11/3/2009 12:43:11 PM - 002096398102
Thank you all very much for your prayers for Hannah. She is going back to school TODAY!!!! She will have to have another surgery in about 2 months, but everything as of yesterday looks wonderful!!!
10/27/2009 8:20:12 PM - 002095361945
GREAT NEWS ABOUT HANNAH!!!!!! We are praying for her.... Thanks for the update... We were really concerned.. She is such a sweetie :)...
10/12/2009 1:15:35 AM - 002089679926
Mrs. Tyson, My husband and I are wanting to bring in cupcakes and things for the class on Friday to celebrate her birthday. Is there a certian time that we should do that, and could I get a head count I also need to give out invitations to her party. Please let me know as soon as you can. Thanks!
10/12/2009 1:11:54 AM - 002089679926
It is great that as a parent, I can see what my baby has been up to in class! What a great idea having a class web site is!! I wish something like this was around when I was younger!! Great job Mrs.Tyson!!
10/5/2009 1:49:37 PM - 002046974264
The pictures of the kids are great, they look like they are having such a great time! Every new day is an adventure for them!
9/10/2009 3:36:46 PM - 002025341379
Does anyone know when we receive the cookie dough?
9/2/2009 11:29:59 PM - 002029633578
A friend got hers at Home Depot I think. It is a small blue trashcan with the Recycle emblem on the side.
9/2/2009 2:22:31 PM - 002025341379
where did you see the smaller recycle containers?
8/29/2009 7:42:12 PM - 002085559988
This website is GREAT......
Fall Carnival
Chaffee Trail is putting on its Annual Wild West Carnival on Friday, November 6, 5-9pm. Our booth is the Dunking Booth. It is the easiest booth to have, but we still need volunteers to man the booth. If you are interested in helping out, please let me know and I will put you in contact with our Room Moms. I will be sitting on the platform ready for my class to knock me in!!
**Mrs. Tyson's and Mrs. Stuckey's class are putting together a gift basket that will be auctioned off to earn money for Chaffee Trail. Our basket is called "Rub-a-dub-dub" and will have children's bath toys, bubble bath, towel, etc. Please let me know if you would like to contribute anything for this basket. Any donation is greatly appreciated!
Book Character Parade
There will be a book character parade on Friday, October 30. This is the time to dress up like their favorite book character. Costumes are optional. If your child chooses to wear a costume, they must bring the book with them and a change of clothes.
Paper Recycling
Our school will now recycle paper to earn money for our school and library while helping the environment! Please see the attached flyer for details.
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Site Member
If you become a member of our site, you can receive notifications when there are changes made and when there are upcoming events. This way, you can stay informed. Thank you to all of our class parents. Your involvement and support is wonderful!!
School Volunteers
Interested in volunteering at school? Want to chaperone your child's field trip? If so, please be aware that all volunteers are required to complete an application prior to any assignment. Once approved volunteers are issued a volunteer identification card that is valid for 2 years. Please complete the application attached below to get a head start as a school volunteer.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
In the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, letters find each other to go up to the top of the coconut tree. On the first day of school, we read the book then went on a hunt for letters around the school. We visited the Art and Music Rooms, the Library, Office and other important places in the school. Once we returned to our room, we put the letters we found on our class Coconut Tree. The kids had a blast!!
Environmental Print
Parents,
Please send in the front of boxes of food (Hamburger Helper, Potatoes, Cereal, Oatmeal, etc), canned food labels, bags from fast food places, and any other items with "household names" on them. We are creating books in class of Environmental Print with items the children are familiar with. Most kids recognize "Wendy's" and not realize that is part of the reading process.
Thank you!!
Partnership
Education must be a joint venture among students, teachers, staff, parents and community members. Let’s continue to work together to enable our students to achieve at their highest levels.
Thanks again for all that you do.
In the Beginning...
The beginning of Kindergarten is an exciting time! However, it can be daunting and overwhelming for these precious little ones. We spend the first two weeks going over our Rituals and Routines of the classroom so the students become comfortable and are able to focus their brainpower on learning instead of trying to figure out what they are supposed to do. As they arrive at school, they sit along their assigned wall reading a book from the class basket until they are called to come into the classroom.
As the day progresses, there are other Rituals and Routines - coming to the carpet as a group, sitting on the carpet during mini-lessons, where and how to sit during independent reading, how to work in groups, when to go to the bathroom, how to line up and walk in line--just to mention a few, but reinforcing these details early on will allow the rest of the year to progress smoothly. When children know exactly what to do and how to do it, they can spend their energy thinking about the new skills as they are presented and teachers do not lose valuable time with behavior. Students know the exact expectations and these remain the same for the year.
The day begins with activities involving the Every Day Calendar. These activities are teaching the foundations of math skills. These activities lead into a Skills Block which is where the basics of Kindergarten are covered: letter and sounds, numbers, colors, shapes, sight words, etc. After Skills Block is Reader's Workshop where the students are taught the fundamentals of the reading process: reading left to right, using illustrations to determine meaning, decoding skills, etc. After lunch we have Writer's Workshop where the students are learning how to put ideas from their minds into print on paper. Then we have Math Investigations where they are able to use different manipulatives to reinforce their understanding of mathematical skills. This leads into Science and Social Studies Workshops. Add to this the different Resources: PE, Music, Art, Computer Lab, and Library. Each Workshop follows the same format: a mini-lesson, work period and closing. The district has written the first 10 lessons for Readers' and Writers' Workshops, helping the teachers institute those all-important rituals and routines including early lessons in Readers' Workshop, charting as a class how independent readers look and sound and good listeners look and sound.
These beginning days are busy as new kindergarteners learn the workings of their new classroom. Keep in touch to see how "A day in the life of a Kindergartener" is progressing! :-)
