Mrs. Koepp's Kindergarten Blog

Schedule for the Week of November 14-18

2011-11-11T13:28:00.002-06:00

M- Music & P.E. and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!) and we will have Character Ed. Class with Mrs. Swanson... the theme... "Be Your Best!"
T- Art
W- Music & P.E.
Th- Music & P.E.
F- Art & Computer

Star of the Week: Natalia!

Sight Word: he

Word Family of the Week: -ap (creates words such as: sap, map, rap)
-am (creates words such as: Sam, Pam, ram)

Vocabulary: Review of the last two weeks

Math: Last week of working on Chp. 4 - numbers 6-10

Grandfriends Day!!

2011-11-09T12:54:00.009-06:00

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDFRIENDS THAT COULD COME AND VISIT US LAST WEEK!!!! WE LOVED HAVING YOU HERE!!

Halloween Photos!!!

2011-11-09T08:18:00.010-06:00

What a fabulous Halloween party we had!!

Can you guess who all of these characters are??

We had a great Halloween party last week planned by our amazing parents!!! Thank you moms!

Schedule for the Week of November 7 - 11

2011-11-08T16:30:00.003-06:00

M- Music & Media (Please return your Library books!) and Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-7:20pm.
T- P.E.
W- Art
Th- P.E. (last day of rollerskating!)/Music and Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-7pm
F- No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences 8-3pm

Sight Word: like

Letter of the Week: Dd

Vocabulary: active, gigantic, voyage, gasped, glum, whimper

Phonics: Onset/ Rime Blending

Math: Starting Chp. 5 numbers 6-10

Schedule for the Week of Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

2011-11-01T11:50:00.003-05:00

M- Music (No media this week due to the Bookfair) & Happy Halloween! Party in the afternoon!!
T- Art & Family Fun Book Fair Night - Come celebrate Literature 5-7pm!!
W- P.E.
Th- Music
F- Art & Grandfriends Day!! Welcome Grandparents and Grandfriends!!

Sight Word: to

Word Family for the Week: -am (makes words such as.... Sam, Pam, Cam, ram)
- at (makes words such as.... sat, mat, pat)

Vocabulary: sly, proceed, apparel, announced, imagery, precisely

Phonics: Review Rhyme recognition

Math: We will be taking our Chp. 3 test on numbers 1-5.

Schedule for the Week of October 24-28

2011-10-24T21:11:00.002-05:00

M- Art and Media (Please remember to return your library books!)
T- P.E. & Music & Picture Retake Day!
W- Music & P.E.
Th- Art & Meet up with 4th grade buddies!
F- Music & P.E. and Computer

** Rollerskating begins this week in P.E., so please remember to bring your helmets! :-)

Star of the Week: Henry!!

Sight Word: Review: I, a, go, the, my

Letter of the Week: Cc

Vocabulary: Review: feast, appetite, aroma, prepare, urgency, lonely, gusto, surround, remind, savor, tradition, preoccupied, perfectly, mellow, talent

Math: Chap. 3 focusing on graphing and numbers 1-5

Schedule for the Week of October 17-21

2011-10-14T17:59:00.002-05:00

M- P.E./Music & Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
T- Music/P.E.
W- No School! - Teacher Workshop Day
Th- No School! - MEA
F- No School! - MEA

** Please return your INNISBROOK fundraising packets in case you have not already done so! Thank you!

This is a short week with only two days of school! We will not be focusing on a certain letter or vocabulary this week. Instead, we will be reviewing what we have been learning and also working on a unit about our families in Social Studies. Enjoy this two-day week and long weekend ahead!

Schedule for the Week of October 10-14

2011-10-11T13:23:00.003-05:00

M- Music/P.E. & Media (Please remember to return you library books!)
T- Art
W- P.E./Music
Th- Music/P.E.
F- Art & Computer

Star of the Week: Isabella!

Sight Word: go

Letter of the Week: Cc

Vocabulary: appetite, savor, urgency, aroma, surround, tradition

Phonics: rhyming

Math: Chapter 3 - Numbers 1-5

Schedule for the Week of October 3-7

2011-10-03T19:56:00.003-05:00

M - Art & Media Class with Mrs. Williams (*Please return library books!) and Character Class with Mrs. Swanson
T - P.E./Music
W - Music/P.E.
Th - Art
F - Music/P.E. & Computer

Star of the Week: Jack M.

Sight Word: the

Letter of the Week: Nn and Pp

Vocabulary: feast, gusto, prepare, lonely, remind, preoccupied

Phonics: Syllable blending, segmentation and deletion

Math: Chapter 2 - Our last week of covering patterns

Apple Orchard Fun!!

2011-09-27T11:58:00.005-05:00

We had such a great time at the Apple Orchard last week.... I just wanted to share a few photos with you.... enjoy!

We learned how the apples are cleaned in the machine........

We learned how to properly pick an apple off of a tree, put it in the bag and then they all go into the crate.

We got to see some fun farm animals too!

Schedule for the Week of September 26-30

2011-09-25T21:26:00.003-05:00

M - P.E./Music & Media with Mrs. Williams (*Please return your library books by today!)
T- PICTURE DAY!! Music/P.E.
W- Art
Th- Music/P.E.
F- Music/P.E. & Computer & Celebrate Camryn's Birthday!!

Star of the Week: Camryn

Sight Word: my

Letter of the Week: Tt

Vocabulary: Review (ability, confident, encourage, talent, differ, perfectly, resemblance, reverse

Math: Chp. 2 - Patterns

Schedule for the Week of September 19-23

2011-09-16T17:03:00.002-05:00

M- Music/P.E. & Media
T- Art
W- Music/P.E. & Field Trip to Apple Orchard
Th - Music/P.E.
F - Art & Computer

Letter of the Week: Rr

Sight Word of the Week: a

Phonics: Counting the number of syllables in a word

Math: Starting Chp. 2 on Patterning

Vocabulary Words for the Week: differ, stalking, mellow, automatic, perfectly, resemblance

Schedule for the Week of September 12-16

2011-09-11T23:25:00.003-05:00

M - Art and Character Assembly
T - Music/P.E.
W - Music/P.E. & Reading Fluency Testing
Th -Art
F - P.E./Music & Wolf Ridge Kick-Off Assembly

Letters of the Week: Mm & Ss

Sight Word: I

Phonics: Counting the number of words in a sentence

This is our first FULL week of kindergarten and I know the students will love it. We will have our first Character Assembly of the year with Mrs. Swanson and I think she has a pretty exciting message in store for us. (Hint: this year's Character Theme is "Team Shirley Hills"). We will also begin starting to learn and focus on the letters Mm and Ss in handwriting and reading the sight word I with our first theme "All About Me." We will also learn some new vocabulary words: ability, talent, confident, complained, encourage, and reverse.
In Math we will be reviewing concepts in the next two weeks such as shapes, directional words (i.e: right, left, above, below) and sorting objects by color, size and kind.
I'm looking forward to a great week!

Welcome Class of 2024!!

2011-09-02T18:32:00.002-05:00

Hello and Welcome to My Classroom!!

It was great to meet so many of you at Open House Wednesday evening! Parents, can you believe these new kindergarten students are the young faces of the Class of 2024?! I'm happy you get to start your educational career right here at Shirley Hills! We are going to have such a great year, I'm looking forward it!

A few things that may be of help to you as we begin the year:

School Supplies Needed for Kindergarten (Please bring these to your first conference scheduled for either Sept. 6th or 7th):

1 - Clorox wipes, 40-ct (boys)
10 - glue sticks, .21 oz
1 - hand sanitizer, 4 oz. bottle (girls)
1 - kleenex, 175-ct box
1 - markers, dry erase, 4-ct box
2 - markers, washable, 8-ct box
1 - notebook, spiral bound, wide ruled
3 - pencils, #2 wooden, sharpened (yellow only)
1 - pencils, colored (12-ct)
1- pocket folder, red
1 - scissors, 5” blunt Fiskars

Donations of any of these additional kindergarten supplies now or during the school year would be greatly appreciated.

- Brown paper lunch bags
- plastic cups, regular size
- Elmers white glue, 7 oz. bottle
- Napkins
- Plastic forks and spoons
- Ziploc bags, gallon or quart size
- boxes of healthy snacks (Goldfish, crackers, etc.)

2. A link to the School Lunch Menu and PAMS Lunch Account, which will need to be set up before Septemeber 9th for your child to receive school lunch.

3. Plan ahead and put the Back to School Barbecue on your calendar: Friday, September 9th!

4. For other school or district information, please check out the Shirley Hills Web Page!

5. To plan ahead for future activities and events, please view the District Calendar.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all at your listening conference next week!
~ Mrs. Koepp

Schedule for the Week of May 23-27

2011-05-23T08:42:00.004-05:00

M- Computer & P.E. /Music & Our End-of-the-Year Rock Star Assembly!!
T- Music/P.E. & Our Last Day of Media -PLEASE bring back your Library books!! We will have our Yearbook Signing Party today too!
W- Art
Th- P.E./Music
F- SUPER TEAM DAY!!!! - Parents you are invited to join us for the afternoon!! PLEASE send a packed lunch today - the kitchen will be closed!

SUPER TEAM DAY on FRIDAY!!!!:
Please Send these items with your child for this day:

packed lunch (the kitchen is closed)
water bottle
tennis shoes - we will be doing many sporting events
have your child wear light blue or blue

Star of the Week: Brekken!

Sight Words: Review

Vocabulary: Review

This will be a very busy but FUN week!!

Schdule for the Week of May 9-13th

2011-05-08T18:55:00.000-05:00

M- computer & P.E. and Music
T- music and P.E. & Media (please remember your library books!)
W- Art
Th- P.E. and music
F- No School! Teacher Workshop Day.

Star of the Week: Zachary

Sight Words: that, have

Vocabulary: peek, watchful, lively, active, clever, boastful, ravenous, famished, hollow, defend, quarrel

Schedule for the Week of April 25-29

2011-04-25T08:42:00.002-05:00

M- Computer & Art
T- P.E./Music & Media (Please remember to return your library books!)
W- Music/P.E.
Th- Art
F- P.E./Music

Star of the Week: Sam!!

Letter of the Week: Uu

Sight Words: and, there

Vocabulary: hollow, scurry, watchful, cling, defend, ravenous

Schedule for the Week of April 18-22

2011-04-25T08:36:00.002-05:00

M - Computer & P.E./Music
T - Music/P.E. & Media (please remember to return your library books!)
W - Art
Th - P.E./Music
F - Music/P.E. & Happy EARTH DAY!!

Star of the Week: Joey!!

Letters of the Week: Yy & Zz

Schdule for the Week of April 11-15

2011-04-08T13:42:00.002-05:00

M- Computer & Music/P.E.
T- Art & Media (Please bring back your Library books!)
W- P.E./Music
Th- Music/P.E.
F- Art

Saturday, April 16th - Shirley Hills Spring Carnival!!! 11am-3pm

Star of the Week: Vaughn!!

Sight Words: she, good

Word Families: -et (pet, set, bet) -eg (peg, leg, beg) & -en (pen, Ken, ten)

Vocabulary: appreciate, grace, host, lush, marvelous, constantly

Schedule for the Week of April 4 - 8

2011-04-04T08:23:00.002-05:00

M- Computer, P.E. & Music
T- Music & P.E. & Media (Please remember to bring back your Library books! :-) )
W- Art
Th- P.E. & Music
F- No School - Teacher Workshop Day!

Letters of the Week: Vv & Jj

Sight Words: are, they

Vocabulary: protecting, volunteer, responsible, adore, melancholy, exquisite

Schedule for the Week of March 28 - April 1

2011-03-27T18:54:00.004-05:00

M - Computer & Music/P.E. - Coloring Contest Entries for the Carnival are Due!!
T - Art & Media (Bring back your Library books!)
W - P.E./Music & Make-Up Field Trip to Lowry Nature Center!
Th -Music/P.E.
F - Art

Please continue to send in your items for the Food Drive!!!

Star of the Week: Reagan!!

Sight Words: out, who

Word Families: -ed, -en

Schedule for the Week of March 21-25

2011-03-24T16:03:00.004-05:00

Sorry friends! I have not been good about updating my blog in a timely manner.....

M- Art
T- P.E./Music
W- SNOW DAY - no School! - Hope you enjoyed the unexpected day off!
Th- Art & Adventures in Art with Mrs. Linkert!
F- P.E./Music & Celebrate Lindsay's Birthday! - Look for your child's report card today too!

Please send in anything you would like to donate to our Carnival Basket: the theme is- SWIMMING FUN

We are doing a Shirley Hills Food Drive, please remember to bring in your donations through the end of March!

Star of the Week: Emerson!

Sight Words: we, want

Letter of the Week: Ee

Vocabulary: treasure, sturdy, worth, compliment, confer, mingle

Schedule for the Week of March 7-11

2011-03-11T10:39:00.004-06:00

M - P.E./Music & Computer
T- Music/P.E. & Media
W - Art
Th -P.E./Music & Adventures in Art with Mrs. Linkert!
F - Music/P.E.

Star of the Week!! Mac

Sight Words: up, down

Vocabulary: contrast, meander, tidy, famished, modify, unfortunate

Word family: -ox, -ix to create words such as: box, fox, sox, fix, mix, six

Parents! Please remember to send back the PTA Fundraiser packets - they are due back this week! Also, just a reminder, we have no school next week -Happy SPriNg BrEAk!!

Keeping Those Pearly Whites Clean!!

2011-03-02T10:35:00.003-06:00

A big THANK YOU to Kathy Rothenberger for coming in last Friday to share with us how to best take care of our teeth and maintain healthy teeth and gums! We learned so much and she gave us new tooth brushes and toothpaste to take home as well.
Thanks again Mrs. Rothenberger!

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 28 - March 4

2011-02-27T20:20:00.005-06:00

Will March come in like a LION or a Lamb??? I hope the answer is a Lamb, but based on our winter thus far, it could easily be a LION!! We'll have to wait and see. :-)

M- Computer & Art
T- P.E. & Music and we'll celebrate Emerson's Birthday!!!!! Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pm
W - Music & P.E.
Th- Art Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pm
F - No School! Parent/Teacher Conferences

Letters of the Week: Ww and Xx

Sight Words: REVIEW!! : me, for, where, do, you, look, one, see, what, & two

Vocabulary Words: REVIEW!!: bound, drooped, joyous, load, steep, thrill, agreed, contribute, fantasy, jolly, spontaneously and versatile

I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you this week at conferences! Let's have a wonderful week.

Valentine's Day Party!

2011-02-21T21:27:00.006-06:00

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 21-25

2011-02-21T21:20:00.003-06:00

M - No School - President's Day!
T - No School - Teacher Workshop Day!
W - Art
Th - P.E. & Music
F - Music & P.E.

This is a short week and we will not be going to Media until next Tuesday, so please feel free to keep your library book until next Tuesday, thank you!

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 14-18

2011-02-16T16:19:00.002-06:00

M- HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! - Computer and P.E. & Music
T - Music & P.E. and Media & Adventures in Art with Mrs. Buescher!
W - Art and Micah's Birthday!!
Th - P.E. & Music
F - Music & P.E. & celebrate Max's Birthday!!

Sight Words: what, two

Word Family: -ot, -op

Vocabulary: fantasy, jolly, versatile, agreed, contribute, spontaneously

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 7-11

2011-02-07T11:54:00.003-06:00

M- Computer and Music & P.E. & Celebrate Mac's Birthday!
T- Art, Adventures in Art with Mrs. Buescher!! and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
W- P.E. & Music
Th- Music & P.E.
F- Art & Please bring in Valentine's for Classmates!

Star of the Week: Mikayla

Letters of the Week: Ll & Hh

Sight Words: one, see

Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill

This week we have begun a new theme in Language Arts called "Let's Play" and we will also start earning our Medallions!

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 31 - Feb. 4

2011-01-30T21:02:00.003-06:00

M- Computer & Art
T - P.E. & Music & Media (Please remember your library books!)
W - Music & P.E.
Th- Art
F - P.E. & Music & Celebrate Hailey's Birthday!!

Letter of the Week: Oo

Sight Words: you, look

Math: We will be finishing Chp. 6, which concentrates on numbers 0-30. If you are looking for extra activities to do at home for extra practice with learning these numbers, try playing Go Fish with cards numbered 0-30 or play Memory with two sets of cards 0-30. Try putting the number cards in order from 0-30 or see who can put them in order the fastest, you or your child?! Have fun!

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 24-28

2011-01-23T20:41:00.004-06:00

M - Computer & Music/P.E.
T - Art & Media (Please Bring Back your Library Books!)
W - P.E./Music
Th - Music/P.E. - Bring 1$ to Dress Like a Rock Star!!
F - No School - Teacher Workshop Day!

Word Families for the Week: -in (helps us create words such as: pin, bin, fin, etc.)
-ig (helps us create words such as: pig, sig, big, etc.)
-it (helps us create words such as: fit, pit, lit, etc.)

Sight Words: where & do

Vocabulary Words: arrives, creeps, nestle, slumbering, delight, blustery

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 17-21

2011-01-17T20:47:00.004-06:00

M - No School - Honoring MLK day!
T - P.E. & Music & Media (Bring back Library books please!) & celebrating Alaina's 1/2 Birthday!
W - Music & P.E.
Th - Art & celebrating Sam's 1/2 Birthday!
F - P.E. & Music - Bring a $1 to Wear your P.J.s!!

Letters of the Week: Bb and Kk

Sight Words: me & for

Vocabulary Words: prefer, wading, warn, whirl, perhaps, property

We are starting a new theme this week in Language Arts called "Whatever the Weather." The students will be learning about different types of weather and how weather changes on a day to day basis. We also started working on ten frames in math last week. Ten frames are how we teach the students to show the value of numbers 10-30 using groups of frames with 10 spaces in each frame.

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 10-14

2011-01-09T20:50:00.002-06:00

M - Computer, Music & P.E.
T - Art and Media (don't forget to return your library books! :-) )
W - P.E. & Music
Th - Pastries w/ Parents before school!! Music & P.E.
F - Hats on for Hearts - bring a 1$ to wear a hat! Art, Happy Birthday to Jordyn!

Star of the Week: Alaina!!

This week will be a review week of sight words and vocabulary words. We will also be focusing on learning to create words with word families such as: -it .... sit, bit, pit, etc. and -ip..... sip, lip, dip, etc.

Parents, we are also starting to run out of extra snacks for those who forget to bring a snack from home some days.... if you are at the store and are able to pick up a box of your child's favorite healthy snack, that would be great! Thanks!

Schedule for the Week of January 3-7, 2011

2011-01-02T20:10:00.003-06:00

Hello! Happy New Year and welcome back after a nice long break! Thank you, thank you to all of you for the gifts you gave to our classroom and to myself for the holidays.... you were all very generous - thank you!
I hope you all enjoyed your time-off and are now ready for the New Year! I am excited to be back and see everyone and I hope you are too.

This week we will be jumping right back into the swing of things and even have a new Character Assembly Monday afternoon called "Caring Hearts" to kick-off the new year of 2011. For our "Caring Hearts" assembly, we will be learning how we can work together as a school to raise money to help children whom are born with heart defects.

Here is a glance at our schedule this week:

M - Computer & Art .... and we will celebrate Maeve's Birthday (which was over the long break)!!
T - P.E. & Music..... don't forget to bring a nickel!
W - Music & P.E. ....... don't forget to bring a dime! Today is also Media day, so please remember to return your library book!
Th - Art ...... don't forget to bring a quarter!
F - P.E. & Music ...... don't forget to bring a dollar and you can have your picture taken in the photo booth!

Star of the Week: Fletcher!

Letters of the week: Gg & Ff

Sight Words for the Week: here & this

Vocabulary for the Week: anxious, huddle, moans, productive, idle, & scrumptious

Let's have a great FIRST week of the NEW YEAR!!

Schedule for the Weeks of Dec. 6-10 & Dec. 13-17

2010-12-05T17:37:00.004-06:00

Hello! The next couple of weeks will be busy as we have some holiday fun and take a little break from our regular curriculum. Last Friday you received the last green homework sheet (Lesson 10) until after the winter break. I am also very proud to announce that the students filled the cotton ball jar which meant they earned their first movie and popcorn party!! We had our party last Friday and watched Toy Story 3 with options of regular, cheese or caramel popcorn.

Here is a peek at our two weeks ahead!

Dec. 6th -10th

M - Music & P.E.
T - Art & Media (Please remember your library books!)
W - P.E. & Music
Th - Music & P.E.
F - Art

Star of the Week : Maeve!!

Dec. 13th -17 th

M - P.E. & Music & Trace's Birthday!!
T - Field Trip to Old Log Theater!!! We will be back in time for lunch at school. - Media in the afternoon (Please return your library books!)
W - Art & Landon's Birthday!! - PLEASE send in your child's gently used wrapped book by today!!
Th - P.E. & Music & Celebrate Zachary's 1/2 Birthday!!
F - Music & P.E. , Celebrate Ashlee's Birthday!! & Holiday Book Exchange!!

Schedule for the Week of November 29 - December 3

2010-11-29T08:36:00.002-06:00

M - computer & Art
T - P.E./Music & Media (Please remember your library books!)
W - Music/P.E.
Th - Art
F - P.E./Music

Star of the Week: Trace!

Sight Word for the Week: come

Letter of the Week: Ii

Vocabulary: squabble, mischief, uproar, tend, soggy, wobble

Schedule for the Week of November 22-26

2010-11-21T19:16:00.004-06:00

M - Computer and Art
T - P.E. & Music and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
W - Music & P.E.
T - No School - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
F - No School - Enjoy your long weekend!!

Mrs. Koepp is thankful for each of my kindergarten students!!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!

Schedule for the Week of November 15-19

2010-11-15T11:38:00.002-06:00

M - Computer & P.E./Music
T - Music/P.E. & Media
W - Art
Th - P.E./Music
F - Music/P.E.

Star of the Week!!: Jordyn!!

Sight Word for the Week: he

Word Family for the Week: -ap (words such as cap, nap, sap, etc.) -an (words such as can, stan, ban, etc.)

Vocabulary : Review Words - sly, proceed, apparel, announced, imaginary, precisely, active, gigantic, voyage, gasped, slum, whimper

This week we will be reviewing letters and vocabulary we have learned in the last couple of weeks. We will also be learning two new word families which will help build our rhyming and reading skills. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we will be talking about the things we are thankful for and why Thanksgiving was first started.
I apologize, I forgot to send home the homework sheet in last week's Friday Folder. I will stick it in their backpack today, and feel free to return it next week sometime.
Thanks!

Check out the fun we had at our Halloween party!

2010-11-03T19:57:00.014-05:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

Schedule for the Week of November 1-5

2010-10-31T20:36:00.005-05:00

M - Computer & P.E./Music & Family Fun Night at the Book Fair (Shirley Hills Media Center) 5-8pm
T - Music/P.E.
W - Art
Th - P.E./Music & Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pm
F - Music/P.E. & Grandfriends Day!

Star of the Week: Micah!!

Sight Word for the Week: to

Word Family for the Week: -am (words such as ham, Sam, dam, etc.), -at (words such as cat, hat, sat, etc.)

Vocabulary: sly, proceed, apparel, announced, imaginary, precisely

This week we will be focusing on learning phonograms: -am, and -at instead of a new letter of the week. We will also use our prior knowledge of rhyming and letter sounds to help us learn to blend sounds together to create words.

We will continue to be working on writing numbers 0-10 correctly in Chapter 3 in Math. We will be starting a new chapter in Social Studies which focuses on our families.

This week, the Book Fair is going on in the Media Center. We will not be checking out new library books for the week, but your child will get a chance to make a wish list for the books that they may want to buy. Please feel free to stop in throughout the week to check-out the wonderful books at great prices!

Schedule for the Week October 25 - 29

2010-10-24T20:23:00.002-05:00

M - Computer and Music/P.E. (please remember helmets for rollerskating!) & we will also be celebrating Joey's Birthday!!
T - Art and Media (please remember your library books!)
W - P.E./Music
Th - Music/P.E. & Picture Retake Day!!
F - Halloween Safety with Mrs. Swanson, Art and Class Halloween Party! (Please send costume with your child to school in a separate bag.) School Halloween Parade begins at 2:15pm - parents may watch the parade from the gym.

Sight Words for the Week: Review: I, a, my, the, go

Letter for the Week: Aa

Vocabulary: Review: feast, gusto, prepare, lonely, remind, preoccupied, appetite, savor, urgency, aroma, surround, tradition

Hello Families!
We have a very busy couple of weeks ahead. Hopefully you all got your Conference slip reminder a week ago. If you have any questions regarding your conference day/time, please feel free to contact me. I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you in the next couple of weeks. This week the students will be getting very, very excited for our Halloween celebration. There are some parents planning our class party which I know will be a great success.
I looking forward to a fun week!

Schedule for the Week of October 18th-22nd

2010-10-17T19:20:00.003-05:00

M - Computer and Art
T - P.E./Music and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
W - No School! Teacher Workshop Day!
Th - No School! MEA
F - No School! MEA

As you can see, we have a very short week ahead of us! We will be continuing to finish our pattern books, practice some hand writing skills and making a few Halloween decorations for our party next week.

Schedule for the Week of October 11th - 15th

2010-10-10T16:58:00.004-05:00

M- Computer & P.E./Music
T - Music/P.E. & Media (Please remember your library books!)
W - Art
Th - P.E./Music
F - Music/P.E.

Sight Word for the Week: go

Letter for the Week: Cc

Vocabulary for the Week: appetite, savor, urgency, aroma, surround, tradition

Star of the Week: Ashlee

So much fun at the apple orchard!

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Schedule for the Week of October 4th- 8th

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M - Music/P.E. & Character Class with Mrs. Swanson
T - Art & Field Trip to Apple Orchard
W - P.E./Music & Culver's Family Night 4-8pm
Th - Music/P.E. & Media (Please bring back your library books!)
F - Art & **** Please send back Innisbrook packets by today!!

Sight Word for the Week: the

Letters for the Week: Nn & Pp

Vocabulary: feast, gusto, prepare, lonely, remind, preoccupied

Star of the Week: Landon

We will have a busy week ahead with many fun things going on! With our field trip being on Tuesday, we will be having Media on Thursday instead of Tuesday this week. Parents, if you are coming on the field trip and would like to pick your own bag of apples, please bring 5$ to cover the cost of your bag of apples. Thank you!
In language arts we will begin our new unit on Families and in Math we will begin working with patterns!
Let's have a wonderful week!!

The first few weeks of school.....

2010-09-30T08:05:00.008-05:00

Last week.... Lindsay was our "Star of the Week" and her special guests were her parents! They came to read Pinkalicous and Purplicious on Friday!

In the first few weeks of school we have also been talking a lot about what our responsibilities are in our classroom ..... along with what we know we can expect to be Mrs. Koepp's responsibilities and our parents'.

Schedule for the Week of Sept. 27th - Oct. 1st

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M - Art & Fletcher's Birthday!!
T - P.E./Music and PICTURE DAY!! & Media day - please bring back your library books!
W - Music/P.E.
Th - Art
F - P.E./Music & Mikayla's Birthday!!

Sight Word for the Week: my

Letter for the Week: Tt

Vocabulary: REVIEW!!: ability, talent, confident, complained, encourage, reverse, differ, stalking, mellow, automatic, perfectly, resemblance

Star of the Week: Max!

Schedule for the Week of Sept. 20-24

2010-09-19T19:15:00.002-05:00

M - P.E./Music

T - Music/P.E. & Media (please remember to bring back your library books!)

W - Art

Th - P.E./Music

F - Music/P.E.

Sight Word for the Week: a

Letter for the Week: Rr

Vocabulary: differ, stalking, mellow, automatic, perfectly, resemblance

Star of the Week: Lindsay!

Schedule for the Week of Sept. 13-17

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M - Music/P.E. & Character Assembly

T - Art & Media

W -P.E./Music

Th - Music/P.E. & Assessing in the afternoon.

F -Art

Sight Word for the Week: I

Letters of the Week: Mm & Ss

This is our first FULL week of kindergarten and I know the students will love it. We will start off our Monday morning with our first Character Assembly of the year with Mrs. Swanson and I think she has a pretty exciting message in store for us. (Hint: this year's Character Theme is "Learn Like a Rock Star/Teach Like a Rock Star"). We will also begin starting to learn and focus on the letters Mm and Ss in handwriting and reading the sight word I with our first theme "All About Me." We will also learn some new vocabulary words: ability, talent, confident, complained, encourage, and reverse.
In Math we will be reviewing concepts in the next two weeks such as shapes, directional words (i.e: right, left, above, below) and sorting objects by color, size and kind.
I'm looking forward to a great week!

A great first day!!!

2010-09-09T19:44:00.006-05:00

We are having a great start to our new kindergarten year!

The students have quickly made some new friends, made it through their first lunch line as a kindergartener (with not even ONE SPILL!!! :-) ) and enjoyed exploring throughout the room. We also read The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
which made us feel a little more at-ease saying good-bye to mom and dad for the school day.

We're looking forward to yet another successful day tomorrow before a weekend of rest and relaxation.

Welcome Back to School!

2010-09-01T12:03:00.004-05:00

The humidity has gone, the fair has come and then it is time for us to be back to school! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at open house tonight. If you can't make it, don't worry, I will be handing out all of the important information that you won't want to miss at our first conference with your kindergarten student next week. I hope you all had a wonderful summer, I'm looking forward to meeting my new students in my class - we are going to have a great year!!

Schedule for the Week of May 24 - 28

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This is our LAST 5-day week! Can you believe it!?!?

M - Art & Computer & Yearbook signing!!
T - Happy Birthday to Morgan B.!! - P.E.
W - Music & Media (Please Return your Library books, there will be no more check-outs for the rest of the year.)
Th - Art
F - P.E.

As the year is winding down, I am sure you are all gearing up for summer plans. The weather is definitely wanting summer to be here too! :-) Just a reminder, we do not have air conditioning in our school, so this 91 degree weather will be a little hard to concentrate in, but we will manage. Please be sure your child continues to dress for the weather - they are welcome to bring a water bottle to leave at school for the week too. Thank you!

This week we will be doing a lot of review as I begin to assess the students for their final report card.

I will also begin introducing subtraction in math so they are exposed to it and understand the beginning of subtraction for first grade.

***Just a Reminder....there will be no school next Monday, May 31st in honor of Memorial Day***

Schedule for the Week of May 17-21

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M - Computer & P.E.
T - Music
W - Art & Media (please remember to return your library books!!)
Th - P.E.
F - Music

* Happy Birthday to Madison on Sat. May 22nd!!!*

SiGhT WoRds FoR thE WeEk: Review them all!!

Schedule for the Week of May 10-14

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M- Computer & Music
T- Art
W- P.E. & Media (Please remember your library books!!) & Happy Birthday to Bellie!!!
Th- Music
F- Art

Word Families of the Week: -ug, -up

Math: we will begin learning addition and subtraction!!

Language Arts: We are starting our last theme called, "On the Go!" We will be talking about various types of transportation and writing about traveling and ways to get around the city and the world.

Book Bags: Last Friday, your child brought home a "Book Bag" or bag of books! Parents, please note that there is a letter for you to read inside the "Book Bag" that explains what these books are to be used for. A couple of key pieces of information for you to be aware of:
1. The "Book Bags" should stay in the child's backpack so they can use them at home and at school.
2. Each book within the bag should be read 5 times daily, this will help build your child's fluency.
3. Please record the date, the book, how long you read and parent signature on the "Book Log" which is the golden sheet of paper in your child's "Book Bag"

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you! Happy Reading!

Happy May!

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Schedule for the Week of May 3rd - 7th

M - Computer & Art
T - P.E.
W - Music & Media (Don't forget to bring back your library books! ;-) )
Th - Art
F- P.E. & Richard's Birthday!!

StAr of ThE WeEk: Dalian!!!

LeTtEr of the WeEk: Qq

Sight Word we will focus on: that, have

Highlights from April!!

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Wow! Our classmate, Sophia, got to go on a limo ride with a few other SH friends and Mrs. Swanson because she sold more than 25 items in our PTA Fundraiser - nice job! Thanks for helping out our school!

We also spent a lot of time practicing how to measure in math this month!!! Look at all the things we practiced measuring!!

Schedule for the Week of April 26-30

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M - P.E. & Computer
T - Music
W - Art & Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
Th - P.E.
F - Music

Star of the Week! - Gunnar!!

Sight Words for the week! - give , little

Math - continue working on making and reading graphs

Social Studies - learning about our "place" in the world

Language Arts - working on blending and segmenting sounds in words, along with how to write a letter and reading about Arctic Animals.

Schedule for the Week of April 19-23

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M- Computer & Music
T- Art
W- P.E. & Media (Don't forget to bring your library books back!!)
Th- Music & Celebrate Earth Day!! (We will be talking about Earth Day all week long.)
F- Art
S - SHIRLEY HILLS Spring Carnival this Saturday 11-3pm!! Please come, it will be worth your while! :-)

Star of the Week! Erik S.!!

Sight Words for the Week: and, there (we only have five more sight words to learn after this!)

Letter of the Week: Uu (practice some words with the /u/ sound in the middle, for example, fun, sun, etc.)

This week will be a busy one!! We will be talking a lot about how we can take better care of the Earth, we even made a pledge in our class:

"In kindergarten (k-2) we pledge to use paper out of the scrap bucket as often as possible AND turn off the lights in the afternoon."

We are also working on a new chapter in math on graphing and a new chapter in Social Studies about "Who We Are in the WORLD!"

Have a wonderful and enjoy the beautiful weather!!

Schedule for the Week of April 12-16

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M- No School! - Teacher Workshop Day (Enjoy the Beautiful Spring Weather!!)
T- P.E.
W- Music & Media (please bring back your Library books!!)
Th- Art
F- P.E.

Sight Words: we will be reviewing words we have learned the past three weeks! are, they, we, she, & good.....please practice at home too!

Letters of the Week: Y & Z

** if you had your child pose for spring pictures, please look for them in their backpack on Tuesday!

***Thank you to those of you who have donated books and book-related items to our Classroom Basket! Please feel free to continue donating things to our Classroom Basket that will be auctioned off at the Carnival! Every little bit helps!!

This week will be short, but we will be wrapping up our study on "Jobs People Do" in Language Arts along with finishing our class neighborhood in Social Studies and our chapter on measurement in math! Whew! That's a lot!! :-)

Let's have a great week!

Schedule for the Week of April 5-9

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M- computer and Music & Happy Birthday to Sophia!!
T- Art
W- P.E. and Media (Please remember to return your library books this week!)
Th- Music
F- Art

STaR of the WeEk!!!: Morgan Rose!

Sight Words being Introduced this week!: she , good

Hello! I hope you were all able to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather this past weekend! I know I did and that wonderful sunshine hitting my face always gives me a SMILE!! :-)

This week your child is reading "My Teacher Can Teach...Anyone!" and "Bravo, Maurice!". The students will see the wide variety of jobs that people have. We will continue to work on more sight words. Please continue to work on ALL of the sight words we have learned so far this year at home - making flashcards for the car or a memory game is a great way to practice at home.

In math, we have been working on money (identifying the different coins, and telling time) but will continue on this week in learning a little about measurement. We are also talking a lot about our neighborhoods and what makes a neighborhood in social studies.

I was just looking at my calendar this morning and realized we only have 10 weeks of kindergarten left!!! Yikes! I can't believe how fast this year has gone!! I know I will cherish every moment from now until the end of the year.... these kids have learned so much and come so far in the past 7 months! Way to go kindergarten class of 2022!

"When I grow up...."

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Click the image below to view what we want to be when we grow up!!

Schedule for the Week of March 29 - April 2

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M - Computer and Art
T - P.E.
W - Music and Media (Please remember your Library Books!) AND *** Pick up Chip Shoppe fundraiser Items in the Dining Room at Shirley Hills from 3:35pm - 6:30pm.
Th - Art
F - P.E.

ST*R of the WeEk: Simone

SiGhT WoRd of ThE WeEk: are, they

Letters of the Week: Vv, Jj

This Week: We will begin a new Theme in Language Arts: "Jobs People Do" I asked every child in our class what they wanted to be when they grow up - .... Stay Tuned!!!... my next blog will be all of the students' responses! :-)

Carnival Update: Please note in the carnival packet you received in your child's Friday Folder last week, that our class will be auctioning off a Kids'Book Basket. Please start sending in new copies of childrens books (or even accessories that go with a children's book) that you and your child love to read. These books can be for all ages and genders of children to make our classroom basket a great success! Thank you for your help!! Deadline to send these items in is: April 16th

What a Fun Trip to Lowry Nature Center!!

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We had a blast last Wednesday going to see how Maple Syrup is made at the Lowry Nature Center!!

Schedule for the Week of March 22-26

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M - Computer and P.E. - ***Please look for your child's picture order forms in their backpack
today!
T - Music & Happy Birthday to Tyler!!
W - Adventures in Art with Molly Erdahl, Art with Mrs. Ollausen, Field Trip to Lowry Nature Center (in the afternoon) and Library (Please remember to bring your books back!)
Th -P.E.
F - Music, Spring Picture Day! (Please note: your child will only have their picture taken if they bring their order-form back)

Word Families: -ed, -en
SiGhT WOrDs: out, who
ST*R of the WeEK**: Ivy

Hello Parents & Students!

Welcome back. I hope everyone was able to have an enjoyable relaxing break last week. We will jump right back into our usual routine this week working on words that end in "-ed" and "-en" along with new sight words: out and who. We will continue to talk about our Language Arts theme of "In the Neighborhood." In math, we will continue to talk about money and you may start to hear your child asking if they can count the coins for you at home!!

We have some very fun events coming up this week too. Molly Erdahl will be coming in on Wed. morning to teach us our last lesson for our Adventures in Art series and in the afternoon we will be heading to the Lowry Nature Center to learn about Maple Syruping - which goes along perfectly with our year-long tree unit in science. Please make sure your child comes dressed for the weather as the majority of our field trip is outside. Thanks!

Monday, please look for your child's picture order form in their backpack. If you would like your child to take a spring picture, then you must send back the order form by Friday (March 26th). If your child does not have an order form, their picture will not be taken (this is different than in the fall).

Have a great week!!

Schedule for the Week of March 8th - 12th

2010-03-08T11:21:00.002-06:00

M - Computer and Music
T - Art
W - P.E. and Media (Please remember to bring your library books back!!)
Th - Music
F - Art

SiGhT WoRdS BEiNg InTroDucEd: we, want

Vocabulary: treasure, sturdy, worth, compliment, confer, mingle

Star of the Week: Anika

**** Just a reminder****: Next week is Spring Break!! There is no school next week - stay safe and HAVE FUN!!! Looking forward to seeing you back here on Monday, March, 22nd.

Schedule for the Week of March 1-5

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M - **100th** Day of Kindergarten!! Computer and Art
T - P.E.
W - Adventures in Art with Mrs. Erdahl!, Music, Celebrate Anika's Birthday & Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
Th- Art
F- P.E.

SiGhT WoRdS being InTroDuCed this WeEk: up & down

Word Families/Phonograms we will be working on: -ox & -ix

Robust Vocabulary: contrast, meander, tidy, famished, modify, unfortunate

Star of the Week: Dylen!

2010-02-28T17:58:00.002-06:00

Has your child been talking about their most recently earned medallions?? The students have been working hard on many skills and I hope to be adding at least one medallion to their ribbon each week. It is like they are mini-Olympians!!

The students have been working hard and their report cards prove it! It was so nice to meet with all of the parents last week. Thank you for coming to your child's conference! You should be very proud of your child, I know I am!

The ribbons (to the left) look a bit bare, because this is a "before" shot and then in a couple months I will show an "after" shot - Let's go TEAM K-2!!!!

Schedule for the Week of February 22-26

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M - Computer & Art
T - P.E. & Conferences 4-8pm
W - Music and Media (Please bring your library books back! :-) )
Th - No School - Teacher's Workshop Day, Conferences from 4-8pm
F - No School - Conferences 7:45am - 3:30pm

Our week ahead will be short because there is no school on Thurs. or Fri. We will also be taking a break from our curriculum this week and doing some review work. We will continue to do literature centers every afternoon and working on our hundreds chart in math.

I am looking forward to meeting with you at your child's conference this week (a reminder of your child's conference day/time can be found in their Friday Folder). Please review your child's report card (also in the Friday Folder) and if you have any questions, please feel free to bring those questions to the conference. The conference time slots are only 20minutes and I want to be respectful of your time and the people scheduled after you, so I do ask that you come on time for your child's conference. Thanks so much!

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 15 - 19

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M - No School - enjoy your day off!
T - Music
W - Art and Adventures in Art with Mrs. Buescher!
Th - P.E.
F - Music

Happy 1/2 Birthday to Gunnar on Sat. Feb. 20th!! (We will celebrate on Friday the 19th)

We will be using this short week to review our sight words already learned while working on two new letters, Ww and Xx. Please look for your child's report card and a conference reminder slip in their Friday Folder this Friday. I look forward to meeting with all of you next week at conferences!

The Media center will be having their annual Book Fair - there will be a lot of wonderful books at many low prices. Please make sure to take some time to check it out this week. Because of the book fair, we will not be having our regular Media time this week, so please feel free to keep your library book until next week.

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 8-12th

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M - Computer & Art
T - P.E.
W - Music & Library (Please remember to Bring Back your Library book!)
Th - Art & Imagination Fair Begins
F - P.E. & Valentine Party in the Afternoon ..... Happy 1/2 Birthday to Seth and Dalian

StAr Of ThE wEeK!!! Haakon!

New Sight Words to add to our List!: what, two

Word Families Being Introduced: -ot, -op

Vocabulary for the week: fantasy, jolly, versatile, agreed, contribute, spontaneously

This week is certainly already going fast! With our snow day yesterday, the time seems to have gotten away from me! I apologize for not updating our blog sooner. We have a busy week, with continuing to focus on learning new sight words and learning to create many words by using the same word families.
With Valentine's Day falling on a Sunday and because we have Monday, Feb. 15th off for President's Day, we will be having our Valentine's Day Class party on Friday afternoon. Thank you to everyone for sending in bags of candy for one of our party activities, the kids keep asking "what is all of that candy for??" .... I think they will be pleasantly surprised to find out they get to make candy necklaces on Friday!
Today we made our Valentine boxes, so please feel free to have your child start sending in their valentines to distribute to the class.

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 1-5

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M - Computer and P.E.
T - Music & Happy Ground Hog's Day!! (will there be 6 more weeks of winter??)
W - Adventures in Art with Mrs. Beuscher, Art and Media (Please remember to bring your Library Books Back! :-) )
Th - P.E.
F - Music & Celebrate Jack's Birthday!

New Sight Words to add to our List! : one, see

Lettters being introduced: Ll, Hh

Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill

We are ready to begin a 5-day week! Last week was fun - the students loved the play, The Snowy Day, at STAGES theater. They did such a good job at sitting in their seats and being a good audience. I hope your children enjoyed the 3-day weekend!
This week we have some more exciting things to come. We are starting a new theme in Language Arts called "Let's Play!" - we will be focusing on learning new letters, sight words and reading some new stories.

Mrs. Beuscher will also be introducing us to our first lesson in "Adventures in Art" - this is a program sponsored by the PTA which exposes our students to pieces of art that are currently being shown at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. This is a program where parents volunteer their time teaching the students about different art pieces and the artists, then the students will get to make an art project of their own.

Let's have a wonderful week!

Some short clips from sledding with our 4th Grade Buddies

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Sledding with our 4th grade Buddies!

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Schedule for the Week of January 25 - 29

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M - Computer & Art

T - P.E. & Popcorn and Movie Party!!!

W - Bring in a Dollar for Pennies for Patients to "Wear Your P.J's to School!"...Music and Media (Please remember to bring your library books back!)

Th - Field Trip to STAGES Theater & look for Friday Folders in backpacks today!

F - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Workshop Day.

SiGhT WOrDs for ThE WeEk: you & look

Letter of the Week: Oo

Star of the Week: Sophia

This will be a fast and busy week. The students filled the cotton ball jar to the top, they have been working on it all year!! Which means they earned their popcorn and movie party. They have voted to watch the movie "Wall-E" and I will provide the popcorn. We will be celebrating their achievement and watching the movie on Tues. We will also be going on our field trip this Thurs. to see the play "Snowy Day" based on the book by Ezra Jack Keats. This is a wonderful story and in addition to seeing the play, we will be reading the book and doing some activities that go along with it throughout the week.
In our short week we will fit in our reading centers for three of the days, continue working on numbers 0-30 along with learning the short "Oo" sound and how to write the letter.
A BIG thank you to those who sent in extra snacks!! We really appreciate it!

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 18 - 22

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M - NO SCHOOL in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

T - Music

W -Art and Media with Mrs. Williams (Please remember to bring your Library books back!)

Th - P.E.

F - Music

Pennies for Patients:
Fri. Morning - Buy a frosted cookie for 1$! - all money goes towards our Pennies for Patients fundraiser!

SiGhT WoRdS for the Week: where & do

Vocabulary Words we will learn this week: arrives, creeps, nestle, slumbering, delight, blustery

Happy Birthday to Erik S. this Friday, Jan. 22nd!!!

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 11-15

2010-01-11T08:34:00.005-06:00

M - Computer, Character Class on "Positive Self-Talk" with Mrs. Swanson, Art, and Bring a Penny for Pennies for Patients!!

T - P.E. & Bring a Nickle for Pennies for Patients!!

W- Music, Media (Please bring back your library books!) & Bring a Dime for Pennies for Patients!!

Th- PASTRIES with PARENTS (before school), Art, & Bring a Quarter for Pennies for Patients

F - P.E. & Bring a Dollar to wear a hat - "Hats On for Leukemia!"

SiGhT WoRdS: me & for - words we have learned so far..... I, a, my, the, go, to, like, he, come, here, & this.

Star of the Week: Tyler!

Letters we are working on this week! Bb & Kk

In language arts we are starting a new theme that will last the next three weeks. The theme is based upon the weather. We will be talking about many different types of weather and reading various books about the weather.

In math we are working on numbers 10 - 30. The students will continue to learn how to group numbers using ten-frames.

REMINDER!!!! Pennies for Patients

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Bring a 1$ for Pennies for Patients and wear your favorite Team Jersey!!! (Fri. Jan. 8th)

Happy New Year!!

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Schedule for the Week of Jan. 4 - 8

Hello and welcome back to school! It has been such a nice 2-week break, but I am missing my students and so excited to see them again tomorrow.

Our week ahead will be a lot of review and allowing us to finish our unit of "Down on the Farm" in Language Arts. While we are also easing back into the routine of things, I will be starting to assess students so we can begin Guided Reading groups towards the end of January. This week we will also begin a new chapter in math which will be focusing on numbers 0-30.

Parents, just a reminder, to please send your child's rest items and snowpants and boots back to school this week. We will be going outside every day unless the temperature is below zero. Thanks so much!!

M - Computer & P.E.
T - Music & Morgan Rose's Half Birthday Celebration!
W - Art and Media (Please remember to return your library books!)
Th - P.E.
F - Music & Haakon's Half Birthday Celebration!

STAR of the WEEK: Seth

****Please look for your child's first homework assignment in their Friday Folder this week!

****This is also the week we start our Pennies for Patients fundraiser. We will be talking more about it at school and hopefully you received the flyer from the office about it before break.

We have two half birthdays to celebrate this week: Morgan Rose and Haakon! Happy Half-Birthday to you both!!

Happy Holidays!!

2009-12-21T06:00:00.003-06:00

Wow! I cannot believe the time is already here! The kindergarten students have been learning about holidays celebrated all around the world. They loved using their passports and traveling to many different countries. They even had time to make a hand-made gift for their loved ones (I hope the gifts got home safely without any cracks).

I just wanted to take an opportunity to say THANK YOU!!! (for all of the fun and thoughtful gifts you presented me and our classroom last week) and HAPPY HOLIDAYS! to all of my students and their families! I hope you each have a relaxing, safe and very splendid holiday celebration with family and friends!

Take care and I look forward to seeing you back at school on January 4th!

Schedule for the Week of Dec. 7-11th and Dec. 14-18th

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Dec. 7 - 11th:

M - Computer & Art
T - P.E.
W- Music & Media (Please bring your library book back!)
Th - Art
F - P.E.

Sight WoRdS FoR The WeeK: here, this

LeTTeRs We aRE WoRKinG oN ThIs WeeK: Gg, & Ff

Dec. 14-18th:

M - Computer & Music
T - Art
W - P.E. & Media (Please bring your library book back!)
Th - Music
F - Art - Last day before our 2 week winter break!

The next two weeks will go by fast! (And I even hear we may get some snowwwWWWW!) The week we will be working on letters Gg and Ff - writing the letters and practicing the sound they make. I am also going to be introducing two more sight words for the students to be working on. In math, we will be finishing up Chp. 5 on Geometry - creating some 3-D shapes of our own along with some painted pictures to help us better understand symmetry.

Next week (Dec. 14-18th) we will be taking our passports and traveling around the world (actually just next door to our classrooms) and learning from the other kindergarten teachers about holidays around the world at this time of year. The students love learning about other cultures and getting to see a different classroom than their own for 45 minutes each day.

Please remember that Dec. 18th is our last day of school before our two week break. We will resume on Jan. 4th!

Also, as the cold weather and snow start to come, please remember we go outside each day unless the temperature is below zero. Please remind your child to bring a hat, mittens, boots, coat and snowpants each day - thanks so much!!! I hope you are all enjoying this holiday season!

Schedule for the Week of November 30- December 4th

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M - Computer and P.E.
T - Music
W - Art and Library (remember to bring your books back!)
Th - P.E.
F - Music

SiGhT wOrD oF ThE wEeK: come

LeTtEr We ArE wOrKiNg On: Ii (short vowel sound)

Hello and welcome back! I hope you all had a nice and relaxing holiday weekend! It is so nice to have a couple days to rejuvenate before the rush of our last three weeks before our winter break! This week we will be starting a new theme in our Language Arts series called "On the Farm" and focusing on the letter "Ii" and our newly added sight word "come." We will also be reading some new stories and focusing more on comprehension and making inferences in the stories. We will also be learning some new vocabulary words: squabble, mischief, uproar, tend, soggy & wobble.
In math we will continue to talk and learn about different 3 dimensional geometric figures and even create a few of our own!

Grandfriends Day!!

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A huge thank you to all of the friends and grandparents who could attend! We loved having you!

Halloween Pictures....

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I realize I am a bit late with these, but better late than never, right?!?! :-) Thank you for being patient with me!

Schedule for the Week of November 21-25th

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M - Computer and P.E.
T - Music
W - Art
Th - No School! - Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!
F - No School! - Enjoy the long weekend!

Hello! This will be a quick week with only 3 days of school. We will be finishing up chp. 4 in math and starting chp. 5 which is all about geometric shapes! We will also be working on a class book about what we are thankful for and be working on some fun Thanksgiving projects!
Have a great short week!

Schedule for the Week of November 16 - 20th

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M - Computer & Music
T - Art
W - P.E. & Media - evening conferences
Th - Music - Mrs. Peterson will be subbing while I have daytime and evening conferences
F - Art (Wear your Spirit Wear!)

SiGht WoRd of ThE WeEk: he

Letter We Will be Working On: Reviewing Letters Dd, Aa, Cc, Mm, Nn, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt

StAr of ThE WeeK!: Morgan B.

Happy Birthday to Isabel!!! (Nov. 16th)
Happy Birthday to Eric L.!!! (Nov. 20th)

The coming week will be busy as we focus on reviewing letters and letter sounds in language arts along with learning a new sight word and blending letter sounds to make words!
In math, we will continue to concentrate on writing the numbers 0-10 correctly. If you are working on these at home, here are the rhymes we have been using to help us remember and the students love saying them!
0 - Round and round just like an "o," now you've make the number zero!
1 - Start at the top and down you run. That's the way you make a one.
2 - Make a candy cane and give it a shoe. That's the way you make a two.
3 - Around a tree, around a tree. That's the way you make a three.
4 - Down and across and slice through the door. That is how you make a four.
5 - Short neck, belly fat. Mr. Five wears a hat.
6 - Make a "C" then in you go. Now you've made a six you know.
7 - Across the sky and down from heaven. That's the way you make a seven.
8 - Make an "S" and then don't wait. Go back up and make an eight.
9 - Make a circle, then add a line. That's the way you make a nine.

I look forward to meeting with everyone for conferences this week. Please be sure to check your child's backpack on Tuesday evening - I will be sending their report cards home, so you can be sure to see them and bring any questions you have to our conference.
If you need a reminder on your conference day and time, please feel free to call or e-mail me.
Thanks!

Schedule for the Week of November 9-13

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M - Computer and P.E.
T - Music
W - Art and Media ~ Veteran's Day!
Th - P.E. - Pick Up Innisbrook Products in Dining Room from 2:30 - 7:30pm
F - No School! (Teacher Workshop Day)

SiGhT wOrD oF tHe WeEk: like

Letter We Will Be Working On: Dd

Happy Birthday to Simone!!! (Nov. 8th)

Schedule for the Week of November 2-6

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M - Computer & Music
T - Art
W - P.E. (our last day of Rollerskating! Don't forget your helmet)
Th - Music
F - Grandfriends Day! - Concert at 1:30pm

SiGhT wOrD oF tHe WeEk: to

Letter we are working on: this week we are not working on one particular letter, but practicing how to blend letters to make words!

Welcome back after a fun and festive Halloween weekend! Our party last Friday was a great success - fun was had by all! I will try and post party pictures very soon.
This week will bring another exciting end to the week - Grandfriends Day! This is a day to celebrate those special adult friends in our lives. Parents, if you have not returned the yellow permission sheet to me for Grandfriends Day, please do so by Thursday of this week, thank you!
Also, our BOOK FAIR in the media center is going on all week long! Please stop in - there are some great books with low prices (you can do some early Holiday shopping!) Because the book fair is going on, we will not be having our weekly media class on Wed. so please feel free to keep your library book one extra week.
This week I will also begin doing some assessing because report cards will be coming home soon! (in just a couple of weeks!)
Let's have a great week!

Schedule for the Week of October 26-30

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M: Computer & Art

T: P.E. & Picture Re-takes

W: Music & Media

Th: Art

F: P.E. & Halloween Party in the Afternoon (Please bring costume to change into) ..... Parade begins at 2:15pm

SiGhT WoRd Of ThE WeEk: Review sight words: I, a, my, the, go

Letter we are working on: Aa - short vowel sound and writing

This week we will be working on letter Aa and reviewing the sight words we have been practicing. On Friday afternoon we will be having our Halloween Party. Please send your child with their costume in a separate bag so they can change into it in the afternoon for our party. I am also looking for one more parent volunteer to help us out with our party. Please let me know if you are interested. Parents, if you would like to watch the parade, please go to the gym and you will be able to see all of the students in their costumes, which is also a great opportunity to take pictures.
Let's have a great week!!!

Schedule for the Week of October 19-23

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Welcome back!! I hope you enjoyed your break! Here is what the week ahead looks like:

M - Character Class with Mrs. Swanson, Computer & P.E.
T- Music
W- Art & Media (Please return your Library Books!)
Th - P.E.
F - Wear your SpIrIT WEaR!! & Music

SiGhT WoRd Of ThE WeEk: go

Letter we are working on: Cc - sound and writing

Math Vocabulary we will be working on: equal, same as, more than, less than

Apple Orchard Field Trip

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We LOVED climbing the haystacks!!!

Mr. Deardorff tells us all about the bees and how honey is made!

Mrs. Deardorff tells us how the apples are picked and then washed.

.... and we even got to pick some of our own apples!

there were animals to see too!

This young man found a ride!?!?...... :-)

Schedule for the Week of Oct. 12-16

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Hello Families!
Just a reminder that this week there is no school. I hope you have a wonderful week resting, relaxing, enjoying a good book or a fun movie with a little popcorn! :-)
Spend time with your loved ones and don't forget to give them each a hug!
See ya next week!
~ Mrs. Koepp

p.s. pictures from the Apple Orchard Field Trip will be posted soon. :-)

Schedule for the Week of Oct. 5 - 9

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M - Computer & Music
T - Art
W - P.E. & Media (Remember to return your books! :-) )
Th - Music & Field Trip to Apple Orchard in the Afternoon - Dress for the WEATHER!
F - Wear your SpIrIt WeAr!!!! Art

sIgHt WoRd Of ThE wEek: the

Updates:
This week is already going by quickly! I apologize I did not get these "updates" up earlier in the week. We have been working hard on writing the uppercase and lowercase letter Nn and then will be practicing the letter Pp as well. We are finishing up our unit on patterns in math and will begin focusing on writing and counting our numbers. Today we also began talking about "Who Am I?" in Social Studies and are creating our own books to create clues so the reader can guess who we are.
Thursday we will be taking our first field trip of the year. Please be sure to have your child dressed for the weather....boots, coat, hat and mittens are highly recommended, for we will be outside on the majority of our trip.
Friday, please be sure to turn in your Innisbrook Fundraiser packet, even if you did not sell any items, we still need the packets returned, thank you! Also, if you would like to order any books through Scholastic, please do so by this Friday, Oct. 9th!!
Have a great week and enjoy your week off next week!

Schedule for the Week of Sept. 28-Oct.2

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M - Art
T - Pictures!!! & P.E.
W - Music & Media (Please remember to bring your books back!)
Th - Art
F - P.E.

SiGhT WoRd of the WeEk: my

Updates:

In the coming week we will be focusing on the letter T, how to write it, the sound it makes and identify words with the Tt sound in them. We will also be reviewing the last two weeks of robust vocabulary words we have learned and continue to look at patterns, create our own and identify them within our environment in math.

Please remember we have PICTURE DAY on TUESDAY and if you want to order pictures, please send in your picture order form filled out by Tuesday morning. (Don't worry, we will take pictures before our P.E. class that day. :-) )

Schedule for the Week of Sept. 21-25

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M - P.E.
T - Music
W - Art & Media
Th - P.E.
F - Music

SiGhT wOrD oF ThE wEeK: a

Updates:
We are getting more familiar with the daily routines of the classroom, I am just hoping it will cool off in the next couple of days as our classroom gets to be extremely warm for the duration of the afternoon when the sun shines in. In the coming week we will be focusing on the letter Rr, how to write it, the sound it makes and words that begin and end with the letter Rr. We have also begun our math curriculum which first reviews concepts such as sorting, organizing and directional words. Some of the vocabulary words we will be using throughout the coming week will include: differ, stalking, mellow, automatic, perfectly, and resemblance.
We will also get to meet our 4th grade buddies (in Mr. O'Brien's Class) for the first time on Thursday afternoon. The students can't wait!
I am also hoping to start our science unit about trees this week as well. The trees are already starting to change colors and we will be studying them throughout the seasons the whole year.
Let's have a great start to the week!

Can you guess who's who in thier self-portraits?

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Schedule for the Week of Sept. 14-18

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M - Character Assembly with Mrs. Swanson at 9:15am. 1st time in the Computer Lab with Mrs. Couser & our first day of Music with Mrs. Bray!
T - Art with Mrs. Olaussen
W - Our first time in the Library with Mrs. Williams & P.E. with Mr. Halverson
Th - Music
F - Art

SiGhT WoRd of the WeEk: I

UpDaTeS:

The kindergarten students had a good first two days last week, I hope we can continue with that in our first five-day week ahead! We are still learning the routines of the classroom and remembering our responsibilities. On Monday, Sept. 14th, our principal, Mrs. Swanson, will introduce the new Character Ed. theme for the coming year, the students are going to love it! We will also begin reviewing and learning the letters M and S. Along with some new vocabulary with words such as:
Complained, Talent, Confident, Reverse, Ability and Encourage.

Also parents, so you are aware, the kindergarten teachers will be doing assessments during the morning on Thurs. Sept. 17th. I will be in the class pulling students one at a time to find out which language and math skills they know and a substitute will be teaching just for the morning.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! It was great to see some of you at the Welcome Back BBQ last Friday!
Thanks for your support!

Welcome Class of 2022!

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Hello and Welcome to My Classroom!!

I am excited to meet my new students for the coming school year! I hope you will all be able to come to Open House on Wednesday, September 2nd, between 4 and 6pm! I look forward to seeing you! Can you believe these new kindergarten students are the young faces of the Class of 2022?! I'm happy you get to start your educational career right here at Shirley Hills! We are going to have such a great year, I'm looking forward it!

A few things that may be of help to you as we begin the year:

School Supplies Needed for Kindergarten (Please bring these to your first conference scheduled for either Sept. 8th or 9th):

1 - crayons, 16-ct box
10 - glue sticks, .21 oz
1 - hand sanitizer, 4 oz. bottle (girls)
1 - kleenex, 175-ct box
1 - markers, dry erase, 4-ct box
2 - markers, washable, 8-ct box
6 - pencils, #2 wooden, sharpened (yellow only)
1 - pencils, colored (12-ct)
1 - sanitizing wipes (Clorox), 40-ct (boys)
1 - scissors, 5” blunt Fiskars

Donations of any of these additional kindergarten supplies now or during the school year would be greatly appreciated.

- Brown paper lunch bags
- Dixie cups, plastic cups or Styrofoam cups
- Elmers white glue, 7 oz. bottle
- Napkins
- Paper plates, lightweight white, 9” or 6”
- Plastic forks and spoons
- Ziploc bags, gallon or quart size

2. A link to the School Lunch Menu and PAMS Lunch Account, which will need to be set up before Septemeber 9th for your child to receive school lunch.

3. Plan ahead and put the Back to School Barbecue on your calendar: Friday, September 11th! Hot dogs and lemonade provided. Bring a dish to share.

4. For other school or district information, please check out the Shirley Hills Web Page!

5. To plan ahead for future activities and events, please view the District Calendar.

Week of May 18-22

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Schedule for the Week:
Monday, 18th: Art
Tuesday, 19th: P.E.
Wednesday, 20th: Music - All School Picture- Wear your Blue Ribbon T-Shirt!!
Thursday, 21st: Art
Friday, 22nd: P.E.

Letter of the Week: Q q

Sight Word Being Introduced: where

This week has already been very busy (and it is currently only Tuesday!) Wednesday (tomorrow) please remind your child to wear his/her Blue Ribbon Tie-dye T-shirt to school for the all-school photo. If it is dirty, don't worry about it, we don't mind! :-) If you can't find it, just wear a sky-blue shirt of any kind.

Also, please remember, our school does not have air conditioning, so make sure your child dresses for the weather (it looks like tomorrow will be another t-shirt and shorts kind of day). Students are allowed to wear flip-flops or sandals to school, but make sure they have an appropriate pair of running shoes for P.E. to change into.

As the school year is winding down, here are a couple of reminders for the days to come:

Wed. May 20th: All of the kindergarteners will get to meet the four first grade teachers

Fri. May 22nd: Yearbooks will be passed out (to those students who bought them) and we will have a signing party. (Students who did not buy a yearbook, will get a paper with the Shirley Hills logo on it for friends to sign.)

Monday May 25th: HAPPY Memorial Day! - Remember there is no school this day

Wednesday, May 27th: ALL Library Books must be turned in

Friday, May 29th: SUPER TEAM DAY!! - make sure to wear running shoes to school this day!

Wednesday, June 3rd: Field Trip to Delano Park!! & Look for your child's report card in their backpack today

Thursday, June 4th: Last day of KINDERGARTEN!!! (this is a full day of school as usual.)

Week of May 11-15

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Schedule for the Week:

Monday, 11th: P.E.
Tuesday, 12th: Music
Wednesday, 13th: Art
Thursday, 14th: P.E.
Friday, 15th: Music

Letter of the Week: X x

Star of the Week: Donovan

Sight Word Being Introduced: look

Week of May 4-8

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Schedule for the Week:

Monday, 4th: Music
Tuesday, 5th: Art
Wednesday, 6th: Library & P.E.
Thursday, 7th: Music
Friday, 8th: Art

Letter of the Week: R r

Star of the Week: Jordyn

Sight Word Being Introduced: is