Dear Parents,
We have had a fun week in Kindergarten. Thursday was our Valentine’s Day party and we a great time! Thank you to all of the parents who helped out!
Mrs. Poindexter went to a Science workshop on Tuesday and she brought back a greenhouse for our classroom. It is a great learning tool for the students. We have already learned that the light bulb is the sun, and that helps our plants grow.
This week also started our nutrition unit. Monday, we watched video clip of a book titled Gregory the Terrible and learned about healthy snacks that animals eat at the San Diego Zoo. Tuesday, we read a story about the six food groups and then we practiced putting different foods in each group. Wednesday, we each had a food item and we determined whether the food was healthy or unhealthy and which group that food item goes into. Thursday, we took our different food items and picked out what food would make the healthiest afternoon snack. Friday, we had a taste testing of different foods and decided which food we liked the best. Then we graphed and drew our answers. Look for our favorite food item on the bulletin board outside our classroom early next week!
In Math we practice guessing and checking our answers. We used candy hearts to guess how many candy hearts would fill a heart shape on our paper. We also used foam hearts to estimate the length of different items around the room, and the students were very good at estimating!
In Writer’s Working shop we have been practicing planning our writing before we write. We are doing this so we do not forget those important details we want to share.

Here is a great website to check out about how nutritional our children’s snacks are:
http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/gd/applications/snackwise/home.cfm

Miss Sweet


February 18th No School (President’s Day)

February 19th- Mrs. P out (science Workshop)

February 20th- Kindergarten Math Night 6-7 pm

February 27 & 29 Field Trip to Ruth Lilly (during regular class time PM class goes the 27th and AM class goes the 29th)

February 29th- 10 am Convocation


** Please send in your child’s permission slip and $3 for our Ruth Lilly field trip by February 27th**


Notes from Mrs. Poindexter:
-We’ve started collecting Pennies for Patients at area hospitals, so help our class win by sending in those pennies!

-I am in need of some containers for a planting project we will do in the Spring. If you have any of these and could send them in clean, I would appreciate it!!
- clear 2 liter bottles and clear 16 oz. soda bottles
- clear/frosted deli containers (potato salad, deli containers)
- lids from 2 liter bottles or soda bottles