February, 26th

I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend! This next week coming up is a little different because of the teacher work day on Wednesday. Also a reminder that Tuesday evening is our open house! It is just a time of families to come into the classrooms and look around, and see the fun things their students have been doing. It is different from back to school night because we won’t have any presentations or anything. Just a fun time for families and the school to get together.

Focus wall:

Pictures are always fun, so here are some pictures from our Math Work Station time!

Students doing math on our interactive board

Students reading math books to eachother

Quack shake and spill. Students have to say how many are on the duck and how many are off, and how much it makes all together.

Students practicing patterns

Candy land turned into math game! Read it, write it , count it.

Notes:

·        On February 4^th, our class is going to the public Library. This is a very relaxed field trip. We are going for a few hours to get a tour of the library, have a story time, look a books, and play. We won’t be checking out any books during this time. We are taking one class at a time so we do not need parent volunteers, though they are always welcome!

·        Just a reminder that class does start at 8:30. I know it is sometimes hard to get there on time, but please try because this is still valuable learning time in the morning. Students always have some type of work to do when they come in, and this is a time I get to work with students individually. Missing 1o minutes every day totals to almost a week of school a year!!! It really does add up.

1/13

Good Afternoon I hope everyone has had a lot of relaxation and rest this weekend. As most of you know we have had a lot of sick students last week, however I hope we are all at the tail end of it, and we can some back next week healthy and energized!

This last week we were able to finish most of our Dibels testing; we will finish the last few next week. I am excited to share how all of the students are doing. I might be a little biased but I think we have some amazing students here! 

In math we have been working on building numbers and taking apart numbers. We use math sentences like 2 and 3 make 5. The students have done great with this; most received 100% on their tests. Next week we get to start addition!

In Social Studies we have been learning about the weather and seasons. In art we made the four seasons with our hand prints. These will be posted on our open house night, along with writing about our favorite season. 

Last note, this summer we are doing a Summer Educational Camp for grades Kindergarten through 5th grade. Attached is a letter about this. I will as well email the letter out.

Jump Start/ Head Start Letter

Focus Wall: 

Reading: 
I know the last sound in a word. 
I can blend my sounds together. (C-A-T, Cat)

Math:
 I can add numbers up to 5. 
I can count to 100.
I can write numbers to 20.

Social Studies:
I know the different types of clouds.

Bible Verse:
Matthew 4:19
“Come, follow me, “Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Notes:
• If anyone can donate some snacks that would be wonderful. THANK YOU to all of the parents who have already donated, it is much appreciated!
• Open House January 28th @5:30 for Pizza and 6:30 for start time.

1-13-14

1-13-14

I hope everyone has had a great start to their New Years. Our class had a great first week, and it flew by! This week we did a lot of assessments, and they will continue into next week with our Dibel and CBM Tests. The students are doing great though; it is really fun to see how far they have progressed in 4 short months! As the year progresses we will start focusing on reading leveled books, writing letters and stories, and doing  addition and subtraction problems.

Focus:

Our focuses for this week will stay the same.

Notes:

-As everyone probably knows the flu has been going around, so I just wanted to remind parents to wash student’s hands often, make sure they are wearing appropriate attire for outside play, and get lots of rest!

-The 29^th is a teacher work day to complete report cards. If you would like to meet for a parent conference please let me know, otherwise the report cards will be sent home and asked to return. I personally like parent conferences because it gives us time to discuss in person how things are going and answer questions without interruptions, even if it is for a short 20 minute conference.

-The 28^th is our school open house! Our class will be sending home invitations, but please put it on your calendars now! It is a fun time for the kids to show you around the room and show off all their hard work.

Mrs. Lee

1-6-14

I hope everyone has enjoyed their winter break! My family had a nice break, though my son was sick for the most of it so we stayed home a lot and relaxed. Needless to say I got a lot of work done!

I tried something new and just took a picture of our focus wall=) Seemed easier!

A few pictures from our concert

12-16-13

Happy Monday to everyone! Sorry my post is running late this week.

Focuses for this week are:

Literacy:

·       I can blend my sounds together to make a word. (The students are doing AMAZING with this! I hope you are seeing this at home as well. I am very proud of their progression in reading!)

Math:

·       I can write my numbers to 20 (For some reason this is harder=( We practice A LOT at school, but this is definitely something easy you can do at home with your children.)

·       I can count to 50!

Bible:

Isaiah 9:6

“For to us a child is born, for to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.”

Social Studies:

·       Birth of Christ

Important Info:

·       Our Program is Friday at 9:30 and we will have cookies and refreshments afterwards in the class. You may either take your child home, or if they can stay for the rest of the day and we will probably play games.

·       If you are able to bring cookies or refreshments that would be great! If not that is okay too=) Home baked goods are welcome.

·       If one or two parents would like to help the day of the program to get students dressed please let me know. Thank you!

~Mrs. Lee

Pictures! and weekly focus

Finally our pictures from the field trip! 

Weeks focus:

Literacy:  I can blend my sounds together to make a word.

   I can segment a word into its sounds.

Math:      I can count to 50!

               I can write my number 1-20.

Bible:       Isaiah 9:6 "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace." (I know this is really long! We practiced the first half last week, so hopefully it won't be as hard. This is the verse we will be doing at our program.)

Social Studies: Attributes (size, shape, color)

Special Notes:

*This Friday is our family field trip! Students will be going with their own family. We will meet at the church to leave at 4:00, then go to McDonalds for dinner, and then drive up to Long View for our Journey. I have heard it a wonderful sight to see. I hope everyone can make it!

-Mrs. Amber Lee

I hope everyone enjoyed their time off! 3 more weeks and then we will have another 2 weeks off!

Focuses for this week:

Literacy:   I can blend my sound together to make a word.

                I can break up words into their sounds.

Math:       I can count to 50.

                I can write my numbers 1-20.

                I know the meaning of more than and less than.

Social Studies: 2-D Shapes

Bible Verse: Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.”

Also, I have pictures from last week, just have to figure out how to upload them from my phone! They made it harder to do, but I will figure it out=)

Important notes:

*I sent home a note from Miss Jones today asking for students to send home ornaments for our ornament exchange on the last day of school before break. She asked for it to be back by the 6^th, but since you received the note this week we can turn them in next week.

Thank you,
Mrs. Lee