An Adventure Around The World

Our Fall Carnival is right around the corner! It is on Thursday, October 23rd. We have the "Needle In A Haystack" booth and I will be sending home letters about having you volunteer for this booth. It is from 6-9 and we usually do a 30 minute block of time for you to help out. Please start thinking about if you will be able to volunteer!

Open House

Thanks to all of those who attended our Open House. It was nice to meet some new parents! I hope you have a better idea of what we do in the classroom on a daily basis. Please don't hesitate to call or email me if you should have any questions!

Bulletin Board

Check out our Standards Based Bulletin Board outside our room. We have been learning about different patterns during our Math Investigations. We had a Clifford Day where we made hats and patterned bones!

Science!

We are learning about our 5 senses in Science. I brought lemon for the kids to taste and vinegar for them to smell! They loved this hands on activity.

Field Trip T-Shirts

A green field trip t-shirt form was sent home in your child's planner last week. Please make sure you look it over and purchase a shirt if you can. I like for the children to be in the same color when we go on field trips. Please make sure you send in the exact amount of cash when placing the order! Thanks!

Room Parent

Mrs. Wilson (Luke's mom) has expressed that she is willing to take on the co-room parent responsibility. This is basically helping organize classroom parties, special events and Pow Wow, which is coming up in November! If anyone is willing to help her out, it would be greatly appreciated! Please email me if you are interested and I will pass on your information to her.
Thanks so much

Calendar Math

Calendar Math is an important part of our day. We begin each math time with exploring the calendar math elements. This month we are learning ones and tens, days of the week, months of the year and birthdays! The children get very excited to do math everyday and to sing new songs that help us learn.

Literacy Stations

We have begun to explore our literacy stations! The children are very excited about it and it keeps them engaged in learning as I will begin to pull small groups for reading. In these stations, they explore writing, the ABC's and different genres of books!

Supplies and Wish List

I'm sure all of you have heard that Duval County has made several budget cuts this year, one of those cuts being supplies! It would be so GREAT if I could get your help with supplies this year! Items we still need off our wish list are:
1. 12 single metal hooks for hanging backpacks on
2. plain white copy paper
3. colored Expo markers
4. white cardstock
5. a 4 step, step stool (I'm short and can't hang charts high on the walls!)
6. books by Eric Carle
7. Books by Laura Numeroff

If I think of anything else or you think of anything, please let me know! We can ALWAYS use supplies and thank you in advance!

Fun Friday Snack

At Orientation, I had a sign up sheet for Fun Friday Snack. It can be a simple as gummies or cookies for the whole class. We have 24 students and not all of the Fridays were taken. All of September has been covered! Look back for updates about October. Thanks for the help.

Reading Bags

Today I introduced reading bags to the students. These were the red and white bags that you purchased from Target. They are going to stay at school and will have leveled books in them for the students to read when they finish seat work. This will help the students become organized and learn how to be responsible for their things at school!