TANNER TIMES: January 2020

Upcoming
Thursday February 27, 2020

Parent / Teacher Conferences - 4:00-7:30 pm

Friday February 28, 2020

Early dismissal 11:30pm
No 4K

Friday February 28, 2020

Parent / Teacher Conferences - 12:30-4:00 pm

Monday, March 2 - Pajama Day
Tuesday, March 3 - Show & Tell Day
Wednesday, March 4 - Career Day
Thursday, March 5 - Favorite Sports Apparel and/or Kaukauna Spirit Day
Friday, March 6 - Favorite Book Character Day

Summer School

With the cold and snow gracing our fine state right now, it's hard to believe that it's almost time to register for Summer School Classes!
Summer school at KASD will be held June 10-20th ... classes will run Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., and online registration will begin Sunday, March 22.

Our 2020 class offerings are already up, so you can see what we have to offer by visiting our Summer School web page.
Also, if you haven't yet set up your Summer School registration account, you can do that now, too ... and make the day of sign up run quickly! Instructions are on the right side of the summer school page.

Infinite Campus - New Absence Request Procedure
Infinite Campus now includes a feature that will let parents excuse their student’s absences using the Parent Portal or the Campus Parent app on their phone. You can still call in your students as you always have by phone, but doing so with the Portal or App will allow you to avoid the phone message or excuse multiple students at different buildings at the same time, if needed.

Simply follow these instructions:

Log in to the Parent Portal by visiting our website at http://www.kaukauna.k12.wi.us and clicking on the icon, or using the Campus Parent App from the App Store.
Click on “More” in the left-hand column underneath the three lines icon
Choose “Absence Requests” from the bottom of the screen.
Select the student(s) for whom you wish to submit an absence.
Choose the excuse from the drop-down list that best explains the reason for the absence.
In the Comments field, include information about the reason for the absence.
Choose the first day and last day of the absence.
Choose whether the absence will be for a full day, late arrival, or if the student will leave early.
If you choose Arrive Late, you will be asked for the arrival time. If you choose Leave Early, you will be asked for the leave time and, if returning, the return time.
Hit “Submit.”

See below for an example of how the screen will appear:

Please note that if your child’s absence is medically excused, you will need to provide a doctor’s note to the school office.

All Things KASD

Library Update
Tanner has added nearly 300 new titles to the collect. Popular titles include: Dog Man Fetch 22, Hair Love,
High Five and many more!

The library has circulated over 10,217 books since the start of school to students and staff.

1st grade had a chance to visit the Library Makerspace two times during recess in January.

In January the students worked on problem-solving within literacy and math topics while using both the BeeBots and Osmos.

Health Room

Just a reminder to be sure to send extra clothes with your student in their backpacks for accidents and/or wet clothes from playing outside. Currently, we are in need of boys pants size 4-7. Any donations are greatly appreciated.

Parent Calendar Change:

KASD Board of Education approved a change in the 2019-2020 parent calendar. The change is in February, moving a day off from Friday, February 21st to Monday, February 17th, 2020. This change will enable certified staff and administrators the opportunity to attend a regional professional development conference with nearly 3000 other educators from more than 20 districts throughout Wisconsin.
You can find the revised printable parent calendar by clicking HERE.

Lunch Options for Tanner:
In an effort to ensure all students get the scheduled lunch recess time, we moved from two hot lunch options to one hot lunch option. This started on Monday September 16th. The current menu can be found on the district web site or by clicking Tanner Menu. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Follow us on Social Media:

Facebook: Dr. H B Tanner Early Learning Center
Instagram: tannertigers
Twitter: @TannerSchool
KASD Facebook: Kaukauna Area School District

Community Event and Activity Flyers
Link for Community Flyers and Events: Click here

Anyone requesting flyer distribution at the elementary level should submit an electronic copy to the district office, attention Erin Kape at kapee@kaukaunasd.org for consideration two weeks prior to the first of each month. Click here or visit the school district website to view the up to date list of events and flyers.

Upcoming Events:
Friday, January 17, 2020

4K Open House 2020-2021 school year 8:00 - 9:00 am
No 4K
11:30 Dismissal for 5K & 1st Grade
WINTER WONDERLAND 5K Concert! Approx. 20 minutes with 6 songs

8:30 Torrey, Justice, Hamilton, Vanderloop
9:30 Fitzgerald, Newton, Lake
10:30 Heim, Bartel, Gloudeman

Monday, January 20, 2020

No school - professional developement for staff

Monday, January 27, 2020

Family night out at Texas Roadhouse

Winter Wonderland 5K Performance
Friday, January 17
5K students would like to sing a variety of winter themed songs for you. Please feel free to join us in the Tanner gym for this event. We ask that you attend the performance time that your child’s classroom is assigned to.
Performance Times:
8:30 - Torrey, Justice, Hamilton, Vanderloop

9:30 - Fitzgerald, Lake, Newton

10:30 - Heim, Bartel, Gloudeman

Performance time is approximately 20 minutes

All Things KASD

Health Room

Just a reminder to be sure to send extra clothes with your student for accidents and/or wet clothes from playing outside. We are in need of any size gently used pants/bottoms and socks. Any donations are greatly appreciated.

Background Knowledge

It is so powerful for our students to have some background knowledge (information about a topic that they have already discussed or experienced to better understand a situation or probelm) prior to learning new concepts. Below you will find the upcoming topics that students will be learning about in Literacy and Math for each grade level. Having conversations with your students about what they are currently learning and what might be coming up benefits a student greatly.

4K is learning about holiday traditions. Two books they will focus on this month are Jingle Bells and Gingerbread Baby. They are learning about concepts of print (where to start reading, which way to go when we read, letters and words, etc), using the ABC linking chart, and how to talk to partners about the books they're reading.
In math 4K students will be learning about shapes in December! The focus will be on rectangles and squares. Did you know that a square is a special kind of rectangle? Stay tuned as our 4K students become Shape Experts!

5K is studying traditional literature (including different versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as well as The Tortoise and the Hare for example) and is learning about how stories have characters, a setting, and a beginning, middle, and end. They are working to retell stories in a logical sequence. They are using comprehension strategies like predicting, summarizing, and making connections. Kindergarten students are writing personal narratives (true stories about themselves) and are working to include the characters, the setting, and a beginning, middle, and end in their writing.
In math Kindergarteners continue to tell math stories and begin to use a break apart stick to show each of the parts (partners) which make up the whole (total). They are learning how to show addition and subtraction!

1st grade is also studying traditional literature (Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Jack and the Beanstalk for example). Students are using comprehension strategies like predicting, questioning, summarizing, and making connections to understand the various types of literature. They're also working to understand the author's message or the lesson the story can teach us. First graders are writing personal narratives (true stories about themselves) and are working to focus in on a small moment story. They're working on adding details and elaboration to their writing and writing strong leads and conclusions.
In math 1st grade students in first grade are learning how to solve for unknown totals AND unknown partners when adding and subtracting! They continue to use their counting on strategies! For ex.: ____ + 4 = 7

Parent Calendar Change:
KASD Board of Education approved a change in the 2019-2020 parent calendar. The change is in February, moving a day off from Friday, February 21st to Monday, February 17th, 2020. This change will enable certified staff and administrators the opportunity to attend a regional professional development conference with nearly 3000 other educators from more than 20 districts throughout Wisconsin.
You can find the revised printable parent calendar by clicking HERE.

Lunch Options for Tanner:
In an effort to ensure all students get the scheduled lunch recess time, we moved from two hot lunch options to one hot lunch option. This started on Monday September 16th. The current menu can be found on the district web site or by clicking Tanner Menu. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Follow us on Social Media:

Facebook: Dr. H B Tanner Early Learning Center
Instagram: tannertigers
Twitter: @TannerSchool
KASD Facebook: Kaukauna Area School District

Community Event and Activity Flyers
Link for Community Flyers and Events: Click here

February 2020

January 2020