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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Ready or not, here it comes!!
I cannot believe it's already time for a new school year! Bring your school supplies and come see our classroom on Sunday, August 8. Come by any time between 2-4pm.
The first day of school is Wednesday, August 11. Feel free to walk your child to the classroom and help get him/her settled for the first day of school!!
Another date to mark on your calendars is our Title 1/Parent meeting on Tuesday, August 17. We will begin in the H.E.S. gym, then go to our classroom. Please make arrangements for your children this evening as it is a parents only event.
I am SO excited to begin this new school year!! We have lots to learn and fun to have!! Please email me with any questions or concerns that arise!!! :)
The first day of school is Wednesday, August 11. Feel free to walk your child to the classroom and help get him/her settled for the first day of school!!
Another date to mark on your calendars is our Title 1/Parent meeting on Tuesday, August 17. We will begin in the H.E.S. gym, then go to our classroom. Please make arrangements for your children this evening as it is a parents only event.
I am SO excited to begin this new school year!! We have lots to learn and fun to have!! Please email me with any questions or concerns that arise!!! :)
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Writing Workshop
I am really excited to attend a Kindergarten Writing workshop on Monday! I am already getting the itch for school to start back, so learning new methods to teach creative writing is exciting!! Hopefully I will learn lots!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Home Stretch!
It's hard to believe there's only 1 month left in our school year! Here are a few important dates to take note of as we conclude our fabulous year!
*April 20-6:15pm Parent Night with guest author Ronda Friend
*April 26-30-DIBELS End of Year benchmark testing!
*May 7-Josie's Place farm field trip!
*May 21-1:00pm Kindergarten End of Year Program & Celebration!!!
Here are a couple of pics from our recent activities!
*April 20-6:15pm Parent Night with guest author Ronda Friend
*April 26-30-DIBELS End of Year benchmark testing!
*May 7-Josie's Place farm field trip!
*May 21-1:00pm Kindergarten End of Year Program & Celebration!!!
Here are a couple of pics from our recent activities!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Spring Break and Beyond!
I hope everyone had a safe, restful, and fun spring break! As we start back, our school will have testing under way. The SAT and ARMT tests will be given to our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders starting on Tuesday, March 23! We have adopted Mrs. Ball's 5th grade class, so each morning of testing we will go in and encourage them! We will also make some cute crafts for our new friends!
Don't forget our upcoming field trips! Dress in comfortable shoes and your class t-shirt! Botanical Gardens (April 1), McWane (April 14), and Josie's Place farm (May 7) are sure to be LOADS of fun! If you are chaperoning these trips, make arrangements to carpool with fellow kindergarten parents if possible!
Don't forget our upcoming field trips! Dress in comfortable shoes and your class t-shirt! Botanical Gardens (April 1), McWane (April 14), and Josie's Place farm (May 7) are sure to be LOADS of fun! If you are chaperoning these trips, make arrangements to carpool with fellow kindergarten parents if possible!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Lots and Lots...
Hi parents! We have SO much going on as we begin the last quarter of the school year! Field trip dates are listed below, and you can sign up to chaperone ALL of them!
-Botanical Gardens: April1
-McWane Center: April 14
-Josie's Place Farm May 7
We have the cookie dough sale and Jump Rope for Heart fundraising going on presently! Contact family, friends, and neighbors and see if you can get some support!!!
-Botanical Gardens: April1
-McWane Center: April 14
-Josie's Place Farm May 7
We have the cookie dough sale and Jump Rope for Heart fundraising going on presently! Contact family, friends, and neighbors and see if you can get some support!!!
Monday, January 25, 2010
A Few Updates...
Hi parents! We are back in the swing of things after our great holiday break! Our class has some exciting things going on!
*We have an Education student from UAB that will observe and teach some lessons with our class this semester! The kid and I are so happy to meet Ms. Harris!!
*Today we received our interactive whiteboard! Ask your student about our new technology some time soon (after we continue figuring out how it works) ;)
*Keep your ears open to how much money was raised in H.E.S.'s Haiti Penny Drive. Several of the students in our class participated in the drive to aid the Red Cross' relief efforts!
*January 26th os our 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL! Can you believe we are already halfway through this Kindergarten year? We have learned so much, and we still have more learning to come! :)
*We have an Education student from UAB that will observe and teach some lessons with our class this semester! The kid and I are so happy to meet Ms. Harris!!
*Today we received our interactive whiteboard! Ask your student about our new technology some time soon (after we continue figuring out how it works) ;)
*Keep your ears open to how much money was raised in H.E.S.'s Haiti Penny Drive. Several of the students in our class participated in the drive to aid the Red Cross' relief efforts!
*January 26th os our 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL! Can you believe we are already halfway through this Kindergarten year? We have learned so much, and we still have more learning to come! :)
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Over the Break
Hi all! We had a GREAT time at our Christmas party making gingerbread cookie "sandwiches" and opening our stockings stuffed with goodies! Thanks to all who came and/or sent items for the party! I hope everyone will have a safe, restful, and joyous holiday!!! School starts back on January 5th!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Important Dates!
Here are a couple of dates to be aware of as we gear up for the holidays:
Friday, Dec. 9-Stocking stuffers for our stockings are due in!
Send your $5 party money if you have not done so. Gracyn's mom and Kennedy's mom are doing a great job with handling our party plans!
Monday, Dec. 14-Children's Theater trip
Wear your red class t-shirt (a shirt under it is fine as well)
Thursday, Dec. 17-Christmas Party!
Be here at 10:30am if you're helping out! The party will begin at 11:10.
Friday, Dec. 9-Stocking stuffers for our stockings are due in!
Send your $5 party money if you have not done so. Gracyn's mom and Kennedy's mom are doing a great job with handling our party plans!
Monday, Dec. 14-Children's Theater trip
Wear your red class t-shirt (a shirt under it is fine as well)
Thursday, Dec. 17-Christmas Party!
Be here at 10:30am if you're helping out! The party will begin at 11:10.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Boosterthon Fun Run
Our class worked so hard during the Fun Run! We had lots of pledges and ran tons of laps! It's not too late to turn in donations-please send them in!!!
Thanksgiving Feast!
Our class dressed as Pilgrims for the feast! Before our feast, we learned about where the Pilgrims came from, why they traveled to America, and what they did when they arrived. The girls wore bonnets, aprons, and a collar. The boys wore a collar, hat, and hatchet. We had a great time tasting some of the food that was serve at the very first Thanksgiving the Pilgrims shared with the Indians a long, long time ago!
Friday, October 30, 2009
This week...
November 2-6:
Reading-realism/fantasy, letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds, phoneme segmentation (PSF), blending
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence, number sense
Science-we will begin our AMSTI unit on Living Things this week! It's sure to be fun!
**Important Upcoming Events:
Nov. 10-Holiday Lunch (12:00pm) and Parent Night w/ Robert Hudson (6:00pm)
Nov. 11-Veteren's Day Holiday
Nov. 13-Boosterthon Fun Run!! (Our only school fundraiser this semester)
Nov. 23-27 Thanksgiving Holidays
Reading-realism/fantasy, letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds, phoneme segmentation (PSF), blending
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence, number sense
Science-we will begin our AMSTI unit on Living Things this week! It's sure to be fun!
**Important Upcoming Events:
Nov. 10-Holiday Lunch (12:00pm) and Parent Night w/ Robert Hudson (6:00pm)
Nov. 11-Veteren's Day Holiday
Nov. 13-Boosterthon Fun Run!! (Our only school fundraiser this semester)
Nov. 23-27 Thanksgiving Holidays
Sunday, October 25, 2009
This week...
October 26-30:
Reading-main idea, letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence
Science-changes in seasons, holidays
---Thursday is Halloween Centers day!! Be sure to send in your items by Wednesday and let me know if you can come to run one of the math centers!---
Reading-main idea, letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence
Science-changes in seasons, holidays
---Thursday is Halloween Centers day!! Be sure to send in your items by Wednesday and let me know if you can come to run one of the math centers!---
Sunday, October 18, 2009
This week...
October 19-23:
Reading-setting, letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence
Science-changes in seasons
Social Studies-community helpers
**Don't forget to let me know if you can assist with our math-themed Halloween Fun Centers on Thursday, October 29!!! It is SURE to be loads of fun!!**
Reading-setting, letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence
Science-changes in seasons
Social Studies-community helpers
**Don't forget to let me know if you can assist with our math-themed Halloween Fun Centers on Thursday, October 29!!! It is SURE to be loads of fun!!**
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
This week...
October 12-16:
Reading-compare and contrast (using Venn diagrams), letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence
Science-changes in seasons
Social Studies-community helpers
**Don't forget to let me know if you can assist with our math-themed Halloween Fun Centers on Thursday, October 29!!!**
Reading-compare and contrast (using Venn diagrams), letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, initial sounds
Math-numerals, one-to-one correspondence
Science-changes in seasons
Social Studies-community helpers
**Don't forget to let me know if you can assist with our math-themed Halloween Fun Centers on Thursday, October 29!!!**
Monday, October 5, 2009
This week...
October 5-9:
We visit Children's Theater this week to see The Little Red Hen!! We will do some unit testing for reading as well as review previous weeks' skills; we will discuss the next unit of reading, which is "Animals live here!". In math we are making a pumpkin glyph as well as finishing up patterns. We are also talking about community helpers this week!!!
We visit Children's Theater this week to see The Little Red Hen!! We will do some unit testing for reading as well as review previous weeks' skills; we will discuss the next unit of reading, which is "Animals live here!". In math we are making a pumpkin glyph as well as finishing up patterns. We are also talking about community helpers this week!!!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
This week...
September 28-October 2:
We are practicing our DIBELS skills of letter naming and initial sounds daily. We also will focus on classifying and categorizing through our story of the week. In math we are continuing to work on patterns as well as graphs. We are learning to name patterns, too (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, etc.)! We will wrap up our balls and ramps study on Friday ,and parents are invited to view our ramps and roadways on Friday at 12:45pm!!!
We are practicing our DIBELS skills of letter naming and initial sounds daily. We also will focus on classifying and categorizing through our story of the week. In math we are continuing to work on patterns as well as graphs. We are learning to name patterns, too (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, etc.)! We will wrap up our balls and ramps study on Friday ,and parents are invited to view our ramps and roadways on Friday at 12:45pm!!!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
This week...
September 21-25:
In reading we will study characters as well as continue working on letters/sounds, rhyming, syllables, and initial sounds. We will be completing and producing patterns in math, and in science we will continue learning about properties of motion using balls and ramps. Keep up the good work, Kindergartners!! :)
In reading we will study characters as well as continue working on letters/sounds, rhyming, syllables, and initial sounds. We will be completing and producing patterns in math, and in science we will continue learning about properties of motion using balls and ramps. Keep up the good work, Kindergartners!! :)
Saturday, September 12, 2009
This week...
September 14-18:
We will be classifying and categorizing in reading as well as practicing rhyming, syllables, and initial sounds. We also began progress monitoring in DIBELS. Sorting is our math focus, and in science we will continue our experiments with balls and ramps! Make sure to turn in your time preference for the DIBELS conferences, parents!
**Picture day is this Wednesday!!**
We will be classifying and categorizing in reading as well as practicing rhyming, syllables, and initial sounds. We also began progress monitoring in DIBELS. Sorting is our math focus, and in science we will continue our experiments with balls and ramps! Make sure to turn in your time preference for the DIBELS conferences, parents!
**Picture day is this Wednesday!!**
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