Waukee 2009-2010

Dear Parents, 

Several of you I met last night.  I will be slowly changing this webpage to fit the needs of you, the parent, and that of your student.  

I will be posting reminders of events, things going on in the classroom, and links that would help them out at home on the internet.

This is also a way of communication.  Students and you can write comments on the page, or ask homework questions if needed.  I will check the site in the evenings around 6-7pm. 

You may be asking yourself why is Corning information still on here?  I have several past students and parents that still visit my site for links and information so I have saved that past years information for those parents. 

I look forward to meeting more of you and getting to know your families this upcoming school year.  

Reminder 1st day of school is tomorrow!

Good-Bye

At the end of the kindergarten school year I had planned on being around for them to see next year in first grade to help with their transition. However, a I have taken a job in Waukee Elementary that I couldn't pass up. I'll still pop up around Corning, my home roots, but I will not be returning to teach this upcoming year for Corning Community School District.

I wish the new first graders all the best this upcoming school year.

Farms and Food

Food Groups

check out a website from our food books this week!

www.MyPyramid.gov/kids

RISK

Mrs. Jarden came to visit KB this week. We talked about strangers and how to say no to strangers, run away, and tell an adult that we know.

Wednesday

We talked about good touches/sad touches and secrets today.

KB has talked about touches that make them happy like hugs, hi-fives, and hand shakes.

They also talked about sad touches: pushing, hitting, pulling hair, kicking, punching, and biting.

May's Final News Letter

Thank you!
Thank you to all of the grandmothers that came into read to our classThank you to the parents that will be joining us on our upcoming field trip down town. A huge thank you to those of you who have been a part of our class this school year.

Math that keeps on going……
Throughout the summer please keep challenging your student’s skills in math. Have them measure things like the rain, count change out when you are going shopping, count the cows in the field, telling the time when you are leaving. Whatever it might be please continue to have math in their daily lives.

Summer Reading
This summer I will send home 3 extra reading books, 1 at their level of reading and 2 that are a step higher. Reading is the most important thing to continue in the summer months so they are ready to continue on successfully in first grade.

Writing Around Ideas
Please continue to have your student write in the summer. One idea would be them journal about their day before heading to bed. KB loves to write words that they see, if you are in a restaurant you can have them write down the words they see. If they are outside they really enjoy writing down the things they see.

DVD/ Pictures
KB’s DVD will be sent home Monday, May 18th. If for some reason yours doesn’t work, please let me know before the end of that week. If you would like pictures burned to a CD or put on a jump drive I would be more than happy to do so if you provide those things before the end of the school year.

May Dates To Remember
May 1- Max and Ruby in Red Oak - We had a wonderful time watching this musical.

Week 1 Community A day
•Monday, May 4
Book orders are due
•Wednesday, May 6
Early Out 1:35

Friday, May 8th KB will be heading down to the public library for our Mystery Reader

Week 2 Farming/Agriculture B day
•Monday, May 11
•Title 1 Family Night 7pm
•Thursday, May 14
Kindergarten Community Field Trip

Week 3 A day
Sunday-Corning High School Graduation
•Tuesday, May 19
Kindergarteners last day of school!

Check Out the Summer Reading Program at Corning Public Library

Community

This week we will talk about our community. Students will be asked to think of some jobs in the community that they would like to have in thier future.

Friday's Field Trip

We will be leaving soon after the students arrive at school. We will be taking a bus to Red Oak and go to their new theatre to watch a play of Ruby and Max. We will return to school before lunch.

Weather

This week we talked about the weather and came up with several weather words. We created clouds to go with our story by Eric Carl.

We watched the Magic School Bus and listened for the 3 things that make up our weather. Air, Heat, and Water.

3 R's (see our new-reused frogs)

Here our the pop cans that were emtied, cleaned, and ready to reuse.

Add some paint........

Earth Day

Next week we will be talking about the earth and the things that we can do to keep it clean. Please send in a empty, clean pop can to school on Monday so that we can reuse it to make some art in class.

Spanish

This month in Spanish they will be learning some parts of the body and learning a new song!

My hands on my head,
? Que' esta' aqui' ?
This is my cabeza my mamacita
Cabeza, Cabeza, la la la la
That's what I learned in my school. Si, si!


(replace the bolded words for the following parts)
Eyes-ojos
Ears-orejas
Nose-nariz
Mouth-boca
Stomach-estomago
Feet-pies

Song by Dr. Jean

Insects/ Eric Carl

tissue paper art

Drawing insects- coloring insects- labeling the parts of our insects

This week we are celebrating Eric Carl's 40th year as a children's author and we are also going to be looking at insects.

We are going to be learning the different body parts of the insect and they life cycle of an insect.

Eggs

We studied eggs last week. We learned the parts of the egg: yolk, egg white, and shell. KB got to explore the eggs with thier hands feeling the egg parts.

They also go to do a lot of math with them, figuring out how much they wieghed and how much space they take up.

April News

Sight Word Olympics
We will have our final Olympic Ceremony on April 10th were the remaining members of KB will be going for ribbons and even a gold medal.

Thank you for our Mystery Readers: Kyle H., Sarah L.and Jay R. Thank you to JH for the wonderful birthday treats.

Conferences
If you feel like you have any questions after meeting with me please feel free to contact me.

Math: Money
KB is working hard at recognizing coins and counting with them. Please don’t be too surprised if they ask you to play with money at home. KB is working on counting by 5’s, 10’s and 1’s all the way to 100.

Reading: Wow they have taken off!
KB is working hard on reading and their fluency. We will start back at their guided reading in April. Reading everyday is important, the more the read and the more they are read to, the more fluent they can read. Parents keep up the good work!

April Dates To Remember
Week 1 Ocean A day
•Wednesday, April 1
Early Out 1:35

Week 2 Eggs B day
•Monday, April 6
Please bring a hard boiled egg to school
Book Orders Due
•Tuesday, April 7
K-2 Music Concert 7pm
Student Council Blood Drive at AC
•Wednesday, April 8
Early Out 1:35

Week 3 Insects A day
•Monday, April 13
No school
•Wednesday, April 15
Early Out 1:35

Week 4 Earth 3 R’s B day

Welcome Back from Spring Break!

We are back and ready to roll.

When KB walked in this morning they saw something new, something high tech has come to our classroom wall.

Our Smartboard is in and we are ready to use this tool to help us learn!

Book It All-Star Readers

There are 3 KB students that have recieved their all Star Book It! Awards this year. They met all six of the Book It! reading goals this year.

Oceans

This week and next we will be looking at several fiction and non fiction books on ocean and ocean life. Have your students look at the pictures and tell you things they can see and find out the information that is swimming around in their heads.

Where did KB go?

Here is KB having fun on a spring day in PE with Mr. Naugle!