We had a fantastic week! We are only a few days away from summer! We have a busy couple of weeks coming up!

This week is our Parent Appreciation Breakfast on Wednesday, May 9th in the lunchroom from 8:20-8:45. Please drop your child off through carpool and arrive in the lunchroom at 8:20.

Thank you to Luke's mom with helping in Math Centers, Aiden's mom for helping in Literacy Centers and Grayson's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week.

Save the Date:
May 9- Parent Appreciation Breakfast 8:20am-8:45am. All parents welcome!
May 16- Field Trip to Legoland
May 21-Jumpy Fun Day
May 22-Field Day
May 23- Kindergarten Celebration- All parents welcome
May 24-PJ's and movie day

Academic Update:
Literacy: We are having a great time learning all about animals in our Animal unit. We learned about Ocean animals this week.
Math: We are in full swing of our subtraction chapter.
Science: We learned all about ocean animals. We planted our lima beans in soil. Oh so fun!

Have a great weekend!

What an awesome week! We are in full swing of our animal unit! We have learned and made some cute crafts about some animals! Our magical butterflies came out of their cocoon this week and our lima bean plants are really growing strong! We will be planting them into soil next week! Oh what fun!

Just a reminder all students and chaperones going on the field trip- Money is due TUESDAY, MAY 2nd!

Our school's International Festival is THIS Saturday from 11:00-2:00! It is going to be so much fun. I hope y'all can make it.

Luke celebrated a birthday last week! Happy Birthday!

Academic Update:


Literacy: We are still completing our animal unit. We've had a blast learning about giraffes, monkeys, lions and other fun zoo animals. Please make sure you are reading at least 20 minutes a night. We read every day, so reading at night just helps reinforce the skills we are learning.
Math:  We are in full swing in our subtraction chapter. Please practice basic subtraction at home. Sometimes we get confused and use addition when we are suppose to be using subtraction.
Science: We are learning lots of animal facts!

Have a great weekend!

We had an awesome week! I can't believe the school year is coming to an end so soon! We talked all about bugs and insects this week! We even have cocoons hanging and when our magical butterflies are ready- they will come out! Our lima beans we have planted are really starting to sprout! It is so exciting to watch the kids  get excited about the process of how a plant grows!

Thank you for all the parent involvement for the field trip. I have six chaperones for the field trip. I feel awful about turning many parents away who are wanting to come with us. I will take lots of pictures! We are so exciting about going to Legoland!

Congrats to Rachel and Aiden! They were chosen for our Chick-Fil-A students of the month!

Save the Dates:
May 2nd- Money due for the Field Trip
May 9th- Parent Appreciation Breakfast 8:20-8:50am in Lunchroom (Parents Welcome!!)
May 16- Field Trip to Legoland
May 23- (Half Day) Kindergarten Celebration in our classroom (Parents Welcome!!)
May 24- (Half Day) Last Day of School- Movie and PJ's day

Academic Update;
Literacy: We finished up our Spring is Here unit. Please make sure you are reading at least 20 minutes every night.
Math:  We completed our chapter on addition. We are starting subtraction on Monday.
Science: We talked all about bug/insects! So fun!

Have a great weekend! :)

4.13.12S

Oh! New Beginnings! We had a great first week in the new school! It was a very busy one but it was crazy awesome! The new classroom is beautiful and the students love it and work really well in it. Please continue talk to your child about 1. walking on the color line in the hallway and not hoping on the color squares. 2. Have proper bathroom etiquette- if we potty on the toilet, clean it up, etc. 3. Taking care of our new beautiful classroom and building. By continuing the conversations at home, it will help the students follow the rules better. Thank you for your home support on this.

I am sending home a new homework packet on Monday. The sight words are listed are on the homework calendar each week.

Now that we are in the beautiful classroom, we are in need of a Swiffer type/mop and a broom /dust pan. If you have one  that you could donate, please let me know. We would like to keep the room as pretty and clean as possible.

The CRCT starts this coming Wednesday. The students (and me) miss having the volunteers in the classroom. Please understand while the CRCT testing is going on throughout the school, no parents are allowed in the building. I look forward to having y'all back in the class.

Ben celebrated a birthday this week. Happy Birthday!

Academic Update:
Literacy: We are continuing our Spring is Here unit. Please practice your sight words every night.
Math: We are currently in the middle of our addition unit.
Science: Parts of a plant. We planted a lima bean and a white bean to watch the seed growth process. Oh, it's so exciting!
  
Have a great weekend! Enjoy the beautiful weather! :)

4.2.12

Hello Spring Break! I hope everyone has a great, safe and restful spring break. I really enjoying spending our last day in the old school having a fun-filled egg hunt! Thank you for all the parents who came out to support. We even got to play and hold some baby chicks on Friday. It was a great last day! Just a reminder, we will be starting in our new building on April 9th. Carpool starts at 7:30. Our new classroom is beautiful. I can't wait. Have a great break. See you in a week! :)

3.24

Whew... one week until Spring Break. We have moved pretty much everything out of our classroom and into our new classroom. A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to our parent volunteers who came on Thursday: Luke's dad, Ben's mom and dad, Adelaide's mom, Ethan's mom, Lauren's mom, my mom and of course Ms. Joani!

Our chicks will hatch this weekend/beginning of the week. What an exciting week. Our Spring Fling Celebration is Friday, March 30th at 1:00 in the classroom. Just a reminder, your child needs to send in 18 plastic eggs to participate in the egg hunt- labeled 1-18 and filled with goodies (no chocolate).

Jacob was chosen for Student of the week. He has Max the moose for the weekend. Enjoy.
Thank you to Kahlo's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week.

The spelling words are on the homework calendar.

Academic Update:
Literacy: We will be starting our Spring unit on Monday. Continue to keep reading and working on sight words at home.
Math: We finished up our chapter on graphing on Friday. We will not start the next math chapter until after spring break.
Science: Life cycle of a chick...yay!!

Have a great weekend, Enjoy the beautiful weather!

3.11.12

What an exciting week we had! We got our baby chick eggs! We have seven in our incubator! They will hopefully hatch the week before spring break! We are having a great time learning all about chicks!

Report cards come home on Tuesday.

Thank you to Adelaide's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week!
Thank you to Rachel's mom for being our Math parent this week!

We are going to repeat the same spelling words from last week for this week's spelling test. Make sure you are practicing your spelling words at home!

Academic Update:
Literacy: We are in the middle of our Down on the Farm Unit. Keep reading and working on sight words!
Math: We are in the middle of our graphing chapter.
Science: Matching babies to their mothers of farm animals.

Have a great rest of the weekend! :)

3.2.12

Good Bye February and Hello March! We had a Seuss filled week! It was filled with lots of fun Dr. Seuss activities. We even had green eggs and ham!

Just a reminder- picture day is Monday, March 5th!

Thank you to Rachel's mom for helping in math centers this week.

Connor and Kahlo were chosen for Chick-Fil-A students of the month! Congrats!

If you haven't heard yet- we will be hatching baby chicks in our class! We are starting the 21 day process on Wednesday! The chicks should hatch the week before spring break! I can't wait!

A new homework packet went home this week. Just a reminder- homework packets are due at the end of the month!

It was great to see everyone at the open house on Thursday. Isn't our new school amazing? I love it and can't believe it's only four weeks away from moving in!

Next week's spelling words:
that
make
what
from
new

Academic Update:
Literacy: We are moving into our Down on the Farm unit next week. We started on our class book we are publishing. We wrote three drafts and have started on the final copy! Continue practicing sight words every night.
Math: We finished up our measurement unit this week. We are starting our new chapter on Monday. We have really started working on addition as well.
Science: Matching baby animals to their mother.

Have a great weekend! :)

2.24.12

We had a very patriotic week! It was great! Everyone had awesome projects! I loved seeing their presentations. We even had costumes! The students posters and projects were so creative! We learned about many great people this week!

Thank you to Rachel's mom for helping in Math Centers.
Thank you to Adelaide's mom for helping in Literacy Centers and being a Mystery Reader.
Thank you to Analice's mom for being a Mystery Reader.
I love parent volunteers! :)

Luke was chosen for student of the week. He has Max the Moose for the weekend! Enjoy!

Just a reminder: Next week is our OPEN HOUSE at the new school- save the date: Thursday, March 1st from 5:00-6:00. I can't wait for the students to see it!

My moving plans are tentative, but I am planning on moving all my boxes to the new school on Thursday, March 22 after school. If you are available after school on that Thursday, please let me know.  I welcome all helping hands!

We are publishing a book! I sent the form home yesterday for purchasing the book. We are working really hard and it's going to be great! Please send the form back on Monday, if you are interested in purchasing the book.

Next week's spelling words:
four
ride
them
just
got

Academic Update:
Literacy: We finished up our "Wheels go Around" unit. We are really working on our writing right now, using uppercase letters at the beginning of a sentence, all lowercase letters in the sentence and punctuation at the end. Please practice this in your writing at home. Please continue reading and working on the sight words in the folder every night.
Math: We are in full swing of our measurement unit and loving it!
Science: Matching animals to their parents.
Social Studies: We talked all about Presidents and Black History this week. We also continued talking about American Symbols.

Have a great weekend!

2.18.12

We had an awesome week! Disney Radio came on Friday for an awesome show about staying fit and eating healthy. The students loved it! We had a great Valentine's Day mini celebration. The students loved exchanging Valentines. We honored coach this past Thursday wearing yellow! We looked great!

Just a reminder- No School on Monday due to President's Day. Enjoy the three day weekend!

Thank you to Adelaide's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week!
Rachel was chosen for Student of the Week. She has Max the Moose for the weekend! Enjoy!

We are in need of band-aids for our class.

The staff went to the new school on Wednesday. We picked our classrooms- We will be in room 1040! Oh, I'm so excited! We have a blue accent wall in our room- it's beautiful! I can't wait for the students to see it on March 1st at the open house!

Just a reminder that the research project is due on 2/22. The students are to write a report about their person and know enough information for the presentations on Thursday and Friday. It's important you help your child, but please let your child take ownership of their project.

Spelling Words next week:
two
with
her
have
and

Academic Update:
Literacy: Wheels Go Around. Keep working on sight words, the lists are in the folder- review them every night. We are working on beginning/middle/end in writing right now.
Math: We finished up our clocks/calendar unit this week. We will be starting the next chapter on measurement next week.
Social Studies: We are continuing learning about presidents, black history and American symbols. I showed an awesome power point about the National Monuments on Friday. The students loved it!

Have a great weekend!

2.11.2012

We had a great week this week! We will have our little Valentine's Day Celebration on Tuesday, February 14. We will be exchanging Valentine cards and playing lots of fun centers that day. A class list when home this week for the Valentine cards. Each student is to hand write their classmates names on the cards. If you want to send something in for the celebration- let me know!

New School Open House

We will have our first official Open House on March 1^st from 5:00 to 7:00pm.  This night is for students in grades K-2. Our second Open House night will be March 8^th, same time, and grades 3 -6 are invited to attend.

We will meet in the gym, discuss carpool drop off and pick-up as well as other information you will need before we start our first day at our new school April 9^th.   Following the brief meetings, you may tour and start becoming acquainted with your new school.  Parking and visiting the school during our first couple of weeks will be prohibited, as we will be settling in and preparing for CRCT testing.
Students are expected to stay with their parents throughout the meetings.  We will not have our final Certificate of Occupancy on those dates so it is important that all children remain under the direct supervision of their parents for the entire evening.

Just a reminder about the Coach Spirit Shirts - Thursday is his birthday. Please wear the yellow spirit shirt or any yellow shirt. Shirts are still for sale - $12 cash. Students may wear jean and crocs on Thursday, in honor of Coach.

Just a reminder about the February project. It is due on February 22. Students can choose their own person to study. Each student should be able to tell the class about their person. I can't wait to see the projects! 


We are in need of band-aids and Clorox Wipes!  

Thank you to Adelaide's mom for coming to Literacy Centers this week.

Thank you to Aiden's mom for coming to Math centers this week.

Thank you to Giovanna and Grayson's moms for being our mystery readers!

The kids love having parents in the room! If you want to come and help out, please check the sign ups, under the Parent Volunteer tab on this blog!

Next Week's Spelling words: 

six

then

were

out 

are

Academic Update:

Literacy:  We started our Wheels Go Around unit this week. Keep working on the sight words in your folder. Each student should be able to read to list 5 by now. Most students are getting stuck on one or two words with the lower lists. 

Math:  We started our Time chapter. We are learning time to the hour and how to read a calendar.

Science:   Motion

Social Studies: Presidents, African-American and Women's History.

Have a great weekend!

2.5.2012

We learned a new word this week... flexibility! This week was a bit different with no school on Tuesday and early release days on Wednesday-Friday. Thank you for your home support with helping your students understand the loss of our Coach.

You may purchase a T-shirt in memory of Coach. The cost is $12 cash. A form when home this week.

Students my purchase Valentine grams for friends or family and they will be delivered to our classroom on Valentine's Day. The cost is $1.00 each. The are sold before school and during lunch through next week. Buy yours today!

During the month of February, we will learn about Black History, Presidents and Women in History. Each student is responsible for doing a written report and presentation on his/her person. Your child may also use visuals, (posters, pictures, books, dress in costume, etc. ) This is no right or wrong way. Your child should be able to give this presentation without assistance. We will have the presentations on February 22-23. It is important that you help your child with this project, but allow them to take ownership of their project. I can't wait to see the projects! :)

We want to welcome Rachel into our class family! She's a great addition to our class! We are now at 18 students and full! Yay!

Congrats to Efe and Ravin for being chosen for Chick-Fil-A students of the Month. We didn't have an assembly due to the early release schedule- but we had a mini assembly in our class for them!

Connor was chosen for student of the week. He has Max the Moose for the weekend. Enjoy!

Next weeks spelling words: (Also located on the homework calendar)
five
they
will
did
ask

Academic Update: 
Literacy, Math and Science: (We combined the centers this week due to the short days) We celebrated the 100th day of school on Monday. We had a blast doing lots of activities having to do with 100. We talked and  learned all about groundhogs day. We saw a picture of the famous groundhog "Phil" and learned he saw his shadow.

Have a great weekend!

1.27.12

Our beloved Coach passed away today at 3:30. He will truly be missed by all staff, students and parents in the school. He was a vibrant part of this school. Please talk to your child about him. I will be talking to them on Monday as well. Please continue to keep his family in your prayers. 

Monday is the 100th day of school. Don't forget about the 100th day project- it's due. Create a project that show what you have learned in the 100 days of Kindergarten. 

Thank you to Ben's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week.

Ivy has Max the Moose this weekend. She was chosen for student of the week.

Don't forget next week is conferences. Wednesday-Friday is early release. Carpool starts at 12:30. Please do not be late to your conference.

No spelling test next week, due to the early release schedule.

Please continue pray for Coach's family and I look forward to seeing you next week at your conferences.  

1.20.2012

There's SNOW place like KCSMA! What a great week we had! Whew- it was fun and snow filled! We started off the week with an awesome snow experiment! We ended the week with a Chick-Fil-A assembly and Ms. Frey announcing we will be moving into our new school April 9th! Yay!

About the move announcement... I am on the look out for boxes, small, medium or big. I will take anything. We have to have our room packed and somewhat unpacked by April 9th. If you know of anyone who gets boxes for free and can get a few I would greatly appreciate it! :) I would love to have some volunteers, help move the boxes closer to the date as well. Details to come and please let me know if you are interested in volunteering in the move.

We want to welcome Aiden to our class family! Aiden is a great addition to our class! Welcome!

Congratulations to our Chick-Fil-A students of the Month: Jan and Giovanna!

Kahlo was chosen for student of the week! He has Max the Moose for the weekend! Enjoy!

Just a reminder: Our class is a peanut-free classroom. All products being brought into the class are to be peanut free. This includes ALL lunch and snack items. We want our class to be the safest it can be for our students. When bringing snacks for the class on Fridays, please read the label to see if it was made within a peanut factory. Thank you for all your support with this.

Report Cards went home on Jan. 13th. Please sign and return the white envelope. Conferences are coming up at the beginning of February. If you have not signed up for a time, please check the available times left. The sign-up is located under the parent volunteer tab at the top. Click the Conference Sign-up link and it will lead it right to you.

We are in full swing of our money unit in math. I am going to start our "store" where the students can earn money for their behavior and on Friday be rewarded for it. If you have any items like pencils, erasers, bracelets, etc., You would like to donate to the "store" let me know. On Fridays at the "store" we will count and exchange the money for items. The students will also learn to save for bigger items as well.

Next week's Spelling words:
come
funny
into
jump
an

Academic Update:
Literacy: Sun shine and Raindrops Unit. Continue working on blending sounds, sight words and reading every night.
Math:  Money!! We have learned all four coins. Practice at home naming the coin and the amount.
Science: Weather

Have a great weekend!

1.13.12

Happy New Year! We had a great start to 2012! Report cards went home today, please look for them in your child's folder.

Just a reminder- No school Monday. MLK Holiday.

We want to welcome Jacob to our class family! He is a great addition to our class!

Giovanna was chosen for student of the week. She has Max the Moose. Have Fun!

Just a reminder- ice cream can only be brought on Fridays. Ice cream is .50-1.00. Jeans and spirit shirts can be worn on Friday as well.

The CCSD has a board meeting on January 18th at 6:00. A board member, David Morgan is interested in our school and all charter schools and is committed to helping is receive equal funding for our students.


He has asked us to make an impressive showing of parents and staff members at this meeting, at which he will be calling for a vote regarding raising charter school's students funding to that of other Cobb County students (a difference between 1,400 per child)


Please make plans to attend and support our efforts to receive equal funding. Thanks in advance in helping us create an impressive turn out.  


Our 100th day of school is only 10 days away! A note went home today about a family project. The project is due on Monday, January 30th-the 100th day of school! The project can be as creative as you can be! If you would like to send in a 100 day snack, just let me know. We are not having a party, but we will be celebrating the 100th day all day long!

Next week's spelling words:
six
yes
run
sit
hot

Academic Update:


Literacy: We started our raindrops and sunshine unit this week. Continue working on our sight words each daily. We should be able to read up to list 4-5 by now.


Math: We started our money unit this week. So far we learned the penny and nickel.


Science:Day and Night sky


Have a great three day weekend! Stay warm!

DonorsChoose

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had an awesome break and we are all rested and ready to start back on Tuesday, 1/10/12!

Last year, I asked for a listening center from a website called DonorsChoose. Donors from around the world donated money to our classroom- $260 to be exact. This year I am asking for two leap pads for the students to use during centers. I want to load educational games onto it. This project is a bit larger than last year. I posted the project last week and someone already donated! We have $339 to go. Please check out the link and pass the link along to any friends and family.

DonorsChoose

Have a great rest of your break and ROLL TIDE!

12.22.11

Good Bye 2011, Hello 2012! Thank you to all the parents for coming to our Holiday party on Tuesday! We had such a great party! The kids had a great time and thank you for all the help!

Ms. Joani and I want to thank you for our gift from the class. Y'all are too sweet! Thank you again for your generous gift.

Christmas Around the World was a blast! We had a great time learning about the traditions around the world. We had a great time dressing up in our PJ's today. We began to watch the Polar Express. We ate popcorn and drank hot chocolate! Yum!

Just a reminder: There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 9th. See you on January 10th!

Next week's spelling words:
play
all
you
her
his

Have a great break! See you next year! :) Roll Tide!

12.16.11

What a great week we had! It fun with all of our Elf on the shelf surprises! Next week is a big week! I sent an email home this week about it.

Monday, December 19th is Christmas Around the World.
Tuesday, December 20th is our class party @ 1:00 and Parents are welcome!
Wednesday, December 21st is our Polar Express Day. We will watch the movie. Students can wear PJ's to school. No Slippers.

Thank you to Kahlo's mom for helping in Literacy Centers this week.
Thank you to Lauren's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week.

Ethan was chosen for student of the week. He has Max the Moose for the weekend! Enjoy!
Analice celebrated a birthday this week! Happy Birthday!

I sent home our book box books today in a gallon size bag. Our book box was getting full! We should be able to read every book in the bag. Please reread the books with your child at home for extra sight word practice.

There will not be a spelling test next week.

Academic Update:


Literacy: GKIDS Testing, en family and blending sounds. Keep reading every night.

Math: GKIDS Testing, We finished chapter 6 today.

Social Studies: GKIDS Testing, Christmas Traditions around the world

Have a great weekend and see you Tuesday at the Party! :)

12.10.11

Happy December! We are in full swing of the holiday season in the classroom! We had such a great week this week!

Thank you to Giovanna's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week.

Adelaide was chosen for student of the week. She has Max the Moose for the weekend. Have fun!

I will be sending an e-mail with the sign-up for the Holiday Party needs this week. Our Holiday party is Tuesday, December 20th at 1:00 in the classroom. Parents are welcome to attend! At the party, we will have food, games  and a student book exchange. The price for the book exchange is $5.00. There are some really great books at the dollar store... please do NOT spend over the $5 limit.  Be mindful, a boy might not like getting a Strawberry Shortcake book and a girl might not like getting a book about trucks. Also, make sure the book is wrapped. :)

Wednesday, December 21 is our Polar Express Day. Students may wear their PJ's to school. No slippers, only sneakers.

The school is having a Candy Cane fundraiser. $1 buys one candy cane, $5 buys 6. Students can write a special message to the person to whom they purchased the candy cane for and the candy canes will be delivered next Wednesday to our class.

Please make sure your child wears a coat to school. We go outside for recess unless it is 35 degrees or below. The kids need the fresh air and running around time outside. Please make sure you are sending them in a good coat. I've put my coat on a few students to make sure they can go outside.

Next week's spelling words are:
The "en family"
pen
ten
then
hen
men

Academic Update


Literacy: We are doing our GKIDS testing. We are working on blending our sounds together to make words. Keep reading at home and working on our sight words.
Math: We are in Chapter 6, working on our teen numbers and ten frames.
Science: Living and Non-Living

Thank you for your home support and have a great weekend! :)

12.2.11

Good Bye November and Hello December!! I hope we all had a great Thanksgiving. We were all very excited to be back and get into the swing of things again. We had a great week this week!

Congrats to Nolan and Analice for being our Chick-Fil-A students of the month!

Grayson was chosen for student of the week. He has Max the Moose for the weekend. Have fun!

Thank you to Kahlo's mom for being our Mystery Reader this week.

There is a new homework packet in the folder. The nightly homework calendar is already placed in the folder. You will see a difference in the format and assignments. The new format is to allow for a more challenging homework.  Don't forget to work on the sight words in the folder as well. We had a few students move up in lists this week.

Next week's spelling words are:
not
for
saw
let
had


Academic Update
Literacy : We are decoding, blending and sounding out words. Keep reading and writing every night. We talked about The Gingerbread Man this week as well.
Math : We started chapter 6 and we are practicing and learning our teen numbers.
Science: We are learning about living and nonliving things. We also did a really cool gingerbread science activity this week.

Have a great weekend! :)