The Relatives Came!!

What fun!!  Our relatives came!!!
The kids were so excited and relatives you did a great job at keeping the secret! I wish I had a video of them listening to the story "The Relatives Came" and then Mrs. Drake discovering the relatives at the door. Just Precious!
Enjoy the photos:)

Center sign-up calendar

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqUUzMGv2-7RdDk5ckh5Sm1LZk1qeE93d2U0SGpJT0E&hl=en&authkey=CJTxkM0B

Click the link above to sign up for centers.  This document will also be on my blog.

Direction:

1.  Click on the month of October.

2.  Choose a day you can volunteer.

3. Type your name in the box for the day(s) you can volunteer.

4. Click save in the top right corner.

Viola!  You are signed up for centers.

Visit the link as many times as necessary and update as often as you like.  Everyone will be able to see where you have signed up.

Pumpkin Farm Trip

October 8, 2010

Ganyard Hill Farms

Durham, NC

http://ganyardhillfarm.com/barn_news/

·       Fill out both sides of the parent consent for completely and sign.  Remember there are TWO SIDES.

·       Return the form and $16.00 to cover the cost of admission and transportation.  See payment information below.

·       Let the teacher know immediately if you have been approved as a volunteer and would like to volunteer for chaperoning, as we can only take 3 parent chaperones per classroom.  (see the office to check your volunteer status approval)

·       Chaperones and all parents attending must pay $10.00 at the gate.  Correct change will make the process go quickly.  Chaperones must provide their own transportation.  Your child may not ride with you to or from the trip.

·       Your child must bring a lunch to the field trip and everything in it must be disposable, including the lunch bag. 

·       Cost of trip includes:  crop mazes, corn crib, observation bee hive, hayride tour, pumpkin patch (pick your own pumpkin to take home), animals to feed, hay mountain and slide, meet the farmer.

·       Pay online at http://osp.osmsinc.com/wakenc. If you are unable to pay online, send in a check made payable to Joyner Elementary with K Field Trip and Child’s Name in the Memo section of your check. You must pay no later than October 5^th.

·       We will leave Joyner at 9:30 a.m. sharp.  We will depart the farm at 1:00 p.m. sharp and arrive back at Joyner no later than 1:45 p.m.

·       Your child should wear tennis shoes, long pants, a thin shirt and a sweatshirt or jacket that can be easily tied around his/her waist.  We will be wearing our tie-dye shirts over the shirt your child wears to school.

Chickadees having fun!



putting abc's in order



working with starfall.com

working with manipulatives  

housekeeping fun

acting out "Owl Babies"                  

Dr. Seuss ABC

puppet show fun

alphabet center

building as a team

listening center

lower playground

what a pretty day

lunch time!

listening to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

making an "I like___" book

AB patterns

what's for lunch

working on IB attitude of respect

How do you show respect?



writing our names



making our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree

AB patterns

writing our names

"I like ___" books





this week- Sept 13-17th

This week we worked on:     reminder-this Friday is early release @12:30

• color red, shape- circle, #1
• sight words: I, like,red
• IB attitude- respect
• AB patterns
• number sense 1-5
• writing "Jump frog" letters- F, E
• alphabet letters
• working with math partners
• computer programs: starfall.com- abc's, Dr. Seuss ABC's
• listening center
• reading/writing names

We read these books:
David gets in trouble, No David, David goes to school, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Wheels on the Bus goes to school, Big Yellow Bus, we are reading the chapter book- Magic Treehouse book 1- Dinosaurs before dark

songs: days of the week song, red, Cindy Circle, #1, Kiss your brain, Tooty-ta, Wheels on the Bus


Next week

• color-blue, square, #2
• sight words: I, like,blue
• Sept 20th- Scholastic Book order due
• Sept 21st- Personality train due

The Relatives are invited, Shhhh!!!

Attention Parents!

Shhh!! This is a secret!

We would like to invite you to a special reading treat for you and your child on Tues., Sept 28 at 12:30 (will need to sign in at the office and be quietly outside our room at 12:30).

We will be sharing a book in class called The Relatives Came and we are hoping all our parents and grandparents will come to surprise the children and read a favorite book with them. 

Please bring a towel, blanket, or quilt and your favorite children’s story.  We want this to be a surprise, so please try to stay out of the Kindergarten Hall prior to 12:00 as we will be making our way back from lunch & recess.  After 12:30pm, please wait in the hall outside our room until we announce your presence.  This would be a GREAT time for you to meet some of the other parents in our room as well!  Please bring cookies to share with the students and other parents.  We can’t wait to see you!!

Mrs. Drake & Mrs. Depo

Don’t forget…it’s a surprise, so don’t tell your child!

Happy Weekend!

Chickadee Families:
Sunny D drinks are having a special for schools. Send in 20 labels and we can get 20 free books for our classroom and our school may win money for our school. Please save and send in SunnyD labels. Thanks!

Reminders:
Work on personality train projects due by Sept 21st,
 work on "I can read" sheets, put labels, logos your child can read on this- due Sept 14th
Scholastic Book Orders due Sept 20th
Need all parents to register on Wake County volunteer registration- it takes time to be processed

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Drake