Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a wonderful week for winter break. The break always comes at just the right time but it's always nice to get back into a routine. The students are already back to working hard and learning lots!
As soon as we returned to school, we started working on our fine arts unit. The children are learning about various kinds of art and have already completed their self-portraits. They have been learning how to mix their own colors. I think you will be very impressed with their portraits and self-portraits when you come to the Kindergarten Museum. The students also learned about still life paintings and have started creating some contemporary art! We are planning on having the Kindergarten Museum either at the end of March or beginning of April. More information will be sent home as we get closer to the day. Creating the artwork for the Kindergarten Museum is a lot of work, but worth every minute of it! We hope you will be able to visit our Museum!
We celebrated our 100th day of school on Tuesday. We did a lot of counting! We made 100th day hats with 100 dots and did some math activities with a hundreds chart. We also wrote a class book about what we would do with $100. The students have accomplished so much in 100 days and should be very proud of how far they have come!
The students have worked on a class book about what they want to do when they are older and they are beginning an individual book all about who they are. They have also been enjoying reading books in small groups for guided reading.
We will celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday on Wednesday. We are looking forward to having Mrs. McDonald as a guest reader!
We will be conferencing again towards the end of March and beginning of April. I will send a questionnaire home next week for you to fill out about the best time to have a conference and I will send out the actual schedule by the beginning of the following week. I am looking forward to meeting with you all to discuss your child’s progress.
Please be sure to practice the Kindergarten sight words and addition fluency facts as often as possible. It will be a huge help! I will be assessing the students soon! Thanks!
Have a good weekend!
Melanie Duncan
PS...There is NO SCHOOL on TUESDAY, MARCH 1st due to the Presidential Primary.
Also, our school is collecting canned goods on Monday. It is a way we can do something EXTRA to help our community on the EXTRA day of the year (Leap Day)!!! Your child is welcome to bring in canned goods on Monday that will be donated to the Burlington Food Pantry. Thanks in advance!
Friday, February 26, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
100th Day Celebration
We celebrated our 100th day of school today! The students enjoyed counting out 100 objects, writing about what they would buy with $100, making hats with 100 dots, making 100 handprints, and listening to some fun stories. They are all 100 days smarter than they were when they first started Kindergarten and should feel proud of all they have accomplished!
Friday, February 12, 2016
February 12, 2016 Newsletter
Dear Parents,
I can't believe that winter break is already upon us! The last month and a half went by very fast!
I didn’t send a newsletter last week due to the snow day last Friday. We very much enjoyed our field trip to the New England Aquarium and want to say a special thank you to Mrs. Sargent, Mrs. Ohol, and Mrs. Hatzis for chaperoning! It was a fun way to end our exciting unit on sea life!
We had a lot of fun celebrating Valentine’s Day today. We have enjoyed making our special Valentine’s projects and everyone certainly enjoyed opening all the valentines. Thank you all for the lovely valentines and especially for your support so far this year!
After vacation we will begin our fine arts unit where the children will creatively paint, draw, sculpt, and build works of art for our Kindergarten Museum. I will let you know when you can come in to see our museum! It will be either at the end of March or beginning of April. You won’t want to miss it! I think you will be amazed at the artwork your children will produce!
The Tuesday after vacation will be our 100th day of school. We have a lot of fun projects planned for that day. We will be doing a lot of counting that day. Your child is welcome to bring in a collection of 100 non-edible items (crayons, buttons, paper clips, pennies, etc.) that day to practice counting. Please put items in a baggie, labeled with your child’s name.
We spent a lot of time this past week working on persuasive writing. The students wrote letters to Mrs. Marsh and me trying to persuade us which animal we should get for a class pet. As of right now, we are trying to decide between a snake and turtles! We’ll see what is available from the Burlington Science Center after vacation! We will be transitioning to narrative writing after the break. Students will be writing about themselves and things/events that have happened in their lives (birthdays, field trips, new experiences, etc.). I am anxious to see how their writing with evolve over the next couple of months!
I realized this week that we haven’t gotten to the Scholastic Let’s Find Out Weekly Readers in a while. They are too good to just toss, though, so I sent a stack of them home with the students today. I know that a lot of parents are always looking for things to do with their children over vacations and snow days. The Let’s Find Out papers can be accessed online too and have wonderful resources and activities for the students to explore. The website is: www.scholastic.com/lfo. You have to click on Sign In and then Student. The password is Duncan2015. The January issues are in the archive and the February issues should come up right away.
I would also encourage you to continue working on the sight words and addition fluency facts with your children. We will be checking on their progress in the coming weeks after vacation.
Have a wonderful winter break!
Melanie Duncan
P.S...Please be sure to check the students’ backpacks and folders. Vacation is a great time to clean them all out!
Also...We will be going to the library the Wednesday after vacation. Please be sure to have your child return his/her book by then. Thanks!
I can't believe that winter break is already upon us! The last month and a half went by very fast!
I didn’t send a newsletter last week due to the snow day last Friday. We very much enjoyed our field trip to the New England Aquarium and want to say a special thank you to Mrs. Sargent, Mrs. Ohol, and Mrs. Hatzis for chaperoning! It was a fun way to end our exciting unit on sea life!
We had a lot of fun celebrating Valentine’s Day today. We have enjoyed making our special Valentine’s projects and everyone certainly enjoyed opening all the valentines. Thank you all for the lovely valentines and especially for your support so far this year!
After vacation we will begin our fine arts unit where the children will creatively paint, draw, sculpt, and build works of art for our Kindergarten Museum. I will let you know when you can come in to see our museum! It will be either at the end of March or beginning of April. You won’t want to miss it! I think you will be amazed at the artwork your children will produce!
The Tuesday after vacation will be our 100th day of school. We have a lot of fun projects planned for that day. We will be doing a lot of counting that day. Your child is welcome to bring in a collection of 100 non-edible items (crayons, buttons, paper clips, pennies, etc.) that day to practice counting. Please put items in a baggie, labeled with your child’s name.
We spent a lot of time this past week working on persuasive writing. The students wrote letters to Mrs. Marsh and me trying to persuade us which animal we should get for a class pet. As of right now, we are trying to decide between a snake and turtles! We’ll see what is available from the Burlington Science Center after vacation! We will be transitioning to narrative writing after the break. Students will be writing about themselves and things/events that have happened in their lives (birthdays, field trips, new experiences, etc.). I am anxious to see how their writing with evolve over the next couple of months!
I realized this week that we haven’t gotten to the Scholastic Let’s Find Out Weekly Readers in a while. They are too good to just toss, though, so I sent a stack of them home with the students today. I know that a lot of parents are always looking for things to do with their children over vacations and snow days. The Let’s Find Out papers can be accessed online too and have wonderful resources and activities for the students to explore. The website is: www.scholastic.com/lfo. You have to click on Sign In and then Student. The password is Duncan2015. The January issues are in the archive and the February issues should come up right away.
I would also encourage you to continue working on the sight words and addition fluency facts with your children. We will be checking on their progress in the coming weeks after vacation.
Have a wonderful winter break!
Melanie Duncan
P.S...Please be sure to check the students’ backpacks and folders. Vacation is a great time to clean them all out!
Also...We will be going to the library the Wednesday after vacation. Please be sure to have your child return his/her book by then. Thanks!
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Our librarian, Mr. Levin, read us a story about the Chinese New Year and then taught us how to draw dragons with letters and shapes! They will be on display in the library after students color them. Gung Hay Fat Choy is how you say Happy New Year in Chinese!
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Superfish Presentation
Mr. Musselman from the Burlington Science Center presented Superfish! We learned all sorts of interesting facts about some of the sea creatures at the aquarium. He even brought in a real dead octopus and several of the students even dared to touch it!
Aquarium Field Trip
We had a wonderful trip to the New England Aquarium today. We saw a lot of fascinating sea creatures. We want to give a special thank you to Mrs. Sargent, Mrs. Ohol, and Mrs. Hatzis for joining us. It certainly was a wonderful way to finish our unit on sea life!
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