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August/September
Newsletter
8/29/07
A Note from Mrs. Mudd
We are off to a great start!!! We are so excited about the school year!!
Please look through your child’s yellow folder in their back pack each day but especially on Friday. On Friday’s you will find important papers and a newsletter. We have already been sending home forms for you to fill out and return. Thanks to all for returning these.
This week at school we began learning the rules and routine in the classroom, the names of materials in our room as well as beginning social skills (how to ask for help, how to take turns, how to wait for a turn, etc). We even practiced our first Fire drill as well as Earthquake drill. So far the children have been introduced to the math center, language center, library, manipulatives, writing center, blocks, music, practical life, dramatic play, art and woodworking.
Buster the Safety bus came to talk with our morning class about bus safety. He will come back in a couple of weeks to talk with our afternoon class. Please see the letter about this.
Important Dates
September 1st –No School- Labor Day
September 5th-Grandparents Day
-Grandparents are invited to come to school. The morning class will have time with their grandparents for Breakfast from 7:45 to 8:30. The afternoon class with have time with their grandparents for Lunch from 11:40 to 12:10. Please see attached note.September 5th-Scholatic Book orders are due-please see attached directions and order
September 16th Family Story Time-AM class 10:00 PM class 11:35 *mark your calendar
September 23rd Kentucky Kids Day
September 24th No School for Early Start-
we will be visiting with the families who have not had their first Home visit yet as well as preparing the classroom for upcoming activities.September 25th No School for Early Start/Early Start Open House-On this day Early Start will be having an Open House during the day. The Morning class will have their Open House from 7:45 to 10:45 and the afternoon class will be having their Open House from 11:35 to 2:35. Parents are invited to come to school that day with their child. During your child’s class time, they will be able to show you what they have been doing at school
September 26th No School/Records day
September 1st thru October 15th
Magnet Applications are now being acceptedDixie is a magnet school in Fayette County. That means that if you do not live in the Dixie school district then you can apply to send your child to Dixie. If you do not live in the Dixie district and your child will be of Kindergarten age for the 2009-2010 school year and you want them to attend Dixie, you need to fill out an application on line at
www.fcps.net. If you have other children who already attend Dixie you need to apply for their siblings. If you need help or have any questions with this please ask.Over-------
Themes for the month of September
September 2-12 All About Me
- During these weeks the children will discover what makes us special, that we are alike and different and we will learn to communicate our name (first/last), age and gender. We will also be covering the following Early Childhood Standards and Creative Curriculum Goals listed below.
Early Childhood Standards
Health Education Standard 1: Demonstrate health/mental wellness in individual and cooperative social environments
English/Language Arts Standard 1: Demonstrate general skills and strategies of communication process
Creative Curriculum Goals
Social/Emotional Development
-Sense of Self
September 15-October 1 Discover Outside
- During these weeks the children will discover the outside through science and books. One of our feature books will be It Looked like Spilt Milk which will be this months Family Story time book. We will also be covering the following Early Childhood Standards and Creative Curriculum Goals listed below.
Early Childhood Standards
Science standard 1: Demonstrate scientific ways of thinking and working (with wonder and curiosity)
English/Language Arts Standard 2: Demonstrates general skills and strategies of the listening and observing process
Creative Curriculum Goals
Language Development
-Listening and Speaking
Cognitive Development
-Learning and Problem Solving
How to get a hold of Ms. Mudd and Ms. Carter
*send a note
*call 381-3116 ext.2702
*email-lisa.mudd@fayette.kyschools.us