KinderNews
Mrs. Richey
February 10, 2010

Upcoming Dates
February 12—Valentine's Day Party.
February 15—No school. President's Day

Book Orders
Book Orders will be due on Thursday, February 18 th . If you would like to order online, you can go to.

Valentine's Day
We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday, February 12th. If you would like to send valentines to school for your child to share, please have your child write his/her name on the back of all valentines . Then your child can simply drop the valentine into any Valentine sack without the problem of finding particular names. The morning class has 27 students and the afternoon class has 27 students. We will make our Valentine mailboxes at school.

Parent-Teacher Conferences
I enjoyed visiting with each of you during parent-teacher conferences February 3 rd and 4 th . If there is ever any concern about your child or what is happening at school, please feel free to call me at 796-3141 or e-mail me at vrichey@alpine.k12.ut.us .

Next Year Placement
AM Kindergarten Students will automatically be placed on Track 1 for next year. PM Kindergarten students will be placed on Track 2. If this is different than older siblings and you want input on track considerations, please e-mail Mrs. Friel at frie138@alpine.k12.ut.us (that's frie and #138). You may not request a specific teacher. For more information, please refer to the school's February newsletter that went home last Monday.

Classroom Volunteers
And again, thank you to our classroom volunteers who help with the children during centers, station rotation, and classroom parties. We truly appreciate your time and service. It is essential in the classroom to have you, especially during centers and small group times (station rotations). If you would like to help during centers and are not a regular volunteer, simply come in any Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday during centers. Morning center time is 10:00-11:00 and afternoon center time is 1:45-2:15.

PE Shoes
On Mondays, we have PE in the gym. Please send your child in appropriate running shoes. It's very difficult running, tagging, and jumping rope in snow boots.

Kindergarten Registration
If you know of any families with upcoming Kindergarten students, please tell them of the Kindergarten registration at Deerfield on February 22 nd and 23 rd , 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Registration helps us plan for next year in class sizes and teachers needed.

CURRICULUM areas of Study: (to name a few)
Digraphs th, sh, ch, wh
Alphabet letter names and sounds
Short/Long vowel sounds
cvc words (consonant-vowel-consonant)
Writing stories with sight words and sound spelling
Reading/writing high frequency words
Reading carefully and making connections for comprehension
Writing and counting numbers 0-20
Counting by 10's.
Measuring
Songs: Valentine Surprise, Apples and Bananas, Miss Polly, Tony Chestnut, Turtle Song, This Little Light of Mine, etc.

Attendance Reminder
If your child is absent, please call to excuse the absence. When the absence is excused, it simply lets me know that there was some communication with the parent concerning the absence. And thank you to those parents who do call to excuse the absence.

Recess Reminder
Remember to send your child dressed appropriately for the weather since we all go outside for recess. If it's too cold, too wet, or too windy for me, we have indoor recess. We don't usually have recess outside if we have PE in the gym that day.

February Poem

Valentines
I gave a hundred valentines.
A hundred did I say?
I gave a thousand valentines
One cold and wintry day.

I didn't put my name on them
or any other words,
because my valentines were seeds
for February birds.

Aileen Fisher