Upcoming Events

*April 21 - Talking Tree

*April 23-Trenton's Fun Friday

*April 30- Kelby's Fun Friday

*May 21- Kindergarten Celebration

The Pumpkin Patch

May 18th-22nd

Thank you parents for making me feel so special this past week. I am blessed to have so many precious families in my class this year.

Our Kindergarten celebration is this Thursday at 9:00. Please make sure your child is dressed in their fieldtrip t-shirt and khaki bottoms.

Thank you for sending so many great board games this week! We will be having fun and practicing skills we have learned this year!

If you are checking out your child after the program, please sign them out in the office when you sign in for the program. Keep your slip and give it to me in the library after the program. We will be in there waiting.

Report cards go home on the last day of school. If your child will not be in atendance you may pick it up in the office.

May 11th-15th

Thank you to all my parents who chaperoned the zoo trip. We had so much fun!

A scrapbook letter was sent home today. In order to get the books shipped before school is out, we will need to have the money in as SOON as possible! The order form will let you know how much the book will be.

Our Kindergarten Graduation Celebration will be next Thursday, May 21st at 9:00 in the cafeteria! Can't wait to see everyone there!

THANKS to Laura's mom for volunteering to sit with the class during the teacher luncheon this week for teacher appreciation!

Ya'll are too wonderful! I love all of my goodies I have gotten so far this week! I appreciate you!

I am proud to announce that we had 100% Benchmark in Dibels!! Thank you for all of your hard work. The kids have worked so hard this year. I am so proud of them!

April 27th- May 1st

Please sign and return the zoo field trip form by May 5th. We would love to have you join us for a day of fun at the zoo on May 8th if you can make it! Parents are going to buy their tickets at the door. Please let me know if you can come. Thanks!

We are working on a project for Mother's Day and we need a little bit of help with the cost. If you could send in $3.00 for the cost of the materials by Friday, we would really appreciate it! Thanks for your help

I need someone to come this Thursday to watch the class while all the kindergarten teachers go to lunch together. We will be leaving at 11:00. Please e-mail me if you can help.

Blount Spirit Day for Kindergarten will be this Friday, May 1st from 8:15-10:15. Please dress your child in their field trip shirt for this fun morning.

Next Tuesday we will have our last big DIBELS assessment of the year. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and a yummy breakfast. Thanks!

We must all paint our rainbows with the colors we are given.

Thank you for all you do!

April 13th- 17th

A great BIG thank you to all my wonderful parent volunteers who helped at the Easter egg hunt. Thank you for all your help! I could not have done it without you! I appreciate everything you do to make our class such a wonderful place.

The BOWLING field trip is this Friday, April 17th from 9:15-12:15. If you would like to come, please meet us at Woodmere Bowling Lanes at 9:15.

Nurse Morgan will be preforming vision and hearing screenings on April 20th and the 21st.

Our Kindergarten graduation is fast approaching! I cannot believe it is already time to send out the children's speaking lines and invitations. Our celebration will be Thursday, May 21st at 9:00 in the cafeteria. We are working very hard! We look forward to seeing you there!

April 6th-9th

Hoppy Easter Week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

I want to thank Laura's mom for coming in and helping out with our bunny t-shirts! They look great. I cannot thank you enough for your hard work and help.

If you have not sent in your money and permission slip for BOWLING, please do so tomorrow. THANKS!

PLEASE send in your permission slip to walk across the street to the Egg Hunt by TOMORROW! Thanks!

Our Easter Egg Hunt will be this THURSDAY, April 9th from 12:00-2:00. Note the date and time change! Please send in your child's basket and eggs by WEDNESDAY. PLEASE do not stuff eggs with any chocolate candy! It will melt before we get to it. Stickers, erasers, and other candy that is not chocolate are a great idea! Please write your child's name on each of their eggs. If you would like to come early and help hide our eggs for us, please let me know- we need your help!

This Friday is a school holiday since we have not had to use a weather day this year. Have a great, long weekend!

I will be sending home May's scholastic book orders tomorrow. There are some very cute books this month. I am going to ask that you make your selections by Monday, April 20th. If you need more time just send me an e-mail and I will be glad to wait.

~“Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang the best.” --Henry Van Dyke

March 30th- April 3rd

If you have not sent in your money and permission slip for BOWLING, please do so this week. THANKS!

testing started today. It is very important that your child is on time to school everyday so that testing is not interrupted in the school. Also, please try not to check your child out before 12:00 during this week of testing. Any classroom volunteers will have to wait until the afternoon to come to classrooms. THANKS!

Box Tops are due Friday, April 3rd.

Our Easter Egg Hunt will be April 8th at 1:00. Please read the note coming home today about the hunt. PLEASE do not stuff eggs with any chocolate candy! It will melt before we get to it--YUCK! Stickers, erasers, and other candy that is not chocolate are a great idea!

Our Kindergarten graduation celebration will be coming up in May! A note with your child's line is coming home on Tuesday so they can "practice".

March 24th-27th

Dear Parents,

Welcome back! It was so good to see all my sweet smiling faces this morning. I hope everyone had a relaxing spring break!

If you have not signed and returned your child's report card, please do so as soon as possible.

We went to the library today! Please help your child read their new book tonight. If your child has a book at home please send it back to school.

I sent home the bowling field trip permission slip today. We will go bowling on April 17th. You may go ahead and send in your permission slips. We are asking that you NOT send money until March 30th. All money will be due April 13th.

It is almost time for our Kindergarten Easter egg hunt! We are planning on having it April 8th. We have not discussed a time yet. I will send a letter home discussing this further. I would like for us to go ahead and start stamping/painting the t-shirts. If anyone is available April 1st I would like to try and finsh as many shirts as we can. If you are interested please let me know! Thanks!

Our new sight words for this week are: came, are, was, well, and now. If you can please practice the words WANT and WHAT. These seem to be giving everyone problems. Thank you for all you do.

March 9th-13th

Dear Parents,

We have a field trip to the museum tomorrow! Please remember to dress your child in their yellow field trip t-shirt. We will be leaving around ten and returning to the school at twelve.

I wanted to thank all of you for your help last Thursday. Without your help it would not have been successful. I was so impressed by our wonderful children!! We had so many compliments even from Mrs. Alma Powell. She had to be escorted our early by security so she would not be bombarded by everyone at the conference. Mrs. Powell sent word through a representative that she loved our children and thanked us for coming!! If you have any pictures you would like to share please e-mail them to me. I will try to get a slide show of the summit posted soon.

We have a very sneaky visitor in our room this week! The leprechaun made a mess while we were outside playing! We read Leprechaun on the Loose and discussed different ways we could catch our not so friendly visitor. Please help your child make a leprechaun trap. We will set our traps on Thursday.

I recently sent home a letter about the kindergarten yearbook. Please fill it out and return it in your child’s binder. This will help give us an idea of how many books to order. If you have not gotten a chance to see the yearbook from last year you are more than welcome to look at it.

March 2nd-6th

Happy Tuesday! I cannot believe it is already March! I feel so blessed to teach these children and be apart of their lives. Thank you for all you do to make a class so successful!

What a great weekend!! I know everyone had a great time playing in the snow. Please feel free to let your child bring in pictures to share. We had an extra long share time on Monday as they discussed all their snow adventures.

Remember to have your child bring a book to school tomorrow for the book exchange. We will have a special time to read our new books.

Thursday is fast approaching! I wanted to give you an update. As you know Thursday is the character parade. If your child is participating in the Governor's Summit they will not be able to participate in the parade. However they can still dress up and where their outfit for the day. The kids will need to wear their uniforms on stage. We will meet at the front of The Embassy Suites at 2:15. I will be standing there with volunteers to help make sure all the children get to the back room. There will also be volunteers to help you get where you need to be. The Conference will be almost over by the time we get there, therefore there will be NO seating. They will sneak you in the back for our little friend's debut! The kids will go on stage at 3:00. They will say "we want to graduate" three times. Once they have had their big speaking roll they will go back to the waiting room. Once the room has cleared out a little we will walk to you in the back of the ballroom. Please remember that you have to check your CHILD out from school. It will be the parents responsibility to take their child home from the conference. If for some reason you have an unexpected conflict please let me know! The Governor's office is expecting 18 children to be there. Please Please Please call or e-mail me if you have any questions!!!

On Friday, our school will "Walk for Diabetes." Please make sure your chid has appropriate shoes to walk in. If you would send in your collection envelope as soon as possible. Thank you for your support.

~Childhood should be a walk of discovery, not a race to the finish line.

February 23rd-28th

Dear Parents,

I am pleased to inform you that our Kindergarten Class has been specially chosen by the Alabama Governor’s Office to participate in the 2009 Governor’s Dropout Prevention Summit. The Governor’s Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives contacted me to see if my wonderful class would like to play a special role in this year’s conference and I gladly accepted, pending approval. The Summit will be held on Thursday, March 5Th 2009 at 3:00 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Downtown Montgomery.The kids will get the opportunity to be on stage with the Governor and other State officials and will actually have a group speaking role!!! Furthermore, I was thrilled to know that each child would each receive a special certificate of appreciation, signed by the Governor, for their involvement!! There will be many great speakers their such as General Colon Powell's wife, Governor Riley, The State Superintendent of Education,and many more. I think this is a wonderful opportunity for our class. This is not a school related event. It is excused and encouraged. We will arrive their at 2:30 and we will go on stage at 3:00. It should only take about fifteen minutes. I need to know how many children will be able to attend. I will also need parent volunteers to help. If you would like your child to participate and you would like to help please e-mail me so I may get a head count. I need to know as soon as possible. If you have any questions please call me or e-mail me. My cell phone number is 251-422-5556. If you would like more information on this conference you can visit www.servealabama.gov and then click on Governor's Dropout Prevention Summit.

It is that time again! We will begin report card testing this week. Please take a few minutes each night and go over these tricky sight words. I would also suggest reviewing their personal data such as address, phone number, and birthday. I am so impressed by their progress I know they will all do great! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me!

In math this week we will be discussing measurement. This is such a fun and hands on unit. We will begin with non-standard measurement and eventually move into standard measurement.

Our new letter for the week is Ff.

Thank you for bringing in your teddy bears on Friday. They had so much fun reading with them. Stuffed animals make great reading partners!

Next week is going to be wild! It is Reading Across America Week.

Monday we would love to have a volunteer come read to our class! Last year a dad came dressed in his air force uniform and brought pictures of the planes.

Tuesday we will have the walk for diabetes. Please make sure they have sneakers on.

Wednesday we will have a book exchange. You may bring in a book from home to swap with a friend or a new one. We will have a special time to read our new books.

Thursday is the character parade at 1:30. All parents are invited to come and watch their child parade through the school. Please remember that the character parade is for your child to dress like their favorite BOOK character not movie. I have already planned my book character. Last year I was a giant foot from The Foot Book by, Dr. Seuss!

Thank you to Aubreyel's mom for a great fun Friday! We read Mrs. Spitzer's Garden and made flower pens and had a flower snack! Thank you so much!

February 17-20th

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a nice holiday yesterday! Thank you so much for a wonderful Valentine's party. The kids had such a great time. I cannot thank you enough for all my sweet goodies. Ya'll are so good to me and I appreciate all you do!

I will be sending home March book orders this week. Please try and have your money and orders to me by Wednesday the 25th. Thanks!

We will be discussing the letter Bb. B says bbb Bees on the beach.

We will be discussing measurement in math.

Please continue to write me a note or a ticket when your child is ready for an AR test. They are all doing great!

February 9th-13th

Happy Valentines Week!

I am soo excited to announce that we have accomplished Renaissance Master CLASSROOM!!! We have great readers!! Thank you for all your work at home!

Scholastic book orders are going home today..look for your new books!

Thank you soo much to Tiarra's mother for a great fun Firday. We read No, David! and made David lokk alike cookies. They had a great time.

Please remember to bring in your Valentines boxes by Friday.

I look forward to seeing you at the party! Have a LOVELY week.

We will continue to discuss time in math.

our new words this week are...A, too, but, can, like

February 2nd-6th

Happy Groundhog Day!!

I put in the scholastic book orders today. Thank you for your orders.

I am sending home the Valentine Party letter. If you would like to donate things for our party please fill the form out and return it to school. Our party will be February 13th from 1:30-2:15. We would love for you to be there! Please have this form returned by this Friday. Thank you.

If you have any questions about the valentine boxes please e-mail me or you can stop by and look at our scrapbook from last year.

Doughnuts for dads will be this Thursday and Friday. It will be from 7:00-7:45. Hope to see all of our dads!

Our new sight words for the week: is, his, an, into, and
Please go over these at home! We always need extra practice!

Thank you to Noah's mom for a great fun Friday. We read Counting Crocodiles and made monkey puppets. Thank you for coming!!

We will continue discussing time

Please make sure your child is bringing their library book to school everyday. Thank you for all you do!

January News

I hope everybody is having a good week! I wanted you to know that I will not be at school on Feb. 4th. I will be attending a conference in Birmingham. Mrs. Higgens will be our substitute. She is a Blount mom and is great with the kids!

I sent home book orders yesterday! Please try to have your orders to me by Monday, February 2nd. One of my favorite books is being offered this month, The Pout Pout Fish! We will read this in class later in the year. It is such a cute and funny book.

Box tops are due this Friday.

Please make sure that your child is reading every night.

Our new sight words for the week are where, there, did, our, and were. Please take time to go over these with your child. We review them in class, but they always need a little extra help.

In math, we have begun to discuss time. We are learning to tell time to the hour.