September 30, 2015

Dear Families,
We reviewed what we have been learning about temperature!
We played a fun game on the computer to see if we could read thermometers right! (Hyrum)
We cheered for Corbin and wrote his I like poster! (Kenna)
This morning we went to computer lab! (Jaxson) Thank you for doing Raz Kids at home because a lot of our kids knew how to log on today!
We highlighted words in our poems that started with the letters i and u. (Alicia)
In writers workshop we started revising our stories. We worked on adding more words to our stories!
In math we counted to measure time. (Eric) We also reviewed how we use tally marks. Do Home Link 5-9 for extra practice! 
We watched a short video of healthy habits and discussed some exercise skills we can and can't do!

Reminders:
*Please click above to read our October newsletter! I sent the October family craft paper mentioned in the newsletter in folders today!
*Tomorrow is Jog-A-Thon and donations are due! Please make sure your child is wearing appropriate shoes and gets plenty of rest!
*Our class needs 10 2 liter bottles and 6 paper towel rolls for some science experiments next week. If you have any please send to class!
*You can now buy our class shirt online for $10! Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! 

Kindergarten T-Shirt Order https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/

September 29, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we talked about brushing our teeth! (Jaxson)
We practiced writing the letters u and i correctly. (Hyrum)
In writers workshop we discussed how we can get ideas to write from our observations! 
We used our class number grid to play a number game then practiced writing numbers. (Anthony)
We used thermometers to measure temperature of objects in our room! (Stella)

Notes/Reminders:
*Please continue to collect money for Jog-A-Thon! Money is due this Thursday on Jog-A-Thon day!
If you are volunteering at Jog-A-Thon, please come to our classroom at 11:50am! We can go over our plan at that time!
*Our class needs 10 2 liter bottles and 6 paper towel rolls for some science experiments next week. If you have any please send to class!
*You can now buy our class shirt online for $10! Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! 

Kindergarten T-Shirt Order https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/

September 28, 2015

Dear Families,
We went to PE this morning! (Cash)
We also took our fall pictures! (Arianna)
Today we talked about the letters i and u. (Jada) We found out they are vowels and make 2 sounds!
We are learning ways we can keep our bodies healthy. (Iris) Exercise, brushing our teeth, and washing our hands/body are some of the ways we will explore this week!
In math we practiced using our 100 chart! (Eric) It can also be called a number grid.
We went outside and felt objects to see their temperature! (Annie)

Notes/Reminders:
*Today we had a really long discussion on being nice and respectful to others. Ms. Allison has been noticing our friends being unkind repeatedly to others to the point that they are getting upset or crying. We talked about this possibily being seen as the beginning of bullying. PLEASE talk with your child because this behavior will not be tolerated.
*Please continue to collect money for Jog-A-Thon! Money is due this Thursday on Jog-A-Thon day!
*Our class needs 10 2 liter bottles and 6 paper towel rolls for some science experiments next week. If you have any please send to class!

September 25, 2015

Dear Families,

We talked about temperature today! (Beckett)

We felt hot, warm, cool, and cold objects! (Skyler)

We practiced writing our new sight words go and a on our tables! (Rachel)

We used our photographs from home to tell stories in writers workshop! (Kap)
We put our photos in our writing workshop folders!
We practiced counting by 5's! We also used counters to help us compare numbers.
We went to the ABL lab! (Alicia)
We talked about the meat group! (Mia)

Reminders:

• Fall pictures are on Monday the 28th!
• Sign up for a conference if you haven't already!
• Please continue collecting money for Jog-A-Thon! Money is due on October 1!
• I just found out that our class will get to make a class t-shirt this year! We started designing it today! It will cost $10. Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together! I think we will have a link to make ordering easy online! I will let you know when I get more information. Please be on the lookout!

September 24, 2015

Dear Familes,
We reviewed how we write complete sentences. (Xavier)
We read the story Hide and Seek. (Josie)
It was written to remind us that we could write stories about things we've done. 
We used calculators again today! (Jack)
We learned how we can count on calculators using plus and minus signs!
We learned about the dairy group! (Megan)

Reminders:

Please sign up for a fall conference by going to this link if you still have not done so.
 www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4BACAF29A3FE3-fall1
I look forward to seeing you and talking about the great things your child is doing in school!
*Raz Kids: I am changing book levels as I assess your child's reading level in class. If you don't see a change, no worries at all! If you see a change but you feel it should be more, we can discuss this at our conference. 
*Please send 1-3 photographs of your child if you haven't already! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these on Friday!
*Jog-A-Thon will be on October 1! I hope you are finding success collecting donations!

*Our class snack bucket is getting low. Please help us keep it full by sending snacks at the begining of every month!

September 23, 2015

Dear Families,

Today we went to the computer lab! (Anthony) We got to play on RAZ kids!

Today we drew a picture of weather we saw coming to school in the morning. (Rachel)

We compared our weather today to yesterday!

We found words that start with m and n in our poetry folders! (Josie)

We read the story Hello Ocean. (Eric) The author wrote the story about a favoite place. We can write about our favorite places too!

We practiced writing numbers today! (Kenna)

Practicing number and letter writing frequently at home would be so helpful for our kids!

We read the story Pea and talked about vegetables! (Jack)

Fall Conference Information:
Please sign up for a fall conference by going to this link!
 www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4BACAF29A3FE3-fall1
I look forward to seeing you and talking about the great things your child is doing in school!

Reminders:
Tomorrow is a late start day! Class starts at 10:40am!
*Raz Kids: I am changing book levels as I assess your child's reading level in class. If you don't see a change, no worries at all! If you see a change but you feel it should be more, we can discuss this at our conference. 
*Please send 1-3 photographs of your child if you haven't already! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these on Friday!
*Jog-A-Thon will be on October 1! I hope you are finding success collecting donations!

*Our class snack bucket is getting low. Please help us keep it full by sending snacks at the begining of every month!

September 22, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we went to Art! (Kap)
Mrs. Erickson had a sub but we still were excited!
We observed the weather this morning! (Alicia)
We drew our observations in our new Science notebooks!
We reviewed how to write the letters m and n correctly. (Jaxson)
We read the story My Father. (Mia)
We discovered that writers can write books about people they love.
We learned about the calculator today in math. (Corbin)
We talked about the fruit group and used our fruit pictures! (Beckett)

Fall Conference Information:
Please sign up for a fall conference by going to this link!
 www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4BACAF29A3FE3-fall1
I look forward to seeing you and talking about the great things your child is doing in school!

Reminders:
*Raz Kids: I am changing book levels as I assess your child's reading level in class. If you don't see a change, no worries at all! If you see a change but you feel it should be more, we can discuss this at our conference. 
*Please send 1-3 photographs of your child if you haven't already! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these on Friday!
*Jog-A-Thon will be on October 1! I hope you are finding success collecting donations!

September 21, 2015

Dear Families,
We are learning about the letters m and n! (Annie) We practiced writing them correctly.
We read the story The Missing Tooth! (Iris) It is about a little girl wanting to loose a tooth and all her friends are loosing teeth! 
We found out that writers write about memories of past events. The Missing Tooth was an example.
We practiced counting on from different numbers! (Skyler) Most of our kids can count easily starting at 0 but starting in random places was much difficult!
We learned about the bread group today! (Ariana) We are using our nutrition pictures from home to learn about the food groups. 

Fall Conference Information:
Please sign up for a fall conference by going to this link!
 www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4BACAF29A3FE3-fall1
I look forward to seeing you and talking about the great things your child is doing in school!

Reminders:
*Please send nutrition homework to school! We will use these all week!
*Also send 1-3 photographs of your child! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these in class this week! 
*Today is our first West Elementary Family Fitness Night from 5:00-6:30 pm in building E gym (900 Adams Rd). Everyone that goes will receive a gift just for attending and the class with the highest attendance will get an extra PE!

Jog-A-Thon this year will be on October 1! Today your child is taking his/her donation packet with information about this fun event. Our class has voted to have a goal of raising $885! That is $40.22 per student. Jesse Crain, one of our homeroom parents will be sending an email soon with information and on things we need. Please be on the lookout for her email!

September 18, 2015

Dear Families,
We made a class graph of our favorite colors. Blue won! (Jada)
We read the story A Bad Case of Stripes. (Hyrum) 
It was about a little girl who always tried to please others at her own expense. We discussed how we should feel proud to be ourselves!
We practiced counting by 10's and learned a new card game called Top It! (Xavier) 
Home link 3-15 AND 4-2 can be done to practice these new skills at home!
We also reviewed what we have learned about feelings this week!
We went to the ABL lab! (Cash)
Have a great weekend!

Fall Conference Information:
Please sign up for a fall conference by going to this link!
 www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4BACAF29A3FE3-fall1
I look forward to seeing you and talking about the great things your child is doing in school!

Reminders for Monday 9/21:
*Please send nutrition homework to school! Thanks to those that already sent this to school!
*Also send 1-3 photographs of your child! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these in class! 
*West Elementary Family Fitness Night will be on Monday, September 21 from 5:00-6:30 pm in building E gym (900 Adams Rd). Everyone that goes will receive a gift just for attending and the class with the highest attendance will get an extra PE!

Jog-A-Thon this year will be on October 1! Today your child is taking his/her donation packet with information about this fun event. Our class has voted to have a goal of raising $885! That is $40.22 per student. Jesse Crain, one of our homeroom parents will be sending an email soon with information and on things we need. Please be on the lookout for her email!

September 17, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we talked about the constitution! (Annie)
We signed our classroom agreement like the leaders signed the constitution to show that we agreed to follow our class expectations!
In writers workshop, we learned that we could write about things we know a lot about! (Jada)
We played a number game called Monster Squeeze in math today. (Eric) Do home link 3-6 to play this game at home! 
We talked about feelings by looking at photographs and deciding how they were feeling! (Jack)
We went to the Jog-A-Thon assembly! (Mia) (See below)

Reminders for Monday 9/21:
*Please send nutrition homework to school! Thanks to those that already sent this to school!
*Also send 1-3 photographs of your child! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these in class! 
*West Elementary Family Fitness Night will be on Monday, September 21 from 5:00-6:30 pm in building E gym (900 Adams Rd). Everyone that goes will receive a gift just for attending and the class with the highest attendance will get an extra PE!

Jog-A-Thon this year will be on October 1! Today your child is taking his/her donation packet with information about this fun event. Our class has voted to have a goal of raising $885! That is $40.22 per student. Jesse Crain, one of our homeroom parents will be sending an email soon with information and on things we need. Please be on the lookout for her email!

September 16, 2015

Dear Families,
We got to go to music today! (Iris)
We read the story Goldilicious!(Stella)
Then we made our own version of the story using our favorite color!
We went to the computer lab too! (Ariana)
We highlighted words in our letter b and f poems that started with b and f! (Cash)
We played a fun domino game that helped us practice counting! (Skyler)
We looked at our feelings pictures and sorted them into groups!

Reminders:
*Now that we are going to specials in the mornings it is really important our kids are at school on time. On mornings we go to specials we get to those classes at 8:50am. If students are late, they are missing all or most of their time. Thanks so much!
*Tomorrow is Constitution day! If your child has a patriotic shirt or a red, white, and/or blue shirt they could wear it tomorrow!

September 15, 2015

Dear Families,
We had a busy day!
Ms. Alex talked to us about balance this morning. (Josie)
She works at the Tulsa Childrens Museum! We explored through games, how we can make healthy, balanced choices! 
We got our eyes and ears checked today! (Megan)
(I don't know results from these tests and it most likely will be a while until the nurses will share results. I will pass on any information when the nurses give them to me. They may even notify you directly.)
We played a number game using dice and a number board. 
We made a graph when we played our number game. (Kap)
We went to library. (Beckett)


Reminders for Monday 9/21:
*Please send nutrition homework to school! I emailed this yesterday and today!
*Also send 1-3 photographs of your child! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these in class! 
*West Elementary Family Fitness Night will be on Monday, September 21 from 5:00-6:30 pm in building E gym (900 Adams Rd). Everyone that goes will receive a gift just for attending and the class with the highest attendance will get an extra PE!

September 14, 2015

Dear Families,
We learned about b and f! (Corbin) We practiced writing b and f correctly!
We read the story Brown Bear Brown Bear! (Alicia)
We will talk about colors this week! (Kenna) We will also talk about feelings!
We made a graph of our names today! (Xavier)

Homework:
Please send nutrition homework to school by Monday (9/21)! Check today's email for this information!
On Monday (9/21) also send 1-3 photographs of your child! They can be pictures of them alone, with friends, or with family! We will use these in class! 

September 11, 2015

Dear Families,
Ms. Allison read us the story Llama Llama Time to Share! (Jaxson) 
We played outside this morning. (Rachel)
We made up some "time when" stories together before we went to write in writing workshop. (Hyrum)
We counted to 10 using a number board! (Josie)
We are going to the ABL lab! (Anthony) We are so excited!
We heard the story Chrysanthemum and talked about how hurtful our words can be when we say unkind things to others.

Reminders:

*If you are still interested in Jenks Joggers fill out the bottom portion and return to school promptly. It is filling up fast! I turned in all forms brought to school today!

*West Elementary Family Fitness Night will be on Monday, September 21 from 5:00-6:30 pm in building E gym (900 Adams Rd). Everyone that goes will receive a gift just for attending and the class with the highest attendance will get an extra PE!

*Please check our website often to know what is going on in our class and school!
*I have noticed a lot of our kids are very sleepy after lunch. We still have a lot of curriculum to cover and learn. Please help make sure your child is getting enough sleep. I really appreciate your help!

September 10, 2015

Dear Families,

Annie brought us a rainbow fish puppet today! (Mia)

After we saw her puppet, we watched the story Rainbow Fish and the Big Whale!

We learned how to write the letter t. (Cash)

We played 2 fun counting games together! (Hyrum)

We drew a picture of us being a bucket filler. (Megan)

News:

*Please click the tab above for our Specials Schedule for Septmeber-December! This will help ensure your child is dressed appropriately when we go to ABL lab and PE!

*In folders you will find information about Jenks Joggers. If you are interested fill out the bottom portion and return to school promptly. They are only taking the first 125 students! 

September 9, 2015

Dear Families,
We started our day at PE with Coach Moore! (Anthony)
We went to the computer lab! (Jack)
We talked about the letter t. (Alicia) We are learning its sound and how to write it!
We talked about rainbow fish. (Kenna) We compared two rainbow fish stories we have read in class.
We also reviewed what it means to be a bucket filler! 

News:

West Elementary Family Fitness Night will be on Monday, September 21 from 5:00-6:30 pm in building E gym (900 Adams Rd). There will be activities like dancing, basketball, lacrosse, karate, jiu jitsu, baseball and much more for the kids and their families! Everyone that goes will receive a gift just for attending and the class with the highest attendance will get an extra PE!

September 8, 2015

Dear Families,
Stella is our Trojan this week!
We read 2 stories about Rainbow fish. (Kap) We talked about ways he was a good friend in his stories.
We are talking about friendship this week and how we can be a good friend!
We made a map of our classroom! (Beckett) We are using our classroom map to find new book nooks that we will read our books!
We got to go to the library! (Annie)
We practiced counting.(Xavier)
It was a great day!

September 3, 2015

Dear Families,
We got to write words on our tables with markers! (Skyler) 
Students practiced writing the words: Hyrum and will. We talked about this being okay ONLY when Mrs. Pandov says we can!
Mrs. Lagere visited our class! (Jaxson) She talked to the class about being bucket fillers.
We played a game called What's the Next Number! (Ariana) I held up a number and they told me what number came next.
We picked good choices that we would do this year in our class! (Iris)

*Remember no school tomorrow or Monday! Have a great holiday!

September 2, 2015

Dear Families,
We heard the story Diary of a Spider before writers workshop! (Corbin) We are learning how our own stories can be made into a book!
We talked about little numbers. (Stella) We practiced counting numbers 1-9. Do Home Link 1-5 to practice numbers at home!
We read the story David Goes to School and discussed appropriate choices a lot today. Now that we are starting to get adjusted behaviors are starting to occur. Thank you for reinforcing how we behave at school.
We made our faces with construction paper, markers, and a paper plate! (Jada) These will be displayed on our bulletin board!

Reminders:
Please make sure to read the email I sent this morning about our site wide screening from the nurse AND PTAG. 
Remember no school on Friday and Monday!

September 1, 2015

Dear families,
We read the story Froggy Loves Books.
We talked about good ways to treat our books. (Eric)
In writing workshop we got to write more stories! (Megan)
We practiced counting down to 0 and writing numbers in math! (Josie)
We helped David make good choices! (Cash) 
We are discussing how making good choices helps us have a healthy happy life! This is our IB focus!

NOTES:
*You guys ROCK! Thanks for helping your child do their homework! They are so proud when they bring homework to me!
*Remember no school Friday AND Monday!