First Friday Update

The first two days of Kindergarten have been awesome!  I truly enjoy getting to know your special little people.  It has honestly been one of the smoothest first two days of school in my 14 years of teaching.  I can tell that so many of them went to preschool, daycare or summer school by the way they catch onto routines and expectations so quickly!  

Today we colored, practiced as a whole school for the solar eclipse (they did great with their glasses), read a book (they have a copy in their Friday Folder) and watched a Sid the Science Kid video about the eclipse, read The Kissing Hand and made a Chester the raccoon puppet to go along with the book, went to Media with Mr. Heidlage for our specials, played outside and had snack and center time.  We also read a book called Manners at School and talked about ways we use manners at school.  

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Friday Folders

Today your child is coming home with a blue Friday Folder.  These will come home every Friday packed full of important papers.  Just like the daily take home folder, there will be some things for you to sign and return to school in the folder and some things for you to keep at home.  Please make sure you return the folders every Monday.  Anything that needs to be returned can be placed on the "return to school" side.   

Reading Logs

In your child's Friday Folder is an August/September reading log.  At Beulah Ralph Elementary the only required homework for K-4th grade is reading to your child or having them read to you (once they acquire this skill) at least 4 nights per week. Please record this reading on the reading logs.  You can keep these logs at home in a safe place or in their daily take home folder, whatever is easiest for you.  I will collect the reading logs at the end of each month.  I will not take it out of their folder until then.  At the beginning of each month I will send home a new log.  

Monday Meetings

Every Monday the entire school meets in the gym, rather than their classroom, for Monday Morning Meetings.  This is also our school spirit day and we encourage everyone to wear a Beulah Ralph shirt.  There is an order form for apparel in the Friday Folder.  On Monday's, please remind your kiddos to go straight to the gym and not their classroom.  They bring their backpack and everything with them to the gym.  The meeting starts at 8:20 and lasts anywhere from 5-15 minutes.  Once it is over, we head to our classroom to start our day!  

Solar Eclipse

I am looking forward to all of the fun activities we have planned on Monday for the solar eclipse!  If you would like to send a blanket or towel for your child to sit on while we are outside from 12:30-1:30, that would be great!  Please make sure it is something that will fit inside their backpack.  You can also send a water bottle if you'd like.  

Have a great weekend!