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Kindergarteners, please  bring  in  an  EMPTY  tissue  box! 

Valentine’s Day is coming this month and the children are going to need an empty tissue box to hold their valentine’s. I wanted to let you know a few weeks in advance so you can save the next box you empty and send it to school by February 10 so that they can be decorated before Valentine’s Day. Thank you very much!

Wednesday,  February 10 is the 100^th day of school! In Kindergarten this is a big deal! We will have a 100^th day celebration. We will read books and try to find collections of 100 items in our classroom.

The children have 100^th day homework due on Wednesday, the 10th. They will need to bring in a collection of 100 of something. The trick is it has to be something that they can carry themselves back and forth to school! Ideas of collections children have brought in the past are pompoms, pennies, even Lego’s.  The children need to be able to show how their set equals 100.  An easy way to do this is to group them by tens or fives. Objects can be glued down on poster board, wrapped in rubber bands, or in bags, etc. Any way that is easy for them to carry and to explain why they choose what they did and how it equals 100.  Be creative and have fun with them, it is quite a big deal to them to have been in Kindergarten for 100 whole days!  Thanks for your help!

 

Friday, February 12 we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day! We will be having a celebration in the classroom on that day. It has been a tradition in the past that the children make and bring in Valentine’s for all of the children in the class. I’m attaching a class list so that you and your child can be sure not to leave anyone out, as I’m sure no one wants hurt fe

elings when it comes time to open the cards. They can also make a valentine for their fifth grade buddy(ies). Helping your child make valentine’s is a wonderful time to watch your child’s writing in progress and to celebrate how wonderful it is that they are learning to write letters and friends names! Please send in the cards with your child on the 12^th and they will distribute them to their classmates. Also, I know that in the past many families have attached a lollypop or candy item to their valentines. This is NO LONGER ALLOWED at the Sheehan School. Any food item that comes in with the Valentine’s will be removed and thrown away before they are distributed. Thank you for your help!