Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing workshop. We were writing about what we did over the weekend. We had 5 days off of school. We added detail. (Mikayla and Malai)

We played a game like Grab and Count but we had 3 people. We each grabbed a handful of cubes and lined up the cubes trains from least to most. (Sylus)

We did skywriting. We wrote the letter h and k. K was kind of tricky! It makes the same sound as c. (Ginger)

We did Daily 5. (Malai)

For snack time we read a book called “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.” (Kate)

For lunch recess we did inside recess. We went to Miss Reinkemeyer’s room. (Dylan)

We did our poem. It was about needs and wants. A need is something you have to have to live like breathing. (Layla)

We did P.E. (Jayden)

We did Fundations. We did h and k. (James)

Today a December calendar is coming home!

Please make sure to have your child turn in their Gingerbread person project this week!

If you are ordering from the book order please do this ASAP! If you would like to order books for the holidays, we will have all of the books in on time! Please let me know if you would like me to keep a book at school for you to pick up at a different time so I don’t send it home when it arrives. This will keep it a surprise! The gift of reading is the best gift you can give!

You can place your Scholastic Book Clubs orders online! This is the easiest way to submit a book order!

To get started, go to the Web address below.

https://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

If you do not want to order online, you can still send in the paper order forms from the back of the book club flyers.  Please make your checks out to Scholastic, Inc.  and send this in by TOMORROW Dec. 1^st! You can write one check for multiple book orders, just be sure to include all your order forms with your check. 

Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. We used markers and drew a picture to look like the classroom. (Logan and Dylan)

We made turkey hats. We got to wear them! (Ginger and Sophia)

We had a big feast. Some moms came. (Layla)

We made a wreath. We wrote things we are thankful for. It is almost Thanksgiving. (Mikayla and Evan)

We did math. We played Go Fish. (Owen and Lyrik)

We read a book about Thanksgiving. It was a book of poems. It was funny. There were some rhyming words. (Sophia)

I put some fun optional worksheets in your child’s folder to do over break if they would like! Have a great Thanksgiving break!

Hi Parents,

Here is what we did today! Sorry for the late email! I was helping with Lego Club.

We got to learn a new math called Go Fish. We will play tomorrow! (Sylus)

We did Daily 5. (Lyrik)

We got new jobs but we only get to keep it for 2 days. (Sophia)

We got a new paper book about Thanksgiving Dinner. Tomorrow we are going to have a feast! (Mikayla)

We did music. We played a button game. (Logan and Evan)

We did our Monday News. If you wanted you could pick paper with more lines! (Ginger)

We did Fundations. We colored our Fundations page for the letter L. (Owen and Layla)

We had a fire drill. (Dylan)

We read a book called “Bear Gives Thanks”. (Malai)

Thank you to all the parents who signed up to help with the healthy food feast tomorrow! Please bring or send these items tomorrow!

Items needed	Parent Name
18 pumpkin muffins (mini are fine)—this will be our “dessert”—if you have other pumpkin ideas for a dessert then let me know	Molly Matter
1 bag of baby carrots	Jennifer Rader
1 package of dried fruit (ex: craisins or raisins)	Tracy Turner
18 apple juice boxes	Betsey Kimes
1 large summer sausage cut in 18 slices OR 18 pieces of jerky	LeAnn Sapp
1-2 package(s) of cheese cubes	Tracy Turner
1 box of crackers (any variety)	Christi Payne
20 Fall/Thanksgiving plates and napkins	Caroline Murphy
2 parent volunteers to help with the “feast”  from 12:45-1:15 pm	1. Caroline Murphy 2. Betsey Kimes

Message from the PTA regarding our MCE Holiday Shop for the kids!

Dear Families,

Cody's Snowball Shoppe will be open from Monday, December 7th through Friday, December 11th.   Students will have the opportunity to do some holiday shopping at school.    The schedule of times and  classes  are listed below.  More information will be coming home soon. 

Monday, 12/7 - 4th & 5th grades

Tuesday, 12/8 - 2nd & 3rd grades

Wednesday, 12/9 - Kindergarten & 1st grade Thursday, 12/10 - special shoppers

12/11 - all students needing more shopping time

Tomorrow is dress like a friend day!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Today is my birthday! (Connor)

Today for math we passed around Clifford. We counted and the person who said 10 had to sit down and the person who said 20 had to sit down. Dylan won! (Ginger)

Connor passed out a birthday snack. (James)

Four kids from Mrs. Winn’s class came over to our class for some of the day. (Layla) Mrs. Winn had to leave suddenly because of a sick child so part of her class spent the morning with us!

We did library. (Logan)

We did our writing folders today. Mrs. Winn’s friends wrote with us. (Kate)

For Fundations we did our big cards and our little cards. Some kid helped with Echo and Baby Echo. Mrs. Winn’s friends did Fundations with us. We did the vowel chart. (Sophia and Evan)

We played a game called Birthday Candle Count. Connor went first because it is his birthday. (Sylus)  http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_counting.htm

We did Daily 5. (Lyrik)

Mrs. Winn’s friends sat at our tables. (Kate)

Announcements!

A December homework project is coming home today! This Gingerbread creation is due December 2^nd!

Tuesday will be our Healthy Food Feast and a Student Council Spirit Day, “Dress Like Your Friends Day”.  Groups of children can decide to dress alike if they would like! If your child wants to dress like me I will wear MCE Cougar gear!

A book order is coming home today! If you would like to order books for the holidays, I will submit the book order at the beginning of December so we will have all of the books in on time! Please let me know if you would like me to keep a book at school for you to pick up at a different time so I don’t send it home when it arrives. This will keep it a surprise! The gift of reading is the best gift you can give!

You can place your Scholastic Book Clubs orders online! This is the easiest way to submit a book order!

To get started, go to the Web address below.

https://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

If you do not want to order online, you can still send in the paper order forms from the back of the book club flyers.  Please make your checks out to Scholastic, Inc.  and send this in by Dec. 1^st! You can write one check for multiple book orders, just be sure to include all your order forms with your check. 

Have a great weekend! Stay warm!

Hi parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did Fundations. Some kids helped with Echo the Owl and Baby Echo. One friend got to lead the vowel chart. (Mikayla)

We did math. We played Racing Bears. (Logan)

We played a game similar to Quick Eyes but it had a 5 frame. There were circles in the boxes. If it was all filled up it had 5. (Evan)

We sorted food pictures by putting them in the right food group. (Layla)

We did writing time. We wrote about healthy foods we like. (Kate)

We did our poem. We talked about things we are thankful for. Our word is the word “for”. (Ginger)

For Daily 5 we picked new choices. (Sophia)

We did P.E. In P.E. we got to dance. They were hard. (Owen and Andrew)

We read a book about Thanksgiving. (Lyrik)

We did magnet boards. We had to read a word wall word to get a magnet board. (Sylus)

Tomorrow is Sports Day! Your child can wear sports apparel for their favorite team!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We played Racing Bears. (Lyrik) Students roll a die and move a bear counter up trying to capture a cube. This makes it a game of strategy as well as counting. The players must choose which counter to move based on where the counter is and what number was rolled on the dice. 

They can also split a roll. In other words, if a five is rolled, then the player can choose to move five spaces all at once or 2 spaces with one counter and 3 spaces with another. 

We did art. In art we made textures. We are taking home our pinch pots. Mr. Gwinner read us a funny poem. (Logan, Andrew, and JR)

We sorted some food pictures. We put in the food group chart. (Kate and James)

We did our calendar. (Jayden)

We had counselor. We talked about feelings and good secrets and bad secrets. Our paper tells us to stop what we are doing, walk away, and tell an adult you trust. (Sophia)

Ms. Mielke’s dog came. Her name is Pepper. (Layla and Dylan)

We did our big cards and little cards in Fundations. People came up to the SmartBoard and wrote j and p. (Sylus)

We did the Zero the Hero Stomp because we got to another group of 10. It was the 60th day of school. (Ginger)

We did our last page of our food page. It was the meat and protein page. We picked our favorite type of protein and we put it in our book. We are taking them home. (Evan and Sophia)

We did morning buzz. (Owen)

Dylan led us in our class rules. We did the schedule. (Malai)

For snack time, we listened to a book on the SmartBoard. It was about eating healthy foods. The bears were not eating healthy food and they started eating healthy foods. (Sophia)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to music. We got to sing Rocky Mountain. (Ginger)

Mrs. B came to our classroom. We made yogurt sundaes! It is a healthy snack! (Sophia) A wonderful teacher from Nutritional Services came and did a lesson with us today!

Mrs. B gave us a paper about good food! (Andrew)

We did Fundations. We did our letters. (Logan)

We did our dairy page in our Good Food Book. (Layla)

We played our card game called Compare. We had new partners. (Sylus)

We did counting game to make us smarter. Connor won the game. We went around the circle and when you get to 10 you have to sit down. (Kate) We played Count Around the Circle.

We did inside recess. (Evan)

Layla led us in the class rules and we did the calendar and the schedule. (Malai)

Have a great night! Stay dry!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We played a card game called Compare. We had partners. Whoever had the bigger number said “me” and took the cards. (Owen, Evan, and Sylus)

We watched a little video on protein. There are some good foods that you need to eat. Protein makes you strong. (Layla)

We wrote about what we did over the weekend. It’s called Weekend News. (Sophia)

We did indoor recess. (Jayden)

We did Fundations. We did 2 new cards. We did j and p. We did sky writing. Mrs. Hotchkiss wrote the letters on the SmartBoard. (Mikayla)

We did the Fundations cards. (Malai)

We did snack and we read Gregory the Terrible Eater. Gregory is a goat. He wanted healthy food but his mom and dad made him try new stuff. He liked everything. He had a tummy ache. (James)

We had library. We picked out new books and played on the computers. (Sophia)

If your Kindergarten has older siblings at MCE you may have heard of the “no referral celebration” happening Wednesday. Kindergarten will not be participating in this event.

Friday, to celebrate earning Cougar Compliments as a school, we will be doing a sports day! Your child can wear apparel supporting their favorite team on this day!

THANK YOU to all the parents that attended Parent Teacher Conferences last week! I enjoyed talking with you about the progress your child has made in reading, writing, word study, and math this school year.  It was also helpful to touch base about classroom behaviors and what expectations we are working on in our classroom.

Please let me know if you need any additional resources to use at home. Also, please contact me at school or email me if you ever have questions or concerns about your child’s learning progress or behavior at school. Thank you for your continued support!

We just need one more item for our Healthy Food Feast! If you would like to donate items then please sign up! Thank you if you have already signed up to help!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TRAlzmDukBWp4cPkrI-9xmk84-dVDZumcmbok3hDRA/edit?usp=sharing

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math time. We played Compare Dots for math. (Jayden and Sylus)

We went to P.E. We danced a lot in P.E. (Malai and Evan)

Nurse Shannon gave us a coloring page about germs. She had a special lotion that she put on us. We had to wash our hands to see if we could get them clean. We sang the ABC’s while we washed our hands. (Layla and Sophia)

We did writing. We wrote about vegetables. We drew them. We picked 2 vegetables we liked. (Mikayla)

We watched a video about germs. (Andrew)

We did math workstations. (Kate)

For Fundations we played Guess My Word. We had to guess word wall words. Some were 2 letters and some were 3 letters. (Kate)

We played Hang Mouse on the SmartBoard. (Connor) This is a great game your child can play at home to practice No-Excuse words! You can get to it from my website. Here is the link! http://www.spellingcity.com/hangmouse-kids-hangman-online.html?listId=7617082

We did our poem. We highlighted word wall words. (Dylan)

For Fundations we did our little cards and our big cards. (Sophia)

No school tomorrow!

Please make sure to sign up for the Healthy Food Feast! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TRAlzmDukBWp4cPkrI-9xmk84-dVDZumcmbok3hDRA/edit?usp=sharing

See you at Parent Teacher Conferences! Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We played Compare Dots. We had to see if someone had more dots or equal dots. (Kate)

We read a book about veggies! There are lots of different kinds. (Layla)

We did Daily 5. Mrs. Hotchkiss pulled out name sticks to make our choices. (Sophia)

We did art. In art, we painted pinch pots. There were lots of different colors. (Logan, Lyrik and Andrew)

We talked about fruits and vegetables. We wrote in our Good Food book. We did our fruit page. (Andrew)

We did Quiet Time. (Malai)

We read the poem A Shopping We Will Go. It is like a song. (James)

This morning we did math workstations. We did new numbers with our partners. (Sylus)

Progress reports are coming home today if your conference is tomorrow or Friday. You do not need to sign and return the bottom portion. On your behavior updates you may have noticed an average score on the right hand side of the page. These objectives match the social growth and work habits portion of the progress report. The 2 score--Satisfactory: Student demonstrates skill/behavior "most of the time" with few reminders. The 1 score--Needs Improvement: Student needs several reminders to demonstrate skill/behavior or does NOT demonstrate skill or behavior.

Therefore, if your child received a 1.5 or lower average for an objective, then they will receive an “Area of Concern” or a minus on the progress report. If they are above this score they will receive the check or “Satisfactory” mark on the progress report. I have seen lots of process over this trimester but please remember these scores are from the beginning of the year until now. Many things can change over such a long period of time. Please do not feel discouraged if you notice your child has received a minus on the grade card. There is still lots of time in Kindergarten to grow!

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We talked about different types of fruits. (Jayden)

We talked about grains and we wrote in our Good Food book. We wrote about new foods. (Andrew and Layla)

We made our friendship fruit salad. It had blueberries, bananas, grapes, watermelon, oranges, pears, and apples. (Sophia and Evan)

We talked about our food groups. When we eat fruits we should try to get lots of different colors. Grains give us energy. We watched a short video on the SmartBoard about healthy foods. (Sylus)

We did math. We played Quick Eyes and we did math workstations. (Owen and Malai)

We did our poem. It is called A Shopping We Will Go. Mrs. Hotchkiss points to the words and we can point too. (Ginger)

We did snack time. We did James birthday snack and we sang Happy Birthday to him. (Kate)

We went to music. (Sophia)

We read the book Brown Bear’s Wonderful Secret. Her secret was she was having a baby cub. Mrs. Hotchkiss is having a baby in real life in May! (Dylan) It’s true! I am due May 21^st! It was so much fun telling the kids today!

I am attaching the PTC schedule! I am looking forward to meeting with all of you this week!

Please make sure to sign up for the Healthy Food Feast! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TRAlzmDukBWp4cPkrI-9xmk84-dVDZumcmbok3hDRA/edit?usp=sharing

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We talked about the food groups. At snack, we read a book about eating healthy foods. (Andrew and Layla)

We did our classroom rules. (Jayden)

We did Fundations. We did the letters e and r. (Evan)

We did library. (Owen)

After library, we are going to go in Mrs. Flanagin’s room. We might go outside or we might do something fun! (Ginger)

We did our Weekend News for writing. (Kate)

In Fundations we wrote e and r in our Fundations book. (James)

As part of our health curriculum, we are doing a nutrition unit until Thanksgiving break.  On Tuesday, Nov. 24 we will have a healthy foods Thanksgiving feast. If you would like to donate items for this please sign up using this link!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TRAlzmDukBWp4cPkrI-9xmk84-dVDZumcmbok3hDRA/edit?usp=sharing

Tomorrow we will make our friendship fruit salad! Please send in your fruit with your child tomorrow!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did Grab, Count, and Compare. (Lyrik)

We did P.E. (Jayden)

We did our Dance Party. (Andrew) We celebrated earning 100 Cougar Compliments!

At lunch we did a game before we left called Cats and Mice. (Ginger)

We did Fundations. We did the magnet boards. We did the big cards and the little cards. Some of the kids led the class in Fundations. (JR, Sophia, and Malai)

We did our calendar. (Evan)

We did Morning Buzz. We got to share about what we are going to do over the weekend. (Kate)

This morning we did math workstations. We did new numbers. (Sylus)

For snack time we read Knuffle Bunny Too. In the first book she was little baby and in the 2nd book she was a preschooler and there were 2 knuffle bunnies. In the end Trixie made a friend. (Sophia)

We wrote in our writing folders. (Layla)

We looked at the Book Fair today. We looked at books. (Dylan) This will be open next week! The hours are on the November calendar I sent home last week.

We got to play Hang Mouse. The mouse is trying to get the cheese before the cat wake up. We were trying to guess word wall words. (Ginger) This is a game to practice word wall words! You can find it on my classroom website. Here is a link! http://www.spellingcity.com/hangmouse-kids-hangman-online.html?listId=7617082

Announcements

Parent Teacher Conferences are next week! I am attaching a copy of the schedule. Please let me know ASAP if you cannot make your day and time so we can reschedule. I will not be sending home behavior updates because report cards will come home on Wednesday. There is no school on Friday the 13^th because of conferences.

I will be leaving early on Monday November 9^th for a doctors appt. If there is a change in transportation please let me know by noon on Monday! Thank you!

Next week we are going to begin a “nutrition unit” and I need your help!  I am asking each family to find one picture for each of the following food groups:

•           Bread/Grain Group

•           Fruit Group

•           Vegetable Group

•           Meat/Protein Group

•           Dairy Group

You may look through magazines, grocery ads, etc. with your child to find the pictures.  Please cut them out and send to school by Monday, Nov. 9th. 

On Tuesday, Nov. 10 we will feature the fruit group and will make “Friendship Fruit Salad”.  I would like for each child to bring a piece of fruit to put in our salad.  If you would go ahead and have the fruit ready for the kids to cut up, that would be great.  Here are some guidelines:

•It would be alright to leave bananas or oranges in the peel but if your child prefers the peel off of apples or other fruits then peel and slice it before sending. 

•Obviously grapes are fine to leave whole. 

•Put your name on any containers you want returned.

I will let the kids use plastic knives to cut the fruit into bite-size pieces before adding it to the salad.  We will wash our hands before preparing and eating our food, I promise!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math workstations. (Jayden and Owen)

We spelled word wall words. We did 12 words. Mrs. Hotchkiss said a word and we tried to spell it. Mrs. Hotchkiss covered it up so we couldn’t see it on the word wall. (Sylus)

We did Daily 5 and it was shorter. (Andrew)

We had a short day today. (Layla)

We had a long Fundations. We did our Fundations whiteboards. We did our Fundations notebooks. We did skywriting. We did the big cards and the little cards. We traced the smart board letters. (Ginger)

We did the calendar. (Connor)

We did our Morning Buzz. We talked about what we are going to do after our short day of school. (Kate)

We did Morning Meeting. (Mikayla)

We did blacktop recess. (Evan)

Tomorrow is our Flu Shot clinic!

Have a great night! Go Tigers!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did Daily 5. (Jayden)

We did Weekend News. We got to write about anything from our 4 days off school. (Ginger)

We had counselor. She taught us how to solve problems. We can talk away, talk to someone, and we should always try to use our words. We need to use kind words. (Andrew, Kymiah, and Sophia)

We did math time. We played a game where we compared cubes trains. It was Grab, Count, and Compare. (Kate) We were comparing quantities to see which had more!

We played Quick Eyes. We had to look at the Smartboard at the dots and tell how many we saw and how we show it. (Sylus) This was a mental math game! We are working on subitizing. Subitizing is the ability to look at a number pattern and instantly recognize that number without counting. Quick Images can help students to develop understanding of quantity. Being able to conceptualize a number in a variety of ways will help students to use numbers flexibly, which is an important facet of number sense.

We did music. We did songs. (Logan and Evan)

We did skywriting. We did the letters d and s. (Layla)

For snack time we read a book called Knuffle Bunny. The author was Mo Willems. We drew the people and the background was a real picture. He won an award. (Sophia)

Evan said our class rules today. (Malai)

We did our big cards and little cards in Fundations. (Ginger)

Tomorrow is an early release day! The kids will be eating lunch at 10 am and school will be dismissed at 12:50 pm!

Have a great night!