Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to music. (Emily)

We learned about a rhombus. (Kamri)

We used play-doh to make shapes like triangles. (Randy)

We met Pepper, Ms. Mielke’s dog. (Adeline) Ms. Mielke is our school counselor!

We went shape hunting! (Anna)

We did Kate’s Me Bag. (Cordae)

We read a book called The Best Place to Read. (Crimson and Kate) We talked about good places to read for “Read to Self” time. We read for 6 whole minutes today!!

We wrote Kate’s name on the white boards. (Livi)

We wrote about our favorite color. (Lexi B)

Ms. Mielke read a book about manners at school. (Cordae)

Have a great evening!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to art. (Kate)

We went on a shape hunt for triangles. (Emily)

We went to recess outside. (Randy and Anna)

We did Kamri’s Me Bag. (Aidin)

We read a book called Too Much Glue. (Adeline)

We did a good and poor choices sort. (Crimson)

We did “b” and “f” with Echo the Owl. (Livi and Cordae)

We got to meet the new teachers. Their names were Ms. S and Ms. Glenn (Kamri and Brock) These are MU Early Childhood Education students who will be with our class on Tuesday and Thursday mornings!

Don’t forget to send in your Lego donations for our Cougar Fun Fest basket, your Peach Tree Farms form, and your Fundraiser packet (due on the 17^th).

Thanks! Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to the library. We got to check out a book. (Livi and Anna)

We went to recess. (Randy)

We did our letter cards on the tree. (Rilen) This is part of our “Fun”dations word study time! We are working on letter names, sounds, and using keyword pictures to help us remember this information.

We did a circle hunt. (Kate)

We did Emily’s Me Bag. (Cordae)

We met Baby Echo. (Adeline) I use Baby Echo (a little owl on a pointer) during “Fun”dations time to have the kids echo and practice letters and sounds.

We practiced plane line, grass line, and sky line. (Emily) These are some of our “Fun”dations handwriting lines. We practiced “sky writing” b and f today. For example, b started at the sky line, went down to the grass line, then went back up to the plane line before going around to the grass line. This language structure is used to help with letter formation.

We did Daily 5. We were reading books. (Lexi B) Make sure to check out the “Our Classroom” page of my website to read more about our reading workshop routine, The Daily 5

For writing we wrote about what we did over the weekend. (Lexie T) We are continuing to work on drawing detailed pictures with realistic colors and started incorporating labels into our pictures this week!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We went outside. (Brooke)

We got to make family trees with our grandparents. (Anna) Such a fun event! I created a video montage of the event! Check it out! Grandparent's Day Video on Twitter

Or go directly to the YouTube link! Grandparent's Day Video

We did Crimson’s Me Bag. (Randy)

We did morning meeting. (Pritish)

We did math. We did a shapes game. (Aidin)

We wrote about our families in our One and Only Me book. (Riley) We also read a book called Families are Different. This brought up a lot of questions about divorce, adoption, etc. This would be a great conversation to have with your student tonight! We talked about how all families stick together with a very special kind of glue…love!

We did P.E. We played Bocce ball. (Brock and Rilen)

Announcements

Today in your child’s folder you will find information about our field trip to Peach Tree Farms! Please read over this information carefully and fill out the bottom portion of the form!

Time to start thinking about our class raffle basket for the Cougar Fun Fest.  For those of you who are new to our school, each class decides on a theme for our class raffle basket.  The Fun Fest committee will be delivering boxes to all of the classrooms early next week and ask that we work with our class parents to help get donations brought in.  Then on Monday, September 22nd, PTA will come around and collect all of our items.  The committee will then assemble your "basket" and it will be on display all day and evening on Friday, October 3rd for the Fun Fest.  They sell raffle tickets and students and families will drop tickets in to the basket(s) that they want.  At the end of the evening, PTA draws out tickets and we have lots of winners!  Our class basket theme is “Lego Lovers”! Please feel free to donate items that fit with this theme! Examples would be The Lego movie, Lego books, Lego games, Lego sets and models, etc.

Thanks!!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to music. (Pritish)

We did my Me Bag and I let people see my B bear and Ninja Turtle. (Cordae)

We played outside and ate lunch. (Zain and Kate)

We read a shapes book. (Brooke)

Isabelle came over to read a book. It was First Day Jitters. (Kate and Anna)

We painted our hands to make something special for our grandparents. (Lexi B. and Rilen)

We read from our book boxes. (Livi) We are working on building our “Read to Self” stamina! Today we read for 3 minutes!

We drew pictures for our grandparents. (Riley)

Mrs. Hotchkiss read a book about being Bombaloo. (Kamri) In the book, a little girl named Katie loses her temper wants to use her feet and her fists instead of her words. She’s Bombaloo! Being Bombaloo can be scary! With a little time to calm down and think about why she’s mad and a little love from her mother, Katie feels like herself again! We used this book to talk about what we can do if we get angry or frustrated at school!

We did a shapes song. (Blair)

Announcements!

Tomorrow is Grandparent’s Day! This event will start with refreshments in the commons and special guests can come into the classroom starting at 9 a.m.! The event will last 1 hour. The class will be making a family tree project and will have a few minutes to show their special guest(s) around the classroom.

Looking for parent volunteers who would like to help with a class painting project the morning of September 12^th. We will be working on a Kindergarten cooperation banner to hang in the commons. Please let me know if you are interested in helping!

Time to start thinking about our class raffle basket for the Cougar Fun Fest.  For those of you who are new to our school, each class decides on a theme for our class raffle basket.  The Fun Fest committee will be delivering boxes to all of the classrooms early next week and ask that we work with our class parents to help get donations brought in.  Then on Monday, September 22nd, PTA will come around and collect all of our items.  The committee will then assemble your "basket" and it will be on display all day and evening on Friday, October 3rd for the Fun Fest.  They sell raffle tickets and students and families will drop tickets in to the basket(s) that they want.  At the end of the evening, PTA draws out tickets and we have lots of winners!  Our class basket theme is “Lego Lovers”! Please feel free to donate items that fit with this theme! Examples would be The Lego movie, Lego books, Lego games, Lego sets and models, etc.

Thanks!!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to art class. (Pritish)

We played on the playground. We got to play in the trailer (Emily and Crimson) Inside recess because of rain.

We went to lunch. (Kate)

We looked around for squares. (Livi)

We made something out of a square. (Zain) We added another page to our Shape of Things book!

We drew our house in our One and Only me book. Crimson shared his drawing. (Kamri) For writing, we are working on books all about us! We are working on visualizing before drawing and using lots of realistic colors to make our work interesting (Goal: 5 or more colors)!

We read David Goes to School. (Cordae)

We sorted good choices and poor choices on the SmartBoard. (Lexie and Adeline) We talked about some of the things that David did in the book and talked about what a better choice would have been for school!

Brooke shared her Me Bag. (Riley)

The kids had great smiles for picture day today! They are looking forward to Grandparent’s Day this Friday! We will be making a special project and writing for our grandparents tomorrow at school.

Make sure to return your Me Doll project for our bulletin board ASAP! I would love to have some displayed for Grandparent’s Day!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to the library and got a book! (Livi)

We had Riley’s birthday snack! (Emily)

We got to use an owl puppet. We echoed with Echo the owl. (Anna and Cordae) We will be using Echo the Owl during our “Fun”dations word study time as we start working on our letters, letter sounds, and letter handwriting formation!

We went outside! (Kate)

It was Brock’s Me Bag day. (Lexi B.)

We learned about rectangles. (Lexie)

We went for a rectangle shape hunt around the room. (Blair)

We did a shapes song. (Tristan) We also read The Shape of Things and began work on our own shapes book modeled after this book!!

Announcements!!

Tomorrow (September 3rd)  is our school picture day! Our class is first thing in the morning! Please put order forms or online receipts in your child’s folder! This is the only place I will check in the morning.

Don’t forget to tell me your plans for Grandparent’s/Special Friends and Family Day this Friday from 9-10 a.m.! Please fill out the short survey so I can plan accordingly. For example, if you are not able to have someone attend this event, I will know ahead of time so I can find someone to work with your child! Thanks so much if you have already filled this out! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JRHEyUDiHK5Ezly3Tqot0rigrJZS5yoEr3jW4zOFvJw/viewform?usp=send_form

We are still in need of a few supplies! For example, we could really use another class set of individual play-doh containers!! Please sign up if you would like to donate to our classroom! You can send these items in with your child at any time! Thank you so much to those parents who have already sent in items! I really appreciate it! They are so helpful!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i4Dkx0CZAWYDp-xzTEMQU0nxJ07YunR9Tk05i2ehI_I/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks! Have a great night!