February Newsletter

 What We Have Been Working On In February:

· Language Arts/Reading: We have been working on    syllables and writing this month.  Kids are really starting to read and not just the sight words!  It is very exciting for all of us!

· Math:  Our main focus has been measuring using our feet and standard feet.  We’ve also worked on exchanging ones for fives and tens. (Ex: 10 ones—exchange for a ten)

· Science: We learned about Groundhog’s Day and made predictions.  Students also have learned a lot about the different kinds of weather this month.

· Writing:  Students have been working hard on using a finger space between each word in a sentence, using only an uppercase letter at the beginning of a sentence, and some form of punctuation at the end of the sentence.  I am so proud of their progress!

Important Dates:

March 13 & 15:  Parent/Teacher Conferences (Early Out at 1:oo)

March 16-25:  No School--Spring Break

What to work on at home:

· Please continue to work on tying shoes at home.  I still have a lot of kids who don’t know how to tie their shoes!

· Please challenge your child to work on number stories.  Include the words (have your child sound them out) and the number model (1+4=5).  They can do addition or subtraction! :)

· Please work on writing at home.  You can work on simple 3-letter words or sentences.

 

Please feel free to contact me at any time!

Megan Holden

holdenm@newton.k12.ia.us

(641) 792-2498

Valentine's Party

We had such a fun time at our Valentine's Party! This year, we got to celebrate on the actual date! Jenna and Matt Weber and Marilyn Gelinas were the head honchos of our party. They made sure all of the students were well fed, had fun, and most of all spoiled. :) Thanks to all of you who helped make our party a success! These are the memories the kiddos will never forget.



Conner & Kaylynn




Draven & Heavenly




Kadance & Hailey




Karsyn & Addison




Logan & Jocelyn




Lucas & Charli




Mrs. Fuller, Andrew, Kadance, Heavenly, & Logan




Delaney, Blake, Karsyn, & Jordan




Addison, Hailey, & Conner




Lucas, Charli, Destiny, & Draven




Jocelyn, Kaylynn, & Treyton (who is hiding)




Treyton & Destiny




Kiddos trying to find their matches.




Another picture of the kids trying to find their matches.




Our WONDERFUL volunteers:  Marilyn, Matt, & Jenna.  Thank you so much!!



Teamwork Assembly

Three times a year, TJ has an awards assembly focusing on some aspect of character building.  In February, the focus was teamwork.  Riley and Hailey had the chance to work together to play the Hula Hoop Race.  Delaney and Blake had the chance to play the Waiter Game.  I snapped a few photos but when I was going to edit them, the quality was not the greatest. I am sorry to Blake for not catching a good enough shot of you!  Hope you enjoy the photos!



Destiny receiving her award.





Delaney playing the Waiter Game.



   



Kadance receiving her award.





Teamwork!





Riley & Hailey waiting to play the Hula Hoop Race.

January Newsletter

I am SO sorry this is so late!  Turns out life can get busy...who knew? :)

What We Have Been Working On In January:
Language Arts: We have been working on blending and segmenting. We have also been working on sounding out simple words and nonsense words.


Math: We are starting to do simple addition problems! Students also have worked a lot on number stories (word problems).


Science: We just started to study penguins. The kids have really enjoyed what we’ve learned so far!


Handwriting Without Tears: Students have learned all the uppercase and some of the lowercase letters. We have practiced writing sentences and talked about what to include (capitalization, finger spaces, punctuation, etc.)


For our Valentine’s Day Party we need milk jugs to use as our Valentine holders. If you could please wash out and bring in any milk jugs, I would appreciate it!


Please contact Jenna or Matt Weber at jweber@gmrc.com if you are willing to provide for our party. Here is what we need: 20 plates,20 napkins, 20 cups, 20 treats, and something for the kids to drink.


Book Orders: due February 10th. Online code: GT8GF


Important Dates:
February 14th–Valentine’s Day Party


February 17th– No School

February 20th– No School (Possible Snow Make Up Day)

Things to work on at home:

Please continue to work on sight words at home.

Please work on fine motor skills, especially writing.

Also can you please work on tying shoes at home? I still have a lot of kids who don’t know how to tie their shoes!

Feel free to contact me any time with questions, concerns, or comments!  Have a great weekend!
Megan Holden
(641) 792-2498
holdenm@newton.k12.ia.us
 
****Valentine Party pictures to come soon!

December Newsletter

What We've Been Working On:

Language Arts: We have been working on words that have the short “a” sound in the middle. Students have also worked on reading small words and simple sentences!


Reading: We read stories about friends this month and had great discussions on what it’s like to be a good friend.

Math: The kids have been doing so well in math this month! We have learned some new math games (Top it, Teen Frame Game, Growing/Disappearing Train Game and more.) We have also worked on some word problems and simple addition!


Science: We learned about hibernation from Katie Cantu from Jasper County Conservation.


Handwriting Without Tears: The class has learned almost all of the uppercase letters this month.

Please wash your child’s rest towel and remember to bring it back to school on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Important Dates:
 
January 3rd-Come back to school!

January 13th– No School

What To Work On At Home:


Making patterns
Reading the sight words.
Recognizing numbers 0-30.
Fine motor skills to work on:
coloring, cutting, and writing their name and small words (3 letters in a word).

 
 
 
 
Please feel free to contact me at any time!


Phone Number:

(641) 792-2498 ext. 1548

Email:

holdenm@newton.k12.ia.us

November Newsletter

What We've Been Working On In November:
Language Arts: We have been working on words that have the short “a” sound in the middle. Students have also worked on blending and segmenting some more.


Reading: We read many stories about families this month. Students had a fun time connecting the stories to their own lives.

Math: Students have been working hard on their “tricky teens” this month. They have also had a lot of fun learning new games (Monster Squeeze, Domino Concentration, Roll & Record).

Science: We learned about turkeys from Miss Chrissy from Jasper County Conservation.

Social Studies: Kids learned about the differences betweenThanksgiving Feasts now and from long ago.

Handwriting Without Tears: The class has been working on uppercase letters (H, L, U, V, W, and X).

Please wash your child’s rest towel and remember to bring it back to school on Monday!
 
Important Dates:
December 6th– Candy Houses


December 15th-Winter Program

December 23-January 2nd–

Winter Break

What To Work On At Home:
Please help your child decorate the green tree and bring it back to school on the 28th.


Please work on reading the sight words.

Please work on recognizing numbers 0-30.

Fine motor skills to work on:

coloring, cutting, and writing their name and small words (3 letters in a word).





Please feel free to contact me at any time!


Phone Number:

(641) 792-2498 ext. 1548

Email:

holdenm@newton.k12.ia.us

Halloween Party!

Thank you to those parents who brought supplies in for our party! A special thank you to Lori and Marilyn for helping out at the party. The kids had such a fun time and this will be one of their school memories they will never forget.

Class Picture!

We decided to get a little goofy!

Andrew really focusing on winning Halloween Bingo.

Kaylynn and Lucas excited to hear the next item for Halloween Bingo.

Treyton and Hailey--does Treyton have bingo?

Another Halloween game!  The kids had fun cheering each other on!

Group 1 trying to figure out the Skeleton puzzle.

Group 2 focusing on getting done first!

Group 3 trying to figure out whose piece goes in the right spot.

Group 4 getting started.

Enjoying our yummy Halloween treats!

Awesome TK-K Team as the Black-eyed Peas! :)