More about Pumpkins...

During Pumpkin Rotation, we painted an illustration to match our
poem-Five Little Pumpkins

Five Little Pumpkins

Elijah is adding a stem and vines to his painted pumpkins.

We learned so much about pumpkins during Pumpkin Rotation!

During Science, we measured our class pumpkin
and checked to see if it would sink or float.
What do you think happened?

It FLOATS!!!

Check out our circle map that describes pumpkins.

Our Trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

We enjoyed our field trip to
 The Big Orange Pumpkin Patch!

We had such a great time! 

Thank you to all of our parent
volunteers who came to help out!

You guys are the best! 

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Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week

October 22-26th

Monday: Theme for day:“Team Up Against Drugs”

              Wear a team shirt

                      

Tuesday: Theme for day:“Say ‘Peace Out’ to bad habits”

               Wear a tie dye shirt

                       

Wednesday: Theme for day:“The Best Me Is Drug Free"

               Wear Red

                  

Thursday: Theme for day:“Sock It To Drugs”

                Wear crazy socks

                       

Friday: Theme for day:“We’re All on the Same Team"

            Wear Phillips school shirt

Blog Updates

Parents,

I want to apologize for not being able to update our blog with wonderful photographs and videos this weekend. I left my camera at school; therefore, I will have to wait until Monday night to update our class blog. I am so sorry! I have so many great photographs from the pumpkin patch and our week. I can't wait to share them with all of you! :) 

Stay tuned for more...

Weekly Reminders

Just a few upcoming weekly reminders:

Monday: Kindergarten Pumpkin Rotation!

We will be rotating in and out of
all five kinder rooms for fun pumpkin activities! 

Check out our booklets when we get home!

Tuesday: Wear Brown! 
Our color word for the week is brown.
Also, Boosterthon Pep Rally at 8:00 a.m.
(PTA upcoming fund raiser event)

Thursday: Pumpkin Patch field trip!

*If you are volunteering, please meet us 

at the Big Orange Pumpkin Patch (Celina,Texas) around 9:30.

We will be leaving the school by bus at 9:00 and returning at 2:00 p.m.

Also, you may want to bring a blanket with you to sit 

on during lunch with your child and a friend.

We will have lunch by the pond 
and the big red barn at the patch.

*Field Trip Volunteers--I will be sending you guys an email very soon 

letting you know what to bring and who your extra friends will be during our field trip.

I will try to make sure my groups are no larger than 3 to 1 parent-volunteer. 

You will have your child and another student most likely. 

Also, there will be a sign out sheet at the pumpkin patch if 

you would like to take your child from the field trip after we are done.

***More information to come regarding our field trip--please check your emails this week!!! :)***

Exciting News!

Last week, Lathyn's big sis came to read to our class!!!
She did a great job!

Our friend, Luke received a leadership award from Mrs. Yates on Thursday!
Luke has shown wonderful leadership skills and kindness at Phillips!
We are so proud of Luke!

Some of Our Math Activities

We played a couple of new math games this week.

See what we can do:

The first one is called Flip and Record.

We are flipping over number cards and then recording

that number by coloring in the correct corresponding 

number of boxes/frames on a ten-frame mat.

Next, we reread the wonderful book, Chrysanthemum.

Then, we discussed how many letters are in her name.

We counted 13 letters!!! WOW!

We placed her letters in our Counting Jar

to practice with during stations.

After we counted her letters, we wrote our names on a sentence strips

and cut our letters a part. Next, we counted the letters in our names

and recorded it on a piece of construction paper. 

PUMPKINS Everywhere!

It's ALL ABOUT PUMPKINS!

We began our pumpkin unit this week!

We are learning so much about these little creations.

We can't wait to visit the pumpkin patch on Thursday and show you 

all what we have learned!

This is just a sneak peek of what's to come...

Take a look at our pumpkin life-cycle hats, 

scrapbook pumpkins, and our "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" retelling 

strips we made this week!

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Measurement Math

We are learning how to measure in Kindergarten!

We discussed what measurement is and 

 how we can use different items to measure. 

We measure using cubes, links, and non-standard units. 

Check out our spider rulers and our measuring cubes.

Creepy, Crawling Spiders

Last week, we were learning all about SPIDERS!

Check out our spider Smilebox!

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Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night! YUM!

It was so FUN to see everyone at Spring Creek tonight!

Brett and I enjoyed our yummy BBQ dinner 

and seeing all of my Kinder friends and their families!

 Thank you for supporting our school!

Lincoln and his mom

Luke and his family

Tavin and Lyseny

Kara-Lyne and her mom

Grace and her family

Our Hallway Art

Check out our hallway art and bulletin board!

Updates and Reminders

Just a Few Reminders and Updates:

• Monday--"Star of the Week" posters are due!
• Tuesday--Join me and my friends at Spring Creek BBQ for a yummy dinner and support our Phillips' PTA!
• Thursday--Black day for our color word of the week!
• Book Fair will begin this week--please come by the school to shop for some great books!
• Book Fair hours are 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. and 3:00-3:30 p.m.

Book Fair--Our class will be going to the book fair for a sneak peek Tuesday and then we will go again as a class Wednesday. Please look for your child's "Wish List" sheet for the book fair to come home on Tuesday. You can send your child to school with money on Wednesday (with their Wish List form) for their books or shop before or after school.

Pumpkin Patch--please make sure to sign and return your child's field trip forms ASAP. Also, please send your child's field trip money in a LABELED baggie or envelope.

Volunteer badges and background checks--you will need to make sure you have completed the background check and received a volunteer badge to attend our field trip. Go to the Frisco ISD website to find the link to complete these forms.

Parent Conferences--Next Monday--October 8th. Please refer to your reminder note sent home for your time.

More Apples...

Just a few more APPLE items:

Our KWL chart about Apples

We think these are the ingredients for applesauce.

We read Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss
Braeden's Ten Apples picture

Luke's Ten Apples Up on Top picture

We made APPLESAUCE!

Check out our collage of pictures from Friday!

We made APPLESAUCE!

YUM!

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It's All About Apples!

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Joke Box

Joke Box

I need your help with a little something. I want to create a Joke Box for my kids to use for our brain breaks. Although I know it is important to be learning every minute of the day, research has shown that the human brain does respond more and better when given mental breaks to recharge and reset. I feel like a great way to give my students a quick recharge is to tell a joke. :)

If you and your child could come up with a "kid" appropriate joke to write down and send in to place in our joke box, I would really appreciate it. I know the kids will love them!

Please send these joke any time and throughout the year. We will use these all year long. Have fun with your child finding these too! :)

Library Books

Parents:

Please send your child's library book

back by Thursday. 

We will be going to library 

on Thursday this week. 

Fabulous Fourth Week!

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A Few Reminders

Sunday:  Phillips Elementary Dedication at 4:00.
              Please join us in honoring the late, dear
              Mr. Billy Gene Phillips.

Monday:  Please make sure you send your child's sight
               word baggie. We will have two new words!

Thursday:  Yellow Day! Wear something yellow!

October 1st:  "Star of the Week" posters are due!!! :)

Sight Word Bags

Please make sure you send your child's

sight word bag every Monday.

Thank you! 

Join PTA!

Join the Phillips' PTA!!!

It is a great way to meet other
parents and families, participate in school events,
 and activities, and help our children
 learn and lead each day.

Today, you received a green form from PTA. 

We want you to join and get
involved in our wonderful school!

Also, help our class get a 100% participation! 

We want to earn a popcorn party!

Come join and get involved! 

Help our class and school learn and lead!

Apples on Monday!

Just a friendly reminder:

Please send two apples

 (any color) to school on Monday with your child.

We will begin our apple unit! 

Lots of fun apple activities this next week!

Shh....We are reading!

We began reading in our independent reading spots this week!

Browsing bags are out, books are in, and we are reading!

Sight Words in Our Books!

We are finding our sight words in our books!
Aiden found the sight word "I" in his book today!
SOOOO COOL! 

B-L-U-E Spells Blue!

We know the Blue Song!!!

Listen to us sing...

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College Week

 

Next Week is College Week!

Go UT-Tyler Patriots and the TEXAS Longhorns!

We are going to celebrate our bright future by

 enjoying a week filled with wonderful outfits!

Dress for Success each day:

Monday: Your Future is Bright! Wear bright colored clothing.
Tuesday: College Rocks! Wear college spirit gear.

Wednesday: Dress for success! Dress in professional clothes.

Thursday: Heading off to College. Wear a hat.

Friday: Show your school spirit. Wear a Phillips shirt.