June 4th

Wednesday, June 6th Beach Day and pizza party

Kids need to come dressed in clothes they can get wet. Boys- swim trunks or shorts with a t-shirt, girls- shorts and t-shirt that can get wet. Water/pool shoes would be great. Send a beach towel and a change of clothes in their bookbags. We will have pizza for lunch so you do not need to pack lunch. All volunteers need to be here before 8:30. It would be helpful to have people here by 8:00 to help set up stations.

Ice Cream Party and end of year slide show

Thursday, June 7th at 12:30

in our classroom

parents invited

come see our year in photos!

send bookbags everyday, we will be sending stuff home daily

Field Day Thank you!

A big thank you to all our parent volunteers on Friday! We have the best parents!

End of Year Updates, May 23rd

Stepping Stone Project

Friday, May 25th at 9:00

We have all our supplies in. Lena Cox is organizing them for us. Hannah's parents and other helpers will be here Friday to help us make our stones. These will stay at school until Monday. Watch for these lovely Chickadee token to come home next week

Our Butterflies have Hatched!

We will release them this afternoon.

Animal Reports and projects

Please send in your child's animal report soon. We have 18 turned in so far. Then they need to choose one of the suggested projects to do. These are due no later than Wednesday, May 30th. It can be a puppet, poster, model, mask or  simple costume that they wear over their field day clothes on June 1st.

June 1st, Friday

8:45 Kindergarten Animal parade through the hallways of school, get your place along the lobby hallway to watch

9:15- until approx. 11:00 Field Day at Kiwanis Park, have your child wear shorts, tennis shoes, we'll add our tie-die shirts-send an extra set of clothes as they may get wet, put sunscreen on them before school

each child needs a bag lunch and drink on Field Day

June 6th Beach Day and Pizza Party

check the blog sign up list for needed volunteers to man the wet and wild stations

check for needed supplies- added needs include: hula hoops, beach balls(blown up), clean/dry gallon milk jugs, clean/dry squirt top liquid dish detergent bottles

$2 for Kona Ice station- please send this in soon

after the beach day activities our class is having a pizza party lunch in our classroom

June 7th- Last Day of Kindergarten

12:30 in our classroom

build your own sundae- see sign up list of supplies needed

parents are welcome:)

Chickadee Stepping Stone Project, May 25th at 9:00

Please send in any supplies that you may not have turned in by Tuesday

I have a parent signed up to take the supplies and divided into individual kits

Beach Day and Pizza Party, Wednesday June 6th

  

The Kona Ice truck will be one of our wet and wild stations for beach day. Please send in $2 per child by Friday, May 25th if possible, need a few donation sponsors too.

Stations need some updated/new supplies:

New hoola hoops- check dollar store and 5 Below store

Beach Balls- already blown up pleases

50 foot garden hose

clean/dry gallon milk jugs

clean/dry dishwashing liquid bottles with squirt lids

new sand toys-buckets, shovels, castle maker shapes, trucks, etc.

Animal reports and projects

please send reports in as soon as completed, we need the projects by Thursday, May 31st or sooner. If a costume was chosen have your child come dressed in it for our animal parade which is Friday, June 1st at 8:45.  Field day follows the animal parade at 9:15-10:45

We need all students to bring a bag lunch and drink on this day as we will picnic in our room to cool off.

June 7th at 12:30- End of year make your own sundae party

parents are welcome! First Grade here we come!

Happy Mother's Day!

Thank you for coming to our Mother's Day authors tea. We had 100% attendance and the kids really enjoyed making you feel special.

The class did a great job at our orientation program yesterday. We had a "normal" schedule today and it was so nice :) Tomorrow afternoon we will participate in a pep rally for  grades 3-5 who are starting EOG's. We made good luck paw print notes for Mrs. Wallace's class and learned a cheer to give tomorrow for the third graders.

Our caterpillars in our butterfly habitat have really grown! One escaped their little container of food by eating through the paper and pushing up on the lid. We can't wait for them to turn into a chrysalis. They are supposed to be painted lady butterflies.

Reminder:

Please help your child complete their animal project report/picture that was sent home last week and send it in. Then choose one of the project ideas to work on and return by May 31st. Kindergarten will carry their projects through the school hallways to show the other grade levels on Friday, June 1st at 8:30. Then field day will start

5 more weeks of Kindergarten

Please check and sign up on End of Year Activities sign up link on right side of blog page
Thanks!

Kindergarten Orientation program and other things



Kindergarten Orientation Program

Wednesday, May 9th

9:00am in the gym

come watch us sing to next year's

kindergarten kids and their parents

dress your child in jeans and tennis shoes

will put on their tie-die shirts when they get to school

Chickadee End of year project

Stepping Stones

Tentative date: May 25th

need the following materials donated: small seashells, colored glass pebbles, different colors of ceramic small shapes, 24 disposable aluminum cake pans

please let Janet Tedder know if you plan on helping donating supplies or organizing them into individual student packs or helping with setup/cleanup on May 25th

Field Day, Friday June 1st

first thing in the morning, usually 8:30- about 10:00/10:15

we'll need lots of help chaperoning kids

Kindergarten Beach Day and Pizza Lunch

Our class will be participating on Wednesday, June 6th

3 classes on Tuesday, 3 classes on Wednesday

We'll need donations of supplies for this great day of outdoor centers. You'll get a list soon.

Last Day of kindergarten

June 7th

Chickadee ice cream sundae party!

watch for list of needed supplies

Mother's Day tea

Mother's Day Tea

Chickadee moms are invited

to our classroom

Monday, May 7th, 8;30am

we want to celebrate

how special you are! 

April 16th

Kindergarten Orientation Program

This year's classes perform for next years kids and parents

Parents are invited

May 9th at 9:00 in the gym

Note this is a date change!

April 11th

Noodles and Nonsense

bring your family to have pasta dinner

and watch the teachers perform

a "nonsense" show

dinner- 5:00-6:30, tickets in lobby, food in cafeteria

$4 if prepaid, $6 at door/$25 max per family

show starts at 6:30-8:00 under the overhang next to carpool behind the school

It's time for 3rd quarter parent conferences

please check the signup doc to sign up



Welcome to the world Baby Depo

         Introducing Kenneth Carl Depo or as he's known as "KC"
                                   Weight 9 lbs. 1 oz.
                                   Length 22 inches
                            and is absolutely adorable!

                           Big Sister, Allie, is such a big help!

So happy for Jenn, Carl and Allie!

What a sweet dimple!

The Chickadees celebrated "It's a boy" today

March 7th

Pinocchio Play

Friday, March 9th

Wakefield



Students need to bring a lunch, drink and snack. We will eat the snack before we get on the bus at 9:30. We will be eating lunch late in our classroom when we return so we will not be going to the

cafeteria.

Monday, March 12th, we'll be graphing with Lucky charm cereal- see spring sign up list

Thursday, March 15th- class picture day and spring individual picture day, pre-paid orders only, must pay and send in the picture envelope before we get our pictures made which is usually first thing in the morning 

Friday, March 16th, is early release

Wednesday, March 28th Scavenger Hunt

We will have parent volunteers come hide our items while we are eating lunch (10:40-10:10). The hunt will be on the hill between the end of the K-wing and the lower parking lot. We need help with supplies and volunteers- see spring sign up tab. The hunt will begin at 11:15.

Thursday, March 29th

Last day before spring break! We will be making a class "bunny cake" as a class treat after recess.

March 30- April 6th no school

Mrs. Depo's last day will be Thursday, March 22nd

We wish her the very best with "baby Depo"!

Please see the new volunteer sign up sheet for help needed during centers and lunch during Mrs. Depo's absence

Feb. 9th Newsletter

 We need your help to make dresses for girls in Haiti

Please help provide a new dress for girls in Haiti. We need supplies to make pillowcase and fabric dresses to send with our teams to Haiti in June. There will be a collection box in the foyer now through March 2^nd . If you’d like to help make dresses, please contact Suzan Drake at Joyner.

Supplies Needed:

Pillowcases-standard, queen and king sizes

Fabric- colors/prints in 1/3 yard to 1 ½ yard pieces

Extra Wide Double Folded Bias Tape-all colors

½ inch elastic

Thread- white and colors

 Our Class Treasure Box needs prizes- party favors, fast food prizes, 22 students have the opportunity to earn 1-2 a week

Science Wizard money is due now. They are coming Feb 23rd- your child will need a , bag lunch and drink.

JYJ Science Go Round is coming on Feb 24th.- your child will need a bagged lunch and drink for this day too. We will not be going through the cafeteria on both of these days.

We are working on: vowel sounds, identifying/comparing numbers to 30+, adding and subtracting sets, making words with letters/sounds, writing about small moments, making connections with the books/stories we read.If your child brings home a build words phonics sheet, they can cut the letters out on the top of the page to manipulate to make words to write on the sheet. Put the completed sheet back into the go reading bag. Keep the loose letters.

Chinese New Year's celebration

Thank you Mrs. Lassiter for the Chinese candy treat to celebrate Chinese New Year. Here is some information that Mrs. Lassiter passed on to us:

There is a Chinese New Year celebration this Saturday (1/28) at Exposition Center, NC State Fairground. It is the year of Dragon. The advanced ticket is $5 (on that day is $8). The kids age 6 and under are free. Since your class did the Chinese New Year theme for the holiday rotation, I thought you may be interested in the event as well as your students. There will be lion dance, dragon dance, folk dances, arts and crafts, food, etc. You can find more information at http://www.nctacas.org/.

January 23rd

                                                 

Today is the 92nd day of kindergarten!  We would like each child to create a collection of 100 things to bring into class next week. Have your child count out 10 groups of 10 items. Small items like : cotton balls, toothpicks, buttons, marshmellows and  cereal can be glued onto foam board to display. Be creative and have your child help with numbering their items on the display board. Send in your collections as soon as they're ready. Warning, make sure glue is dried before sending the collections in. We will celebrate the 100th day on Monday, February 6th. This is because we will have some kindergarten teachers out on Friday and want classes to celebrate on the same day.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

Thank you so much for all your help with holiday rotations with your supplies and volunteer time.

Thank you for the gift cards , gifts, cards and kind expressions of appreciation!

We are so excited to announce that Mrs. Depo is expecting a baby at the end of March! Congratulatings Mrs. Depo! Can't wait to find out if it's a girl or boy! Parents, we haven't told the class yet. This is our first announcement.



Holiday Rotation Photos



potato latkes

Diwali candle holders

I spent my holiday enjoying my family, including my granddaughter Mackenzie and time with my friends and church activities. I finished a quilt for my sister and one for my friend's soon to be granddaughter. Coming home this week I could tell how much my dog, Bella, missed having her people home full time! I hope all of you enjoyed spending time with your family and friends.

Mackenzie is looking forward to meeting her new brother in April, so is Nana.

 Jan 13th- early release

Jan 16th- holiday, no school

Jan 19th- character ed night at Joyner

Jan 23rd- teacher workday, no school

Jan 27th- report cards