Friday, December 4, 2015

Preparing for Winter

Happy December!

This week's focus has been on: How do people and animals prepare for winter?

Some animals hibernate. Some animals migrate. While others adapt. 

To learn more we read:

      
We talked about Characters, Setting, and our favorite part when reading a story. This is a great way to develop comprehension skills. After reading a story ask your child what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Also asked them to tell you the characters and setting of the story.




In Fundations...
We learned letters:
 
and started to identify first/beginning sounds of words. Next week we will move onto end/final sounds. 


In Math...
We learned how to count, write, and read numbers to 20! 




Book Buddies!!
On Friday Second Grade came to our class to share a story. 
We had a blast! We hope to meet twice a month.

                                              

                                              

                                              

                                               













How Room 5 Prepares for winter...

Our class is working diligently to practice "good" health around cold season. 
We are asking students to remember to use hand sanitizer and tissues when necessary. 

In hopes of continuing these great habits we are looking for any donations of tissues, hand sanitizer,or even disinfectant wipes. We appreciate any donations and contributions to our classroom. 
Thank you in advance!


 



 

We are looking forward to having Lowe’s come to Fox Hill on Tuesday, December 15th. The students will be building a train engine that Lowe’s is providing to all students. This will tie nicely into our science curriculum engineering standards.


We will be building the trains at our school. We will be working on this project in the morning 10:00AM to about 11:30AM.


We need to have parents come in to help with this project. If you are interested and have a completed CORI on file in the main office, please contact your child’s teacher by Wednesday, December 9th. 

More information will be sent home as the date draws closer




Polar Express 



On Tuesday, December 22nd, kindergarten will be “traveling” on the Polar Express to the North Pole. (All of the activities will occur in the classroom.) We will read the story, The Polar Express and the students will have a ticket for the “ride”. The students will be doing some Polar Express activities in class as well.

Your child can wear his or her pajamas to school that day and may even bring slippers to change into.  This will be a fun experience for your child and a nice way to end 2015.  

We would love to have some parent volunteers help out on this day. We would need volunteers to help from 9:30-11:30am. If you are able to help, please contact your child’s teacher by Friday, December 11th.




Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!



Happy Thanksgiving From Room 5!

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents and families of Room 5.
You have all helped and supported your child and our classroom.
 Your support is much appreciated and with much gratitude we thank you!

I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and enjoy your time off together. 

We hope all of your special Thanksgiving gifts made it home in one piece and were enjoyed by all. You should be very proud of your child's work over the past couple of months. 
Everyone has worked so hard.  I am so thankful for our students.

Happy Thanksgiving!







































Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Wednesday Reminders

Reminders for Tomorrow...Please read the whole post!

Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 25th will be an early release day.
Dismissal for all students grades K-5 will begin approximately at 11:35am-11:45am.

I have already noted each student's dismissal plan. If there are any changes please write a note or call the office.

Reminder for Parent Pick up:

When picking up your child, please drive your car around the building and wait in the parent pick up line. Teachers are present to supervise and facilitate this process.
Please do not meet or pick up your child in the main lobby on this day.



We did it! 
The children in Room 5 have been working collectively on our behaviors and following classroom rules. We have done so well that we have filled up our thermometer and have earned a prize! We took a vote and decided our class reward would be to bring in 1 toy or stuffed animal to school on Wednesday, November 25th.
Please remember the toy/stuffed animal must be small enough to fit inside your child’s backpack.

**Please remember students are NOT allowed to bring toy weapons**

Thanks and Have a Happy Thanksgiving!