Field Day was a BLAST! Thanks to everyone who volunteered or sent in cookies and juice! The kids had such a great time. It's gotten us all ready for BEACH DAY!
Monday, June 3, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Time Flies!
It's hard to believe that I am preparing summertime activities for our rising FIRST GRADERS! It's amazing how time flies! Above you will find a “50 Days of Summer Activities” calendar for the kids which includes reading, writing, art, science, and dramatic play activities. This is designed to motivate your child to continue producing, imagining, and thinking critically during the summer days. While it is not necessary to complete each and every activity, please encourage him or her to try as many as they can. The activities will provide the stimulation that is needed to support and continue creative concepts during your child’s time away from school.
For more information and leveled book lists, check out these websites:
DON'T FORGET!
May 30th- Animal
Parade
May 31st- Field Day
(pack a lunch / wear tie dye t-shirt)
June 3rd-
Kindergarten Picnic (pack a lunch)
June 5th- Beach Day
(send in $5 for snow cone and pizza)
June 7th- Science Go
Round (pack a lunch)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Lots of things are going on!
Feeling Appreciated
Teacher Appreciation week was filled with lots of surprises and goodies! Mrs. Dawes and I were so thankful for your thoughtful and generous gifts. Thank you so much for all you do to support us!
Thursday, May 30 - Animal Parade
The Kindergarten Animal Parade will begin at 8:45. This is a very exciting for students and gives them a chance to show off their projects and hard work! If your child is wearing a costume as part of their project, please have them dressed before they enter the classroom. Please remember projects are due Friday, May 24th.
Fabulous Finale
It’s hard to believe that the end of the school year is quickly approaching! We want to celebrate what a great year we have had with our Final Finale! Listed below are the themes/activities for each day. There is also a Beach Day supply and volunteer sign-up located under “Important Classroom Links”. Please note that this is the sign-up for the entire Kindergarten. Thanks in advance for helping us make this week a blast for the kids!
Friday, May 31 – Field Day
Field Day for K-2 students will be held at Kiwanis Park from 10:45-12:15. Many games will be played outside, so please have your child dress appropriately (no sandals). There will also be activities involving water, in which your child may get wet, so please send in an extra complete change of clothes. You are encouraged to apply sunscreen on your child before they come to school.
Other Important School and Classroom Dates and Reminders
School Supplies
Just wanted to remind you of the fabulous opportunity we have this year to purchase our school supplies early and have them waiting on our children's desk in their new room in the fall. We have had a great response thus far, but if you would like to order, please go to www.epipacks.com and put in the code JOY014. Simple and done!
Student Class Assignment Input
If you are interested in completing this survey regarding your child’s first grade placement, please do so by June 1. You can access this survey through Member Hub or Mrs. Hutchinson’s principal blog.
Upcoming Dates:
Friday, May 24 – Animal Project Due
Monday, May 27 – No School, Memorial Day
Thursday, May 30 at 8:45 – Animal Parade
Friday, May 31 from 10:45-12:15 – Field Day
Wednesday, June 5 from 8:45-11:00 – Beach Day
Friday, June 7 – Science Go Around
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Mother's Day Tea
Please join us for our Mother's Day Tea
Wednesday, May 8th at 9:15
All of the students published a Mother's Day tribute through JAG Publishing Center. The authors would like to read their tribute and enjoy refreshments with you. We hope all our mothers are able to join us!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Upcoming Events
Kindergarten Orientation
Mother's Day Kindergarten Author's Tea
May 8, 2013
9:15-10:00
Please join us to honor all of our Kindergarten authors. All of the students published a Mother's Day tribute through JAG Publishing Center. The authors would like to read their tribute and enjoy refreshments with you. We hope all our mothers are able to join us!
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Marbles
We had such a great time at Marbles! A HUGE thanks to all the parents who chaperoned! The kids enjoyed all areas of the museum. After exploring the museum we all had lunch together and then headed to the IMAX theater. We watched "Born to be Wild" in 3D. This movie was about two special women who take in orphaned elephants and orangutans. We watched how the women and their helpers care for and feed the babies as well as prepare them for their future life, back in the wild. We all loved the movie and learned a lot about what animals need to survive. It was the perfect way to kick off our animal unit! I have posted pictures from the trip in a slide show to the right. ENJOY!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
WELCOME BACK!
Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break and are enjoying the beautiful weather that finally decided to find us! I am looking forward to seeing all of the kids on Tuesday. (I will not be at school tomorrow. I have an off campus “School Improvement Plan” meeting.) Below you will see pictures from our “Seussical” field trip and our Spring Scavenger hunt. There are also a few from when Graham shared a Czech tradition with us before Spring Break. Enjoy!
Everyone really enjoyed "Seussical"!
Bunnies, ready to hunt!
Hunting for "SPRING"!
Everyone was really interested in learning about a Czech tradtion.
Daily Five
This week we’ll focus on using fluency and comprehension strategies while reading. Please see these new CAFÉ strategies below.
1. Move Through the Word – read tricky words by moving your finger through the entire word to help you sound it out
2. Say the word slowly, s-t-r-e-t-c-h it out – when you come to a tricky word, move through the word and stretch out the sounds to help you read the word
3. Blend the sounds together – after you stretch the sounds in a word, go back and blend the sounds together
4. Use a Smooth Voice – use a combination of decoding skills to read the words quickly and accurately
5. Retell the Story – discussing the characters, setting, and sequence of events in a story (first, next, then, last…)
Letterland/Word Work
We will continue learning about digraphs sh, ch, th, wh (ex. ship, wash, chick, which, thing…), as well as words with double consonants –ff and –ll. We will also continue to review long and short vowels in words.
Writer’s Workshop
This week we'll focus on using the vocabulary "first, next, then, and last" when writing a story. This will lead into procedural writing, which is writing that teaches the reader how to do something. We continue to work on writing complete sentences related to our topic using capitalization, spacing, and ending punctuation. We are also working on taking our stories from our head, to our hand, to our paper. Remember to encourage your child to write the sounds they hear, even when it results in a misspelled word! The important thing is for your child to recognize themselves as a writer and use what they know to tell their story! We are also learning that “When I think I’m done, I’ve just begun!” This focuses on writers adding more details to their picture and their words before starting a new piece.
Sight Words
I, see, like, my, the, can, am, we, will, go, to, play, he, she, and, made, is, went, said, love, with, what, here, are, they, you
Math
We will compare numbers using vocabulary “more than” and “less than”. We will focus on “one more than” and “one less than” this week.
IB Attitudes
empathy, appreciation, curiosity, commitment, cooperation
Upcoming Dates and Reminders:
Third Quarter Conferences- I will post a link soon for those of you who would like to schedule a conference!
Kindergarten will be going on a field trip to Marbles on Friday, April 12th. We will explore the museum and see an IMAX movie. Please return the permission form and payment as soon as possible. The online payment option is also available to the right. We would love to have chaperones during our “exploring” time. Unfortunately, the IMAX theater is not large enough to accommodate parents as well as our 134 kindergarteners, but we’d love to have you before the movie! Please let me know if you are interested in chaperoning and I will email you with the details!
Thursday, April 18 – Night of Nonsense (more information coming soon!)
Friday, April 19 – Early Release
Monday, March 25, 2013
Reminders
Marbles Field Trip
Spring Scavenger Hunt
A huge thanks to all the parents who have signed-up to bring
in supplies and/or volunteer their time! We would love to have all supplies by
Friday, March 22!
Yearbooks
The deadline for ordering yearbooks in March 26th. If you
are interested in ordering and need an order form please either let me know via
email/OTIS, stop by the front office and pick one up, or visit https://jyj.memberhub.com/. Thanks!
Dates to Remember
Wednesday, March 27th- Spring Scavenger Hunt
Thursday, March 28th- Teacher Workday, no school for
students
Friday, March 29th- Holiday
April 1st- April 5th- Spring Break
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Weekly Update
What's been going on?
Reminders
Our class has been working very hard to earn 10 compliments
from other teachers and adults at school. The class can earn compliments by
walking in a straight and quiet line, helping our friends, and making good
choices even when they think no one is watching! We finally earned our 10th
compliment and we celebrated on Friday! The kids voted and decided they wanted to
celebrate with an iPad party. It was great! Now we are working to earn 10 more,
this time, for a donut party!
This week we will continue learning new strategies for reading, begin working on blends (ex. --ck like in pick) in Letterland, review 2d and 3d shapes, and take a break from our author study to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! On Friday we will be hunting for a leprechaun, if you would like to send any goodies for his cauldron, feel free...but don't tell the kids!!!
Field Trip
Kindergarten is going on a field trip ON MONDAY at 9:00 to
see Seussical, a musical of Dr. Seuss’s most loved stories narrated by the Cat
in the Hat himself!
Lunch:
Please Bring a Bag Lunch MONDAY!!!
We will be eating in our classroom once we return.
WEAR YOUR KINDERGARTEN JYJ T-Shirt MONDAY!
WEAR YOUR KINDERGARTEN JYJ T-Shirt MONDAY!
Scavenger Hunt
We will have a Spring Scavenger Hunt on Wednesday, March 27th.
Check out the sign up sheet to see if you can help!
Important Dates
Monday, March 11th- Seussical Field Trip
Friday, March 15th- Early Release
Wednesday, March 27th- Spring Scavenger Hunt
Thursday, March 28th- Teacher Workday, no school for students
Friday, March 29th- Holiday
April 1st- April 5th- Spring Break
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Last week we celebrated Dr. Seuss by reading many of his
books and participating in corresponding reading, writing, and art activities. This
was such a fun author study! This week we will continue our series of author
studies with Laura Numeroff.
We have added many reading strategies to our CAFÉ board.
While reading at home, ask your child to use the following strategies/tools:
1.Check for Understanding – think and discuss the story as
you read, if you don’t understand or remember, go back and reread
2. Look at the pictures – take a picture walk before reading
and preview the story
3. Check the picture – when you come to a tricky word, check
the picture to help you decide what makes sense
4. Get your mouth ready - look at the first letter and get your mouth ready to read
4. Get your mouth ready - look at the first letter and get your mouth ready to read
5. Look at the cover and think about the story – helps to
understand and predict what you are going to read, also gets your brain focused!
6. Remember New Words – stop and discuss vocabulary meaning
while reading or any other time
7. Touch each word as you read – helps you become more
accurate and fluent
Letterland/Word Work
We have been learning about the five Vowel Men in
Letterland. The Vowel Men say their names in words (long vowel sounds). This
week we will continue working with vowels, both long and short.
Writer’s Workshop
We continue to work on writing complete sentences related to
our topic using capitalization, spacing,
and ending punctuation. We are also working on taking our stories from our
head, to our hand, to our paper. One way you can help your child become a
better writer is to encourage them to write the sounds they hear, even when it
results in a misspelled word! The
important thing right now is for your child to recognize themselves as a writer
and use what they know to tell their story!
Sight
Words
I, see, like, my, the, can, am, we, will, go, to, play, he, she, and,
made, is, went, said, love, with, what
IB Attitudes
empathy, appreciation, curiosity, commitment
Updates & Reminders
-Year Book Order Forms are due by March 26th - $16.00
-I have added new dates/times to sign up for Book and Bite and Mystery Reading
-There is a new link to a document that contains sight words. You can print these to keep at home and review with your child. These are words we want them to know by heart!
When:
Monday, March 11 at 9:45
(Buses leave campus around 9:00, the show is approximately one hour.)
Monday, March 11 at 9:45
(Buses leave campus around 9:00, the show is approximately one hour.)
Where:
Memorial Auditorium,Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium,
Cost:
$12.00/student
Please use the “Online School Payment” link to pay for the field trip OR send in a check made payable to Joyner, if you have not already.
$12.00/student
Please use the “Online School Payment” link to pay for the field trip OR send in a check made payable to Joyner, if you have not already.
Permission Slip:
A permission slip was sent home last week. Please make sure you have completely filled out both sides and return it ASAP!
A permission slip was sent home last week. Please make sure you have completely filled out both sides and return it ASAP!
Lunch:
Please bring a bag lunch that day. We will be eating in our classroom once we return.
Please bring a bag lunch that day. We will be eating in our classroom once we return.
This is going to be such a fun field trip!
Monday, February 18, 2013
Weekly Update
Thank you to everyone who sent in items to help with our Valentine's Day Celebration! It was a blast and our snack was delicious!
We also had a mystery reader last week...Breyson's Dad!
What's going on?
Daily Five
Daily Five is going really well. The children enjoy
this time each day. We have begun learning strategies to use when reading. So
far, we know…
1. Check for Understanding (think in your head about the
characters, setting, and events as you read)
2. Look at the pictures (use pictures to help with unknown
words)3. Get your mouth ready (look at the first letter and get your mouth read to read)
Letterland
We are almost finished teaching each letter for mastery. We are
looking forward to working on blends and digraphs soon!
Sight
Words
I, see, like, my, the, can, am, we, will, go, to, play, he, she, and, made, is, went, said, love
I, see, like, my, the, can, am, we, will, go, to, play, he, she, and, made, is, went, said, love
Math
Solving addition and subtraction problems up to 10
IB Attitudes
empathy, appreciation, curiosity, commitment
Updates & Reminders
-Science-Go-Round: Friday, February 22, 2013; 8:30 – 2:00 We will be eating in our classroom on Friday so please send a packed lunch!
-JY Joyner Healthy Choice Marathon
*Accept the challenge to read for 20 minutes, exercise, and
eat healthy each day!5K Fun Walk/Run, Celebration & Health Fair: Sunday, March 3; 2:00
-Year Book Order Forms are due by March 26th - $16.00
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Busy, Busy, Busy!
GO BAGS!
Your child will be bringing home their Go Bag on Monday. This bag contains 3 leveled books and 1 good fit book. These leveled books are on your child's individual reading level and they should be able to read these books with little assistance from you. They are a great way to improve your child's reading! The Go Bags will always go home on Monday and are returned on Thursday. They should stay at home or be kept in your child’s backpack until Thursday so you can practice reading with your child every night. On Friday your child will shop for new books to bring home the following week.
Your child will be bringing home their Go Bag on Monday. This bag contains 3 leveled books and 1 good fit book. These leveled books are on your child's individual reading level and they should be able to read these books with little assistance from you. They are a great way to improve your child's reading! The Go Bags will always go home on Monday and are returned on Thursday. They should stay at home or be kept in your child’s backpack until Thursday so you can practice reading with your child every night. On Friday your child will shop for new books to bring home the following week.
BUILDING
We have learned a lot about 2d and 3d shapes. The children had an opportunity this week to show what they have learned by building their own shapes. They were given straws and play-do to work with. Next, they had to figure out how they could use these two materials to build shapes. They did a GREAT job!
At the beginning of the year we ordered blue tie-dye t-shirts. When they finally came in, many of you complained that there were holes or tears in them. We reported the holes to the t-shirt company and they sent us brand new t-shirts! The children were able to wear these new shirts for our in-house field trip on Friday. We hope you like them as much as we do!
VALENTINE’S DAY
We will be having a special Valentine’s Day snack on
Thursday, February 14th. We will also be exchanging Valentine cards
on Thursday. Please check your child’s OTIS on Monday for a class list. Please
make sure you send a card for every child!
100th DAY
I cannot believe we have now been in school for just over
100 days! The year is flying by! To celebrate the 100th day the children
participated in fun centers. They made a necklace with 100 pieces of pasta,
created a 100th day hat, made and enjoyed a snack of 100 yummy
things, drew a picture of themselves at 100, wrote a 100th day book,
and built some really cool things with 100 cups. It was a blast!
MINI-METEOROLOGISTS
We had our in-house field trip on Friday and it was awesome!
The kids learned lots of things about the weather and participated in different
experiments. They tasted a cloud, made a tornado, made snow, and learned about positive
and negative energy. Make sure you check out the slide show!
SCIENCE GO ROUND
We will be participating in a school wide science day on
February 22nd. The children will be rotating from classroom to classroom and
learning lots about science! Our schedule will be wacky that day so please BRING
A BAGGED LUNCH! We will not be eating in the cafeteria.
DON’T FORGET
February 14th – Valentine’s Day
February 15th- Early Release (12:30)
February 18th- No School (Teacher Workday)
February 22nd- Science Go Round
February 14th – Valentine’s Day
February 15th- Early Release (12:30)
February 18th- No School (Teacher Workday)
February 22nd- Science Go Round
IF YOU CAN HELP
We are in need of a few things for our classroom. If you could send in any of the following items it would be greatly appreciated!
-plain white copy paper
-valentine's stickers
-purple and/or silver glitter
-Avery shipping labels
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