Mrs. Eckman's Explorers

The Last Week of School!!!

I am sad to say that this is our last week of school!  It has been a fantastic year!   I cannot believe the kids will be first graders! I miss each and every one of you!

We will be reviewing all of our standards and incorporate them into our activities we have planned!

Wednesday- We will learn about what it is like to be a first grader.  The children will visit a first grade classroom and take a spelling test.  Also, I am will be sending home a brown paper bag for your child to put one thing in it.  This will be called the Mystery Bag.  Your child will need to be able to give us 3 or more clues about the object so we can guess what it is. The object cannot be electronic and it must fit completely in the bag.   

Thursday- Camp out Reading!  I am asking the children to bring their favorite picture book to class, 2 other picture books of their choice, towel and flashlight.

Friday- The children will not be allowed to bring their backpack, lunch box or water bottle to school.  Anything that your child brings to class will have to be thrown away.  If you send your child with a lunch, please put it in a paper bag.  All water bottles will need to be the throw away kind at the end of the day. Your child will be going home empty handed on Friday! 

Thank you Mr. Begley for reading to the class on Friday!  They enjoyed your story about strangers!

I will be sending things home slowly throughout the week!  Please empty out and and check your child's backpack everyday!  Thank you!!!

 

 

News for the week of May 11th!

Only 10 more school days!!!

 

Thank you parents, for volunteering for Field Day and Rocket Reading.  The children had so much fun. 

Thank you moms, for coming to Muffins for M’ Lady.  The children were so excited to give you their gifts!

 

We will continue to teach/review standards in all subjects.   

 

This will be the last week for homework!  Yeah!!!

 

Heads Up!

• The children will have a sack lunch on Friday!  If your child does not like a ham and cheese sandwich or PBJ then send them a lunch that day.  We will be eating in the classroom!
• Spirit Day is on Friday!
• The Last Day of School is on Friday, May 22^nd!  

Stay tuned because next week will be a different week!  The children will be bringing some things to class and we will be playing some standard based games!!!

 

News for the week of May 4th!

Thank you Mrs. Roth for reading to the children on Friday!

Look out because we have a busy week! 

On Tuesday, May 5th is the Kindergarten Performance.  Please drop your child off in the classroom by 6:15 pm and get a good seat!  Your child will need to wear his/her tie- dye shirt and jeans or any kind of denim bottoms. 

On Thursday, May 7th is Field Day and the Reading Celebration! Thank you volunteers for helping that day! Please remember the following:

• Dress your child appropriately according to the temperature.  Check the weather channel!
• Your child needs to wear socks and tennis shoes!
• Please put sunscreen on your child!
• Some events have water.  You may want to send a change of clothes.
• Send a water bottle!

On Friday, May 8th at 7:30 am is Muffins for M'Lady!  We will celebrate and we are grateful for our fantastic moms! I look forward to seeing all the ladies that morning!

We will continue to work hard in class!  Keep on reading!

 

Spring Art Show

The Spring Art Show is on Friday, May 1st 6- 8 pm!!!

Come join the fun!

News for the week of April 27th- May 1st!

 

We had a great time on the Field Trip! 

Special Thanks!

·        Thank you Mrs. Kent for talking to us about differnt kinds of plants, planting radish seeds with us and reading to us Tops and Bottoms. The children will be watching their seeds grow and giving them lots of love.  We will be sending our radishes home in a couple weeks. 

·        Thank you Mrs. Letterman for reading The Lorax and making Mud Sundaes with us.  We learned about the parts plants need using food.  Later on we wrote simple directions about Mud Sundaes.

·        Thank you Mrs. Tauchert for reading to the children in class.  The children loved talking about their little brother and/or little sister.

Next Week!

·        Tuesday, May 5^th at 6:30 pm will be the Kindergarten Performance.  You don’t want to miss it!!!

·        Muffins for M’Lady is on Friday, May 8^th at 7:30- 8:00 am.  We look forward to seeing the moms in the classroom!

·        ALL MEDIA CENTER BOOKS ARE DUE MAY 7^th!

Math- We continue to work on adding and subtracting.

Writing- We continue to write simple directions.

Science- We will continue to discuss plants.

Social Studies- We will be assessing where we live – city, state, continent, county, nation and home address. Also, we will assess all the American symbols – Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument, White House, Star Spangle Banner, Pledge of Allegiance, bald eagle, American flag, Georgia flag, and Lincoln Memorial.  (This will be assessed by Thursday!)

 

Enjoy your week!

 

Field Trip

 

 

We are going on a field trip on Monday.  We will be outside and doing alot of walking.  Please make sure you send the following with your child:

• Snack and water bottle
• If you send a lunch, please put it in a paper bag.  We cannot send lunch boxes. 
• Comfortable shoes for all the walking we are going to do.
• Wear your tie- dye shirt.
• Put sunscreen on your child before you send them off to school.
• Eat a good breakfast in the morning!

 

We are going to have a lot of fun!!  Ask your child to tell you all about their fun trip!

 

The week of April 20th!

Heads Up!

• Our lunch schedule and specials schedule changes Tuesday to next Monday!  I will write it on your child April calendar.  The upper grades (1^st through 5^th) will be taking the CRCT test.  Kindergartners do not take this test but we have to be very, very quiet and not disturb the upper grades.
• Spirit Day is on Friday!
• Earth Week!!!
• We have a field trip next Monday.  Please send in your child’s permission slip and money by Wednesday!

 Science- It is Earth Day on Wednesday!  All week we will talk about taking care of the Earth by recycling and saving energy.

 

Math- We will continue to talk about subtraction.

 Writing– We will be learning about “Fancy Words” to improve our word choice. Instead of saying “good,” we’re trying words like “spectacular,” “amazing,” or “fabulous.” Check out the books Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor for more ideas about “Fancy” words.  

 

This week and last week I am assessing your child. I am assessing them on reading, math, science, and social studies standards over the year.  The results will be reflected on the GKIDS report. I will not be able to meet with the reading groups.  Hopefully, we can begin reading groups again the following week. 

 

Upcoming Events

        * End of the year Kindergarten Performance is on May 5th at 6:30 pm.

        * Muffins for M'Lady is on May 8th at 7:30- 8:00 am.

The week of April 13th!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful Spring Break! 

 

In Social Studies we will begin a unit on Economics. The children will learn the importance goods and services.  They will identify goods and services and give examples of each. We will do this by students earning money for good behavior.  However, if your child needs a service such as tying their shoes, sharpening a pencil, and etc they will need to pay for that service.  Also, they can use their money to buy goods such as lunch with the teacher, treasure box, pencil, candy, and etc. on Fridays.  This teaches children about how we earn, spend and save money.  Another part of this is making good choices.  If your child makes good choices then they will earn money but if they are mean to a friend then they have to give their friend money.  Ask your child about how much money they earn and if they have a goal on what they want to purchase.

 

In Math, we are discussing “How Many Do You Have?” Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System.” Students will continue to work with counting and number composition as they count sets of objects and find multiple combinations of the same number. They will use numbers and notations to describe arrangements of tiles and number combinations. Students continue to develop and deepen their understanding of the operations of addition and subtraction as they act out, model, solve story problems, and play games that involve combining or separating small amounts.

 

In Science we will begin to talk about plants.

 

Reminders

• Volunteer Breakfast Wed., April 15^th!
• Spirit Day is on Friday!

The week of March 30 to April 3!

 

Thank you, Mrs. Lindsey for reading to the class on Friday.  We love to hear Easter stories!

 

Writing

We will be learning to write simple directions.  Some of the words we will use are first, next, then, last, finally, and after that. Use simple directions at home with your child so they get into the habit of becoming familiar with those words.

 

Math

We are building combinations up to 10 and for doubles to 10.  I will be modeling addition and subtraction.

 

Science

We will continue to compare and the differences and similarities in animals. Do you know what a baby elephant or baby goat is called?  Ask you child and see if they can tell you.  Have them tell you the differences too!

 

Reminders

• Spirit Day is on Friday!
• Spring Break is next week!  Yeah! 

 Have a wonderful and safe Spring Break!  Only 6 weeks left after Spring Break!  I can’t believe it!

 

     

We Are the Champions!

We won the golden shoe award!  Thank you parents and children for working hard and walking the fastest on Friday.  We would not have won this fantastic honor without your support.  Everyone had a great time, thanks to our fantastic PE teachers (Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. Tramble)!!!