Our Class

 

We are still working in class on our classroom rules and making good choices. It has been a transition for some students and is just taking us a little longer to get into our routine. However, I feel like we are making good steps in the right direction! 

I will send home some testing results later in the week. These results are from testing completed in the classroom and through a program called Istation. If you have any questions or concerns about the results, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. 

Testing

This week we will start our beginning of the year testing. I will assess your child on their letter and sound knowledge, number recognition, and more. I want to see where your child is academically. I would like to know where we need to start our year off. We have spent the last few weeks working on the basics in our classroom. We focused on our classroom rules and how our classroom runs daily. Now we will focus more on small group learning. 

Updates

This week we are working on the numbers 0-5 and letters M/T. We are still practicing our classroom routines and procedures. I know this week will be absolutely crazy with the full moon. Whenever there is a full moon, our class typically goes WILD!! 

Be sure to practice recognizing those four sight words. We will add another four next week and continue throughout the year. It is important that we learn our sight words. These words are the most common ones found in text. Learning these words helps students become better readers. 

We are still keeping to our COVID protocols in class. We are washing our hands as much as possible. Using our hand sanitizer consistently in between. We are wiping down and sanitizing our tables during the day. We are trying our best to be as safe as possible in the classroom. 

Welcome!!

It was so great to see everyone on Meet the Teacher Night. I am very excited about our class. I can't wait until Wednesday!! I have included some takeaways below to think about for this upcoming year. 

• Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. You can send me a note in your child's binder, call/text me on my cell (903)-702-5076, or call our classroom phone at (903)-665-2461 ext: 4204. If you call our classroom phone, it will not ring during the school day. Please just leave a voicemail and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Contact the main office to speak with our secretary if you have a transportation change or an emergency. 

• Your child will receive a binder for day to day communication. This binder will include their behavior chart, newsletters, homework, reading log, etc. Please send it back daily. This is the fastest way to learn about what is happening in our classroom. 

• Be sure to take a look at our schedule. We have very little downtime. The kids won't take a nap. We are extremely busy throughout our day. Pay attention to our PE schedule. We have PE on Tuesdays and Fridays this year. Please make sure your child wears appropriate footwear for the gym. Closed toe shoes or tennis shoes would be best. Coach Purifoy has some awesome things planned for our class this year!! 

• Your child can bring their lunch box this year. We will help children open items in their lunch box. However, we do encourage them to attempt to open items first. We will have ice cream for them to purchase as well. It is a $1 for an ice cream. I will send more information home regarding purchasing in the cafeteria. 

Graduation and EOY Events

We have discussed graduation this past week and come up with some ideas. Mrs. Whitaker will be sending home a note this upcoming week to explain our plans. If you have any questions or concerns about graduation, please feel free to contact me. If I am unable to answer your question, I will follow up with Mrs. Whitaker to give you an answer. 

We will have a field day for the kids. We will have sack races, kickball, bubbles, and more. Unfortunately due to COVID protocols, we will be unable to have parents on campus. 

Teacher appreciation week is coming up and Ms. Shyger is looking for parent volunteers. If you would like to help her, please let me know or contact Ms. Shyger at 903-665-2461 extension 3490. 

STEAM

We completed a STEAM activity last week. We have one day a week that we dedicate to science activities for our specials. We used gumdrops and toothpicks to create 2D or 3D objects. The kids had fun building their own creation. 

Picture Day

Don't forget: Thursday is picture day! We will be taking group pictures and graduation pictures. Come dressed to impress!