Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did music. We sang Halloween songs. (Maya)

Parker’s mom came to read to us. (James)

We are having a special snack. Adalynn and Will M. brought snack. (Rylan)

Mr. Hotchkiss came to read. (Azayla)

Mr. Hotchkiss gave me a Cougar ticket! (Caroline)

My dad came to read! (Henry)

It is Halloween! (Abby)

We did math workstations. (Will C.)

Mrs. Zapata came and we made pudding. (Evalynn)

Caroline mom came. She read Hallo-Weiner. She made a craft we could eat! It was a spider. (Adalynn and Caroline)

We did math. We counted candy corns. (Aster and Rose)

My mommy came! (Aiden)

We played a game and Mrs. Hotchkiss told a story. We put the candy on bag. (Azayla)

Have a great Halloween!

Please don’t send in candy for snack tomorrow. They are welcome to have a piece or two in their lunch box! Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. We did laps. (Will C.) They ran 6 laps around the soccer field! They will be VERY tired tonight!

Caroline was the teacher helper. (James)

We went in a straw maze at our field trip. (Aster)

We did the flu shot. (Maya)

We played in the corn pit! (Hayden, Kennedy, Stella, and Azayla)

We got pumpkins! (Evalynn)

We went on a hayride. (Grayson)

At the field trip, we saw bunny town and a catfish! (Rylan)

We took some pictures at the end. (Abby)

They had a great time! Thank you to all the parent volunteers who could come out to the farm!

Volunteer from Home!

Our art teacher, Mr. Gwinner, is looking for volunteers to take pictures of student artwork.  The work will be posted on our Mill Creek Artsonia site so that it may be shared with friends and family, and to preserve it as a digital portfolio showing each student's artistic development.  This work can be done from home!  All you need is an Apple or Android compatible smartphone or tablet with a working camera, and an internet connection.  It's a great way to catch up on audiobooks and podcasts! If you're interested, please contact Mr. Gwinner at dgwinner@cpsk12.org for further details.

Tomorrow is our Fall Celebration with Books!

Your child may wear a costume to school (book characters encouraged)

No masks, scary make-up, wigs, weapons or props--anything that could be a distraction.

The costume must be something that can be worn all day.  Tennis shoes are encouraged.

Since the focus is on reading your child can bring a favorite book or two from home as well as a small stuffed animal (it needs to be able to fit in the backpack).

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. We got to check out books. (James and Aster)

We did math. We wrote 9 and 10. (Rylan and Caroline)

We did Daily 5. (Maya)

We played inside. (Evalynn)

We made a book called Who Do You See? (Abby)

We did Fundations. We did a and g. (Stella)

We did writing. We did Monday News. (Hayden)

We read Big Pumpkin. (Grayson and Adalynn)

We had math workstations and did days in school. (Parker)

We earned another set of 100 Cougar Tickets! Wow!! We will celebrate with a Bring a Toy to School Party on Friday, November 2^nd! I will send out more details later this week.

Field trip is on for tomorrow! Flu shots will be given before the field trip. Should be interesting! 😉

If you signed up to bring a home lunch, please make sure everything is disposable and can be thrown away at the farm! If you plan to bring your child’s lunch with you, please let me know before tomorrow morning!

Here is some information for parents who have signed up to be a parent volunteer on this day!

Peach Tree Farms

660-882-8009

24863 Highway 98

Boonville, Missouri 65233

Parent Volunteers may meet us at Peach Tree Farms or follow the buses there. We do not have room on the buses for parent volunteers to ride with us.

9:30 – Buses leave Mill Creek (arrive at Peach Tree @ 10:00)

1:00 – Return to Mill Creek (buses leave Peach Tree @ 12:30)

You may take their child home with you from Peach Tree Farms. You must check your child out with me. This will count against their attendance. Parents may not take any other child with them from Peach Tree Farms.

If you are a parent coming on the field trip on Friday, please bring a blanket for our picnic lunch! Cross your fingers for no rain!!

Halloween

Our Fall Celebration With Books will be Wednesday, October 31st

Your child may wear a costume to school (book characters encouraged)

No masks, scary make-up, wigs, weapons or props--anything that could be a distraction.

The costume must be something that can be worn all day.  Tennis shoes are encouraged.

Since the focus is on reading your child can bring a favorite book or two from home as well as a small stuffed animal (it needs to be able to fit in the backpack).

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made candy corns with our 4th grade buddies. (Will C.)

We are going to art. We are doing snack and closing meeting before art. (Rylan)

We did morning buzz. (James)

We did Daily 5. (Maya)

After art we are going to the assembly. We get to do a pig race! (Abby)

We did Fundations. We wrote c and o on our Fundations boards. (Kennedy)

We read our book The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. (Hayden)

We highlighted our poem. (Aster)

We did math. We did our 7 and 8 pages. (Evalynn and Parker)

We did the Zero The Hero Stomp. We have been in school for 50 days. (Azayla)

We did math workstations. (Adalynn)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We played outside. (Azayla)

We had music. We got to sing song about a skeleton. (Aster and Abby)

We had Daily 5. (James)

We did a scarecrow project. (Evalynn)

We had my birthday snack. (Maya)

Mrs. Baker came! She talked about bullying. (Kent and Kennedy)

We did math. We wrote 5 and 6. (Adalynn)

We did math workstations. (Will C.)

We did Fundations. We did the letter o and c. We wrote in the sentence frames. (Hayden)

We are going to have play time. (Stella)

Flu shots and the Peach Tree Farm Field Trip will be Tuesday, October 30^th!

Here is some information for parents who have signed up to be a parent volunteer on this day!

Peach Tree Farms

660-882-8009

24863 Highway 98

Boonville, Missouri 65233

Parent Volunteers may meet us at Peach Tree Farms or follow the buses there. We do not have room on the buses for parent volunteers to ride with us.

9:30 – Buses leave Mill Creek (arrive at Peach Tree @ 10:00)

1:00 – Return to Mill Creek (buses leave Peach Tree @ 12:30)

You may take their child home with you from Peach Tree Farms. You must check your child out with me. This will count against their attendance. Parents may not take any other child with them from Peach Tree Farms.

If you are a parent coming on the field trip on Friday, please bring a blanket for our picnic lunch! Cross your fingers for no rain!!

Halloween

Our Fall Celebration With Books will be Wednesday, October 31st

Your child may wear a costume to school (book characters encouraged)

No masks, scary make-up, wigs, weapons or props--anything that could be a distraction.

The costume must be something that can be worn all day.  Tennis shoes are encouraged.

Since the focus is on reading your child can bring a favorite book or two from home as well as a small stuffed animal (it needs to be able to fit in the backpack).

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. (Rylan)

We made a scarecrow project! (Rose)

Rose did her Me Bag. (Abby)

Mrs. Richardson read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. (Maya)

We had play time. (James)

We had Fundations. We did c and o on our whiteboards. (Will C.)

We did our poem. (Azayla)

We did writing. We did our book. We did an owl sentence. (Parker and Adalynn)

Today Mrs. Richardson came for the middle of the day. (Aster) I had a Fundations training in the middle of the day. The kids did great with the sub!

We did math. We wrote 1 and 2. (Hayden)

We did Daily 5. (Caroline)

I will be out tomorrow but will be back on Thursday! Please call the office tomorrow if you have any transportation changes. Thanks!!

Have a good night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had snack. (Henry)

We colored a little book. It is called The Scary Pumpkin Story. (Evalynn and Will C.)

We did our poem. Our word of the week is “the”. (James)

We did art. We painted. We mixed colors. We read a book about chameleons. (Maya, Aster, and Abby)

We learned the letters o and c. (Kennedy)

We read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. (Parker)

We did calendar. (Grayson)

We did days in school. (Kent)

We did Monday News. (Hayden)

We did Daily 5. (Adalynn and Azayla)

We took a handful of shapes. We sorted them on the table and we put them on square to see which one had the most. We colored the squares. (Will M.) We practiced graphing!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to music. We did a skeleton song. (James)

Today is my 2nd day! (Rose)

We had Fundations. We did u and i. We used the magnet boards. (Aster and Caroline)

We did Daily 5. (Abby)

For math we used geoboards and made shapes! (Kent)

We did our poem. We highlighted the word “is”. (Evalynn)

We did a project. We made a fall tree. (Maya)

We did a book for writing. We had to build a sentence. (Parker and Kennedy)

We went to lunch. (Azayla)

We played word games. I like to say the sentence and then count out the words. One of them had 7 words! (Hayden)

Hope to see you tonight at the Cougar Fun Fest! I will be working the ticket table at 5:30 if you want to say hi!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Mrs. Baker came! She talked about bullying. (Kennedy)

I was the teacher assistant. (Abby)

We had P.E. We did a little baby race. We also did crab walks. (Aster and Adalynn)

We went to lunch. (Azayla)

We got a book to put in our book box. (Evalynn)

We did our poem. (Maya)

We did Fundations. We wrote on our whiteboards. We used Echo the Owl and did our letters.  (James and Parker)

Rose is here today! (Henry)

For math today, we dumped a cup of 10 counters and colored what we got. We did an earthquake drill. (Stella) We worked on finding combinations of 10 using a tens frame!

We did Daily 5. (Hayden)

Tomorrow is black and gold day in honor of Mizzou’s homecoming!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did a craft and glued on fall pictures. (Maya)

We went to library. We got books. (James and Aster)

We went to lunch. (Azayla)

Mrs. Zapata came! She taught us about vegetables. (Rylan)

We did the calendar. (Parker)

We did the poem. I got to point to the words! (Hayden)

We did Fundations. We wrote u and i. We colored u and i. (Henry and Kennedy)

We had Daily 5. (Adalynn)

We read Halloween Jack. (Stella)

We talked about the words in our book (A Tree for all Seasons). (Abby)

We did the book with the words. It was about fall and the 4 seasons. (Evalynn and Caroline)

Friday is Black and Gold day! Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

We did not have time for closing meeting today!

For math, we worked on story problems! We pulled out the white boards and students drew pictures to solve for the answer!

In Fundations we talked about the vowels, i and u!

After lunch and recess, we went on a fall nature walk and looked for signs of fall! We drew pictures and added labels of what we saw!

We did our poem “Fall is Here” and talked about our word of the week, “is”.

We read Colors of Fall and A Tree for all Seasons.

Reminders…

Tomorrow is picture retake day! Please reply to this email if you plan on having your student’s picture retaken! Please return their picture packet in the folder!

Tomorrow we are being filmed by KOMU saying the Pledge of Allegiance! Make sure to have your student wear red, white, and blue and practice saying the pledge tonight!!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We went it the computer lab and played Jiji. (Hayden) This is a great math program called ST Math! You can access this from the cps website by logging into the portal!

We went to music. We colored. We read a book. (Stella)

We had snack. (James)

We had our movie and popcorn! (Aster)

We ate lunch. (Abby)

We watched Mighty Pups. (Maya)

We went to our 4th grade buddies. We had a 5 Little Pumpkins book. (Azayla and Grayson)

We had a coloring packet. (Parker)

Tomorrow is early release!! Kids will be dismissed at 12:50 pm! If your child has a change in transportation please let me know! Lunch will be at 10 am tomorrow. Please encourage your student to eat at that time even if they aren’t very hungry because we won’t have a snack time.

Today in the folder I am sending home a pre-conference survey. Please fill this out ASAP and return it in the folder so I can prepare for conferences.

Picture retake day is Wednesday!! KOMU will also be filming our class this day saying the pledge of allegiance! We encourage the kids to wear red, white, and blue!!

Halloween

Fall Celebration With Books

Wednesday, October 31st

Your child may wear a costume to school (book characters encouraged)

No masks, scary make-up, wigs, weapons or props--anything that could be a distraction.

The costume must be something that can be worn all day.  Tennis shoes are encouraged.

Since the focus is on reading your child can bring a favorite book or two from home as well as a small stuffed animal (it needs to be able to fit in the backpack).

I am looking for 3-5 parent volunteers to come read to small groups of kids on October 31st! This will be from 12:45 to 1:20 pm. After about 10 minutes the kids will rotate to a new parent reader. You can bring a favorite book from home or I will have lots of Halloween books in my classroom library to choose from. You are welcome to dress up and join in on the fun! Please let me know if you are interested! Thanks!

Fun Fest is Friday!

Here is additional information (from K teacher Beth Dixon) if you have questions about the event! I sent out Pumpkin Drop information in a previous email.

Our Cougar Fun Fest is October 19th from 5:00-8:00pm. This is a family fun night as well as a fundraising opportunity for our PTA. PTA very generously supports our classrooms in a variety of ways including field trips, classroom materials, technology, assemblies, playground equipment, and much more. In order to meet the school’s needs, the PTA works very hard to raise funds that go directly back into your child’s classroom. We hope that the information below answers all your questions so you know what to expect!

Classroom Raffle Baskets:

Each classroom is responsible for creating a basket of themed items. These baskets will be displayed in the Commons during Fun Fest. You may purchase raffle tickets prior to Fun Fest or the day of the Fun Fest. Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5. Once you have your tickets, you will place your name and phone number on the back of each ticket. Then you may choose which raffle basket you would like to win. You will place your raffle tickets in a bucket next to the basket you hope to win. If your ticket is pulled out you win the basket. These drawings are done at the end of Fun Fest. If you need to leave the Fun Fest early and your ticket gets pulled, your basket will be available in the office for pickup.

Games:

On the black top, there will be a large variety of fun carnival games for kids to play as well as a bounce house. You will have the opportunity to purchase game bands prior to the Fun Fest and also at the Fun Fest. The bands will permit your child to participate in all games. These are super fun and lots of prizes can be won. Bands cost $10 each. Each child playing must have their own game band.

Silent Auction:

The Silent Auction will be located in the Gymnasium. There are a wide variety of items at all price points. Please make sure to stop by and check out many of the fabulous items donated to our auction. We are always looking for great donations for our auction, so if you have an item or idea for the silent auction, please let your child’s teacher know.

Food Trucks:

Food Trucks will be at the Fun Fest for food purchase. A portion of all food sales will be donated back to Mill Creek.

Have a great night!

Mrs. Vesta Hotchkiss

Hi Parents!

We are having snack. (Henry)

In art we painted. (Aster and Kent)

We went to lunch. (Azayla and Abby)

We did Fundations. We did n and m. We used our magnet boards. (James)

We played outside. (Evalynn)

We did writing. We wrote in our books. We drew our family. (Parker)

Mrs. Zapata came and taught us about grains. (Rylan and Will M.)

We did Daily 5. (Kennedy)

We read Pumpkin Circle. (Stella)

We did a lifecycle of pumpkins. (Caroline)

Heavenly Hats is on Friday! The kids can wear a hat and donate $1!

As of now the field trip is still on! If we decide to cancel/reschedule we will let you know first thing Friday morning!

Here is some information for parents who have signed up to be a parent volunteer for the field trip on October 12^th!

Peach Tree Farms

660-882-8009

24863 Highway 98

Boonville, Missouri 65233

Parent Volunteers may meet us at Peach Tree Farms or follow the buses there. We do not have room on the buses for parent volunteers to ride with us.

9:30 – Buses leave Mill Creek (arrive at Peach Tree @ 10:00)

1:00 – Return to Mill Creek (buses leave Peach Tree @ 12:30)

You may take their child home with you from Peach Tree Farms. You must check your child out with me. This will count against their attendance. Parents may not take any other child with them from Peach Tree Farms.

If you are a parent coming on the field trip on Friday, please bring a blanket for our picnic lunch! Cross your fingers for no rain!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had music. We played a game called Quiet Ball. (Rylan)

We did a pumpkin project. We labeled it with stem, leaf, and seeds. (Caroline and Evalynn)

We played outside. (Abby)

We went to lunch. (Azayla)

We are having snack. (James)

We read our pumpkin poem. (Parker)

We read It’s Pumpkin Time. (Will M.)

We had Fundations. We did the letters n and m. We wrote on the whiteboards. (Aster and Adalynn)

In writing we did the color of our house. (Caroline)

We did math. We read 10 Little Fish. We had cubes and a blue piece of paper. You had to put the cubes on the paper. We practiced counting them. (Hayden) We practiced taking scattered cubes and organizing them in a way to make them easier to count (in a line, putting them in the bag as we count them, etc.)

We did math workstations. (Will C.)

If you are a parent coming on the field trip on Friday, please bring a blanket for our picnic lunch! Cross your fingers for no rain!!

Our class earned 100 Cougar Tickets! We are celebrating on Monday, October 15^th with a movie and popcorn party! If your student has a favorite movie that we could borrow please send it in and we will vote on our favorite to watch! Our classroom is being painted on this day so it will be a very low key day. We have to use a different classroom while it is being painted.   

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to lunch. (Azayla)

We felt inside a pumpkin and smelled it. (Rylan)

We went to P.E. We did running. We were trying to not let other kids knock our pins down. (Maya, Aster, and Hayden)

We did our poem. It is about pumpkins. Our word of the week is “look”. (James and Aster)

We had math. We used these boards to count. It had a 10 frame. (Parker and Evalynn)

We had Daily 5. (Adalynn)

We learned n and m. (Alice)

We did the calendar. (Henry)

We did our Monday News. (Caroline)

We recorded the weather. (Will M.)

We read a book about pumpkins. (Hayden)

Have a wonderful evening!!

Hi Parents!

We ran out of time for closing meeting today!

We had lots of apple fun!

We read 10 Apples Up on Top and drew ourselves with 10 apples on our heads!

We made a torn paper apple craft!

We tried red, green, and yellow apples and graphed our favorite kind!

We added our “My Apple Tree” poem to our poetry folder.

We made an apple headband!

We ended the day with an apple tasting party!

In the folder today you will find lots of notes and information! You will also find the first behavior report of the year! I sent a note home last Friday explaining this. Please look your child’s over this weekend. Once you have talked it over with your child, initial and return in the folder. Feel free to ask questions or write any comments on the bottom of this form as you return it. I will send these home every 2-3 weeks. Typically numbers are lower at the beginning of the year because more reminders are needed so please don’t feel discouraged if your child received a few “ones” on their report. Kindergarteners are growing and maturing every day! I will use these scores for the grade card in November.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. We made a sculpture. It was a paper craft. (Rylan and Aster)

We had lunch. (Azayla)

We did an apple life cycle. (James) Ask your student to explain the steps in the life cycle to you!

We did our poem. We spelled “my”. (Maya)

We had recess. It was inside. (Evalynn)

We did writing. We wrote in our book. It was our favorite food page. (Parker)

We did the rules. (Will M.)

We did Daily 5. (Adalynn)

We got dojo points! (Abby)

We had guest readers. (Caroline)

We did math. We made a circle into something. (Hayden)

We did Fundations. We wrote b and f. We used the whiteboards. (Stella and Rylan)

We did the moves for the vocabulary words. (Grayson)

Don’t forget to pick up your fundraiser cookie dough in the gym tonight before 5 pm!

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to music. We played a game. (James)

We went outside. (Evalynn)

We did our poem. (Hayden) Our word of the week is “my”. If you are looking for a list of our word wall words, they are in the curriculum packet from “Get the Scoop” night!

We had snack. (Abby)

We had lunch. (Rylan)

We read an apple book. (Aster) We read The Apple Pie Tree.

We did Daily 5. (Stella)

We talked about the apple life cycle. (Caroline)

We did math workstations. (Maya)

We did Fundations. We used magnet boards. (Henry)

We did writing. We did our all about me book. We did our favorite color page. (Will C. and Parker)

We did sorting. Mrs. Hotchkiss sorted us! (Will M. and Rylan) We played Guess my Sorting Rule!

Please make sure your student has a snack in their backpack every day!

If your student would like to bring a book from home to keep in their book box, they can! Something on the smaller/thinner side would be best! Thanks!

Here is some information for parents who have signed up to be a parent volunteer for the field trip on October 12^th

Peach Tree Farms

660-882-8009

24863 Highway 98

Boonville, Missouri 65233

Parent Volunteers may meet us at Peach Tree Farms or follow the buses there. We do not have room on the buses for parent volunteers to ride with us.

9:30 – Buses leave Mill Creek (arrive at Peach Tree @ 10:00)

1:00 – Return to Mill Creek (buses leave Peach Tree @ 12:30)

You may take their child home with you from Peach Tree Farms. You must check your child out with me. This will count against their attendance. Parents may not take any other child with them from Peach Tree Farms.

I need one parent volunteer who would be willing to transport the lunches to the farm and the pumpkins back to school. Please let me know if you would be willing to help!

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did P.E. We did stations. One station was a balance station. (Abby and Henry)

We are having snack. (Kent)

We went outside. (Will C.)

We made an apple project. (James)

We saw inside an apple. (Grayson and Aster)

We did our poem. (Maya)

We read an apple book. (Parker)

We went to lunch. (Azayla)

We did the calendar. (Will M.)

We did morning meeting. (Rylan)

We talked about b and f. We wrote them on whiteboards. (Adalynn and Caroline)

We did sorting. (Stella)

We did writing. We did the cover of our book. (Hayden)

Thank you for all the raffle basket and apple day donations! If you signed up to bring anything please make sure and get it to me by Thursday!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to an assembly! We saw the mad scientist at the assembly. (Azayla and James)

We did the calendar and it is October. (Stella)

We won the pig! (Grayson) Our class sold the most cookie dough out of the 5 Kindergarten classes!

We played outside. (Abby)

We talked about apples. (Caroline)

We did our new poem called My Apple Tree. (Maya)

We went to library. (Aster)

We did Fundations. We did the letters b and f. We traced the letters. (Rylan and Evalynn)

In math Mrs. Hotchkiss pretended she put frogs in a pond and we have to say how many there were. (Hayden)

We did writing time. We wrote about our weekend. (Parker)

Have a great night!