Reminder

There is no school on Monday, January 28th.  This is records day for teachers and it means that you can expect your child's report card to come home in the Friday folder on February 1st.

I had added the February snack calendar under the "links" tab in case you want a sneak peek!  You may also notice there is now a link to Scholastic Book Clubs on the "links" tab.  If you would like to place your book orders online, you can click this link and go directly to scholastic.  You will need to enter our classroom code (H3Q7T) and then click on the book order you want to order from.  Of course, you are still more than welcome to send your order and payment to school and I will be happy to place the order for you.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Changes This Week!!

This past week we welcomed a new student teacher into our classroom!  Welcome to kindergarten Ms. Heckman!  She will be joining us in our classroom until the end of April.

Ms. Heckman is looking forward to teaching your children and will begin this week with a few lessons.  She will gradually build her amount of teaching time each week until she has taken over all teaching responsibilities.  If you are in the building, stop by and say hello.  I know she'd like to meet you all!  As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to me through an email, phone call or note.

Look out!  Here comes a crazy, mixed-up week!  This week students have no school on Monday, January 21 due to teacher professional development.  Thursday and Friday, January 24 & 25, are both half-days of school, with dismissal at 12:15.  Because students won't be eating lunch at school on the half-days, we will have our snack in the morning to help tide them over until they get home.

Also, keep in mind that students do not have school next Monday, January 28th as well because it is teacher records day.

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had a great, relaxing holiday break with lots of family time.  I enjoyed having some extra time to spend with my children!

Just a few reminders...

January 21 - there is no school for students
January 24 & 25 - are half days, dismissal at 12:15, we will have a morning snack on these days because they won't have lunch at school
January 28 - there is no school for students

Have a great week!

Happy Holidays

We had a lot of fun on Thursday with our holiday activities.  We made poinsettia flowers and reindeer, acted out a reindeer story, sang the reindeer pokey and ate reindeer crunchies...our special snack.  We also enjoyed the school sing-along and playing holiday bingo.  Our pizza and fruit lunch was a big hit as well!!  We played a game as part of our gift exchange as well.  Thanks to those of you who contributed items or your time to our day.  We appreciate you!

Friday was a relaxing day in our pajamas!  We wrapped our gifts for our parents, made reindeer food for Christmas Eve and enjoyed watching The Polar Express!

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and thank you for the gifts for the classroom and myself.  It was nice of you to think of me.

We also celebrated Miss Berner's last day with us by presenting her with a special poster.  Each child added his/her hand print and name to the poster to remember us by. We are lucky that Miss Berner is staying in the area and will be able to stop in to see us again!

You will notice this week there is no newsletter, homework or reading books.  Enjoy your holiday!

Happy Holidays

It's the time of year that is both busy and fun!  It's the holidays!  We are learning about many different holidays and traditions around the world throughout the month of December.  We began last week with a couple of Christmas felt board stories and making a paper chain to count down the days until Christmas.  This week we have been learning about France's paper cracker tradition, Hanukkah - both lighting the menorah and the dreidel game, Germany - who started the Christmas tree tradition, and Sweden's St. Lucia Day where the oldest daughter brings breakfast in bed to the rest of her family.  Next week we look forward to learning about Kwanzaa-the flag, the lighting of the kinara and the masks, England's tradition of sending cards and making cookies, and Spain and Mexico's holiday flower-the poinsettia.  We will also have two days dedicated to reindeer fun - we will read both fiction and nonfiction books about reindeer, make reindeer snacks and create reindeer art.  We will end the week with our holiday "party" - a pizza lunch on Thursday, along with a few fun activities and our book gift exchange and on Friday - pajama day and The Polar Express movie with popcorn and hot cocoa. 

Please remember to send in: a new, wrapped book (girls bring a book for a girl, boys for a boy) for our gift exchange.  Also, please be sure to send in your donation for the party (if you received a note) by Wednesday, December 19th. 

Happy Holidays!

November

It's hard to believe that November has come and gone!  We have been so busy learning!  Be sure to check out the photo page to see your child in action at school.  You will notice pictures of math workstations - the time in our day when we practice what we have learned during our math lessons.  You will also see photos of your child reading during our independent reading time, called Read to Self.  Enjoy!  Be sure to check back often...I will update as often as I can!

Welcome!

Welcome to our classroom website!  I hope to share information, pictures and helpful links with you on this website throughout the year.  The site is still under construction so be sure to come back often to see what is new!