Week 2 ~ Sept. 9 - Sept. 13, 2019

Thanks for helping your child have a successful first week at CAES!  It was a short one but one of excitement and adjustments for all – including myself! J We spent some time last week getting to know each other, our classroom and our school.  We also took some time to go over classroom and school expectations.  Hopefully your child has been telling you about earning pennies!  It was a bit chilly in our room last week.  If your child would like to bring a jacket/sweater to put on during the day, please feel free to do so.  Thanks to all that have put a spare set of clothes in your child’s backpack.  These clothes will stay in his/her backpack unless they are needed.  Any questions?  Email me at jsmith@iwcs.k12.va.us or send a note in your child’s red folder.        

      

Here are a few reminders:

***Red folders will come home each day.  Please make sure the calendar insert is signed/initialed each day and placed back in your child's backpack.  Also, don't forget to check the red folder ‘Keep at home’ side and clean that out as well.  If there is a change in your child’s dismissal procedure, please note that on the calendar page in the red folder.

***Reading Logs/ Books will not come home until the beginning of October.  This is a change from what was communicated in the “ABC’s of Kindergarten”.  We are practicing daily at school with listening to stories and logging them on our reading logs.  

This week we will:

·       Review classroom and school expectations (Learn how to be a GREAT citizen at CAES!)

·       Review what a good listener looks like

·       Draw pictures and use letters to communicate ideas

·       Listen to stories read aloud

·       Learn the characteristics of different shapes

·       Continue learning each other’s names

Homework for the week: (This is done at your own pace and does not need to be turned in.)

• learn to recognize and say your bus number (if you have one!)
• practice writing your name – first letter uppercase, all others lowercase
• read with/ listen to a story with mom, dad, grandparents, aunt/uncle, or big brother/sister each night

Upcoming dates to remember:

·       Sept. 11 – Patriot Day ~ Wear red, white and blue

·       Sept. 21 – Summer T-shirt Day ~ wear shirts from vacations, family reunions, Busch Gardens, VBS, summer camp, etc.

Our Encore schedule (1:15 – 2:00 each day except Tuesdays*)

·       Monday – Computer Science

·       Tuesday – Library, Art and Music  *(1:15, 2:05, 2:50)

·       Wednesday – Engineering

-    Thursday - P.E.

-    Friday - S.O.A.R.

• ·       Thursday – P.E.