Using the Mimio Teach interactive white board

Our class using the interactive white board during Calendar time and Math.

8-29-2016 Newsletter

8-22 Newsletter

Donors Choose Project Funded!

I requested a set of Magnetic Stick-n-Stacks from Donors Choose and it was funded last week. A huge thank you to those who donated to this project. We will be using these during our Engineering Hour on Fridays. I let the students explore them last Friday and they loved them.

No David! Puppets

We had an awesome first week. We got to know each other. We learned some classroom procedures and talked about how to be a good friend. 

Here is a peek of our class making No David puppets after reading the story. After we made them, we told our David puppet about the rules. Also be sure to check out our Instagram feed.

First Day of School Accomplished!

I wish I had pictures to post but, we were pretty much none stop and I didn't sit down once, much less stop to grab my phone and take pictures. I promise to do better. Here is a break down of what we did:

• We learn our non-verbal cues for the bathroom, tissue, & a pencil.
• How to be good listeners.
• Our Class Rules
• Good Coloring- (First Day Hats)
• I read Chrysanthemum and we talked about how to be a good friend and how special our names are.
• Sounds to Letters Routine
• How to line up, use the playground and get food from the cafeteria.
• About how to Raise your hand to get the teacher's attention.
•  Our feelings on the first day.

Tomorrow more on classroom procedures and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Kindergarten Meet and Greet Agenda

During our Meet and Greet the following items will be addressed:

• What to expect the first day of school.
• Where to drop off
• Parents are allowed on campus those first 3 days only
• Parents will not be following students into the classrooms
• Where to pick up at the end of the day
• Putting names on backpacks and lunch boxes
• A short Bio on your child's teacher
• Filling out a paper or online Student Information Form (Completed before you leave.)
• Going over the Behavior Contract.
• A brief overview of what to expect 
• Academic Expectations
• Behavior Expectation
• If you would like to talk to me about your child's needs or your concerns, I would be happy to schedule a conference with you, but this will not be an appropriate setting for that type of conversation.