Mrs. Pybas' Kindergarten

It is hard to believe that our last week of school is here!  Our week will be filled with fun, learning and surprises!  Don’t forget that our Read-In/Pajama Day will be Tuesday.  The children may wear their pajamas to school, bring their sleeping bag or a blanket and bring some favorite books from home.  They may also bring a flashlight.  We may try reading in the dark!  Our end of the year party will be Wednesday from 2:30-3:00PM.  Our homeroom mom is planning and coordinating it.

Thanks for helping make this a really good year!  It has been a pleasure to work with each of you!

Dawne Pybas

Don’t forget that West Field’s School’s Out Bash is this Friday evening from 5:30-8:00 PM.  Hope you can come and enjoy some good food and fellowship with other West Field families.  If your child ordered a yearbook, he/she can pick it up and have all his/her friends sign it.  It will be a fun evening!

Don’t forget that this Friday, May 11, is Morning with Mom.  Moms are invited to come to school with your Kindergartner, enjoy a doughnut and share a book in his/her classroom.  Moms are also invited to the PTO Open House to discover all the ways to be involved at West Field next year.  The Open House will begin at 8:25 AM by the cafeteria.   I am looking forward to seeing you!

You all are awesome!  Once again our class won the Marco’s Pizza Party.  “Thank you” to each family who supported our school by participating in Marco’s West Field Night!   I will be scheduling our party for sometime next week. The children are REALLY excited!

Our Birthday Bash is this Friday.  Thanks to the parents who have volunteered to provide all the goodies!  You all are the best!

Dawne Pybas

This week we will begin to study the characteristics of insects.  We will use the information we learn to compare and contrast “critters” to determine if they are insects or not.  “Comparing and Contrasting” is an important comprehension skill that we are practicing.  Along with practicing that skill, your child will be using the information we learn to write an informational piece about what insects are, what they have and what they can do.

It is hard to believe that we have about four weeks of school left this year!  We still have so much to do!

Thanks for all your support!  Don’t forget to have your child read the books on the computer that I send each week.  The more your child reads….the better he/she will read!

Dawne Pybas

This week we will be learning about all the ways we can take care of our world.  Hopefully, your Kindergartner will be singing about reducing, reusing and recycling AND reminding you of ways to help make our world a better place.  April 22 is EARTH DAY.  We will celebrate Earth Day on Friday, April 20.  We will all wear green to school in  honor of the day.  

Thanks for continuing to read with your child each week.  Remember to have your child read the “computer books” I send you.  The more your child reads…..the better he/she will read!

Dawne Pybas

We are all enjoying celebrating each child on his/her “Beary” Special Day!  We have learned new and interesting things about each of the children who have had their “Beary” Special Day.  “Thank you” to each parent who has helped make the day special.  If your child has not had his/her “Beary” Special Day yet, you are in for a real treat!  Your child will be bringing home a book  all about him/her written by his/her classmates.  The books are delightful!

Keep reading and practicing sight words.  Remember, if your child can read all the sight words, practice reading them faster.

Thanks for all you do to encourage your child to read and to write!!

It is hard to believe that we are beginning the last nine weeks of the school year!  This nine weeks we will be working diligently on reading our sight words fluently.  We will do lots of adding and subtracting so that our kindergartners understand the process of putting groups together and taking them apart.  We will write, write, write!  Our kindergartners will be writing informational and opinion pieces as well as fiction stories.  Please continue to read daily with your child.  It really makes a positive difference in your child’s progress!

We will focus on three new sight words this week!  They are what, was and said.  Most of the children can already read them easily.  If your child cannot, please review them frequently so that he/she can read them automatically without trying to sound them out.  It is important that children can read high frequency words without attempting to sound them out because many of them do not  follow phonics rules.

This week we will be working with ordinal numbers (first-tenth).  Please take every opportunity to use the terms first, second, third, etc. with your child in everyday situations.  Application of our math skills at home helps your child learn them more quickly and completely.

Thank you for all you do!

Dawne Pybas

P.S.  A great big “THANK YOU” to the parents who have sent crayons and glue sticks to school.  We really appreciate it!

“Thank you” to those of you who were able to come to Open House.  It was so much fun watching you and your children as they took you around our room.  They were so proud to show you everything they did to prepare for the evening. I am proud of them!

This week is Miss Efird’s last week with us.  She has been an asset to our class, and we will miss her.  On Friday we will honor her at our MARCO’S PIZZA LUNCH.  You and your children earned the pizza lunch for us by spending the most money at the last West Field Night at Marco’s.  I will provide dessert for the children.  If one of you would like to provide the drinks….that would be great.  Just let me know.

Keep practicing the sight words with your children!

Thanks!