Another eventful week!!

Pictures will be up soon from our "Fun Friday" activities with patterns. I want to double check all files to insure consent before I put up pictures. We had a great week even though I had no voice! The children were wonderful and very helpful!! Please continue to have your children do patterns at home..with dishes, laundry, toys! You can create patterns everywhere!! Have a great weekend/week.

Open House & Tid Bits from August 16-20

We are going to have another open house!! This time it will be in the classroom and you will be able to see what your child is involved with educationally. I hope everyone will be able to make it on September 2, 2010. This will be a great time to set up a conference if you have any questions or concerns about your child's education or how they may be learning in the classroom. I look forward to seeing you all again.

We have been learning songs about days of the week and months of the year. We are learning character, setting, and parts of the book. In  math, we have been discussing positional words (above, below, left, right, etc).  Ask your child about the new Promethean Boad we have in our room!! I hope they are as excited about this as I am. You will be able to see this at open house. This is a great piece of technology to assist learning and to engage students.

The kids continue to impress me everyday, as I hope they do you as well. They are craving knowledge and very curious.
I hope you all have a great weekend!

First Week

This first week has been full of procedures and rules. We will start with our behavior cards tomorrow (Friday, August 6) and hopefully this will help the class flow more smoothly. I appreciate all of your help with reinforcing the importance of following the rules in school. I am looking forward to this year and looking forward to teaching the curriculum. We have a great bunch of kiddos this year and it's going to be an exciting year in Kindergarten!

Welcome!

I am very excited for this school year to begin! Thank you for trusting me with your child and their education. I am extremely happy to be part of the fabulous Vine Grove Pod at North Park Elementary.  I feel very strongly about positive interactions with my student's parents. It is KEY to a successful and educational year.If you have any questions, at any time, please contact me!
. . . the most important factor in promoting a child's success in education is the parents' attitude  towards education.
From: The Learning Environment by Chris Nash, 1989, p. 164. Reprinted by permission of Prentice Hall Canada Inc. All rights reserved.


Warmly,
Miss Thresher