Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Nov 23rd



Holiday Rotations

During the six school days starting Dec 12th, kindergarten will be hosting holiday rotations. Each classroom will specialize in presenting holiday traditions from a country or culture. The six kindergarten classes will rotate, spending one morning in each classroom learning about the holiday traditions. Our class will start in our own classroom on Dec. 12th learning about China and the tradition of Chinese New Year tradition. For the next 5 days our class will rotate through the other five kindergarten classrooms.

Each class will need to provide 5-6 volunteers each day to assist in the classroom that hosts their class. Centers will be from 8:45-10:30 each day. It would help if volunteers can be in place by 8:30 to get instructions from the teachers. Many volunteers are needed to make this learning activity a success. We can use all adult family members. Moms, dads, grandparents can all sign up on different days to help give us the volunteer coverage needed.

Our class is responsible to provide the supplies needed to present Chinese New Years rotation. We have 132 students in the six kindergarten classes. In this rotation we will: act out a story called "Buddha called the animals", make a lion dancer mask, make a New Year's zodiac calendar hat, taste lomein noodles for long life, read a guided reading book on New Years, get a fortune cookie, get a lucky red envelope with a chocolate coin, get a pair of chop sticks, get a chinese placemat with the zodiac calendar animals on it, learn some things about China from our bulletin board and see some Chinese decorations and signs and hear them read in Chinese.

Please sign up for volunteering and helping with supplies on the sign up lists. We appreciate all your help!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Nov 21st


Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Thank you for coming to our Family Pow Wow

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Nov. 16th

Joyner's International Parade- Tomorrow, Nov 17th at 9:30
Joyner will have our annual international parade representing different countries and cultures tomorrow at 9:30. The parade will go through the school hallways. If you would like to come see the parade you need to find a spot along the hallway before 9:30.

Rainbow Day- Friday, Nov 18th
Wear a colorful collection of colors or your favorite color to celebrate the end of our color celebrations. The Howard's are providing a rainbow snack.



Family Pow- Wow
Monday at 12:15 in our classroom

All families are invited to our Family Pow-Wow to celebrate with us. We have prepared costumes and will sing some songs for you. Then families with work with their child to make a Thanksgiving craft and snack. We look forward to seeing you then!

Mrs. Hoover's leaving
Mrs. Hoover, one of our kindergarten teachers, is leaving Joyner. She has accepted a technology position at Wiley Elementary. Her last day will be Tuesday, Nov. 22nd. This week we are collecting special notes, cards, photos or gifts to give to Mrs. Hoover before she leaves. If your family has any items for her please send them in by Friday, Nov 18th. The items will be compiled and presented to Mrs. Hoover next week.


I enjoyed talking with all of your during parent conferences. After Thanksgiving we will begin sending home the "Go-Read" orange bags. They will come home 2-3 times a week. Please help your child have a consistent routine of where and when they use the bags and return them to school the next day with the book, journal and sign in sheet in the bag. These bags should be carried in their bookbags.
Your child will also start bringing home the poems/books they have made and practiced on. These are to be kept at home in a special box or basket that they can reread periodically.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Nov 6th

You're invited to join us in our classroom
for
Family Thanksgiving Activities
Monday, Nov 21st at 12:15
You'll get to help your child make a Thanksgiving placemat, a turkey cookie and listen to our class sing
 
We love our families!


Creepy Crawly Day








 

What fun! Make and eat a spider cookie, wear a bat on your head, autumn shape rubbings, create a creepy crawly, make a spooky pattern, count and match pumpkin sets to numbers, graphing autumn candy mix and build a monster. Thank you to all families who donated supplies and our terrific adult volunteers.
It's parent conference time!
Sign up now on the blog.
If you can't come in at that time-indicated phone # by your name and I'll call you at that time