week 1

Here's a look at our first week in Kindergarten!

Look how our bulletin board shaped up!

 

The kids loved the laundry basket reading idea!  They are practicing "silent" reading.

 

We celebrated two birthdays!  Jacob (8/9) and Cole (7/31) 

We painted a still life!

 

We made ice cream in baggies!

Plus a whole lot more! 

We spent time getting used to our routines and schedules, left/right games, letter and sound recognition and writing our first name correctly.  We introduced the vowels with a concentration on the letter" I ".  We added "I", "a" and "the" to our word wall.  We worked on counting to 100 by ones and tens in math.

This week we'll concentrate on letters and sounds for "u","a" and "e" as we build on what we did last week.  In Handwriting we will continue to emphasize starting each letter at the top and correct letter formation.

Some students will begin bringing home small books to practice reading at home this week as well as books from our classroom library. Please return the small readers(in the back of the Frog notebook) each day so that we have them to work on at school as well.   I have included a Reading Log in the Frog notebooks this week so that you can record the titles of books that you and your child read from for 10-15 minutes every night throughout the year.    

So far, our class blog seems to be a great tool for communicating.  I will continue to add more information under the tabs as I am able.  I am new at this, so it's taking me some time to get it all together! 

Have a wonderful week, and thanks for all each of you do!  Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. 

Mollie Roberts 

   

update and calendar

Parent Update!                                     August 6,2012

We’re off to a great start!  I think we have a fantastic class!  We are spending the week getting to know each other and assessing our existing skills.  You may want to ask your child about the “Alphabet Action” song, “The Kissing Hand “story, and his/her shapely self portrait. 

I have received a few emails from parents confirming their subscription to our class blog through Feedburner.   I’m looking forward to having everyone on board with that so that we can do most of our communication electronically.  Let me know when you have subscribed.

Today, you will notice a calendar for August in your child’s FROG notebook.  We will celebrate two birthdays this month!  Jacob 8/9 and Abbie 8/15.  Our specials schedule will begin on 8/20. 

We will start our Show and Tell time this Friday!  It’s such a fun way to get to know each other.  It would be great if you could help your child choose something that helps us get to know him/her like a picture of your family or a favorite pet.  It might be their favorite stuffed animal, part of a special collection or even memorabilia from a travel experience or a favorite sport.  The point is to help them find something to bring that is unique to them, not just the most recent toy that they acquired.

Our class will celebrate with four parties this year - Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and an End of Year party.  Please let me know by email or a FROG note if you would like to volunteer to help coordinate any of these parties.  Also, please indicate if you have a preference for any of them in particular. 

Thanks so much for letting me have the privilege of working with your child!  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Mollie Roberts

770-778-9949

molliemorganroberts@gmail.com

welcome!

Hello Everyone!
Welcome to our class blog.  Later this week I will be updating the tabs on here for you to check out.  I will also be sending home a class party list for you to sign up to volunteer.  I want to make sure everyone is receiving the feed for this.  Please email me a quick note at molliemorganroberts@gmail.com and let me know that you have subscribed.  I'm looking forward to working with your child this year, and it was so great to meet everyone that came to open house.  I can tell it's going to be a wonderful year! 

These first few days I will be assessing the students to determine where to begin with each one.  We will be discussing our class routines, the letter "I", shapes, colors, numbers, and our memory verse.


Mollie