Hi Parents! Happy Halloween!

Here is what we did today!

We got to have parents come read to our class. (Kate)

We had a special snack. It was marshmallow ghost and pumpkin with pudding! (Zain)

We did math. We counted how many candy corns and saw which one had the most. (Lexi B.)

We did the Zero the Hero Stomp. We have been in school for 50 days. (Blair and Crimson)

We had our 3rd grade buddies come and read to us. (Emily)  We partnered up with Ms. Lang’s 3^rd grade class!

We got to wear costumes to school. (Livi)

We had an assembly. He was a storyteller. (Cordae)

We did music. (Adeline)

We played outside. (Lexie T.)

Thank you to all of our parent readers and math helpers! The kids LOVED it! Such a fun day in Kindergarten! Check out all the pictures on my website/Twitter.

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to art. (Livi)

Nurse Shannon came and taught us about germs. (Zain)

We did Fundations letters. (Lexie T.)

We did p and j on our white boards. (Brock)

We made a scarecrow project for the book The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. (Kate)

We watched a movie about Sid the Science Kid. (Cordae) This went along with Nurse Shannon’s lesson.

For writing, we wrote about ways we can be safe in our community.

Announcements

Our Fall Celebration with Books event will be TOMORROW, October 31st. Students may dress up as their favorite book character for the day.  Please remember the following rules:

•No face paint or hair paint of any kind.

•No weapons, masks or gory costumes.

•Costumes must be appropriate for school and there are no “props” allowed that day.

We will also have storyteller Larry Brown doing two assemblies for us that day. 

I am attaching my updated PTC schedule (there are some changes due to parent conflicts). This will be sent home tomorrow. Please let me know if changes need to be made!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. (Livi)

We did morning buzz. We talked about our book character costumes. (Lexie T.)

We got a school safety book. (Blair)

We had guest readers come. It was called The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything. (Randy)

We played quick eyes. We studied all about the number 4. Quick eyes had 2 places with the number 4. (Anna and Riley)

We got to write in our writing folders. We added labels. (Kate)

We are doing closing meeting. (Emily)

We had Fundations. We used magnet boards. (Tristan)

We echoed with Echo the Owl and Baby Echo. (Lexi B. and Adeline)

We did Daily 5. (Zain)

We did morning meeting. (Pritish)

I sent home a green pre-conference survey yesterday in the daily folders. Please return this to school as soon as you can. This helps me better prepare for our time together! I am hoping to have my conference schedule done by the end of the week! Thanks!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We did an All About 3 page. (Zain and Emily)

We did P.E. (Crimson)

We met a new person today named Mrs. Zapata that taught us how to be healthy and strong. (Adeline and Brooke)  She is from MU extension and will be doing nutrition lessons for our class for the next few weeks!

We did 2 Fundations letters: p and j. We wrote the letters on white boards. (Anna)

We played outside. (Lexie T.)

We did the vowel chart. (Livi)

We did all 5 parts of the Daily 5! We had friends show us how to do all 5 parts correctly. (Kate and Riley)

We did a safety picture of being safe at school. We are making a book for the classroom library. (Blair)

Our Fall Celebration with Books event will be on October 31st. Students may dress up as their favorite book character for the day.  Please remember the following rules:

•No face paint or hair paint of any kind.

•No weapons, masks or gory costumes.

•Costumes must be appropriate for school and there are no “props” allowed that day.

We will also have storyteller Larry Brown doing two assemblies for us that day. 

Hi Parents!

Sadly, we ran out of time for closing meeting today! Today, we started 2 new Fundations letters: p and j! We wrote about our weekends for Monday News. We talked a lot of safety and ways we can be safe in our neighborhoods, cars, parks, school, bus, etc. We read a new poem about safety and read a book called Safety Counts! We also watched a short informational video on ways we can be safe. We have been working hard during Daily 5 and learned our last 2 Word Work games! We discussed different ways we can represent the number 2 in math. For example, we talked about 2 tally marks, second place, 2 o’clock, 2 friends, 2 on a dice, etc.

Friday is our fall celebration with books! Kids are welcome to dress up as their favorite book character! If you signed up to read on Friday, I will be contacting you shortly! I am waiting to hear back from a couple parents before I can finalize times. Thanks so much!

Please read over the behavior updates tonight and return them tomorrow in your child’s folder with your initials and comments! Sorry for the mistake on Friday! Please return the Parent Teacher Conference scheduling form as soon as you can. Thanks!!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to Peach Tree Farms and picked out a pumpkin. We decorated our pumpkins with stickers. (Brock)

We got a new poem and we highlighted it. (Blair)

We rode on a bus. (Pritish)

Parents came with us to Peach Tree Farms. (Zain)

We fed the goats. (Lexie T.)

We got to eat lunch outside at Peach Tree Farms and we saw a lot of animals. (Riley)

We got to go on a hayride. (Randy)

We had art. (Anna)

Such a fun day! I will be putting pictures on my website very soon! If you have some great ones that you would like to share please send them my way!

Today in the folder you will find a behavior update. These updates were explained in the letter sent home last Friday. The updates cover a 2 week span of time. Please let me know if you have any questions. Please sign/initial and add comments if you would like!

There is also a letter coming home about parent teacher conferences. Please fill this out and return it to me asap. I will be doing conferences on that Wednesday night as well (not on the sheet) so if you would prefer that evening please let me know on that paper!

Thanks so much! Have a great weekend! Go Tigers!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. (Anna)

We got firefighter hats. (Randy) The end of the day was a little rushed so some kids will bring these home tomorrow.

We did morning meeting and morning buzz. (Emily)

We met firefighters, a police officer, a construction worker, TV reporter, and a doctor. (Zain) Pictures on Twitter/website

Mrs. Hotchkiss called on friend to help with Fundations. (Lexie T.)

We wrote a sentence about teachers. (Lexi B.)

We had to match the right number of spots on a Dalmatian dog with the right number on the firefighter for morning job. (Kate)

We also read a book and watched a short informational video on firefighters! We learned about fire safety today.

Announcements!!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a Student Council sponsored “Mizzou Day” in honor of homecoming.  Kids can wear black and gold!!

Our field trip to Peach Tree Farms is TOMORROW, Oct. 24th!

-We are planning on leaving Mill Creek at 10:30 am, arriving at Peach Tree Farms at 11 am and returning to school around 1:30 pm.

-Please send your child in jeans, tennis shoes, and a jacket. Keep in mind that we will be walking in the fields and your child needs to wear shoes that can get muddy!

-If you are sending your child’s lunch please send it in a plastic or paper bag LABELED WITH THEIR NAME. Everything needs to be disposable.  No lunch boxes/bags.

-For those that asked for a sack lunch, I will have those ready that morning!   

Kids who have orders a school sack lunch…

Riley 

Anna 

Brock  + 1 Adult sack

Randy 

Rilen 

Kamri 

PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE!

Field Trip Volunteers: Parent of…

Aidin

Brock

Brooke

Emily

Kamri

Randy

Zain

Adeline

Please meet us there at 11 am!!! If you would still like to come please let me know ASAP! There is still time! If you are not able to come and I have your name down, please let me know that as well! Parents must pay a $4 entry fee into the pumpkin patch. Please bring this money with you tomorrow if you have not already paid.

Field Trip Volunteers: If you signed up to be a parent volunteer for the field trip tomorrow please bring a blanket for the kids to eat on during our lunch picnic if you can! Due to supervision and safety of the Kindergarteners, siblings are NOT allowed on the trip

Due to limited space on the buses parents will need to drive their own vehicles (or carpool). Parents will be responsible for supervising small groups of children and helping to keep “law and order”.  All children will ride the bus to be considered “present” at school.

October 31^st is our fall celebration with books! I would love to have some parent guest readers come in on this day! This could be a favorite book from home or one available from our classroom library. If you are available and would like to read to our class on this day, please fill out the following survey! Please have this filled out by this Friday, October 24^th at the very latest so I can plan accordingly! I will contact parent readers early next week with more details on the event!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d54dXdGt2ecEwwg88W03Fes8mg83Ppf_41upkIxlHdE/viewform?usp=send_form

Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did P.E. We made a mountain with the parachute. (Pritish)

We had counselor. We talked about being mad, sad, happy, and scared. We made a plan for when we get mad. (Zain and Kamri)

We had an earthquake drill. (Tristan)

We met community helpers from our school. (Kate) Great pictures on my website/Twitter! We also wrote about community helpers!

We had math. We did math journals. We represented the number 1. (Cordae)

We learned about teachers. We read a book about teachers. (Blair and Anna)

We did calendar. (Livi)

We did Word Work. (Brock)

For parents coming on the field trip, we will be arriving at Peach Tree farms at 11 am! Please meet us there at that time! Thanks so much for helping!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to music. (Livi)

We did morning meeting. (Pritish)

We wrote e and r in Fundations. (Anna and Emily)

We started our 5th part of Daily 5! (Brock)

We did math. We focused on the number 1. We showed it in lots of different ways. (Kate)

We wrote in our writing folders. We talked about drawing detailed pictures. (Adeline)

We read a poem about community helpers. We talked about police officers. (Blair)

We watched a video about police officers. (Zain)

We read a book about police. (Rilen)

We also talked about 9-1-1 today. This concept of emergency situations was scary for some of the kids! This would be great to talk about tonight at home!

This is just a reminder that our field trip to Peach Tree Farms is THIS Friday, Oct. 24th!

-We are planning on leaving Mill Creek at 10:30 am and returning to school around 1:30 pm.

-Please send your child in jeans, tennis shoes, and a jacket. Keep in mind that we will be walking in the fields and your child needs to wear shoes that can get muddy!

-If you are sending your child’s lunch please send it in a plastic or paper bag LABELED WITH THEIR NAME. Everything needs to be disposable.  No lunch boxes/bags.

-For those that asked for a sack lunch, I will have those ready that morning!   

Field Trip Volunteers: Parent of…

Aidin Brothers

Brock Essner (2)

Brooke McKenzie

Crimson Austin (Dixon)

Emily Broughton

Kamri Vanderlip-Robinson

Kate Jenne

Randy Smith

Zain Khir

If you would still like to come please let me know ASAP! There is still time! If you are not able to come and I have your name down, please let me know that as well! Parents must pay a $4 entry fee into the pumpkin patch. Please turn this in ASAP if you haven’t already.

Field Trip Volunteers: If you signed up to be a parent volunteer for the field trip this Friday please bring a blanket for the kids to eat on during our lunch picnic if you can! Due to supervision and safety of the Kindergarteners, siblings are NOT allowed on the trip

Due to limited space on the buses parents will need to drive their own vehicles (or carpool). Parents will be responsible for supervising small groups of children and helping to keep “law and order”.  All children will ride the bus to be considered “present” at school.

Thanks!!!

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We did art. (Brooke)

We did a new poem. It had police officers and firefighters and doctors. (Livi)

We did Monday News. (Blair)

We read a book about community helpers. It went in order of the letters of the alphabet. (Kate)

We did math. We did the counting jar. (Crimson)

We did Fundations letters. They were e and r. (Lexi B.)

We had guest readers. They read a book called Pumpkin Soup. (Adeline)

We watched Pumpkin Soup in the art room! (Riley)

We read a counting book. (Randy)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. (Brooke)

Some of us showed our math thinking for the class. (Aidin)

We wrote the date and days in school on the big white boards. (Tristan)

We did Echo the Owl and Baby Echo. (Kamri and Lexie T.)

We did morning job where there were leaves and they had a beginning letter of a color. We had to color the leaves the matching color. (Emily)

We got to write in our writing journals. We talked about making movies in our heads to help us write. (Kate)

We did the calendar. (Livi)

We read Mouse Count. (Brooke)

We did morning meeting and morning buzz. (Cordae)

We looked our class tree. We were scientists. (Adeline)

I will be out of town tomorrow but the kids will be in great hands! Tomorrow the kids can wear hats to school if they bring $1 for Heavenly Hats! Please call the office with any changes in transportation.

Be looking for a note coming home tomorrow explaining my social growth and work habits behavior updates that will be coming home on the 24^th!

No daily email tomorrow. Have a great weekend!

Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We did math. We played Grab and Count. We compared numbers of cubes. We read a math book called Jack the Builder. (Tristan. Lexi B, and Brock)

We went to music. (Livi)

We did Listening to Reading. (Adeline)

Some of us did Read to Someone. (Emily)

We did our Fundations letters. We did 2 letters: d and s. (Lexie T. and Anna)

We read a book called Fall, Leaves, Fall. (Kate)

We did our writing folders. We talked about what writing workshop should look like, sound like, and feel like. (Brock and Crimson)

We went outside for an extra recess. (Kamri)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We wrote in our writing folders. (Randy)

We went to art. (Emily)

We got a list of family words in our folders. (Riley)

We did Quick Eyes. (Blair)

We played Grab and Count with a partner. We had to guess more than 5 or less than 5. (Cordae and Livi)

Izzy came to read to us. (Lexie T.)

Piper came to read to us. (Rilen)

We did inside recess in the trailers. (Kate)

We did Fundations. We did our Fundations boards. (Adeline)

We echoed s and d with Echo the Owl. (Lexi B.)

We read a counting book called The Leaves are Falling One by One. (Anna)

We did Listening to Reading. (Aidin)

We had Quiet Time. (Riley)

We did Morning Buzz. (Zain)

Picture retakes will be TOMORROW. Please return your child’s picture packet in the daily folder if he or she will be participating in picture retakes!

Student Council Announcements/ Community Service Projects:

*Make a Difference Week! Food Drive for the Central Mo. Food Bank is this week Oct. 13-17^th! Please donate non-perishable food items in the bins in the commons.

*Heavenly Hats will be Friday, October 17^th! Please bring $1 or more to your room if you want to wear a hat! Proceeds will benefit The Heavenly Hats Foundation. This foundation collects and distributes brand new hats of all kinds to those heroes of all ages who lose their hair due to the treatment of cancer or the many other medical conditions which may cause hair loss.

*SPIRIT LEARNING DAY! OCTOBER 24TH MU HOMECOMING! WEAR BLACK AND GOLD!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. We got a new book. (Kate)

We did counting blocks. We had a partner. The game was called Grab and Count. (Anna)

We did Fundations. We did baby Echo. We did the letters on the SmartBoard. Our new letters were s and d. (Lexie T. and Livi)

The new part of the Daily 5 was Listening to Reading. Some of us got to practice listening to a book with headphones. Mrs. Hotchkiss showed us the buttons on the CD player. (Blair, Kamri, and Rilen)

We did morning buzz. We talked to partners about what we did over the weekend. (Zain)

We did Monday News. (Randy)

We read a book called The Leaves on the Trees. (Lexi B.)

During morning job we traced and colored triangles. (Tristan)

We had inside recess. (Emily)

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We did P.E. (Anna)

We had indoor recess in the trailers. (Livi)

We went outside to pick up leaves. (Lexi B.)

We made a project with the leaves. We put the leaf on a piece of paper and rubbed it with a dark crayon. (Adeline)

We colored a leaf writing paper and we cut it out. We wrote what our favorite thing is to do in the fall. Mrs. Hotchkiss hung it up in the hallway. (Emily)

We read a book called Leaves, Leaves, Leaves. (Kate)

We are having a dance party because all the classes got Cougar Compliments and filled up the cougar paw. (Riley)

We wrote a sentence about fall on the white boards. (Lexie T.)

We labeled the parts of the leaf. (Randy)

We highlighted the word look on our fall poem. (Blair)

Announcements!

In your child’s folder, you will find some information about the Kindergarten curriculum along with helpful items such as handwriting prompts and our high frequency “no-excuse” words. This will provide some more insight on what is happening in our Kindergarten classroom and what your child will be learning this year! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Picture retakes will be next Wednesday, October 15^th. Please return your child’s picture packet on this day if he or she will be participating in picture retakes!

Student Council Announcements/ Community Service Projects:

*Make a Difference Week! Food Drive for the Central Mo. Food Bank will be Oct. 13-17^th! Please donate non-perishable food items in the bins in the commons.

*Heavenly Hats will be Friday, October 17^th! Please bring $1 or more to your room if you want to wear a hat! Proceeds will benefit The Heavenly Hats Foundation. This foundation collects and distributes brand new hats of all kinds to those heroes of all ages who lose their hair due to the treatment of cancer or the many other medical conditions which may cause hair loss.

*SPIRIT LEARNING DAY! OCTOBER 24TH MU HOMECOMING! WEAR BLACK AND GOLD!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had music. (Brock)

We did a math game. It was called Grab and Count. (Tristan)

We wrote something new on our chart about fall. We wrote “Look at the apples.” (Lexi B.)

We wrote in our writing folders. (Zain)

We made a list of family words. (Randy)

We colored our books, “Leaves Fall Down”. (Livi)

My sister, Isabelle, read to us! (Anna)

We did a poem called “Fall”. Ms. S read it to us. We read with fluency. (Adeline and Pritish)

We had inside recess with Mrs. Flanagin’s class. We watched a movie about football. (Emily, Brock, and Cordae)

We did Fundations. (Zain)

We played quick eyes! (Blair)

Note About Girl Scouts:

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Families,

      If you were unable to attend the informational meeting to figure out a daisy troop we have some information for everyone in case someone may be interested but missed the meeting.

     Talitha Broughton and Carol Heffner have stepped up to be leaders of a combined K & 1st grade troop. We have seven girls right now so the troop is good to go. If your daughter is interested we will be meeting once or twice a month on Sundays from 3:00-4:30. Just email me at Jfer1975@centurytel.net with your daughter's name, your name, email, and phone number and what grade your daughter is in this year. We would love to have you.

Jennifer Griffith

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We did art. (Anna)

We got a counting book. We counted. We are drawing something on each page. (Brooke and Blair)

We did math. We did a game to get us ready for math. We had to have quick eyes. (Adeline) We were working on some mental math activities!

We got the flu mist but some of us didn’t. (Livi)

We wrote in our writing folder. If we think we are done, we have just begun! (Kate) We are working on going back and adding more detail to our pictures, labels, and words!

We did morning meeting and morning buzz. (Pritish and Emily)

We echoed with Echo the Owl. (Lexi B.)

Ms. Mielke came and she talked about feelings. She read a book about a sad, mad, and glad monster. (Cordae)

We did our letter tree. (Lexie T.)

We did our fall poem. (Kamri)

We wrote about things we see in the fall. (Tristan)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. (Brock)

We got a special Writing Folder. (Rilen)

We wrote a story about our lives in our Writing Folder. (Tristan)

We did morning meeting and morning buzz. (Pritish)

We read to a partner. (Anna)

We had 2 recesses. (Emily)

Miss Glenn did the poem with us. (Adeline) One of our MU Early Childhood Education Phase II student teachers.

We read a counting book. (Cordae) We are beginning our counting unit!

We did the Fundations cards. (Randy)

We learned how to sit EEKK. (Blair) Your child will be excited to explain this to you! This is how we sit during Read to Someone! (Shhh don’t tell them I told you…it means Elbow, Elbow, Knee, Knee).

We get to make a counting book. (Livi)

We learned how to find a partner for Read to Someone. We did stand up, hand up, pair up. (Kate)

Our new letters are a and g. (Lexie T.)

Announcements!

Tomorrow is Walk to School Day! Come celebrate with us! We will be meeting at the Boone County National Bank parking lot at 7:30 am. Hope to see you there!

Tomorrow is also our Flu Shot/Spray clinic in the morning for those who returned their pink flu forms.

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Today is Brock’s birthday. (Randy)

We had P.E. (Adeline)

We did Work On Writing. (Emily)

We did Read to Someone. (Brock)

We wrote about something we did over the weekend. (Anna)

We did morning buzz and morning meeting. (Cordae)

We did Echo the Owl. We did the new letters a and g. (Pritish)

We read The Pumpkin Patch. (Kate)

We read a book called The Colors of Fall. (Crimson)

We did a fire drill. (Livi)

We did a poem called Fall. (Aidin)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did music. (Cordae)

We practiced Read to Someone for 3 minutes. (Kate and Zain)

We did morning buzz. (Pritish)

We played colors and shapes bingo. (Anna)

We made pumpkin Jack-o-Lanterns. (Blair)

We tried pumpkin seeds. (Tristan) I roasted the pumpkin seeds from our class pumpkin! We also graphed what we thought! Eight kids loved them, 6 said “no thanks”, and 3 thought “just ok”.

We had popcorn. (Livi) A yummy addition to our pumpkin seed snack!

We did the Zero the Hero Stomp. We reached 30 days of school. (Lexie T.)

Tonight is the Cougar Fun Fest. (Riley)

FIELD TRIP HAS BEEN POSTPONED!!! Peach Tree Farms informed us today that it is just too muddy to have a field trip tomorrow. Our new date is Friday, October 24^th. Sorry for the change! If you volunteered to come, please let me know if this date does not work for you! We will send out more information as this new date approaches. Thank you for understanding!

This is what we did today…

We did art. (Anna)

We did Fundations with Echo the Owl. (Kate)

We carved a pumpkin to see what it looked like on the inside. (Riley)

We did inside recess. We watched a movie in Mrs. Flanagin’s class. (Cordae)

We did the vowel chart. (Pritish)

We practiced our letter cards. (Livi)

We had a special snack for Emily’s birthday. (Brock)

We got to color the different parts on a pumpkin page. (Lexie T.) We traced the names of the pumpkin parts!

We got to feel the pulp inside of the pumpkin. (Tristan)

We did a pumpkin poem. (Emily)

We played a shapes game. We used position words. (Lexi B and Brock) We talked about prepositions such as above, below, beside, in, on, under, etc. To practice, each student sat back to back with a partner. Each student had the same 3 shapes. The first partner had to describe where to place the shapes in order to create the same pattern block picture (ex. Put the triangle beside the hexagon). Each pair then compared pattern block pictures.

I made a mistake on the October calendar. I am attaching an updated version. There is also an updated version on the classroom website under, “Our Classroom”. I will have these in the folders tomorrow.