you had a nice weekend. Thank you for making the special effort to bring your child in to sing yesterday. They did a beautiful job of praising Jesus. If you were not able to be here, please write an email or a note excusing your child. Thanks.
This week we will be reading the story In the Rain with Baby Duck. Along with this, we will work with the letter D. I don’t have any new words to add, but you will want to keep working with the ones that you already have. We are trying to establish fluency in your child’s reading and it really helps when they have a list of sight words learned. In math, we will be taking a break to work with addition. I hope that the children will be familiar with the addition facts that add up to seven. If we can squeeze in more, we will do so. During our circle time, we will talk about the Chinese New Year. My goal in discussing this is to appreciate the different cultures and their customs. Besides, it is a lot of fun to see the children do some of the projects that I have planned. Our Bible lessons will be “The Rich Man and Poor Lazarus” and “The Rich Young Ruler.” From these lessons we will see how Jesus teaches us the dangers of possessions.
On February 13, we will have a Valentine’s party. The children in the last half of the alphabet (N-Z) will be asked to provide the treats for this one. Unfortunately, we will have to have this party at 10:15 am. That is the only time that works. We will end the party when school is concluded at 11:45. I am including a list of students for you with this note. I only ask that if you make out a valentine for one child you do it for the entire class. We don’t want any hurt feelings in kindergarten.
I hope that all of you received your report cards. I would like to schedule a time to meet with you concerning your child’s progress. I will make this a brief meeting, but I want to check and see if you have any concerns. I also want to let you know what my plans are for the rest of the year. I will try to catch most of you this week, but if I don’t get to all of you, we will definitely meet next week.
I hope all of you have a great week.
Mrs. Kronebusch