solar eclipse
Hopefully you have already read the information Franklin Community Schools sent home about the upcoming solar eclipse that will occur on Monday, August 21. For students in grades K-1, it was left up to each grade level to decide what to do. As you can imagine, there is concern that younger students will not fully understand the strict rules that must be followed in order to ensure student safety when viewing the eclipse. As such, Kindergarten teachers have decided not to take our classes outside to view the eclipse in real life. We will be doing many cool activities in class leading up to and after the event, and we will watch the eclipse via the NASA website in real time (which is the safest way to view it). We will have centers, math activities, reading activities, crafts, and videos to do the day of. We feel this is the best way to ensure the safety of your child. If you would prefer for your child to go outside to view the eclipse, please let me know and arrangements can be made for him/her to join an older class that is going outside. You will also need to fill out a special permission slip for him or her to be able to view it outside. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the eclipse or student safety in general. As a reminder--school times will be delayed by 1 hour on Monday. Therefore, school will start at 8:30 and end at 3:20. Recess, specials, and lunch times will be pushed back by 1 hour as well. Update--the solar glasses that Creekside ordered could not be verified as authentic, so no classes will be going out. Ms. Brown will be taking students outside if their parents send in their own solar glasses and a signed permission slip. From Dr. Heiden--We don't know the timing of when we are going outside and so to keep things simple, we would like to have students only at school for this portion. If parents really want to see the eclipse with their child, that is fine, but they can sign them out and go outside with them and sign them back in the office when they are done. A sign out will not count against their attendance for this special event.
homework sheet tips
Just a few reminders/tips when completing homework that I noticed when grading homework today.
1. Make sure to complete the handwriting portion on the BACK each night!
2. When doing the letter/sounds activities, don't forget to write the score or highlight/circle the letters/sounds that your child got correct. You can also just put a check mark in the box so I know they completed this activity with you.
Facebook
Our classroom Facebook page is important in sharing information and reminders with you, but as you may have already seen, it also gives you a sneak peek inside our day, including lots of pictures! If you haven't yet LIKED our page to received up to date notifications, don't be left out! LIKE our page today! You can search:
Mrs. Dunn's Kindergarten.
Superkids
You should have gotten an activation email from Superkids this week to set up your online account at home for your child to play the games and read the stories. Please make sure to set this up! There won't be many stories yet, but as we start new units, more stories and games will open up. Superkids Online is a great way to spend "screen time"! Note--you will not get this email if you already have an account set up for an older student.
Writer's Workshop
This week we introduced Writer's Workshop. We will have this almost every day. We will start with a story and mini lesson, and then we will practice writing and drawing stories. This week we learned about all the different tools we can use during writing time. Ask your child which they liked to use best: pencils, crayons, colored pencils, pens, or markers!
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