Ms. Davenport

Dragonfly News

May 2009

 

A Word from Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier:

Can you believe that we only have 13 more days of school remaining???  Your children have worked very hard this year!  We are soooo proud of them!!!  In April, we learned about Spring, living/nonliving things, and plants.  This month, we will end our year studying the ocean and summer fun activities.  We want all of our darlings to work hard for the last few weeks so we are ready for First Grade!

 

Skills to Practice:

v     Read, Read, Read…(work on blending sounds together to make words).

v     Ask your child questions, as you read to them or they read to you, so your child is comprehending what he/she is reading.

v     Keep practicing sight words. 

 

Reminders:

v     Bring in snack every day!!

v     Send in 3 stamps for the end of the year report cards.

v     May 6^th is Nurse Appreciation Day.  We are asking every student to bring in a band aid and put their name on it. (in the wrapper)

v     May 6^th – 8^th is the Book Fair

v     May 8^th – ALL Library books are due.

v     May 14^th – Field Day

v     May 22^nd – Last Day of School (Please No lunchboxes or bookbags)

 

Important Notice:

On Friday, May 14^th, it is Field Day!!  Be sure to apply sunscreen to your child BEFORE he/she leaves the house for school (we are not allowed to apply it at school.)  If your child wants to bring sunglasses he/she is more than welcome to bring them in.

April 2009

 

A Word from Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier:

March was another busy month in our classroom.  We had Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, book fair and family night, a visit from the leprechaun (he was very bad and destroyed our classroom), and a field trip to Cagle’s Dairy! Whew!  We just never stop.

We want to thank Kyler’s mom, Chase’s mom, Leigha’s mom, Melanie’s mom, Ashton’s mom, and Emma’s dad for being awesome chaperone’s on our field trip!  What a perfect day we had and the Dragonflies had excellent behavior!

 

Noteworthy News:

April will begin with a long-awaited Spring Break!  When we come back we will begin our plant unit.  We will be planting seeds and learning about plants.  We will complete our study of the individual letters and sounds and then move to “partner” sounds to finish out the year. 

In math, we will be moving from addition to subtraction and completing our problem solving.  We will spend time practicing counting strategies when combining and separating sets.  We will also practice using pictures and numbers to represent and explain story problems.

 

Looking Ahead:

Wednesday, April 1^st is Kindergarten Registration.

Friday, April 3^rd is Art Enrichment Day

April 6^th – 10^th is Spring Break

Friday, April 17^th is Volunteer Brunch

Wednesday, April 22^nd is Earth Day

 

Wish List:

24 Piece Puzzles that are in a box

Toys for the treasure box.

Dum Dum Lollipops

A can of Lysol Disinfectant

Dragonfly News

March 2009

 

A Word from Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier

Spring is around the corner and the Dragonflies are on the move.  We have been very busy this past month.  The kids have loved learning about our Presidents and money.  Be sure to help your child name and count change at home. We are also very proud of our little Dragonflies; their writing skills are coming along very nicely.

 

Noteworthy News

***Thank you, Thank you for the flowers and gift cards to target.  It was really thoughtful of you.  It really touched our hearts.  Thanks again!

*A big thanks to our Room Mom’s for making our Valentine celebration wonderful!!!

*Thank you all for helping your child complete homework and turning it in on time… this is preparing them for first grade.

 

Reminders

*Tuesday, March 3^rd is Early Release Day.  Students will get out at 12:20.

*March 2^nd – March 6^th is our Book Fair.

*Don’t forget to spring forward and change your clocks on March 7^th .

*Stevi B’s Night is Monday, March 9^th.

*Tuesday, March 17^th is Chick-fil-A Night.  It is also St. Patrick’s Day.

*March 19^th is the 2^nd Grade Musical at 7:00 p.m.

*Please turn in the February Reading Logs.

 

Important Reminders

Please practice the following skills to help your child be prepared for first grade:

*Sight Words

*Counting Money

 

Wanted

*Velcro, skittles

Davenport

’s and DeCormier’s

January 2009

A Word from Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier:

Happy New Year!  We hope you all had a safe and happy holiday!  Believe it or not your child’s kindergarten year is half over.  We are so pleased with the learning and independence that is taking place with your children. 

The children enjoyed having a job and getting paid for their work.  It was a great way to learn about wants and needs, and to get the things you want and need you need to have a job.

Literacy and Math

Writing/Literacy- We are learning how to write descriptive sentences.  Continue to work on recognizing letters as well as their sounds, sight words, and sounding out words they do not know yet.

Math- We will be concentrating on numbers up to 20 and ordinal numbers.

Reminders

v   No school on Monday, January 19^th in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday.

v   Dress appropriately for colder weather because we go outside every day.

v   PLEASE remember to bring in homework every day.

v   The 100^th day of school will be on Thursday, January 22^nd.  The Dragonflies are continually working on making the 100 Club.  Please practice these facts at home: letter (upper & lowercase), sight words, numbers, and color words.

v   Early Dismissal (which is also Conference Week) is Monday, January 26^th – Friday, January 30^th.  More information to follow.

Booster thon is coming on February 19!  For more information on this fun event visit HTTP///

Happy Holidays

We have an exciting two weeks ahead of us! We have begun our

‘needs and wants’ unit. The students are really beginning to understand that they don’t NEED that new toy that they really just want it! This week our students will be filling out job applications to apply for the shop that they want to work in next week. They will chose between the stationary shop, the home goods store and the bake shop. After going to "work"

for three days, they will get to go shopping and spend their earnings to buy the goods that they made. I am very excited. It should be a lot of fun and educational too! Thank you to those of you who have volunteered to be a manager in a store. Thank you also to those of you who have sent in the supplies to make this a successful event!

Our Gingerbread house party will be on December 19^th at 12:00. We would love for families to come in and help create some masterpieces.

As a fundraiser for Relay for Life, we will be having a school wide Pajama Day next Friday, December 19^th. If your child wants to wear his/her Pajamas, bring one dollar. I will be wearing mine!

I hope you all have a very Happy Holiday! See you next year if not before!

Dragonfly News

Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier

November 2008

 

A Word from Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier:

It is almost time for Thanksgiving and our Dragonflies are learning, learning, learning!!!  We are looking forward to studying the First Thanksgiving.  I will be calling to schedule fall conferences with some of you.  If you need to talk to me or have a concern please feel free to call or email me.  We had an awesome time on our field trip to the YMCA.  The tractor ride and picking our favorite pumpkins were definitely the highlight of the day!!!  A special thanks goes to Mrs. Bigda, Ms. Rich, and Mr. Ryan for being awesome field trip chaperones!

 

Literacy

Please continue to work on recognizing ALL capital/lower case letters and their sounds.  Also practice those sight words every night.  We will continue to add to our list.   At home, when your child asks, “how do you spell…” please encourage your child to begin sounding out words.  If they are getting the first letter of the word that is great, but continue to encourage them.    

 

Reminders

-Please continue to check your child’s book bag EVERY night for important papers and homework (and be sure to clean out the folder nightly).

-Make sure your child brings a snack every day.  We do not have extra snack for the kids.

-Also it is getting really cold outside.  Please make sure your child has a jacket and it is labeled.  If they do not have a jacket they have to stay inside while everyone else is at recess

-Change your clocks back one hour on November 1.

-Stevi B’s Night is November 10.

-Chorus Performance is November 11.

-Kindergarten VIP Lunch is November 19.

-Thanksgiving play is on Friday, November 21 at 8:15 a.m.

- No school November 4

-Thanksgiving break is November 24^th-28^th.  Enjoy your family time!!!

 

Wish List:

-Big stickers are for our sticker stories:  we put one sticker on paper and draw a picture around it, then write sentences about the picture.

-Sand for our sand table

-Chutes and Ladders game

-Old Maid or Goldfish cards

-Holiday Beads (pony)

Dragonfly News

Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier

October

A word from Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier:

Fall is in the air!!!  Your Children are growing by leaps and bounds (academically, socially, and emotionally).  We are so very proud of each and every one of them!  The kids have enjoyed patterning, sorting, learning about Johnny Appleseed, and even apple graphing.  Mrs. McWhorter even joined in for that one.  WOW!  We are looking forward to our upcoming field trip on October 23^rd to the Cherokee YMCA.

Thank You!

Thanks goes to all that bring back their homework on time!!!  Keep up the good work!

Reminders:

v    Please send in money with the permission slip signed for the Cherokee field trip.

v    If you haven’t done so already, please send in a class donation of $20.00 in an envelope with your child’s name on it.

v    Don’t forget we are still collecting items for the Silent Auction.  Our class is donating a Kid’s Craft Basket.

v    Practice, Practice, Practice shoe tying skills as much as possible.  Along with writing their name correctly, recognizing ABC’s with the correct sound, and numbers 0-10.

v    Practice sight words every night.  A good idea would be to write the sight words on index cards.  If you don’t have index cards please let us know and we will be more than happy to send some home with your child.

v    Please check your child’s backpack EVERY night for important papers and homework.  Also, remember to clean them out nightly. 

v    It is getting chilly.  So, make sure your child has a jacket or sweater because we do go outside.  Also, write your child’s name on their jacket.

v    The Fun Run for October 31^st is cancelled.  It has been rescheduled for February.

v    Pick up Sally Foster Orders on Friday, October 10^th.

v    Stevi B’s Night is Monday, October 13^th.

v    Early Release is Wednesday, October 15^th.

v    Report Cards go home on Friday, October 17^th. 

v    Fall Carnival is Friday, October 17^th.

v    Picture Make-up Day is Wednesday, October 29^th.

v    There will be no more Rest time.  So, you do not have to send in towels.

Mrs. Davenport's and Mrs. DeCormier's

Dragonfly News

A Word from Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. DeCormier:

We have gotten off to a wonderful start here at Nicholson.  Your precious children are blossoming and learning every day!!!  Enjoy them at this age because they grow up so fast!

Be sure to look at the calendar carefully to fully understand the units of study for the upcoming months.  FYI, on Mondays, we always have you send in two pictures cut out from a magazine, printed out from the Internet, or two that you have drawn that starts with the letter we are studying. 

Noteworthy News:

v    A big THANK YOU goes to Lauren’s mom (Mrs. Bigda) and Kyler’s mom (Mrs. Kondiskey) for volunteering to be our Room Moms this year.  It is a fun job and we couldn’t do all that we do without them and your help and support!!

v    Thanks to all that sent in Wish List items!!

v    A big Thank You goes to all that wash their towels and return them on Monday mornings!!

Reminders:

v    Don’t forget to sell Sally Foster and turn in the order forms and money by Tuesday, September 9.

v    P.E. shoes Must be worn every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday (Wednesdays rotate)!!!

v    Snacks, Snacks, Snacks … please send ONE in every day!!  NO JUICE!!

v    Please donate any “Happy Meal” toys for our Treasure Box!!

v    Please remind your children that there are no toys allowed at school unless it is an object day.

v    Please make sure that you wear shorts under your pretty dresses.

v    Monday, September 8 is Stevi B’s night.

v    Monday, September 15 is Picture Day.  Look your best!!