Upcoming Events!!!
June 5---Field Day, Undokai!
June 12---Boat Regatta!
Welcome to kindergarten at the East Hartford/Glastonbury Elementary Magnet School---a year of amazing discoveries! Students are busy working together and sharing their many ideas. We describe our school as a caring community and work together to see that all show kindness and respect towards ourselves and others.
We follow the golden rule and practice treating others the way we want to be treated.Our friendships continue to grow as we work and play together. Our Community Song reminds us of positive behavior we are always looking for at the Magnet School.
Here are the words to the song I composed:
Oh we belong to a community where people work and share.
We belong to a community where all the people care.
The golden rule is golden. We take care of you and me.
With a handshake and a welcome smile
Come join our family---C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y, community!
As a community of young scientists, our continued weather study from our first science unit is going well.We are watching changes taking place as the seasons change and keep Weather Bear dressed to fit the day.“What is the weather like today?” Just ask any kindergarten student at the Magnet School. These young scientists are observing and recording daily weather conditions throughout the entire school year. They will be studying the clouds, using thermometers to record temperature, and even measuring the amount of precipitation. If you want to know what the weather will be, or what to wear and do during specific weather conditions, just ask our very own meteorologists---the kindergarten students!
This was just the beginning of our exciting science program which is integrated with reading, writing, math and the arts. We are now working on our Living and Nonliving Things unit. We took a field trip to the Exotic Superpet Store where the students got to experience a variety of animals using their senses.We went on a treasure hunt finding animals such as fish with whiskers and animals with dry scales. We looked for animal babies and noticed how they were like their parents. Mrs. J from the Connecticut Audubon Society came to school to do a workshop with the kindergarteners on seeds and plants. We then planted sunflower seeds which we are caring for and watching grow. We are doing lots of reading and writing about plants and animals.
At the start of each week I will continue to send home a packet of homework. I hope the children find the activities fun and engaging. Please encourage your child to choose an activity he/she would like to do each day. Homework should be returned in your child's folder on the following Monday. You may help your child with the writing portion of the homework when needed. As ideas are dictated, you may jot them down. The children are making progress with their writing and may now try to do some on their own. We encourage kindergarteners to use their phonetic skills and write with invented spelling. This helps them to become independent writers.
We will be working on creating and solving word problems. The children will use our animal collections to help with their number stories. You may encourage your child to create stories at home.
Please have your child continue spending 15 or more minutes a day with a book. As you know, reading to your child is so very important. Your child can read along, fill in rhyming words, point to pictures and tell the story. Listening to you read helps your child know what reading is supposed to sound like. Studies show that children who are read to become the best readers. Thank you for all you do to help in so many ways!
Most sincerely,
Eileen Packard
Kindergarten Teacher
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