Our 2nd Week in Kindergarten!

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Environmental Print Items

Parents,

Today, I sent home a note regarding Environmental Print items and labels for our classroom environmental print word wall. We will begin collecting these labels to start our word wall and will continue to collect until next Friday. Please sent whatever "EP" labels you come across. I told the kids about it too...so their eye's are looking out for them as well. 

Some great items can be found on the front of cereal boxes, labels of canned food, coke can boxes, menus and packaging from restaurants. Please just make sure these items or labels are clean before you send them. We appreciate all of your help! :)

We are learning so much about letters, words, and print awareness---this will just enhance our literacy foundation and build meaningful connections for our students! 

Fun Friday!

We have worked so hard all week learning all about Kindergarten!

It's time for some fun!

We read Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom and we

watched the video too!

Now, we wanted to make our very own coconut trees!

So here we go....

Making our trees...

Making the leaves...

Adding letters...

So fun!

Almost done...

WOW!!!

Check out our coconut trees!!!

They turned out great!!!

The letters are climbing up the coconut tree!!!

Wonderful job!







Lastly, we played in some of our Fun Friday stations!!!
Legos, blocks, cars, and Mr. Potato Head

Red table is enjoying our potato heads!!!

Green table is building with blocks!!!

Blue table is creating with Legos!!!

Yellow table races the cars!!!




Also, it was Friday!!! Time to count our sticks!!!
EVERYONE HAD 10!!!
Treasure box here we come!!!

Growing Readers and Writers

In Kindergarten, we want to build a foundation for our students to grow and succeed. 

One way we do this is by creating a love for reading and writing. 

This week, we made our very first class book, read 

many wonderful stories, and wrote about ourselves.

Here are some of our wonderful creations:

We got to explore our classroom book boxes.

Tagg is reading "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie."

Aiden is enjoying a great book!

Reading is so much fun! 

In addition to books, we want kids reading 

other literature pieces, such as poems.

Our poem this week was called "School."

We illustrated our poem and then placed it into our poetry journal.

We went on a LETTER HUNT!

After reading Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom, we wanted to find more letters. 

We used a circle map and magazines to find our first initial.

See some of my friends fantastic letter circle maps!

Addison is finding the letter "A."

One friend is looking for "T."

We read  Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten! 

It was such a fun book!

Then, we created our own class book about our friends.

We used our first letter of our names and came up with something 

we liked that started with the same letter. 

Lastly, we put it all together to complete the sentence.

T my name is Tavin and I like the Titanic. 

S my name is Sophia and I like seashells.

L my name is Lathyn and I like lizards.

A my name is Addison and I like apples.

After we created our book pages, I put them all together into a class
book that will be in our library nook for the kids to read everyday. 

Our First Week in Kindergarten!

We had such a fabulous first week!!! 

Some of our week's activities included:

Learning our procedures and expectations

Exploring Reader's and Writer's Workshop

Learning all about our toolboxes and materials

Counting during our Math Workshop

Meeting some new friends

Touring our beautiful new campus

Visiting with our Phillips' Staff

Going to Specials--P.E., Art, Music, and Computers

Leading and Learning at Phillips!!!

Check out some of our fun!!!

Here are some photos from our literacy workshop time:

Emily and Aidan working with playdoh and letter mats.

Camila created the letter c with playdoh!

Friends working on a few puzzles.

Elijah is working on his puzzle.

Here is our yellow table working on shadow letters.

Kara-Lyne is having fun with shadow letters.

Puzzles are so much fun!




During Math Workshop this week, we are learning about
all of our "math tools." We also practiced counting
and recording our findings. During calendar math, we sang our
months of the year song and the days of the week.

Check out our Math Workshop stations:

Ian and Grace are exploring colored tiles.

Kara-Lyne and Lathyn are playing with unifix cubes.

Luke and Tavin are exploring our pattern blocks during Math Workshop.

Avishi, Braeden, and Kasey are having some fun with our bears.

Blue Folders

Blue Folders

Please check and clean out your child's 

blue folder each Thursday.
Our campus, district, and PTA will send home
important information in these folders.

These folders will only come home

on Thursday of each week.

Please return them on Friday.

Thank you!

Curriculum Night

Curriculum Night

K-2 grades

Thursday, September 6th

 5:30-6:30

Come join us and learn all about Frisco ISD curriculum!

Dismissal

Parents,

Thank you for your patience this afternoon with dismissal! 

We are still working the bugs out of our dismissal process.  

At dismissal time, older siblings walk to the Kinder pod and pick up their younger sibling.  They then go to their designated dismissal spot together. 

Carpool:   Please display your carpool tag in the passenger side visor.   Please do not put these on the dashboard, it is difficult for us to see.  The name of the student should be bold in a dark color, written large enough for us to see from a distance. 

Walkers: Walkers will be out on the side of the building by the playground.  We have 2 Kinder teachers that will be walking out these students, Ms. Martin and Mrs. Nixon. 

Please verify with your child’s teacher the dismissal place you would like them to go by Friday.  It is important for all students to follow a consistent dismissal process each day.  We understand that things come up, however, since walkers and carpool are dismissing in different places it is vital that we know where to send them. 

Thank you again!  We are working hard to keep your child safe!

Reminders for tomorrow

Just a few reminders for the first day:

Our day begins by 7:50. Please make sure your child is there by this time.

Pack an extra set of clothes labeled with your child's name in a gallon size baggie---Just in case we have an accident.

Snack--please make sure it is a nutritious and "quick to access" snack. Water only please for a drink. The small water bottles are great!!! Label it "snack" so we don't get confused as to what is intended for lunch.

Dismissal---please make sure your child and their sibling (if needed) knows how they are getting home. I have noted most of everyone's way that they will be going on the first day. If something changes, please email me by 1:30.

We are looking forward to a wonderful first day! Please be patient with us as we work our first day jitters out. Our campus is hoping to provide all of our families with a smooth transition. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding. See you all in the morning! Wear your best smile!!!!
Thanks!

Meet the Teacher at Phillips Elementary!

Welcome to Phillips Elementary!
We are so glad you are a part of our family!

It was exciting to meet all of my NEW kindergarten friends tonight! Thank you all for coming out. I know this school year is going to be great! Get some rest and have a wonderful weekend! See you bright and early Monday morning in Room 301! Don't forget your smile!!!!!

Star of the Week--Kate!

 We are pleased to announce our friend, Kate, is our

Star of the Week  for April 2nd-6th.

Check out Kate's star poster, circle map,

and the book we created for her!

Here are a few of Kate's favorite things:

Number: 100

Color: purple

Best Friend: Audrey

Candy: lollipops

Animal: hamsters

Day of the Week: Saturday

Restaurant: Taco Bell
Fruit: blueberries
Activity: playing with Playdoh
Sport: Soccer

Kate is a great friend!
She likes to write in her journal
and play in centers.
Kate is a great helper too!
We have loved getting to know
more about our friend!