Hi Parents!

We went to music. We sang a song. (James and Maya)

We went to the assembly. (Will M.)

We had Stella’s special goodbye snack. It was fruit roll ups, rice crispies, and Capri Suns. (Henry and Stella)

We did recess. We went outside. (Azayla and Caroline)

We did Daily 5. (Abby)

We had the pizza party! (Rose)

We did Fundations. We did r and e. It was our last time doing those letters. (Aster)

We had morning buzz. (Will C.)

It is Stella’s last day at Mill Creek. (Evalynn)

We did morning meeting. (Adalynn)

We read a book. We read The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog. (Hayden)

We also read The Pigeon Needs a Bath. (Kennedy)

Hayden was the teacher helper. (Kent)

We highlighted the word “and”. (Grayson)

In the folder today you will find lots of fun, optional homework to go with needs and wants! You will also find a Gingerbread homework project! Please return this next week so we can hang it on our hallway bulletin board!

December calendar is attached, in the folder, and on my website!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to P.E. We did stations. (Hayden and Aster)

We voted for a pizza party! We got 100 tickets! (Rylan) I would love to do this tomorrow since it is Stella’s last day at MCE. If everyone could bring in $1 or $2 to help pay (if you are able to) that would be great!! I am looking for a parent who would be willing to pick up the pizza and bring it to the classroom. It would need to be at school by 10:25 am. I will put in the order and pay for it over the phone. Please reply to this email if you are able to help!

We did math. We played a game. Mrs. Hotchkiss put shapes inside of hat and we had to feel the shapes. She told us what we needed to feel for. (Rose) I described attributes of the shape and they had to feel for it in the hat!

We worked on a surprise today. It was different from yesterday. (Caroline)

Mrs. Baker came. She talked about how we are all different. She read a book. (Abby)

I was the teacher helper! (Azayla)

We did GoNoodle. (Will C.)

We did Daily 5. (Parker)

We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. (Maya)

We did the calendar. (Grayson)

We did Fundations. We learned e and r. We did a game with magnet boards. (Evalynn)

We circled things that you need. (James)

We did morning meeting. We used whiteboards. We wrote the days in school and the date. (Adalynn)

Tomorrow is Stella’s last day at MCE! If your student would like to draw her a picture or write her a letter I will put it in her folder tomorrow before she leaves! Thanks!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. (Abby)

We did inside and outside recess. (James)

We did a needs and wants sorting project. (Evalynn)

We did math. We did used the counting cub and passed him around until we got a group of 10 and then we sat down. (Maya and Adalynn)

We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. (Will C.)

We did morning buzz. We shared about things we want. (Azayla)

We made a surprise for mom and dad. (Caroline) We will be working on a Christmas surprise for YOU over the next couple of weeks!

We did Fundations. We wrote r and e on the whiteboards. (Aster)

We did Daily 5. (Stella)

We did our poem. It was about wants and needs. (Henry)

We used special blocks to sort at math. (Hayden)

We did math workstations. (Grayson)

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. (Stella)

We did inside recess. (James)

We had Fundations. We had our 2 new letters. They were r and e. (Aster)

We did read aloud. We watched a video about needs and wants. (Evalynn)

We did Weekend News. We talked about what we did on Thanksgiving. (Caroline)

We are eating snack. (Abby)

We read The Pigeon Wants a Puppy. The Pigeon changed his mind to a walrus. (Hayden and Maya)

We read our poem. We talked about needs and wants. Some needs are air, water, and food. (Grayson)

We did the weather. (Adalynn)

We did a GoNoodle. (Will C.)

We did morning meeting. (Azayla)

Mrs. Hotchkiss put a number up real quick and we wrote the number. (Abby)

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

We ran out of time for closing meeting today! Here are a few things we did at school…

We played Monster Squeeze for math! They had to guess the mystery number on the number line. Students were told if their number pick was too high or too low.

For Fundations, we reviewed letter formation on our whiteboards!

We played word games to practicing rhyming, isolating beginning and ending sounds, and counting syllables.

We highlighted our word of the week (for) and added our I Am Thankful poem to our poetry folders.

We talked about the protein group and finished the last page of our My Good Food Book. These will come home next week.

We sorted our cut out pictures of foods into food groups!

We had a healthy food feast and made turkey hats!

It was a great day!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break! I will see the kids again on Monday!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We read a Pilgrims book. They didn’t have TV’s or the same food. (Caroline)

We went to library. (James)

We went outside. (Abby)

We had Fundations. We did letters on our whiteboards. (Will C.)

We did calendar. (Adalynn)

We did math workstations. (Azayla)

Mrs. Biener came! We talked about being thankful. (Will M.)

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

We did writing. We did the dairy group. (Aster)

We shared pictures of my new baby brother, George. (Henry)

We played a math game. We rolled a dice and saw what number. We had a pencil and we wrote the number. It was a graph with numbers. (Stella) It was called Roll and Record.

We did Daily 5. (Maya)

We did morning meeting. (Hayden)

We did closing meeting. (Alice)

Just a reminder that Caring Cougars is sponsoring Switcharoo day tomorrow.  Students may dress as their teachers and teachers as students if they would like! 

Caring Cougars Sponsored Donation Drive    

November 19th-December 12th

Hunger for Heroes Food Drive- Students may bring nonperishable foods to the bins in the commons.

We are also collecting items to assist Veterans at Welcome Home in Columbia.

They need the following items:

Laundry Baskets

XL Twin Size Sheet sets

Pillows

Cough drops

Chap Stick

All donations may be brought to the commons area.  Thank you so much for your donations.

Tomorrow we will be having a Healthy Food Feast to celebrate our nutrition unit/Thanksgiving! Thank you if you have signed up to donate items or volunteer your time to help with set up/clean up! Please send in these items tomorrow morning.

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to art. We painted with water colors. (James and Stella)

We had snack. (Henry)

We looked at the weather. (Kent)

We did our poem. We put it in our poetry folder. We colored it. (Maya and Aster)

We did a little book called Thanksgiving Dinner. (Kennedy)

We read our Thanksgiving Dinner book. (Azayla)

We did Fundations. We got the magnet boards out. We did s and d. (Evalynn)

We did math. We put ourselves in order from 1 to 10. We played Quick Eyes. (Adalynn and Rylan)

We did writing. We did My Good Food book. We did the vegetables page. (Hayden and Grayson)

Evalynn was the teacher helper. (Abby)

We read a book about vegetables. (Parker)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did music. We did a song. (Aster and Maya)

We had Mrs. Zapata come. (Adalynn)

We had Fundations. We wrote s and d. (Evalynn)

We had our fruit salad. Some people brought oranges, strawberries, raspberries, bananas, apples, blueberries, grapes, and apricots. (Stella)

Rose was the teacher helper today. (James)

We did Daily 5. (Azayla)

We did writing. We did the My Good Food Book. We did the fruits page. (Hayden)

We did project. We put healthy foods in our shopping cart. (Kennedy)

We did read aloud. It was about food groups. (Grayson)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had snack. (Henry)

We went to P.E. (James)

We talked about the grains group. (Azayla and Adalynn)

We had inside recess. (Will C.)

We had Daily 5. (Aster)

We read the book Gregory The Terrible Eater. He was a goat trying to eat healthy. (Evalynn and Rylan)

For project we sorted good foods and not healthy foods. (Abby)

For writing we wrote about grains. Grains give us energy. (Hayden)

We did our poem. We practiced the word “go”. (Maya)

We did Zero the Hero Stomp. (Kent)

We did morning meeting. (Adalynn)

Caring Cougars Sponsored Donation Drive     

November 19th-December 12th

Hunger for Heroes Food Drive- Students may bring nonperishable foods to the bins in the commons.

We are also collecting items to assist Veterans at Welcome Home in Columbia. 

They need the following items:

Laundry Baskets

XL Twin Size Sheet sets

Pillows

Cough drops

Chap Stick

All donations may be brought to the commons area.  Thank you so much for your donations.

Tomorrow we will be making a friendship fruit salad to celebrate learning about the fruit group! Please have your child bring in one piece of fruit to add to the fruit salad! Please make sure they are washed beforehand! Please send fruits like apples, oranges, pears, kiwi, watermelon, etc. cut into slices or pieces. A small package of berries, bananas, grapes, etc. can be sent in whole. Thank you!!

On Tuesday, November 20th, we will be having a Healthy Food Feast to celebrate our nutrition unit/Thanksgiving! If you would like to donate items or volunteer your time to help with set up/clean up then please sign up using this link! Sign up here!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to Makerspace. We got to build Legos. (Stella)

We went to library. (Abby)

We did inside recess. (Azayla)

We had morning meeting. (Kent)

We did writing. We wrote about what we did over the weekend. (Hayden)

We did math. We played 10 in a circle. All the cubes are black except one red. When you say 10 you try not to land on red. (Aster)

We did the poem. Our word of the week is “go”. (Maya)

We did Fundations. Our new letters are d and s. (Evalynn)

We did a GoNoodle. (James)

We read a book and talked about food groups. (Will C.)

We did a short Daily 5. (Parker)

We are doing closing meeting. (Grayson)

We did morning buzz. (Adalynn)

Attached is an Everyday Math parent online resource document that might be helpful! There are some great math games your student can access through this site! The CPS student portal has many additional resources/games that are fun to do at home as well!

On Wednesday, we will be making a friendship fruit salad to celebrate learning about the fruit group! Please have your child bring in one piece of fruit to add to the fruit salad! Please make sure they are washed beforehand! Please send fruits like apples, oranges, pears, kiwi, watermelon, etc. cut into slices or pieces. A small package of berries, bananas, grapes, etc. can be sent in whole. Thank you!!

On Tuesday, November 20th, we will be having a Healthy Food Feast to celebrate our nutrition unit/Thanksgiving! If you would like to donate items or volunteer your time to help with set up/clean up then please sign up using this link! Sign up here!

PTC schedule is attached if you need it! I am looking forward to meeting with all of you this week! I will try my very best to keep on schedule! Please plan on arriving a few minutes before your scheduled time if you can! Fifteen minutes goes by very quickly!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. We painted in art. (Will C. and Aster)

We had 4th grade buddies come. We made pumpkins. (Azayla)

Today is Will C.’s birthday! We had his birthday snack. He brought GoGoSqueez. He got to pick out a book and a ribbon from the office. (Stella)

We did Fundations. We wrote a and g. (James)

We did read aloud. We made our Little Red Hen puppets. (Rylan and Evalynn)

We sang happy birthday to Will. (Kent)

We did Daily 5. (Hayden)

We did writing. We told what we would do to help The Little Red Hen. (Maya)

We did a GoNoodle. (Adalynn)

In the folder you will find some homework for our upcoming nutrition unit.

On Wednesday, we will be making a friendship fruit salad to celebrate learning about the fruit group! Please have your child bring in one piece of fruit to add to the fruit salad! Please make sure they are washed beforehand! Please send fruits like apples, oranges, pears, kiwi, watermelon, etc. cut into slices or pieces. A small package of berries, bananas, grapes, etc. can be sent in whole. Thank you!!

On Tuesday, November 20^th, we will be having a Healthy Food Feast to celebrate our nutrition unit/Thanksgiving! If you would like to donate items or volunteer your time to help with set up/clean up then please sign up using this link! Sign up here!

Have a great weekend! I am attaching a list of great math websites if you are looking for some fun math activities!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to music. We read a book. (James and Aster)

We got a number and we showed it in different ways. (Evalynn and Caroline)

We did Daily 5. (Parker)

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

Mrs. Baker came. She is counselor. We made a craft with fish and turned it into a big fish and we read a book. We learned about teamwork. (Stella and Kent) They read Swimmy by Leo Lionni

We made a craft in music that we got to color and find the words that start with the same instruments. (Rylan)

We are eating snack. (Hayden)

We did a Little Red Hen project. We had to put it in the right order. (Adalynn)

We did math workstations. (Grayson)

No folders coming home tonight! They will come home tomorrow!

Have a wonderful night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to P.E. We did stations. We had 3 groups. We did volleyball and you also had to keep a balloon up. In P.E. we had a tornado drill. (James, Stella, and Aster)

We did Daily 5. (Maya)

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

Mrs. Zapata came. We talked about protein. We had a food tasting. We ate green eggs and ham. (Adalynn and Rose)

We had snack. (Caroline)

We had read aloud. We read The Little Red Hen book and we acted it out. (Alice and Azayla)

We did writing. We did Weekend News. (Rylan)

We did morning buzz. (Hayden)

Parent Teacher Conferences are next week! The schedule is attached!

I know we have a lot of birthdays and half birthdays coming up! Here is what it says in the Kindergarten Tidbits (also on my website) about birthdays…

Birthdays

On your child’s birthday, you may send store-bought or homemade, individually wrapped snacks (no drinks, please). You may drop off the snack in the office or send it with your child that morning. Kindergarten teachers love healthy snacks (granola bars, trail mix, fruit, etc.)! No cupcakes, cakes, or cookie cakes please. If your child has a summer birthday, it may be celebrated on your child’s half-birthday or in May. Please make arrangements with your child’s teacher. Be sure to check in advance for specific food allergies.

Birthday invitations may be passed out at school ONLY if ALL classmates are invited. If you plan to invite only some classmates, please get addresses from the Mill Creek Directory and then send them via U.S. Postal Service. Teachers cannot give out personal information.

We have 0 allergies and 21 kids! Thanks!

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. We got to type like closing meeting. We wrote words. (Azayla, Aster, and James)

We go to check out books. (Hayden)

We made some hats. (Will C.) We will act out The Little Red Hen story next week!

We read The Little Red Hen. (Abby)

We had morning meeting. (Kent)

Today was our toy party. (Maya)

We did Fundations. We wrote a and g. We also wrote it on our boards. (Evalynn)

We did math. Mrs. Hotchkiss told us to put our block somewhere. (Parker)

We had to write our word wall words. (Kennedy)

We did writing. We did our last page of our book. It said, “The bat is black.”. (Rylan)

We did a brain break. (Adalynn)

We did Daily 5. (Grayson)

We wrote numbers. We couldn’t look at people’s pages. (Caroline)

We are doing closing meeting. (Evalynn)

In the folder you will find a Social Growth and Work Habits update. Please review, talk with your student, and initial to return to school on Wednesday. I will be using these reports to fill out the grade card. These will come home the week of conferences (schedule attached).  

On your child's Social Growth and Work Habits 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 grade card. 

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 grade card. If they are above this score they will receive the check or “Satisfactory” mark on the grade card. 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!
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Have a great weekend!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had morning meeting. (Kent)

We went to art. We imagined what we could see if we could fly. We had a substitute. (Abby and Evalynn)

On November 9th it’s Will C.’s birthday! (Rylan) Forgot to add this to the calendar coming home today! It is also attached.

We did morning buzz. (Kennedy)

We had Daily 5. (Aster)

We did math workstations. (Maya)

We did our word games. (James)

We did writing. We wrote in our books. (Hayden)

We did a brain break. (Adalynn)

We read The Little Red Hen and did a page with it. (Parker) We are working on retelling a story!

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

We sorted things longer than a marker and shorter than a marker. (Grayson)

Bring a Toy to School Celebration!

Our class earned another set of 100 Cougar Tickets! To celebrate, the class voted to have a “Bring Your Favorite Toy to School” party! We will be doing this tomorrow, Friday, November 2nd! Each student can bring one small toy to school. This could be a small bag of legos or blocks, an action figure, a doll, stuffed animal, toy car, etc. No toy weapons please! Students can bring an electronic toy (such as a DS or small tablet) if the sound can be turned off or headphones can be plugged in. Please make sure it is fully charged or has new batteries. Please do not send valuable electronic toys because these toys will be unsupervised at times (recess, specials, etc.) Students will have the opportunity to play with these items at specific points in the school day. They will only be allowed to play with the toy in the classroom setting (not bus line, etc.) Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you!

Have a great night!