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Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, May 19, 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – accountability – to be responsibile Quote of Week - Every pot must sit on his own bottom Greeting for May – Japanese (Asia "Konnichiwa") Show & Tell – none		Sound of Week – phonics syllable division rule – vccv, divide between consonants and put accent on first syllable. We will be finishing up year and practicing for graduation.
Last Week We learned diagraghs ar, or, and er. We were busy working on graduation. _____________________________________________ If you haven’t returned any library books, equipment or little class readers (they are small thin colored books and thin books with yellow cover), please do this. Children do not need to bring notebook anymore. We will send all their things home Monday and Tuesday. They will need backpacks or big sack to carry things. Wednesday they will not need to bring anything. We will clean room and play games. Each child will have folder on book shelf at graduation. It will contain diploma, awards, slide show disc, picture disk and report card. You can pick these up after graduation. Please do not look at these before graduation. I hope we did not make any mistakes on awards. If we did, just us know, and we will correct it. If you did not purchase the robe and gown, please put your child’s cap and gown in box behind risers before you leave. If you purchased robe and decide that you do not want to keep it, we would love to have it donated so we don’t need to purchase them next year. Everyone may keep tassel. Thank you to those who help purchase them. Also thanks to parents who helped with graduation decorating and refreshments. All the work you do helps you child learn that their education is important to them.   .	This Week Tuesday, May 20, 2008 – Haynes’ Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00 P.M.. Children will need to be in room at 6:35. K Slide Show will begin at 6:45 for relatives and friends. We will be in room making last minute reminders. Students will enter at 7:00 to begin graduation. All awards will be given this night. During day there will be an award assembly for P-K through 2nd at 8:30 a.m.. We will receive all our awards at graduation. We will finish decorating and arranging for graduation in afternoon if anyone can help.     Wednesday,May 21, 2008 – last day of school Note change in date. Award Assembly for 3rd-6th at 8:30. Busses will run at 1:00 for those who are here. DVD disc and CD picture disk in folder you get Tuesday night are a gift from me. You should be able to play slide show in any DVD. The picture disc has all pictures we took this year. You can print them off from a computer or take disk to photo center and print them. I hope you will enjoy it and have happy memories. Some children seem to be in more picture than others. I tried to get some of all. Also each child may get their autograph dog and silhouettes that we used for decorations. I hope these notes have been helpful. If you have any suggestions that might make things easier, please let me know

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, May 12, 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – leadership – directs others Quote of Week - He that cannot obey cannot command Greeting for May – Japanese (Asia "Konnichiwa" Show & Tell – none		Sound of Week – diagraphs ar, er, and or We will be learning about horses, farms, and planets.
Last Week We learned diagraph ee and ch. We were busy working on graduation. Word List send home. You do not need to send back any more word list. _____________________________________________   Below are your child’s score on DIBEL’s test for end benchmark. If you have any questions, let me know. Test has a lot to do with speed. Some knew things, but just didn’t do it fast enough. Deficit-High Risk/red Emerging/Some Risk yellow Established/Low Risk/green ISF–Initial Sound Fluency LNF–Letter name fluency PSF–Phoneme Segmentation NWF-Nonsense Word Fluency WUF-Word Understanding Fluency Test        Goal              Score LNF        40 PSF        35 NWF       25   WUF     None       We work to have everyone on established or low risk     .	This Week Monday May 12th – Last day to check out library books                                         Tuesday May 13th – All library books and equipment due                                            Wed. May 14th - Senior/Faculty Game at apprx. 1:00 p.m. The cost will be $1.00 and there will be a concession provided.                               Thursday, May 15th – Mrs. Sander’s K Graduation at 7:00                                        Friday May 16th - No School Coming Events May 18th – Sunday afternoon we will be decorating library for graduation at 2:00. Any help would be appreciated                              May 20, 2008 – Haynes’ Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00 P.M.. Children will need to be in room at 6:35. K Slide Show will begin at 6:45 for relatives and friends. Students will enter at 7:00 to begin graduation. All awards will be given this night. During day there will be an award assembly for P-K through 2nd at 8:30 a.m.. We will receive all our awards at graduation. We will finish decorating and arranging for graduation in afternoon if anyone can help.                                                          May 21, 2008 – last day of school Note change in date. Award Assemby for 3rd-6th at 8:30. Busses will run at 1:00 for those who are here.

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, May 5, 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – cheerful – happy Quote of Week - It is easier to leave angry words unspoken than mend a heart those words have broken Greeting for May – Japanese (Asia "Konnichiwa" Show & Tell – None except special person for day		Sound of Week – diagraph ee and ch We will be learning about chipmunks, chocolate, sneezing, trees and more.
Last Week We learned vowel, consonant, e rule. Mrs. Lawler spoke to class about voting. I have voter register forms if anyone needs to register to vote. Children learned 3 ways to vote and got to vote on some things. Favorite was which is better red or green gummy bears. We also worked on writing small books so send to our soldier pen pals. _____________________________________________ Special day schedule _ May 15 – Alyssa May 16 – Brandon May 17 – Breanna We will not do book lists for May. Awards for year will be based on books read until now. Please keep reading to children and letting them read books to you. This is one of best things to help your child. We will continue to check out books until library closes. Robes are pressed and ready for graduation.     .	This Week Monday, May 5th – Weekly word list sent home. 15’s special day. If you haven’t returned your child’s decorated letter, please finish so we can get it ready for graduation.                Tuesday, May 6th – 16’s special day - Ice cream day; Bulldog Blastoff Jacobson PK Showcase Cheese Tasting Day- if possible send 18 small bite sizes of cheese so we can taste different kinds Enrollment for PK from 9:00 -4:00                                                   Wednesday May 7th – 17’s special day Thursday, May 8th – Field Day in afternoon –lot of fun games Candy Sale/ice cream day Friday, May 9st – No School Coming Events May 12th – Last day to check out library books May 13th – All library books due                May 14th - Senior/Faculty Game at apprx 1:00 p.m. The cost will be $1.00 and there will be a concession provided. I’m not sure if K will go. Let you know May 15th – Mrs. Sander’s K Graduation at 7:00                                                         May 16th - No School                                May 18th – Sunday afternoon we will be decorating library for graduation probably at 2:00. Any help would be appreciated          May 20, 2008 – Haynes’ Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00. All awards will be given this night. There will be an award assembly for P-K through 2nd at 8:30. We will receive all our awards at graduation. We will finish decorating and arranging for graduation in afternoon if anyone can help.                                          May 21, 2008 – last day of school Note change in date. Award Assembly for 3rd-6th at 8:30. Busses will run at 1:00 for those who are here.

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, April 28, 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – courage – doing what is right even if you are afraid Quote of Week - If you are not afraid to face the music, you may be leader of the band Greeting for April – Mandarin Chinese (Asia) "Ni hao" Show & Tell – None except special person for day		Sound of Week – vowel consonant rule – vowel followed by consonant and e (sneaky e) vowel is long (code with macron) and e is silent. (coded with slash) example cake We will be learning about horses, lakes, vote, fire safety and more.
Last Week We learned sound of diagraph oo. We are working hard on graduation program. We started some 1st grade papers in math to help prepare for 1st grade. They are easy, but you must be able to follow directions. This week children will need to do homework on back and return each day. _____________________________________________ Special day schedule _ April 28 – Alinya Sue April 29 Maryssa April 30 – Kylie May 1 – Caden May 5 – Alyssa May 6 – Brandon May 12 – Breanna Please help children learn their parts for graduation. It saves us time practicing and will make it so much easier on them if they know them and practice a lot. Graduation pictures are here. I will send these home Tuesday with children unless you let me know different. I am a little concerned about them bringing on bus. If you will be at school, just come by and get them.   .	This Week Monday, April 28th – Weekly word list sent home. 11’s special day.                        Tuesday, April 29th – 12’s special day - Ice cream day                                         Wednesday April 30rd – 13’s special day Thursday, May 1st –14’s special day April Book List Due Guest Daisy Lawler She will read some books and help us learn about voting. Please try to have letter for program decorated and returned. Candy Sale/ice cream day     Friday, May 1st – No School Coming Events May , 9th, 16th - No School May 6 – Enrollment for PK from 9:00 -4:00 If you know of anyone that needs to enroll please let them know.                                             May 9th, 16th - No School May 20, 2008 – Haynes’ Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00. All awards will be given this night. There will be a field day somewhere in here. Not sure of date. There will be an award assembly for P-K through 2nd at 8:30. We will receive all our awards at graduation.                                  May 21, 2008 – last day of school Note change in date. Children will bring home all supplies 19th and 20th. Wednesday 21st will be a fun day and we will clean room.

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, April 21, 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – cooperation – working together Quote of Week - We must all live together as brothers or perish as fools.                                                              Greeting for April – Mandarin Chinese (Asia) "Ni hao" Show & Tell – None except special person for day		Sound of Week – diagraph oo – it has two sounds. Key words are hook and food We will be learning about healthy food choices and continue unit on birds. We will also be making small books for our Korean penpals. If you would like to help your child write one at home that would be great. We need 7 extra since they have 26 students
Last Week We learned sound of diagraph th. Thanks to all who went on trip and helped with drinks and snacks.. We had plenty of snacks and drinks. Only problems was a few scrapes, and teacher forgetting lunches. I apologize for lunches. One of mothers got lunchables, chips and animal cookies. It was a special day and I think all children had a good time. Parts for graduation were sent home. Please help them learn their two parts. _____________________________________________ Special day schedule _ April 21 – Amber April 22 – Brayden April 23 Caleb April 24 – Kassidi April 28 – Alinya Sue April 29 Maryssa April 30 – Kylie May 1 – Caden May 5 – Alyssa May 6 – Brandon May 12 – Breanna Theme for graduation is Preparing a Path for the next 100 Years. Colors will be red, white and black. We still need a centerpiece, greenery and red flowers if anyone has some we can use. We will be using a lot of paw prints and school items. If you would like to help we still need red and white m&m’s, red or white jelly beans, small clear cups, red napkins, small clear plastic plates, and 17 pairs of children sunglasses, any color. If you would like to help with any of these let me or Caitlyn’s mom know. She should be contacting you if you volunteered to help. .	This Week Monday, April 21th – Weekly word list sent home. Remember when child reads list return checked and signed. They get sticker and small prize. 7’s special day.                            Tuesday, April 22th – 8’s special day - Family survey forms are due. Remember you can fill it out online too.                                  Wednesday April 23rd – 9’s special day Thursday, April 24th –10’s special day Friday, April 25th – No School Coming Events May 1st April Book List Due - Those who reached goal March and April will receive prize for 4th 9 weeks. We will not have goal for May, but you may continue to list books for end of year awards. Also we will have a guest speaker that day about elections and voting.              May 2nd, 9th, 16th - No School                May 6 – Enrollment for PK from 9:00 -4:00 If you know of anyone that needs to enroll please let them know.                                             May 20, 2008 – Haynes’ Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00. All awards will be given this night.                                                              There will be a field day somewhere in here. Not sure of date.                                                May 22, 2008 – last day of school

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, April 14, 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – enthusiasm – excitement about something                                                                  Quote of Week - The Sky is the limit when your heart is in it.                                                                          Greeting for April – Mandarin Chinese (Asia) "Ni hao" Show & Tell – None except special person for day		Sound of Week – diagraph th – th has two sounds. Key words are thimble and feather       We will be learning about earth, feathers, kinds of birds, thimbles, thumbprints and more.
Last Week We learned sound of diagraph sh. Thanks to all who came to conferences. If you ever have any questions please contact me. Family surveys were sent home to be completed. We also had a storm drill so children would know what to do in case of storms. _____________________________________________ Special day schedule April 14 - Hayden April 15 – Chandler April 17 Elizabeth April 21 – Amber April 22 – Brayden April 23 Caleb April 24 – Kassidi April 28 – Alinya Sue April 29 Maryssa April 30 – Kylie May 1 – Caden May 5 – Alyssa May 6 – Brandon May 12 – Breanna Your child’s parts for graduation will be sent home Tuesday. Each child will have two parts. Please help them memorize these as soon as possible. It makes it so much easier to practice if they know their part and expect better performance if they have practiced it a lot. The rest of program they will need to learn at school. Also each child will bring home a letter of alphabet (some 2 letters). I would like for you to help child decorate the letters to use with graduation. Thanks for help!! Exciting news – There is a possibility we will have a T1class next year. This is a class between K and 1st that is provided to help those who might need more time to perform their best in 1st. If anyone is interested in this class or knows anyone who would be, please let us know as soon as possible.	This Week Monday, April 14th – 4’s special day Tuesday, April 15th – 5’s special day - Parts for graduation will be sent home.       Wednesday April 16th – Field Trip to Seminole Children’s Museum, leave 8:30 return 5:15. Remember to bring lunch/drink and wear camouflage class t-shirt to help identify easily. If you want us to ice down drink, please send by Tuesday. They will not need backpacks or library books this day.                         Thursday, April 17th – 6’s special day Friday, April 18th – No School Coming Events April 22, - Family Survey due by today – Thanks for helping. You can fill out paper or do online.                                                         April 25th – No School                             May 2, 9 16 - No School                           May 6 – Enrollment for PK from 9:00 -4:00 This date has been changed. If you know of anyone that needs to enroll please let them know. K students will automatically be enrolled for next year. If you do not plan to be at Empire next year, please let us know.                       May 20, 2008 – Haynes Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00. All awards will be given this night.                                                           May 22, 2008 – last day of school

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, April 7, 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – friendship - caring and trusting for one another                                                          Quote of Week - A friend loveth at all times. Bible Proverbs 17:17.                                                    Greeting for April – Mandarin Chinese (Asia) "Ni hao" Show & Tell – None except special person for day		Sound of Week – diagraph sh Math – We will be working on adding and subtracting problems, counting sets of objects to 20, and writing numbers to 100. We will be learning about sharks, fish, ships, sheep and much more.
Last Week We learned diagraph ck. Children are really working on reading and writing simple words. Class group and friendship pictures were taken. You will get proofs for friendships pictures in few weeks. _____________________________________________ Special day schedule April 7th Jeremiah April 8th Caitlyn April 9th – Garridan April 14 - Hayden April 15 – Chandler April 17 Elizabeth April 21 – Amber April 22 – Brayden April 23 Caleb April 24 – Kassidi April 28 – Alinya Sue April 29 Maryssa April 30 – Kylie May 1 – Caden May 5 – Alyssa May 6 – Brandon May 12 – Breanna Small Readers – Each child will be bringing home a new readers that they can read. Please initial check list when child has read and return. I will send anotherThese will be small thin colored books or have a yellow cover. The little black and white readers that child colors are still for you to keep. Few of words may be too hard and not fit rules we have had. Just tell child and let them sound out words they can read.	This Week Monday, April 7 – 4th 9 wks progress reports were sent home today. Information about museum for field trip sent home. Different small reader was sent home for child to read. Please return. Special day for Number 13       Tuesday, April 8 – Special day for Number 2 Bulldog Blastoff – Peters PK showcase Wednesday April 9 -Special day for Number 3 Thursday, April 10 – Parent Teacher Conferences after school. Your conference is at ________ School dismissed at 2:00 Friday, April 11th – No School Coming Events April 18th, and 25th – No School May 2, 9 16 - No School Wednesday April 16th – Field Trip to Seminole Children’s Museum Each child will need to take a sack lunch and drink. Let me know if this is a problem. Cafeteria could fix one. April 24 – Enrollment for PK from 1:00 -4:00 If you know of anyone that needs to enroll please let them know. K students will automatically be enrolled for next year. If you do not plan to be at Empire next year, please let us know.

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, March 31 , 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – self discipline - obey rules without being told Quote of Week - If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us. Greeting for April – Mandarin Chinese (Asia) "Ni hao" Show & Tell – Wednesday – begins any letter must tell Thursday – Mrs. Haynes’special day Starting April 7th each child will have a special day. They will have show and tell time to tell about their family and favorite things. They can bring some of favorite things, pictures, cd’s or things to share with class. They can choose journal topic, be helper for day and select 2 people to help them. They can choose special activities that we do like stories, music, and videos.		Sound of Week – diagraph ck We will learn about diagraphs and how to code. Math –We will learn about measuring in inches, identifying halves and fourths. We will also work on adding and subtracting simple problems. We will be learning about farms, especially chicken and duck.
Last Week We learned the sound of the long vowels and how to code (macron). Thanks to those who volunteered to go on field trip, send snacks and drinks for field trip and help with graduation. We could still use a few more people to go with us on the field trip. Jeremiah’s mom is going to press robes for graduation. _____________________________________________ Special day schedule April 7th 1 April 8th  2 April 9th – 3                             April 14 - 4      April 15 –  5         April 17  6               April 21 –  7     April 22 – 8         April 23  9                      April 24 – 10    April 28 – 11       April 29 12                April 30 – 13    May 1 – 14          May 5 –  15               May 6 –  16      May 12 - 17	This Week Monday, March 31st – Information about school pictures and conferences was sent home today. Tuesday, April 1 – List of at least 20 books is due for March goal. I will pull list from notebook today if child has reached goal. Thursday, April 3rd – School Casual and Group picture Friday, April 4th – No School Coming Events Monday April 7th – Parent conference scheduling sheet due. Tuesday, April 8th – Bulldog Blatoff – Mrs. Peter’s P-K has showcase. Thursday, April 10 – Parent Teacher Conferences. School dismissed at 2:00 April 11th, 18th, and 25th – No School Wednesday April 16th – Field Trip to Seminole Children’s Museum Each child will need to take a sack lunch and drink. Let me know if this is a problem. Cafeteria could fix one.

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, March 24 , 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – patience - being able to wait calmly (ability to wait without becoming annoyed or upset. Quote of Week - The key to everything is patience. You get the chickens by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Arnold H Glasow Greeting for March – French (Europe) "Bonjour" Show & Tell – Wednesday – begins any letter must tell Thursday - anything		Letter of Week – long vowel at end of word New rule - a vowel and end of word is long code with a macron Math – We will identify and make symmetrical designs, count by 5’s and 10’s, use indirect comparisons to compare heights or lengths of objects, and identify hot and cold objects. Science – We will be learning about oceans, lakes ponds and water safety We will also discuss beavers and eagles.
Last Week We reviewed all the letters of the alphabet. Hope everyone had a nice Spring Break. Notes were sent home for volunteers for Field trip and graduation. Those who had reached book goal for 2nd and 3rd nine weeks enjoyed pizza and drinks. Ticket to Six Flags is usually prize for 4th nine weeks _____________________________________________	This Week Tuesday March 25th – Bulldog Blastoff – Mrs. Sanders class Showcase.                              Wed. March 26th - K Graduation Pictures will be taken. Should be in a.m. You are welcome to come and see picture as it is taken if you want.                                      Friday March 28th – No School     Coming Events April 1st – March Book List of at least 20 books due                  April 3 – School Friendship Picture      April 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th – No School April 10th – Parent Teacher Conference Wednesday April 16th – Field Trip to Seminole Children’s Museum

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, March 17 , 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – Review Quote of Week - Review Greeting for March – French (Europe) "Bonjour" Show & Tell – none		Letter of Week – Review Math – Review, especially work on ordinal numbers.   Science Quirkle We have finished all the Quirlke stories.
Last Week We have now studied all the letters of the alphabet. We learned about a new rule for combinations. Qu is called a combination and coded with arc. _____________________________________________ Field trip will be Wednesday April 16th. I may have put date wrong on one note. We will need sponsors to help. Museum require at least 1 adult for each 5 children. Cost is $6.00 for adults. K children’s admission will be paid from our class fund. We will need people to bring snacks (simple maybe cookies or Little Debbi) to enjoy for trip up and drinks (iced) and snacks (peanut butter crackers, animal cookies, trail mix to enjoy on way home. We will have sack lunch at museum. Please return attached note if you will be able to go and/or help with snacks. Also on note is place to volunteer to help with graduation. We will need people to help with decorations, and refreshments. Overall chairman is Caitlyn’s Misty Folsum. Caden’s mom has volunteered to made cake. If anyone has access to greenery or lattice we could use for decorations, please let us know. Will mail our first letters to our soldier and our Korean K class Tuesday. I think this will be a wonderful experience. Can’t wait to get first response.	This Week Monday March 10th - Review & Learn about St Patrick’s day                                     Tuesday March 18th – Yearbook Sponsored Movie – Admission Cost $1.00. Concession available. Also pizza party for 2nd & 3rd 9 weeks book goals      Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday March 19th, 20th and 21st – No School Spring Break     Coming Events                                  March 26th - K Graduation Pictures will be taken. Should be in a.m. You can come and see picture as it is taken if you want.    March 28th – No School                        April 1st – March Book List of at least 20 books due                                                 April 3 – School Friendship Picture     April 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th – No School April 10th – Parent Teacher Conference Wednesday April 16th – Field Trip to Seminole Children’s Museum

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, March 10 , 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – curiosity – wonder why things happen Quote of Week - He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes. He who does not ask a question is a fool forever Chinese Proverb Greeting for March – French (Europe) "Bonjour" Show & Tell – Wednesday – something that has Qu/qu sound in it. Thursday – anything day		Letter of Week – Qq Key word is quilt Math – We will be counting by 2’s, identifying even and odd numbers, measuring in non standard units, acting out and drawing stories for "some and some went away stories". We will learn about quilts, quails, quarter, quick, quiet, queens, questions and much more Science Quirkle is Quincy Quake. Last week was Watery William. I got on wrong keys.
Last Week We have now studied letters Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk, Bb, Uu, Zz, Cc, Ee, Yy, Dd, Vv, Jj, Xx and Ww. We tested for report cards. Had a good week to observe weather with lots of changes. Did children say anything about eating worms? We also made a celery, carrot and peanut butter wagon. _____________________________________________	This Week Monday March 10th - Report Cards will be sent home Tuesday March 11th – Bulldog Blastoff and our showcase. Children need to wear class t-shirts. Hope you will be able to come and see your child perform. Tuesday is also quilt day. Children can bring a quilt of they want to show to class.                                                            Thurs. March 6thth – Candy Sale They will be selling cokes for $1.00 too.                                 Friday, March 7th – No School Coming Events Tuesday March 18th - Yearbook Movie – cost $1. There will be a concession .                                                                            March 19th, 20th and 21 – No School Spring Break      March 26th - K Graduation Pictures will be taken. More information sent later.                                                                    March 28th – No School                                                              April 3 – School Friendship Pictures                                 April 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th – No School                                April 10th – Parent Teacher Conference                         Wednesday April 30th – Field Trip to Seminole Children’s Museum

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, March 4 , 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – wisdom– learn to make good choices Quote of Week - I will study and get ready and maybe my chance will come. Greeting for March – French (Europe) "Bonjour" Show & Tell – Wednesday – something that has Ww sound in it. Friday - Anything		Letter of Week – Ww Key word is wagon Math – We will discuss "more and "less" stories, record answers on chart, identify cone, and sort three dimensional objects. We will learn about walrus, worms, weather, wagons, windows, water ecology and safety and much more. Science Quirkle is Watery Wukkuan
Last Week We have now studied letters Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk, Bb, Uu, Zz, Cc, Ee, Yy, Dd, Vv, Jj, and Xx. We did DIBELS testing. Results for 1st time and last week’s results will be listed on attached paper. We mixed baking soda and vinegar to erupted our volcanoes. We decorated special boxes with macaroni and beans; then, painted them gold. _____________________________________________ Our class will be conducting Blastoff in next Tuesday’s Showcase. We will do Star Spangled Banner in sign language, sing Oklahoma and sing a Sunshine Melody at end for showcase. Each child will need a small flashlight. Please send one this week if you can. I have several extra if you do not have one. Children will need to wear their class t-shirts for Blastoff.	This Week Monday March 3rd – February book list was due today. New one was sent home.                                              Thurs. March 6thth – Candy Sale                        Friday, March 7th – No School     Coming Events Monday March 10th - Report Cards will be sent home Tuesday March 11th – Bulldog Blastoff Our class has Showcase at 8:00 A.M. in new gym.                             March 19th, 20th and 21 – No School Spring Break March 26th - K Graduation Pictures will be taken. More information sent later

 

 

Classroom News for Mrs. Haynes’ Kindergarten Monday, February 25 , 2008 Phone School – 255-4150 Home – 252-3008
Life Principle of Week – flexibility – being able to make changes Quote of Week - Tis better to bend than break . Chinese Proverb Greeting for February – Italian (Europe) "Ciao" Show & Tell – Wednesday – something that has Xx sound in it. Friday - Anything		Letter of Week – Xx Key word is fox Math – We will discuss paying items using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, identifying and matching equivalent sets, identifying doubles, acting out some, some more stories, identifying numbers 0- 20 and writing to 100. Science Quirkle is X. E. Ecology We will be mixing different things this week and watching what happens.
Last Week We have now studied letters Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk, Bb, Uu, Zz, Cc, Ee, Yy, Dd, vv, and Jj. We made jewelry and jumped rope. We worked on computer program A+, and Essentials Skills. We have computer lab almost every day from 12:15 to 1:00. You are welcome to come see what we do anytime.   Substitute – A+ computer program is offering a workshop for teachers Tuesday, March 4th in Lawton. I can go if I have a volunteer to keep class for day. I could leave about 9:00. If anyone could volunteer to keep class for day it would be appreciated. It would be fine for two to come at same time or even share day. Just let me know if you can help. K Graduation date. - We have a parent that has a conflict with date of graduation. Would it be a problem for anyone if we change date? Maybe Tuesday May 6th or May 13th. Please let me know if this would be a problem for anyone. There are not many dates available and we need to set date as soon as possible.	This Week Tuesday Feb 26th Bulldog Blastoff for PK-2nd Mrs. Rochell class has Blastoff. Friday Feb 29th – Candy Sale and last day to read for Feb Book Goal. Good idea to send list today if have reached goal. Due no later than Monday, March 3rd. We will be doing DIBEL’s testing this week.   Coming Events Monday March 3rd – February book list due  Tuesday March 11th – Bulldog Blastoff Our class has Showcase March 19th, 20th and 21 – No School Spring Break  March 26th - K Graduation Pictures will be taken. More information sent later