Ms. Cook's Blog

All About My Mom & Dad

This week we will celebrate all of our very special parents. We hope that you will be able to attend our celebration of you on Friday @ 8:15 a.m. The children have been working very hard on some wonderful surprises for you.

Important Dates                                  

Mon. May 5th - Talent Show @ Harrison High

Tues. May 6th - Volunteer Tea

Wed. May 7th - Evening in the Garden/Art Show

Fri. May 9th - Mom's Day Tea (Parent Celebration)

Thurs. May 15th - Field Day - Kindergarten

Fri. May 23 - Last Day of School

                                                                  

Monday, April 21, 2008

Theme: Maps & Globes

Words of the Week: big, look

Social Studies - Maps & Globes - North/South Poles, 7 continents, land & water, Cananda, Mexico, U.S.A. (including Hawaii & Canada), finding where we live.

Math - Subtraction

Phonics - Word Families

Writing - Checking Word Order , Writing first and last names correctly

Reading - Comprehension/Vocabulary

I hope that everyone enjoyed Spring Fling. The children had a lot to say about it. I heard that it was one of the best activities yet! I was not able to attend. My daughter is a junior at Harrison and it was prom night. Sorry that I missed all of you. There are still a few activities left before the school year is over. Please check the previous posting to the blog. It includes all of the appropriate dates. I can't believe that school year is ending so soon!                        

Week of April 14 - 18

Star Student: Josiah Stufflebean

Letters/Sounds of the Week: Zz

Words of the Week: said, little

Theme: Our Pets

Language Arts: notices punctuation and capitalization in written sentences, reads high frequency words fluently, reads with expression, meaning of words, words with two meanings, retelling, writing with punctuation and capitaliztion correct, using complete sentences when speaking

Math: Subtraction

Science: Pets - know the needs of living things and how to provide for them, similarities and differences in animals, grouping animals by different characteristics

IMPORTANT DATES

Sat. April 19 - SPRING FLING

Fri. April 25 - Happy Birthday, Keyanna!

Tues. May 6 - Volunteer Tea

Fri. May 9 - Mom's Day Tea (Mrs. Cook's Classroom)

Thurs. May 15 - Kindergarten Field Day

Wed. May 21 - Happy Birthday, Taylor!

Fri. May 23 - Last Day of School Get Together

                   

HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!

What a busy week we have had! I hope that everyone enjoys some family time during Spring Break! It sure is hard to believe that we have only 6 weeks of school left after the break. See everyone on April 14th!

Mrs. Cook

Marvelous Monday

Theme: Animals

Science - Grouping animals by observable features, similarites and differences, parents & babies, needs of living things.

Phonics - Yy and Xx, _ick Word Family

Writing - Capitalization - I & First Names only

Reading - Words of the Week - funny & where - retelling important facts

Math - Addition 

               

Spring Egg Hunt

Our Spring Egg Hunt was a huge success. What a beautiful day it turned out to be. Not only did we have a great time, but the activity reinforced some math skills i.e. number recognition, counting, sorting, etc. Thank you to Jeff Crane, Jeannette Parkinson, and Kim Baldwin for hiding all of the eggs. That was a big job.

Upcoming Events & Important Dates

Sunday, March 23 - Happy Birthday, Cricket!!!

Friday, March 28 - Cagles Dairy Field Trip - Janette Crane & Heather Biggar will be our parent helpers for the field trip. Please make sure that your child dresses appropriately for the weather and the possible muddy conditions associated with a farm. We will be outside in the morning and it is still pretty chilly at that time. We will be going on a hayride, so long pants would be a good idea. It is always a very worthwhile, very fun field trip.

Earth Lesson

What a fun lesson today! The children were introduced to some animal babies. Kim Baldwin did an outstanding job, as usual. Thank you, Kim! We will begin a unit of study on animals next week.

New Student

We have a new student in our class as of Monday, March 17th. His name is Josiah Stufflebean. Welcome to our class, Josiah!!!

Welcome to Mrs. Cook's Kindergarten Blog

Welcome Parents!

I am so excited about my new blog. What a great way to stay in touch with all of you and let you know what is going on in our class. Please check the blog often for updates. The blog will replace the previously used web page.

The address to my blog is http://ford.typepad.com/cook

My favorite website is Starfall.