October 16, 2022

 

Kindergarten Connection

Your child's week with Mrs. DeLapa

                         Last Week

Our trip to Dinges Farm was so fun! The weather could not have been better and the children loved it! A huge thank you goes out to all our parent chaperones for joining us on this trip. We appreciate you so much!

Our PTO has been collecting donations for our Bucks for Brown each morning in the cross hall. So far enough has been donated for us to have some special days next week. So.........

Monday is Mis-match Day! Wednesday is Crazy Hair Day! Friday is Spirit Day (wear your maize and blue)!

On Friday all the students came home with 2 sheets and some had 3. The pumpkin sheet is from our Media Center staff. If your child would like to follow the directions on the back of the sheet, please return it to be taken to the Media Center.

The sheet regarding time and clocks is part of our Social Studies curriculum. I would like each of the students to do this activity and return it to school. It is part of our "Who Am I?" unit and will launch learning past, present and future. Thank you for assisting your child with this.

Some also received a pink sheet regarding emergency contact information. If you have no changes, please sign the sheet and return it with your child. I think many did not understand that we need it back either way with a signature. I agree that was not clear. 😒

Never hesitate to email me (ldelapa@sjschools.org) with any questions you may have regarding any of our

“kindergarten stuff.”

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Snack and Leaders

Your child will come home with the Leader bag the night before his/her leader day. There is a notebook inside with directions for sharing both a snack with the class and a Show and Tell item. Please refer to the calendar in the back of your child's take home folder for leader and other important dates.

October 17-Aarav

October 18-Owen

October 19-J.D.

October 20-Larkin

October 21-Brinley

October 24-Aiden*

We now have 23 children in our class.

*denotes birthday

Due to allergies, please refrain from sending snacks that contain any kind of nut. Thank you!

We will snack in the morning each day. It is not necessary for you to send a snack with your child, as the leader provides it each day.  Thank you for sending a leak-proof water bottle with your child each day.

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Next Week

On Tuesday morning we will have "Donuts With a Special Grown Up" beginning at 7:45 am on our playground. This is compliments of our wonderful PTO. 

Friday afternoon will be our Fun Run celebration of our Bucks for Brown. The grades are all scheduled to be outside playing some games and running our track for 45 minutes. This will culminate with an awards/all school celebration assembly in the gym. We thank you for your generosity for our 1 school fund raiser of the year.  

Next week we will continue to work on the skills of identifying main idea and supporting details using our first Readers' Theater book, "My Family." This is our introduction to sight words as well. On Friday your child will come home with a copy of this book to keep and read over and over to anyone who will listen 😏. I ask that you find a place for your child to put all of the books he/she can read. Many will be coming home as the year goes on. I will also send home the first set of sight words in a zip lock bag. Please have your child cut out the flash cards and go over them often. More will come with each Readers' Theater book (which is every 3 weeks).

Our next Guest Reader, Mrs. Bishop, will arrive at 3:20 on Wednesday, October 19th. Please bring

2-3 books with you to read. There are many open dates on the schedule. Please find one that works for you on the Guest

reader document I have shared with you. (If you can’t find it, please ask) DeLapa Guest Readers

Sadly, we have had several children out sick in our class. We have discussed what we can do to keep ourselves healthy. One thing mentioned is masking when sick. I have child sized masks in my room. If a student is coughing/sneezing a lot, I will offer a mask to him or her. I will not insist of course, but will give the child an option to wear it. I will do (and have done) the same for others when I have the sniffles. 

Please, please label your child's outdoor clothing, lunch boxes, water bottles, etc. I have another hooded sweatshirt in

our room that seems to belong to none of our students. If you are missing one, please remind your child that it is

probably at school.

Upcoming Events

Our Fall Festival will be on Monday, October 31st. Our committee is working on making it a time to remember.. The children may wear costumes to school the day of the party (this is different from other years). Be sure to keep in mind your child's ability to use the restroom throughout the day in his/her chosen costume. Please keep all of our Kindergartners in mind when choosing the costume for your child. There should be no costumes worn that might scare the children. Let’s keep our wholesome environment in mind and be sure all are comfortable and able to enjoy the day. If you have any question about your choice, please ask. The kindergarten classes will not be participating in the Halloween parade. We have found that some of the costumes can be scary and we can look forward to more time for our party ☺.