We had a FABULOUS trip today. The program was geared to our age group, the presenters were great, our Stewart Stars were wonderful guests and we had a great day! Thank you to all the parents who were able to take some time to be with our group today. We are getting closer to gaining a classroom pet, we learned a lot about the care and responsibility of pet ownership. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxFEBP1chmdKd01MUkJKNWxsYVU Have a great Thanksgiving! Thank you to Mrs. Agarwal - Saumil's mother- for coming to our class and sharing about the biggest Hindu holiday, Diwali. We learned about the history,the legends, some of the customs and traditions of this Festival of Lights. I invite and encourage all families to come to our room to share their family traditions and customs during holidays. Our trip to the Humane Society is this coming Monday, Nov. 19. we leave at 9:30. I have 5 parent volunteers and cannot accept any more at this time. Please consider sending in a donation of supplies to the shelter in lieu of money. Also, I apologize, but we cannot accommodate any siblings on this trip. If you offered to help , but have a younger child, I need to ask you to help us another time. I need a few more permission slips, too. The Turkey Trot takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Kindergarten is scheduled to take off at 12:20 near the 3rd grade playground at the back of Thurston. All parent help is greatly appreciated. Contact Margaret Baker [email protected] for more info. Hello Families! It's November and the weather has defintely changed. It was great to see so many of you at the Fall Social- which was a fantastic event! We finished up our Collections in Nature science unit by making our AWESOME t-shirts! Our purple poem books came home on Friday.Take a minute to read through them with your child. Most of the poems have Kindergarten sights words included. We have learned: see, up , a, can, we, has, go, and my. You will also find your child's vote for their favorite apple, and their 'M' book - which they can read to you. We will begin Unit 3 in Math, which covers: Symetry, patterns, number recognition, balance and weight, domino math, measurement, probability stories, basic graphing, and counting by 10s. Your child has been introduced to Harold and the Purple Crayon and we are in the middle of an author study of Crockett Johnson. Most of the class has now had a turn with a Story Bag. We will be starting the second round of turns this week. A HUGE THANK YOU, to all of the families that sent supplies, donated their time, set up and organized one very, successful, and enjoyable Harvest Day Celebration and parade! I appreciate all of you. Thanks to our Room Parents, Tori and Marianne for organizing this event. I have never seen so much food, crafts, and activities. I could have never changed all the little ones into their costumes and walked that journey alone. Thank you. The class had a lovely time. I appreciate your time as you come to talk about the school year during conferences. I LOVE this experience. I learn so much more about your child when we are able to talk 1:1. Please think ahead ... would you like to come into our classroom and share your holiday traditions? We would love to learn how families celebrate all the many, different holidays. UPCOMING DATES - REMINDERS
Fall is here and the year is clicking away. CONGRATULATIONS to our class for earning the Library Trophy! Our class showed Responsibility, Respectfulness and Safety, with regard to the library, the materials, the teacher and how we handle books. We beat out the whole school for this award last week!
We are working on building a classroom community and I have arranged for our class to be guests at the EMU vs. TOLEDO football game, Saturday, October 13 @ 1:00 p.m. It would be great if you and your child could make an appearance. It is a great opportunity to meet classmates, outside of Thurston and for parents to meet and connect. Hoping we can build some memories together, outside of the classroom as well as in. Let's go Hurons! Hope to see you there! I appreciated all the help on our walking trip Thursday! Thanks for making the trip a success. We received many compliments about our polite and respectful behavior. It was a beautiful day to be walking and picnicking outdoors. Socially and emotionally, we are practicing using our words instead of crying or yelling or "telling on somebody". I encourage the children to share their feelings with the person who is bothering them - first. If that is not working, they should always find an adult to help. Many times, when a child says "stop" to another child... the response is "okay". Art and Library help - Thank you to the people who have already signed up on the Green sheet outside our room. You can also email [email protected] or [email protected] Thank you, Wanda, for organizing our scholastic books! Thank you Tori, for our monthly, snack calendar! THANK YOU to ALL families for such healthy and delicious snacks for your child's growing brain. We are a hungry bunch, especially at the end of the day. Our science unit Collections in Nature has started, I encourage your child to look around your home, park, yard and bring items to add to their box at school. I brought in an intact snake skin that I found on my walk. We know it weighs less than a pine cone, and is longer than a leaf.
-- ~Any student information shared is for educational purposes only Janice Alvarado Stewart Thurston~Elementary [email protected] 734-994-1970 Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them ~Dalai Lama |
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