Thank you for the beautiful flowers, cards, candy and gifts on Valentine's Day.   Ya'll are so special to us!

Love,

Mrs Harrison, Mrs Rodgers and Mrs Whitten

In the Classroom:

Words of the week one and ten

letter/handwriting/sound:Tt

Theme:  Presidents/Begin Dinosaur study

Math:  Time (telling time to the hour)

DONUTS FOR DADS!  DONUTS FOR DADS!

When:  Thursday, March 1

Time:  8:15-9:00

Room:  102

Get ready for donuts, coffee and some singing!!!!  Invites coming home next week!  We look forward to seeing our DADS on March 1st.

This time of year is so exciting in Kindergarten!  Little learners begin to sprout.  Please continue to offer support at home-academically and emotionally. 

*Spend 1 on 1 time with your child reading

*Work on Sight Words

*Pull out the little sight word readers we have sent home this year-some students are beginning to take off. 

*Be patient-all children develop at different stages/times

*Please know we are here to support you and your child :)

Happy Valentine's Week.  We love and appreciate our hardworking students.

In the classroom: 

Math:  Time (understanding morning, afternoon and night and telling time to the hour)

Letter/Sound/Handwriting:Ss

Theme:  Abe Lincoln and Comparing/Contrasting Lincoln and Washington

Words of the Week:  look and this (last 2 words on the green row)

Writing Workshop:  Writing about our Presidents

Shared Reading:  Discussing favorite parts of a book/drawing pictures about stories

Around GM:

Monday, February 13th-Reading Night 6-8 and Foundation 7pm

Friday, February 17th-Box Tops are DUE!!!!!

Friday, February 17th-Spring Pictures

Monday, February 20th-HOLIDAY NO SCHOOL

Nuts and Bolts:

Remember Valentine Boxes are due February 13th.  Please make a valentine card for each student in the class.......PLEASE do not put names in the "to" column.....only have your child sign the card.  This makes distribution of cards much easier.....thanks so much for your understanding and help.

KINDERKEYS:  Please have your child do kinderkeys weekly.  Also, we need a hard copy of the assignment-emailing us a copy works, too.

I enjoyed seeing many families at the GM Gala on Saturday.  What a fun evening out with our GM friends!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!!!!

In the Classroom:

Math:  Money (penny, nickel, dime and quarter)/Trade money

Theme:  Presidents and American Symbols

Handwriting/Sound/Letter:  Rr

Words if the Week:  make and come

Shared Reading:  preview and predict a text, introduce genres, looking at photograhs/illustrations

Around GM:

Tuesday, February 7th-O'Charley's Spirit Night 5-8

Wednesday, February 8th-New Kindergarten Parent Meeting

Thursday, February 9th-Math Game Night 6:30

Monday, February 13th-Reading Night 6-8

Friday, February 17th-Box Tops Due and Spring Picture Day

Monday, February 20th-STUDENT HOLIDAY

Tuesday, February 21st-Cici's Spirit Night 5-8

Nuts and Bolts:

Please continue working on the rainbow words

Don't forgewt to do your KINDERKEYS each week

Don't forget Valentine boxes are due February 13th

If we send a review sheet home with your child, please reinforce this skill(s) at home. 

Donuts for Dads is Thursday, March 1st.......

Time:  8:15

Place:  Room 102

Invitation to follow

Please allow your child to bring a teddy bear to school on Friday, February 3rd.  Please send a bear that will fit inside the bookbag.  If you don't have a bear....no worries......bring/send another special stuffed animal.

Thanks,

Lisa and Jill

What a blast we had on the 100th day of school!  All the kids looked ADORABLE!!!!!!  WE had fun talking and acting like a 100 year old person.  We did 100 day activities, counted 100 cupcakes and read 100 day books.  What is next on the agenda?

In the classroom

Math:  Money

Shared Reading:  Fiction and Non-fiction and self-text connections

Theme:  Bears/Ground Hog's Day

Words:  play and for

Letter/sound/handwriting:Qq

*****Bear homework assignment is coming home on Monday!!!! 

Dear Parents,

I just wanted to let you know that, as a gala auction item, the kindergarten team is offering "Munchies and a Moonwalk."

This will be for 12 lucky students. Bounce away with the kindergarten team after school at GM for approximately 1.5 hours.  Fun snacks provided.  Top two bids for each teacher.  Date and time to be worked out between teachers and parents.

The Gala Auction will be held February 4, 2012 at Olde Towne Athletic Club from 7 to 11 PM. Tickets are on sale at http://gmefoundation.org - $35 and $45 at the door or you can Download 2012GALATicketformto purchase tickets in advance. Visit the website for a sample of items to bid on. All proceeds go back to GMEF.

The proceeds will be used to improve our school by providing funding for programs such as technology, educational curriculum and facility improvements. The GMEF will accumulate and distribute resources beyond those provided by Cobb County or the PTA, in order to further enhance, foster and enrich the educational experiences of all students at Garrison Mill.

Thank you for your support!

Happy 100th Day of School!  Friday, January 27th is the 100th day of school-hard to believe! We can't wait to celebrate this special day with the children. 

Theme:  Winter/Penguins

Math:  Numbers 10-30

Letter/Handwriting/Sound:  Pp

Words of the Week:  run and like

Shared Reading:  Understanding speech bubbles in a story, looking for word patterns and preview a story before reading it!

Writing Workshop:  Writing "real" information about penguins

Friday's Theme:  100th Day Activities in the classroom!

Around GM:

Tuesday, January 24th:  Spirit Night at Paradise Grille and South of the Border 5-8pm

Friday, January 27th-School Dance 6:30 and RFL Baseball Cap Day

Friday, January 27th-100th Day of school

Nuts and Bolts:

Please continue working on the sight words with your child.

Thursday, January 26th-Our class visits the GM Library

This time of the year is VERY CRITICAL AND ACADEMIC...please make sure your child comes to school on time, well-rested and ready to learn.  There are few breaks in the upcoming months-we are ready to teach, teach, teach and the students to learn, learn, learn!  Expect some at home projects each month!

We will begin to send home notices regarding particular skills your child may need extra help on.  Please take the time to work on the skill(s) with your child (ex counting 0-30, number recognition sounding out/writing words).

PLEASE REMEMBER A TOWEL EACH WEEK!

We hope you had a wonderful winter break!  The kids came back to school ready to listen and learn.  We truly appreciated their cooperation and enthusiasm!  5 months down in Kindergarten.......5 months to go! 

In the classroom:

Math:  Numbers 10-30

Words of the week:  you and are (30 words down.....30 to go)

*****incentive to learn the words********K students that have learned ALL 60 words will be recognized on the morning announcements!  Ready, Set......learn those words!

Letter/Sound/Handwriting:  Oo

Writing:  Continue the writing process-(Capitals, spaces between words and punctuation at the end of sentences).

Theme:  winter/MLK

Around Garrison Mill:

Monday, January 16th:  Student/teacher holiday

Tuesday, January 17th:  Room parent Meeting (only room moms need to attend)

Tuesday, January 17th:  Foundation meeting 7pm

Tuesday, January 24th:  Paradise Grille and South of the Border Spirit Night 5-8pm

Friday, January 27th-School dance and RFL baseball Cap Day (pay 1.00 to wear a hat to school....all proceeds go to our RFL team).

Nuts and Bolts

What can I do to help my child at home?  Here are a few suggestions.....please only spend 10-15 minutes a night working on "unofficial homework".

Learn those RAINBOW WORDS-Kindergarten has 60 sight words.....1st grade has 220 sight words!!!!!!

Number RECOGNITION 0-30

Write numbers 0-30

Sounds of our letters (consonants and vowel-short and long)

Here is a great website to use at home to help with phonics/letters/reading:

www.starfall.com

Continue reading the "little reading books" we send home-this is the time of year kids start catching on to the reading and writing process.

Read books to your child....let them her your tone and fluency level!  Exposure is the key to reading.

Thanks for all your help and dedication.  This statement is so true-It takes a village to raise a child.  We appreciate that you VALUE your child's education.

REMEMBER-If your child does not bring a warm coat to school, he/she may not go outside during the winter months (please write your child's name in the coat).

We have a few coats hanging around in the classroom......not getting claimed.....???

Items needed in the classroom:

Lysol/Clorox wet wipes-we are constanly wiping down the tables to keeps the germ levels down.

Quart size zip lock bags

In the classroom: 

Theme:  Holidays

Math:  Ordinal Numbers (1st-10th)

Letter/Sound/Handwriting:  Mm

Words of the week:  he and we (after winter break, we will be on the green words)

Shared Reading:  Identifying the main character, setting and problem of the story

Writing Workshop:  Theme writing

Around Garrison Mill:

Monday, December 12th-Foundation meeting 7pm

Wednesday, December 21st-Holiday party 9:30-10:30

Thursday, December 22nd-End of 9 weeks

Friday, December 23-January 9th-Winter Break!!

PLAIN WHITE T-SHIRT NEEDED (keepsake project)!!!!  We have started painting our t-shirts in class......if you haven't sent in a t-shirt, please do so by Monday, December 12th......after that, we can not accept any t-shirts.....and your child will not make this special project (missing 10 t-shirts from students).  

Mrs Pittner's last day in this classroom is Friday, December 16th-Please have your child make her a goodbye card.  She has done an AMAZING job with the students.  She has taken such an interest in each child.......She will truly be missed!

On another note, Mrs Rodgers will return to class on Monday, December 19th-I know the children will be glad to have her back :)