It has been so nice to be back at school with all of your sweet kids! I missed them SO much over break!!  With these additional snow days it has given us a chance to ease back into it :)!   Having two weeks off from school and additional snow days can be challenging getting back into routine, especially for young students.  I think we are all slowly adjusting and it feels good to be back!

Top Frog:

We started our second round of Top Frog this coming week!  It will be focused on a name game, revealing our favorite food and sport with white crayon and water color paints, and having an opportuniy to bring something special in to share with the class.

 

Popcorn Words

This weeks word was: a focus on word families. -in, -at, -an, -it, are, have, and the word “with”

Curriculum Info: 

This week we finished up our reading unit: Super Powers and our writing unit: writing for readers, focusing on personal narratives.  New units will start in February!

Phonics foucus for the next month will be vowels!

Math: We are continuing with unit 3 – teen numbers and anticipate completing this unit early February.

 

I wanted you to know I brought everyones towel home over break and washed them :)!

 

 

ALSO WE ARE IN NEED of class snacks!  ON YOUR NEXT VISIT TO THE STORE, COULD YOU PLEASE PICK SOME UP FOR US!!!!  I am asking that each family bring in 2 snacks for the class to share!  Thank you so much!!!  Kinders love our snack time!  xoxo

 

Important Reminders:

Please remember to send your kinder with a hat, gloves/mittens and coat every day!  Labeling everything is very helpful,  as well as practicing getting snow gear off and on :)!

If there is snow on the ground, please plan to pack your child’s snow pants.

Please remember an AM snack is provided everyday, but if your child would like an additional snack during our PM towel intervention time please pack your child one each day.  In the past,  kids would finish their lunch they brought from home…. but with MOST kids getting hot lunch this year…. you may want to consider packing a snack for the PM.

 

**DON’T FORGET TO WEAR COZY PJs TOMORROW!  WE HAVE A SCHOOL SOAR PARTY!!!!!  PARK KIDS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB SOARING!!!!**

Great to be back!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend!!  xoxo

December Update:

This month it was like we were working in Santa’s Workshop!  We made a few gifts for YOU parents! :)!

We also drew santa, wrote him a letter, sang some holiday songs, and stretched out holiday words!

We read a collection of Gingerbread Stories and did additional gingerbread activties: read and colored an emergent book, graphing, dot to dot, and played a dice game.

We got new leveled books in our book boxes and focused on our Super Powers!

We have many Super Powers that give us Strength when we read.

• Pointer Power
• Picture Power
• Sound Power
• Slider Power
• Pattern Power
• Snap Word Power
• Partner Power
• Reread Power
• Persisitance Power

The last one we will learn is PERSISTENCE POWER!  I can work hard and not give up!  When kinders get to a tricky word we TAKE ACTION!!!!!!!!  We want to use our super powers and maybe even use more than one power to help!!!!

 

Christmas Program

What a wonderful Christmas Program!   So fun to see the kids all dressed up and hear their wonderful singing!  I am a very proud teacher!!!!!!  Congratulations on a job well done Kinders!!!!!  It was a magical night!!!! 

 

Reminders for Next week

 

Holiday Spirit Week

Park will be having a Holiday Spirit Week beginning Monday!  Click on the link for details:

 this Holiday Spirit Week 

 

 

***LAST CALL FOR ANY CANDY DONATIONS FOR OUR GINGERBREAD HOUSES!!!  PLEASE HAVE IT ALL IN BY MONDAY MORNING!!!!!***

Penguin Patch Holiday Shop

*Monday, December 18: from 11 – 11:30 is our time to shop at the Penguin Patch.  This shop is completely optional for students.  If you choose to participate, send money in the gift list envelope that was sent home.

*Tuesday, December 19: Gingerbread House Making!

Reminder… tomorrow is Ginger Bread House Decorating Day!  Please do not come to school early.  The lobby is being used for Santa Secret Shop and we have no place to have you sit and wait.  Plan to come no earlier then 2:30.  If possible, bring a baggie full of white frosting so that you can help the kids be the glue to their decorating!!!!

Please make sure all guest filled out a background check and they bring a baggie of white frosting with them!  

*Wednesday, December 20 – Class trinkets are due!  Please bring 18 trinkets to share with the class on or before this date!

 

*Thursday, December 21 – Shhhhh….we will be decorating Gingerbread Cookies!

*Friday, December 22 – We will be reading and watching the Grinch cartoon and finishing up any holiday activities we did not get to yet!  We will also be eating a holiday snack and opening our bag of trinkets!

 

 

Holiday Homework

On Friday, I will be collecting Black Binder notebooks and baggy books/sight word flashcards until we come back to school in January.  (they tend to get lost over break) BUT…I will be sending a packet of holiday homework for those kids that are motivated to do it :)!  If they complete the acitivites they will get two sweet treats from me to enjoy at home!  Just make sure you place the finished work inside your child’s YELLOW FOLDER after break!

Work included in the packet:

• Letter writing Aa-Zz
• Number Writing 1-20
• Sight word and decodable word lists to read
• Additional reading at home!  Students can log into Raz-kids to read leveled text.  Log in information will come home with your child on Friday or earlier.

Look for these packets to come home next week and they will be due when we get back from break!

 

Additional Pictures:

 

Christmas Break begins December 23 – January 7

Class Resumes Monday, January 8!!!

 

 

Have a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous 2024!!!!!  Enjoy your break and I look forward to seeing everyone Jan. 8….refreshed and ready for a great 2nd half to kindergarten!!!!

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Don’t forget our Christmas Program is tonight at Felllowship Church!  Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

Drop your child off to me by 6:10!  (Be sure your child uses the restroom before drop off, either at home or at church)

Keep your child’s coats!

At drop off, be sure to grab 2 gifts to take home! (one is for your child from Me :)!!!  and one is for YOU from your sweet child). Parents, you may choose to wait to open your gift until christmas…totally up to you!  Please let the kids open the gift that I give them tonight!  They get so many gifts on Christmas morning, I want them to enjoy it now!

After the performance you will pick your child up in the back of the church!  Be sure to touch base with me before taking your child so I know all kids are accounted for.  I would love if we could get a class picture!!!!

Can’t wait to see everyone tonight!!!!!!!!  xoxo

 

 

BAGGY BOOKS/BLACK BINDERS

Tuesday I collected all baggy books and black binders. I figured it was a pretty busy week with our program.  Look for them to come home again on Friday!!!!!  I noticed lots of parents did not sign off on their child’s baggy books.  REMEMBER if you do not sign off on them, your child will not be getting new ones!  I put some new flashcards in your child’s baggie as well!!

 

Gingerbread Houses

Do not forget to let me know if any one on your end will be joining us for Decorating Gingerbread Houses!  I need to get the list to Deb very soon so we can make sure each one has a background check complete!  Here is the link for the background check!  Also, we really need some candy!  Please consider buyng a bag or two!!!  Any candy items you feel will work to decoate a small graham cracker house!

https://docs.google.com/a/hpseagles.net/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWs9tkN7FMo1QTgLxIjKZmMycvqP7tf3AovvplU8KCwX8B_A/viewform

 

Santa Secret’s Shop

Information on Santa’s Secret Shop will be coming home SOON.  If your child plans to participate, you will fill out an envelope and turn it in anytime.  Our shopping day is scheduled for Monday, December 18 from 11 – 11:30.  There will be volunteers to help your child make their purchases.

 

 

This Blog Post has lots of information!  Please read it carefully!!!

~CHRISTMAS PROGRAM IS THIS THURSDAY~

I can’t wait!!!  The kids have been working so hard and are ready to entertain you!   The program is Thursday(12/7/23) at Fellowship Church! Doors open at 6pm and your child needs to be there by 6:10, please bring your child to me.

 

**The concert will start at 6:20!! Please take all your child’s belongings/coat and have them use the restroom before or right when you arrive!! **

 

Also at drop off be sure to pick up 2 gifts……

 

***I  have a few packages we would like you to pick up at the church when you drop off your child before the program….one is a gift to you from your child.  They are all wrapped and ready to be put under the tree, but instead of having your child bring them home on the bus, I like to hand them out at the program.   Also, I have a Christmas present to give your son and daughter and feel like the Christmas program is the perfect opportunity to do this!!!  Please give them permisson to open it and not save it for Christmas.  I feel so blessed to work with such wonderful kids!!!!  Merry Christmas and thanks for being so special to me!!!!!! xoxo****

Upcoming Kindergarten Holiday Activities

During the next 3 weeks we will be reading, writing, and doing math activities all gingerbread themed!!!  I look forward to these magical days with your kids!!!!

If you signed up to bring something in for our party, you should have recieved an email.  Please check the specific date for the items I requested!  Thanks for your contributions!  We sure appreciate it! 

*Gingerbread House Project: All Donations due Friday, December 15!

We will be making gingerbread houses on Tuesday, December 19th at 2:30. We will be collecting donations of items we can use to decorate our houses over the next few days. Any kind of small candy works well…M&M’s, skittles, gum drops, chocolate chips, red hots, peppermints…as well as stick pretzels and fruit loops. If you can send something in, the kids will love using it to decorate their houses! Please have your donations in by Friday, December 15th so I can make sure we have enough supplies to decorate our houses!  Thanks, as always, for you help!

*Tuesday, December 19 – Gingerbread House Decorating (student may invite one adult guest)

We will be decorating gingerbread houses on Tuesday, December 19 at 2:30.  Your child may invite one person to join in on the fun, but it is not required.  This will be a fun activity to help us get in the Christmas spirit!  Plan to arrive at 2:30 for quick directions before we begin!  

Also, we are asking all guests to bring along a batch of white frosting so that we can “hold things together.”  Please buy a tub of white frosting at the store and bring it to school in a ziploc freezer baggie ready to use.  Also all visitors need to be sure to have a background check complete. 

Here is the link:  https://docs.google.com/a/hpseagles.net/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWs9tkN7FMo1QTgLxIjKZmMycvqP7tf3AovvplU8KCwX8B_A/viewform

Please fill out the paper copy that was sent home and send it back to school.  I need to keep track of all people planning to come to make sure each vistor has a background check complete.  Thank you!

*I am also looking for any volunteers to help glue graham crackers together for our houses.  If you are willing, PLEASE email me and I will get you all the supplies you need!  Really appreciate all your help!!!!  xoxo

*Wednesday, December 20 – Trinkets need to be turned

DETAILS ON THE Trinket EXCHANGE: 

We will be doing a gift exchange that is a bit different than usual. Each child will be given a Christmas bag and needs to buy “trinkets” to fill one another’s bag. These items should be very inexpensive and can be found at dollar stores. Each child will need to bring 18 of the same small “trinkets” to put in their classmates bag! This way every child will get 18 small gifts and everyone will get the same thing! Your child should bring their trinkets no later than Wednesday, December 20!! (You may send them in early.) Please send them in a bag labeled with your child’s name!!:) If purchasing these items is not an option for you, we would be happy to provide items for your child to pass out, just let us know!

Trinket Ideas:

*candy canes

*erasers

*pencils

*mini paper pads

*chapstick

*pens

*hot coco packets

*popcorn packets

*tattoos 

*suckers

*stickers

*mini play-doh

*toy cars

*candy

*silly bands/ bracelets

*fun straws…etc..

 

*Thursday, December 21 – Gingerbread Hunt (students only)

 

*Friday, December 22 – Student Trinket Exchange and Special Snack (students only)

 

Month Of December Focus of Learning

Reading: Super Powers

Writing: Personal Narratives

Math: Writing and Recognizing numbers 1-20 and addition facts to +5

 

Christmas Break begins December 23 – January 7

Class Resumes Tuesday, January 8!!!

Writers Workshop

This week we wrote a shared story about the Pilgrim’s First Thanksiving.  We focused on rereading our own writing to make sure we could read it so our family could enjoy it as well.  We know that if we can’t read it, no one else will be able to either.    The story had a beginning, middle, and end and was written in a 3-page writing booklet.  I am so proud of these great writers!!!

We also wrote 2 lists.  What we will be eating for Thanksgiving and What we are Thankful for!

 

 

Math

We are in the beginning of unit 3, teen numbers.  We are working on identifying and writing numbers 1-20.

 

Conferences

THANK YOU!
I want to thank everyone who came to conferences.  It was a wonderful time celebrating the successes your child is experiencing and also to set goals to keep your child moving forward.  I enjoyed my time with all of you!  Thanks for sharing your kids with me!  xo

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!!

Here is a picture of our classroom turkey with the help of all the kids beautiful feathers!  Our class celebrated Thanksgiving together by having a small feast!

We had a wonderful time at our class Thanksgiving Feast!  We have so much to be thankful for.  We are especially thankful for all the fun friendships we have made so far this year!   This is such a great group of kids and we are thankful we get to spend the year together learning and having fun!  I can’t thank you enough for all the donations that helped make our feast a success.  Here are some pictures of the event!

The cutest pilgrims and indians I ever did see!!!!!!  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  So thankful I get to be a part in their educational journey!!!  xoxoxo

 

*Also, I collected black binders for the Thanksgiving Weekend!!!  Your child did bring home a new baggy book!  Be sure to sign off on it if your child is ready for a new book and bring it back to school on Tuesday!

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, December 7 – Park Christmas Program at Fellowship Reformed Church.  There will be two performances (details to follow).

Class Holiday Party TBD

Christmas Break – December 23 – January 7!  School resumes Tuesday, January 8.

 

Also, I have some very exciting news!!!  My daugter Kasey got engaged last weekend!  We are thrilled!

CONFERENCES

I am looking forward to meeting with everyone on November 13 or 15.   I can’t wait to share your child’s progress :)!!!!

Here is a friendly reminder of my conference schedule!  If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Monday, November 13

4:30 Aiden K

4:45 Jack

5:00 Keenan

5:30 Edith

5:45 Axel

6:00 Kirra

6:15 Tate

6:45 Ollie

7:15 Aiden W

Wednesday, November 15

4:30 Norah

4:45 Lennon

5:00 Adalyn

5:15 Laken

5:30 Ryless

5:45 Willa

6:00 Locke

6:15 Lincoln

Book Fair

Our Scholastic Book Fair is coming November 13-15. Students will preview the Book Fair on Monday the 13th.

We are offering Student shopping during the day (November 15) and Parent shopping in the evening during conferences (November 13 and November 15, 4:00-8:00pm).

If you can’t make it in during conferences to purchase books, your child may bring money to school.  We are scheduled to shop on Wednesday, November 15 at 11.  Please put money in an envelope marked Book fair and your child’s name.  Send it to school in your child’s Yellow Homefolder.

A small sandwich baggy with a pink note came home today.

You can fill it out and include it with your money so we can better help your child make his/her purchases.

Baggy Books and black binder update

I know we JUST started Baggy Books, but I always collect them on Early Release Days!  Look for baggy books and black binders to come home on Tuesday, November 14!  Your kids are doing such a great job!

Class Turkey

Look how great our class Turkey looks!  Thanks for all your participation!!!!  xoxo

 

 

 

Hope you had a great weekend!  xoxo

Top Frogs:

This weeks Top Frog was Jack!!

 

 

Reading & Writing Workshop

This week we read and wrote lots of pattern books!

This is the….

I like my….

I see the…

 

Math

We are finishing up unit 2, focusing on numbers 1 thru 10.  Students can write the number, recall the number, and see the numbers (5-10) as a group of 5 and extra ones.  We are exploring with simple addition and subtraction problems and using pictures to help us add & subtract.  Student’s should be able to recognize all the basic 2-d shapes, including a hexagon!  I will go over the unit test with you at conferences.

 

Popcorn Words

This weeks words were:  look, by!

Baggy Book Information

Today we started our baggy book program. 

Directions For Home:

1. Practice the collection of sight word flashcards with your child. (5 min)

2. Listen to your child touch read the book at least 3x.

3. Sign the sheet provided only if you feel your child is ready for a new book.

4. The baggy book and sight word flashcards should be sent to school EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, even if your child is not ready for a new one. Every Tuesday and Friday a parent will be spending one on one reading time with each child and will be using your child’s baggy book and sight word flashcards for instruction.

5. Please send the book and flashcards back to school in the Ziploc bags, as we will reuse them with your child’s books for the remainder of the year.

Pictures From Halloween

 

Thanks for contributing supplies and treats for our Halloween Festivitties.  We appreciate you coming out to teh parade to cheer us on and for listening to us sing our Pumpkins songs!  It was GREAT to see you!!!

Important Dates & Reminders

If anyone has a class picture from our field trip where MOST of the kids are looking at the camera….I would love it if you would email it to me :)!

*Remember, I collected Black Binder notebooks so kids could work on decorating their turkey feathers.  Please turn in turket feathers by Tuesday, November 7.

*T & F:  Baggy Books and Black Binder Homework is due!

Nov 10 – Early release

Nov 13 & 15 PArent/Teacher Conferences:  Be sure to schedule your conference

Novemer 21 – Kinder Feast (Just for kids)!  Details will go home soon!

November 22 – November 24:  No School Thanksgiving Break

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!! xo

TODAY’S HOMEWORK

Due to Thanksgiving coming soon, your child’s homework this week is to decorate a feather for our classroom turkey.  So a feather came home in place of black binder homework.  Please have your child decorate it any way they choose!  They can color it, paint it, use glitter, stickers, glue things on it like feathers or noodles.  Have your child bring it back to school whenever they get it finished!  Please take your time….I am giving you until next Tuesday, November 7.  I collected black binder notebooks and I will not send them home until next Tuesday.  Enjoy Halloween and take the week to finish your feather!!!!  xoxo

We can not wait for tomorrow!!!!  We are keeping a close eye on the weather!  If parade gets cancelled, singing will be cancelled too!  We are hoping the weather cooperates.

Some reminders…

*Have your child come to school in costume.  You may want to keep small pieces at home.  It is hard for kinders to keep track of all the miscellaneous pieces.

 

*Please pack a seperate bag to put costume in.  We will most likely take it off and pack it up in the extra bag to take home safely.  If you can put your child’s name on the bag, that would be great!!!!

*Parade begins at 9: 15 a.m.

*Singing will follow on kinder playground…around 9:35 ish.

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!!!!  Have fun and get LOTS of candy!!!!!!!  xoxo

Can’t wait to see everybody all dressed up tomorow.  I will be sure to post pictures from our day on my blog.

Top Frogs:

This weeks Top Frog was Locke!

 

 

Writing Workshop

This week during writer’s Workshop we worked on spelling tricky words, espcially those words that have more then one syllable.  Students clap the word out and then stretch out each clap to get all the sounds down that they hear.  We are being brave writers and trying hard things!!!!  Love the progress we are making with this!

Readers Workshop:

 

Popcorn Words

This weeks words were:  is, his,  and this.

Post Family Farm

We had such a great time on our field trip!  We ate pumpkin donuts and enjoyed apple cider, we went on a hay ride and picked out a pumpkin to take home, we met the farm animals, went on a pumpkin train,  and played on the playground.  It was so much fun!

 

SNACK CUPBOARD

The snacks are starting to come in…THANK YOU!!!  If you have not contributed yet, please think of us while you are at the grocery store!  Ask your kids for any requests!!!!   Thank you!!!!!!

Halloween

We are planning to have our Fall/Halloween Parade on Tuesday, October 31st.  Your child can wear his/her costume to school! We will begin with a school wide costume parade, followed by gathering at the kinder playground for us to entertain you with a collection of pumpkin songs.  Everybody is welcome to come to the costume parade and for the singing performance!

The kids and I will enjoy some additional festive activities throughout the day.  I plan to spread these activtites throughout the day to make it more enjoyable for the kids.   I will take plenty of pictures and post them on my blog!  xo

 

Additional Pictures:

Important Dates & Reminders

*Tuesday, October 31 – Halloween Festivities!  Kids will be allowed to wear costumes and we will play a few games and do a craft!  Parents will be invited to our school wide costume parade and stay to hear kinders sing a collection of pumpkin songs on our playground (weather permitting only)

*Students come to school dressed in costume

*9:15 – School wide costume parade

*9:35ish – kinders will perform a collection of pumpkin songs: gather in the kinder playground! (weather permitting)

REMINDER: Some point during this week, be sure to turn in your decorated turkey feather!

*Friday, November 3  – Baggy Books will begin! 

Novemeber 13 ans 15 – Parent/Teacher Conferences!  Sign up with this link if you have not already!

https://www.schoolbookings.net/bcwis9k/step1