Happy Friday

What a fun night last night!  I woke up singing I Like Thanksgiving...And thinking about all the littles and their families I am thankful for! One more week and it's holiday time!  As much as I will miss all of these little ones I'm so excited to be at home with my favorite boys and to start our yearly holiday traditions!!!

A momentous NIGHT...Gabrielle lost her FIRST tooth while waiting to perform!

Program Night

All the little pilgrim, indians and turkeys are all PRACTICED out and ready to PERFORM!!! See you all there...My little indians need to be in the gym by 6:15!!!
Please remember that after the performance all children will go back to the gym...We will collect feathers, and tshirts! Then you may take them from there!

Today our Buck A Roo had a special lunch with her daddy!

Love those smiles!!!

I think I have gotten to all my reading groups this week and everyone should have had some new books come home!  WOW...I love listening to my littles read and make connections!  They use their Good Reader's Tool Kit (fix em up strategies) SO WELL!!! Please remember READING is homework every night!  Those sight words should be second nature!!!

In math we are working on addition within 10.  We are working towards that pictoral stage!  Today we read Domino Addition

Then we gave this a try on our own!

Great job Buck A Roos!!!

SEE YOU TONIGHT!

Week of November 11

We have a new Buck A Roo in room 313!




Mrs. O'Hearn came in and talked to us about Leadership and Being Bucket Fillers!


I think some great friendships are forming in our classroom this year! They are a GREAT bunch of Buck A Roos!

We are getting back into the groove of things with Guided Reading JUST in time for the holidays.  I am LOVING my small group reading time. The progress in these few short weeks just makes my heart SMILE!!! Sponges I say SPONGES!!!

Math time is full of addition and subtraction within 10!

And our afternoon is practicing for our Thanksgiving performance! It's going to be so cute!!! When you all get here (EARLY if you want a great seat...) we are on the LEFT side if you are looking at the stage!

Day 12...I am so thankful for this bunch of littles and their families.  They fill my heart with smiles each and everyday!
Have a great evening!

Whoa....

It's been awhile...

Today the littles were WONDERFUL and I missed them even more than I knew once I saw them!

This week our Buck A Roo has been doing a good job setting good examples for the rest of the class while I was out!

On Monday he shared Dragons Love Tacos...Boo...I'm sorry I missed that one! Looks GREAT!

 Today, Reece did a little show and tell with Pikachu!


Our Buck A Roo is losing his VOICE! :(

Yesterday, we found out a lot about our friend! I love those cheeks on that baby!!! Tooooo cute!

 I think Monday was PLAID day...These girls are ROCKIN the PLAID!!!

And the prizes keep on coming!  Kinder remains in First Place with most $$ pledged.  We are at 55.00/lap and in 4th place within our grade level!  I KNOW we can get to that 65/lap goal! TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT

Ms. K (aka Miss Competitive) is in 3rd place...you can bet

she will be moving on up!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching my littles ENJOYING their reading!! It just amazes me how far they have come in these few short weeks! Their reading and writing is UH MAZING!!!

The Day After...

...HALLOWEEN!

We had a delightful day!!!

HOMEWORK...
Turkey in Disguise!! If for some reason...something "happens" to your turkey homework...Ms. K has loaded them onto the Robertson Kindergarten Website GOBBLE GOBBLE it is the last document loaded under Parent Resources! I'm so excited about this project...the past 7 years I have admired the creativity of our Kinder families! NOW I get to say, "YEP, that's mine!"

Boosterthon:
Our TWO newest CAMPERS!!!

They are so proud to be wearing their boosterthon bands!

Buck A Roo

Show and Tell is always by FAR the BEST day of the Buck A ROOS week!

Today we had "Favorite Squeaky Characters"...I'm definitely out of the LOOP...I've got NO idea who the Sqeaky's are!!! But they are ALMOST as cute as this little Buck A Roo!

Next Week!
I will be out Monday and Tuesday! I have a district meeting to attend! I so wish I was going to be here!!! Keep those pledges coming in!  Ms. K's class is pulling WAY ahead!!!

SCIENCE
We played a COOL game today...(I'll give you a little break down...but DEFINITELY ask your little to tell you about it...)
I started by telling them they were all going to be plants (seeds) I scattered brown, blue, white and yellow paper all over the ground.  I told my little seeds to walk around (blowing in the wind) when I told them to stop that is where they landed. They could NOT move from that spot but had to pick up 4 pieces of paper.  As they showed me the paper 2 browns, a  blue and a yellow...4 blues, 2 yellows and 2 browns...etc  I had to tell them, "I'm sorry little seed you did not survive."  They had to go back to their seat.  After a couple rounds I heard lots of discussion at their seats..."why do they still get to play?" "He has 1 of each color." "That's not fair, I'm always out."  At this point once I saw that some of the seeds were starting to look for 1 of each color and the other seeds were noticing that that was was kept them "IN THE GAME" we talked about why those seeds got to stay in...AND right away they caught on...The yellow was the sun, the blue water, the brown soil and the White (well that one was more difficult) but have no fear one of my buckaroos finally said AIR!!! Those are all the things a plant NEEDS to survive! So then we played again...This time everyone got all four the first couple of rounds...but as they collected them I started to take some of it away...WE had A LOT of plants "fighting" for the same things... and the strongest ones the ones who landed where there were things they needed SURVIVED!  What a powerful lesson!  When we were cleaning up...one friend asked, "Where are the roots?"  That led us to another conversation.  What a plant NEEDS and the PARTS of a plant!  We decided that if a seed gets everything it needs then it can grow its roots, stem, leaves and flowers!
Once again...it's days like this that remind me why I LOVE LOVE LOVE this profession.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Update...

Ms. Guy and THE CHIPMUNKS are rocking the BOOSTERTHON...We are up to 20.00/lap in pledges the only other kinder class that is ahead of us is Shelby's Rangers with 23.00/lap.  Keep getting those pledges!!!

 The great thing about Boosterthon is EVERYONE gets incentives...These kids have earned our WHOLE class shoes off AND bring stuffed friends to school! Way to go!!
The school still need the following states...

Idaho

Montana

Wyoming

North Dakota

Nebraska

Iowa

Wisconsin

Indiana

Mississippi

North Carolina

Delaware

New Jersey

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Vermont

Maine

So if you know anyone in any of these states...LET'S see Mr. I spend the night on the ROOF!  I can get North Dakota!!! 

BUCK A ROO

Lunch with the BUCK A ROO!!! Thanks mom and dad for coming and making this a special day!

November Homework

A little fun family homework is coming home tomorrow!

A Turkey in Disguise!  You will turn the turkey on the right into something else..so that maybe he won't be caught for a thanksgiving dinner!  Let's see how creative this bunch of buck a roos can be!  

BOOSTERTHON:

We will forever be referred to Guy's CHIPMUNKS...(not the pink chipmunks!!!)

CONGRATULATIONS to Bobby, Kyon and Abby for getting pledges last night! They were presented with some very "cool" boosterthon prizes.  BUT that's not all...They also EARNED the whole class 

 shoes OFF for a day. I will let you know the day we decide to do this!

That means we have earned AT LEAST 10.00 per lap!

Your child should have a boosterthon sticker today...Friends stick together was the message we got today!  GREAT message be sure to ask your little what they learned and/or Click here to watch the boosterthon video message!

Math:

Today we were making sets and assigning numbers to our sets.  Not only that but we were also putting our sets in numerical order starting at 6.  Discussions I heard, "9 comes after 8 and before 10."  "7 is one more than 8." "Our monsters have a total of 39 eyes...(okay so that was a bit off but NOT by much and I love that that group chose to figure that out!)" AGAIN...great conversations by littles!!!

Boosterthon, Boosterthon!!!

Oh I LOVE BOOSTERTHON…

It is such a great organization and sends amazing messages to our kids!  

LET’S SUPPORT this PTA  FUNdraiser 100%!!!

 

Parents,

The Boosterthon Fun Run kicked off today with a thrilling Pep Rally and I am super excited about this year’s program. Our team name is (to be determined)!  The Boosterthon Fun Run program involves all students in a fun, team building, fitness event while helping our school raise much-needed funds. The central focus of this year’s character program is FRIENDSHIP. This year’s character theme is CAMP HIGH FIVE, and the Booster Team will take students on a fun-filled journey teaching them the importance of friendship.   

Here’s how you can help:

1) LOG ON to your student’s website at www.FunRun.com using your student’s access code on the Pledge Book that came home with them today.  Log on each night to watch the Camp High Five character and music videos, and enter pledge information.

2) GET PLEDGES by connecting your student with 10 sponsors. The new funrun.com has many ways to use social media in the pledging process and pay online. Be sure to capture and record the e-mail address of each sponsor, as they will have an easy opportunity to pay for your student’s pledge by credit card online. 

3) COME TO THE BOOSTERTHON FUN RUN NEXT WEEK! Remember, students will be running 30-35 laps and we would love to have lots of support for our team!

Thank you for supporting our classroom and our school!

I’ll see you next week at the Boosterthon Fun Run!

Sincerely, 

Christine Guy

Serving schools,

Jerry Channell | Team Leader
678-936-1926
JerryC@boosterthon.com
http://Boosterthon.com
http://facebook.com/boosterthon
http://boosterthon.com/blog

BUCK A ROO

Today Kensli brought in one of her favorite Read A Louds!  We read Cinderella (the wedding) !

Have a great evening!

Day 44

I'm amazed that we are in our 2nd 9 weeks of school already! In math we are counting and making sets of objects and using numbers to describe those sets. Yesterday we added buttons to Pete the Cat's jacket.



I love hearing the excitement of counting their buttons! As you can see students are having meaningful conversations!  "No! I have more!"  "I have 9 buttons!"  They were comparing with each other and checking each others work!

Problem Solving
Our notebooks are underway!!!
Yesterday our problem was.
Dylan had a collection of toy cars.  He gave 3 away to a friend.  He had one still left.  How many cars did Dylan start with?
We started with a part, part, whole PLATE.  We talked about what the parts of the plate should be labeled.  The big part was how many cars he had altogether we decided...but THAT was what we were trying to figure out.  So one of the small parts was how many he gave his friend and the other small part was how many he still had.  We filled in our plate with "cars".  Then we moved the small parts to the big part and found our ANSWER...4!
After using manipulatives to solve our problem we put it on paper.

Some one asked if he could solve it by saying 4-3 = 1.  WOW...great thinking.  But I posed this question...Did we know 4 from our story?  We talked through this  and decided that maybe using the subtraction problem as a way of checking ourselves might be better!

Buck A Roo



Looking forward to a GREAT week!
Please send pictures of all my little Trick or Treaters and their Holiday Creations!

Buck A Roo

Show and Tell!

Red Ribbon Week...

ROBERTSON ELEMENTARY

Celebrates being drug free and making healthy choices!!!

RED RIBBON WEEK

October 28^th – November 1 ^st     

2013

Monday

 Wear RED day!  All grades will receive a HERO book mark to remind them to always do the right thing!

Tuesday

 Put a cap on drugs!  Wear a Hat!

Wednesday

  Team up against Drugs?  Wear your favorite sports team jersey or shirt.

Thursday

 Don’t let unhealthy choices “sneak” up on you?  Wear sneakers!!!!!

Friday

stay drug free!  Wear your school shirt to show your spirit!

Buck A Roo

I love how the littles really take their job seriously. They are a BIG help in the cafeteria, being our line leader, our messenger and anything else that needs to be done in the classroom!

On Thursday, Mom and Dad came to eat lunch with our Buck A Roo! Thanks for making this a special week!

 We had TWIN day this week...

These girls have been besties since DAY one!

 Look at our MULTIPLES!!! LOVE this bunch of kids! 

Whew~

What a week already!  Lots of fun yesterday! I will work on compiling pictures and getting them posted of our trip to the pumpkin patch!

Today we jumped right back into reading, writing, math and science!

This week we are taking our first CBA assessment. This is given to the students 1 on 1 at the teacher table. There is A LOT of problem solving...using manipulatives to "act out" the story and then telling me how they solved it! So far so good! All of our hard work this far has paid off!

Yesterday, and today (for those that didn't come back from the pumpkin patch) we wrote all about our most memorable experience! (I'm sort of sad...because some of my friends took theirs home yesterday) BUT here are some amazing ones that I found in folders....(speaking of bring papers home...we will be cleaning out our writing folders and sending home the first 9 weeks of work later this week/month)

 I was on the school bus going to the pumpkin patch.

 We liked to feed the cows at the farm.  The cows were big.

 I went to pet the goat at the farm.

I am at the maze at the end.  It was fun.

I LOVE the pictures. So much detail!!! Some friends are beginning to write more than one idea. YAY!!!

We still have littles in all stages of writing.  I chose these to post because they were the ones I could find about the pumpkin patch! Some are still working. As we finish I hope to get them posted.

Last week we started reading in small groups. Next week books will begin coming home with your child! I know you all are looking forward to hearing your little buck a roo read!!! They make me smile!!!

In science we are beginning to look at the different parts of a plant and their purposes!  If you have any "dead" plants "sitting" around...you may want to consider letting your little take it apart and look at all the parts. (Roots, stem, leaves and flower)  We will have a CLASS plant to dissect tomorrow...but I know everyone is going to want to get their hands on it! So much fun!

BUCK A ROO

We all enjoyed Lego City Fight This Fire!  We were able to make some GREAT predictions while reading this one!  Thanks Valentino!

We are in need of some googly eyes for a math activity we will be doing next week.  If anyone has any lying around the house or would like to donate some to our class we would be very appreciative. J

  

Here is a picture of what they look like.  They come in all different sizes.  We are not picky. J

Thanks for helping us be successful in our learning!

Have a wonderful evening!