Dear Parents,
I’m baaack!! I am so glad to be teaching again! I have honestly never ever missed teaching this much! The children have jumped right back into our regular routines and helped me to remember some things I had forgotten! ☺
Incase you have not heard at this point, the TADPOLES have arrived in our classroom. They will be with us through the end of the year, unless they turn into frogs before that point, then we will release them into our Nature Center.
Speaking of the Nature Center, I was awarded a grant through DonorsChoose.org and The Washington Township Foundation to purchase Monarch Butterfly caterpillars and milkweed plants. I will order them in early April and the children and I will be planting the milkweed plants in early May and then will release the caterpillars. Their ideas were the driving force in me writing the grant; they wanted to see what a Monarch Butterfly looked like at the beginning of it’s life. They are on their way back from Mexico, so beginning this week, we will study the 2nd half of their lifecycle.
I also received another grant from DonorsChoose.org for Wisconsin Fast Plants. I learned about these plants while at a workshop last month and I knew the children would love to make a greenhouse and plant their own plants, so we now have all the materials to do so! ☺
The PM class will be taking their field trip to the Ruth Lilly Center on Wednesday, so be sure to send in your child’s money-I have only 3 children who have not paid at this point.
I will be sending home a sheet with your child’s conference time listed on it, on Friday of this week, so be watching for that. I have not received a large number of them, so if you see a sign-up sheet attached, you need to return it ASAP. If you do not return it by Friday, a time will be assigned to you. If you do not show up for your child’s conference, you can either call me for a phone conference or we can set up another time to meet. I NEED TO MEET WITH ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS, to share my thoughts on 1st grade or Kindergarten retention with you.
Kristen Poindexter ☺
I’m baaack!! I am so glad to be teaching again! I have honestly never ever missed teaching this much! The children have jumped right back into our regular routines and helped me to remember some things I had forgotten! ☺
Incase you have not heard at this point, the TADPOLES have arrived in our classroom. They will be with us through the end of the year, unless they turn into frogs before that point, then we will release them into our Nature Center.
Speaking of the Nature Center, I was awarded a grant through DonorsChoose.org and The Washington Township Foundation to purchase Monarch Butterfly caterpillars and milkweed plants. I will order them in early April and the children and I will be planting the milkweed plants in early May and then will release the caterpillars. Their ideas were the driving force in me writing the grant; they wanted to see what a Monarch Butterfly looked like at the beginning of it’s life. They are on their way back from Mexico, so beginning this week, we will study the 2nd half of their lifecycle.
I also received another grant from DonorsChoose.org for Wisconsin Fast Plants. I learned about these plants while at a workshop last month and I knew the children would love to make a greenhouse and plant their own plants, so we now have all the materials to do so! ☺
The PM class will be taking their field trip to the Ruth Lilly Center on Wednesday, so be sure to send in your child’s money-I have only 3 children who have not paid at this point.
I will be sending home a sheet with your child’s conference time listed on it, on Friday of this week, so be watching for that. I have not received a large number of them, so if you see a sign-up sheet attached, you need to return it ASAP. If you do not return it by Friday, a time will be assigned to you. If you do not show up for your child’s conference, you can either call me for a phone conference or we can set up another time to meet. I NEED TO MEET WITH ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS, to share my thoughts on 1st grade or Kindergarten retention with you.
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