First+Week

= Fantastic First Week =

Dear Parents,

We had a terrific first week of school! We read a story called "The Kissing Hand", and did many follow-up activities based on the book. The main character in the story is Chester the Raccoon who is very sad to leave his mom to go to school. Ask your child to retell the story to you with their Chester the Raccoon puppet! K5 took a tour of the school by following Chester’s paw prints and finding clues until we finally ended up back in our room with a treat waiting for us.

Next week we are lucky to begin learning some basic Spanish. A parent of ours is volunteering her time to come in and teach the kids Spanish every Tuesday morning for a half hour. We are all very excited about learning some Spanish words, and want to say **“Muchas gracias”** to Mrs. Bannantine!!

We are also all fired up because starting next week another one of our parents, Mrs. Storck, is giving us some of her time too! Every Friday morning at 10:00am we will have Music in our room with her. The only downfall to this is that now the kids will learn how tone deaf their teachers really are!! We truly appreciate Carol’s musical talent and willingness to share it with our K5.

You may want to send in a small blanket or towel for your child to use at rest time if you think it will help them to relax. We are finding that the kids really need this time to slow down the pace of the day, some even fall asleep. It helps rejuvenate them for the afternoon.

We are going to have a change in the way we do lunch count. Every Friday we will send home a “lunch order form” for you to complete for the whole next week. It will ask you to fill in which days your child will have hot or cold lunch and whether you want them to have a milk. Please return it in your child’s “Home Folder” on Monday.

Please let us know if you have any concerns.

**“Adiós!”** Mrs. Knopf & Mrs. Basso