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Angies Kindergarten Newsletter August 12, 2013

Important Announcements:
For recess time, your child must bring a hat or keep one at school every day! QISS promotes healthy eating, so make sure to bring a snack like fruit, cheese, or yogurt. Cell phones are not permitted at QISS, if you need to contact your child, please call the office at 532-6889-8888 or 5328890-9802.

Meet your teacher:

Let me introduce myself! I am Angie Logsdon and my Instructional Assistant for the year is Amanda Li. We are so excited to work with your children! This is my fifth year as a teacher and Ive spent the last two years working with kindergarteners. I have a strong ESL background and was honored to be named Teacher of the Year last year at Copeland Elementary. I have lived in Costa Rica and taught internationally in Mexico, but this is my first time in Asia. I am looking forward to travelling and learning more about this wonderful place. In my free time I like to read, run, and take lots of pictures! This will be a fantastic year of exploration, inquiry, and learning. Your kids are going to have so much fun in our class!

Specialists:
P.E.- Mike Dorchak Music- Victoria Kholodkova Art- Nadine Bouliane Chinese- Kelly Du ELL Support- Ruth Doque

Literacy Tip: Read to your child! It doesnt matter if it is a book written in English or in your native language, just READ together! Math Tip: Mrs. Angie Logsdon Qingdao No. 1 International School of Shandong Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns at alogsdon@qiss.org.cn

Attention!
I am currently working on a webpage for our class. Check back in next weeks newsletter for the link to check it out! Our library day will be on Monday, beginning next week. Please send an extra set of clothes with your child in case of accidents at school

What we will be learning

Our first unit is called Incredible Me: How I Express Myself and Interact with Others. For the next nine weeks, we will be exploring the following concepts: My friends and I are individuals and part of a group. We use our senses to explore the world around us. Social Studies: Identify connections between who they are as a person and their place in the world. Distinguish themselves as individuals from others. Recognize that individual people are part of a group. Science: Gather information about objects through the use of one or more of the senses, such as sight, smell, touch and taste. Describe objects accurately by drawing pictures.

Behavior Expectations:
At QISS we respect and care for each other every day. Bullying, name calling and fighting is not accepted. A mindful heart where we show sensitivity, compassion, intelligence, communication and courage to do the right thing in and outside of the classroom is our goal and mission.

*Curriculum guides will be distributed on Open House night (August 28) *This first week will be devoted to introducing and practicing routines and procedures that we will be using throughout the year.

Class Project:
Along with this newsletter, I will send home instructions for a project that I would like for each student to complete at home. This project is to be brought back by Friday, August 16, when each student will have the opportunity to present their projects to me and to the class. I am looking forward to learning more about each of your precious children!