Our winter party is December 18. The party begins at 2:30pm. We will sing in the gym as a school at 2:00pm. Please send your party money if you have not done that so we can purchase the supplies.

The kids are learning hand eye coordination, gross and fine motor skills, balance and spatial awareness.  They are also having a lot of fun while getting exercise! Cupstacking is a great activity to enjoy by yourself or with a group.    If your child has a set of cupstacks they are welcome to bring them to school.   Westfall will be participating in the Guiness World Record Cupstacking Event on November 12th.   For more information about the benefits of cupstacking or to place an order go to www.speedstcks.com Westfall has a group order available.

The kids are becoming very proficient using the smart board. Here you see two students measuring using non standard units of measure.

The Kindness Pledge

I pledge to myself, on this day.
To try to be kind, in every way.
To every person, big and small,
I will help them if they fall.
When I love myself and others too;
That is the best that I can do!

We are building a city this year at Westfall. We are calling it Character Under Construction. Each classroom will be a storefront in the city. We are Mrs. Shay’s Safari Shop. We will be called the Marvelous Monkeys.  Every week we will hunt for interesting facts about animals that correspond with the letter of the week. One website we will use is the National Geographic Kids website.  The kids can visit this website at home to discover many things at home also.  http://kids.nationalgeographic.com  It would be neat for the kids to do some “research” at home and show the class what they learned. We will have a bulletin board in the class that is called “Did you know?” We will display what we have learned here. I also am looking into advancing our technology in kindergarten by helping the kids work on the computer to build presentations on animals of their choice. Let’s just say… We do not ‘”monkey” around with success! It is going to be an amazing year!

Kindergarten and Pre-k parents are able to use PowerSchool for attendance checks and cafeteria balance checks. You will need your child’s user code and pass code that was provided. Click here to enter.   http://69.21.32.30:8080/Public/