Chinese zodiac animals and the letter M

Dear Mom and Dad:

AM kindergarten: Did you know that 2016 is the year of the Monkey for Chinese New Years? Today we took a closer look at the letter m. I learned that the m sound is a mouth sound. N is a nose sound and m is a mouth sound! I can rub my belly and make the m sounds mmmmmmm. Ask me to tell you some words that start with m. I did a guided drawing of a monkey. I even wrote the Chinese character for monkey!

PM Kindergarten: We listened to a story about “The Great Race”. Did you know that every 12 years is represented by an animal? Ask me to retell as much of the story as I can. I can tell you what animal came in first place! Ask me to tell you from the story why cats don’t like rats. 

Question of the day:  

AM kindergarten: post on the blog words that start with M

PM kindergarten: From the story, why do cats not like rats?

Love,

Kindergarten 

Housekeeping:

On Monday February 8 is Chinese New Years. Kindergarten will be having a feast to celebrate this event. We will be serving egg noodles with peas and carrots cooked with vegetable broth. We will also be eating oranges and having some iced tea. On this day students don’t need to bring a snack. If you know that your child may prefer to eat their own snack you are welcome to still pack one.  

Parents we will be having our valentine festivities on Tuesday February 9. If you would like to hand out cards please leave the TO blank and Only write FROM: (your child's name).

Number of students in the AM for each class

Red: 22

Blue: 22

Green: 20

Number of students in the PM for each class

Red: 17

Blue: 19

Green: 19

We also have Carnavle on Tuesday! Your child will be outside for most of the morning participating in many traditional activities to celebrate Carnival. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately.