Tiger Kindergarten Blog (new name!)

Want pictures???? Free preschool!

2009-06-01T23:58:00.002-04:00

1. I had a parent ask if I had more pictures from the field trip..OF COURSE! And from throughout the year! I'll slowly add them to my snapfish account and post the link here so you can view, and I THINK you can order from them. (If not, leave me a note!)
You can always email me susan.gorbe@lansingschools.net

The link for pictures:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=260982575/a=37688058_37688058/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

2. Our school (Attwood) is offering preschool (I believe age 4 by Dec 1, 2009) NEXT school year! It will be FULL day! How cool is that??

Yee haw !!! What a field trip!

2009-05-23T00:10:00.003-04:00

What a great field trip! We're guessing
most of the kids were pretty worn out when they got home!
Thanks to everyone for helping us to attend the field trip, whether you allowed your child to go , or came with us also! Don't forget the final field trip is Monday, June 1st!! (Hawk Island!)

Mothers Day Tea Party

2009-05-08T06:53:00.008-04:00

Thanks so much to all the moms, aunts, and grandmas that came to our 1st annual Mother's Day tea! We hope you enjoyed your time of pampering! Here's some great pictures of our fun event!

We've finalized the field trip date! It IS May 22nd!

2009-04-17T12:47:00.002-04:00

Please check your child's homework folder for further information!!

Thank you Mrs. Herrmann, Priscilla, Mrs. Strong and Vivian and Stella!

2009-04-11T20:49:00.004-04:00

We wanted to publicly thank you for helping out at Kindergarten registration!! We REALLY appreciated all of your help!!
If you FORGOT to register a K student or know someone who needs to, send them to the office!

NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY!!

2009-03-24T22:54:00.002-04:00

Due to registration for next year's K students, there is no school tomorrow for KINDERGARTENERS only!
See you Thursday!

Plates? Spoons?

2009-03-16T14:39:00.001-04:00

Hi everyone:)
If you're out and about at the store and happen to think of us, we could really use some paper plates and spoons for the classroom!!
Thanks!!
P.S.
Is anyone out there?? There really is a comment button!

Homework (in case you can't wait!!!)

2009-03-06T19:22:00.002-05:00

I wanted to apologize for not sending homework today! I (Mrs. Gorbe) forgot to bring my original to school today and therefore we didn't have it available!
Needless to say, I'll give you a sneak peek if you can't WAIT to do it!
Homework folders WILL go home on MONDAY! They are not due until Wednesday. (We don't have school Tuesday , so you can work on them then, right??)

March Homework: Mrs. Gorbe & Mrs. Chappa
Week 1: March 6th
Practice using positional words with your parents. Have your parents put your library book (or other book) on, below, above, behind, in front of, etc and you describe where the book is using a sentence with a positional word. Then have your parent tell you where to stand using positional words.
Make a list of things in your house that are fluffy, like some types of clouds.
Practice counting to 100 by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s. Count to 30 by 2’s. (count by 3’s if you can do all these already!)

Wacky Wednesday and Dr. Seuss hats..

2009-03-04T22:58:00.004-05:00

Wow..We were BLOWN away by the wacky outfits! great job!
Our classes also made Dr. Seuss hats, which are hats that look like the cat in the hat, and have a word family on them. The students did a GREAT job!
Here's some cool pictures to view!

What a wacky day!!

2009-03-04T14:33:00.000-05:00

Wacky wacky Wednesday has been a hit!
Look for pictures to be posted soon!!

Who can count to 100?????

2009-02-18T15:36:00.002-05:00

Just checking to see that everyone is practicing their counting out loud at home!
As of now, Mrs. Chappa's class is WINNING! They have more students who count to 100!
Way to go!
Mrs. Chappa's kids that can count to 100:Vivian, Stella, Collin, Cody, Eric, Jakayla, David, Emilio, Shakira

Mrs. Gorbe's kids that can count to 100: Sierra, Noah, Conner, Priscilla, Aiden, Noah, Nikola

Anyone else exhausted?

2009-02-15T10:44:00.003-05:00

We're really thankful for a long weekend.
Literacy night, 100th day of school and Valentine's day in one week is just plain tiring!
Rest up, lots of work to come!

It's TIME!!

2009-02-08T20:36:00.003-05:00

Please send in your 100th day collection and your child's valentines for the class, along with $1 for the sundae party!
You can send all of the items as early as TOMORROW, Monday!!

Valentine's Day and 100th day....

2009-02-02T22:25:00.002-05:00

Don't forget next week will be SUPER busy in the K classes!
We expect to celebrate the 100th day of school (can you believe it?) on Thursday, the 12th and have a Valentine's Day party on the 13th!!
We have decided to have a sweet treat on the 13th, a SUNDAE party!!
We are asking all students to send in $1 each to cover the cost of the supplies!
We welcome any parents who would like to come "dish" out the goodies:)

MMMMMMMM......

2009-01-29T09:54:00.002-05:00

Chili..yum!
Thanks to all that joined us last night! It was a tasty chili cook off!!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!!

2009-01-26T19:54:00.002-05:00

Gung Hay Fat Choy!!!
*gung hi fat chow* for those that can't pronounce the words!
Ask your child (tonight preferrably) what this means, it's for a special event we did today!
The students all participated in eating egg rolls, making a door hanger and making a parade dragon!

We hope to see you Wednesday night at the Chili cookoff!!

Also, Mrs. Gorbe's class is winning the class spirit contest..Thanks to Mrs. Herrmann!!

CHILI COOK OFF!!! Field TRIP!!!

2009-01-15T21:53:00.005-05:00

First things first:
NO school Monday or FRIDAY next week (MLK day Monday and records day Friday).
Secondly:
Chili cook off is only a little over a week away! The date is WEDNESDAY January 28th, write it down!
We need a few excellent chefs (well, and courageous!) to whip up some pots of chili to represent the Kindergarten classes!
Please contact your teacher if you can do this time honored task! The chili can be of any variety, hot, mild, chicken, green, whatever you are good at making!
Also, we have a theme for our K gift basket and of course I can't remember if it is movies or books!! Funny huh?
Anyhow, don't forget, we'll need items for the basket too!

Last but certainly not least:
Field trip information WAY in advance!
During the month of May (around 16 weeks away) we go on a field trip to a great place called Northfork Outback. It is a social studies field trip and we have not set a date, nor decided which activities we will do this year. We do however , have an estimated cost and wanted to give you the heads up so that if you need to start setting aside money on a weekly basis, you can.
The trip will cost *around* $11.00. It may be only $10, I'm going to try to get $1 per child trimmed off with the owner of the place. The cost INCLUDES lunch. The field trip experience is in Webberville, so it's a bit of a bus ride.

Parents may attend, however the cost is $6.50 per parent, which also includes lunch. You will most likely have to drive yourself though, as the bus space is limited!

Show your class spirit!!

2009-01-09T13:47:00.000-05:00

Post your comment here to show which class your child is in!!!

January Homework, Baskets, and more

2009-01-09T10:21:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone! We hope you are well rested from the break!

Please make sure to send your child to school with SNOW boots, snowpants, coat, hat , gloves or mittens EVERY DAY. Unless it is below zero or the pavement is too icy, we will go out!

Also,
Does your child have extra clothes in their cubby? If not, send in right away! Even kids that have been accident free for years can have an accident.

Next,
January homework and bookit went home this week. Please be sure to read the packet carefully and don't forget to read to your student NIGHTLY. Reading is one the best ways to improve your child's academic level, plus it creates great memories!

Food Basket sheets are going home today. Please read carefully and fill out if you even THINK you need it. There has been a generous outpour of donations and they want to make sure they get used!

Things we are working on:
Number recognition
Handwriting uppercase letters
Patterns
Making sets for numbers/matching numbers to sets
Letter identification
Initial sounds of words
Sight words
Reading pattern stories
Retelling stories
Winter stories
Mixtures and Sorting
Martin Luther King Jr and the inaguration

Happy New Year!!!

2009-01-01T00:48:00.002-05:00

Welcoming in the year of 2009!
Here's to a great 2nd half of Kindergarten!!

Enjoy your break and bravos and accolades...

2008-12-21T09:56:00.004-05:00

We hope you enjoy your winter break, the extra snow day was a FABULOUS way to start break!

Don't forget to continue to read over break, new reading logs will be sent home the first week back!

Finally, thank you to all who came to the winter concert. The students did a WONDERFUL job and we were very proud!

Thanks also to Rylee's mom and dad and the parents from Mrs. Gonzalez's room (I forgot the name, I'm so sorry!) The help you provided putting away all the chairs was very kind!
Check our Rylee's mom showing some muscles:

Report card input

2008-12-10T23:56:00.002-05:00

Parents,
we'd like your input on the report cards,
too big, too small? too much info, not enough. What would YOU like the report card to show you?

I think we'll need a post off....

2008-12-10T23:38:00.002-05:00

I wanted to say THANK YOU to the fab four that have read the blog:
Priscilla's mom
E.J.'s mom
Stafford's mom
and
Rylee's mom.

I think that Mrs. Gorbe is DEFINITELY winning:)
Shall we have a post off? How about it, Mrs. Gorbe's parents versus Mrs. Chappa's. Who ever comments most on this post, well you win the honor of being super blog readers:)

Let us know you're here!!

2008-12-09T12:38:00.004-05:00

Comment away!
If you've checked out our new Kindergarten blog, please leave a comment here!
Also, just a reminder:
Wharton Center field trip next TUESDAY, Dec 16, money ($1)due by Monday, Dec 15th.
Kindergarten Concert next WEDNESDAY, Dec 17th at 6:30 pm, be here by 6:15.
Class party (pizza and cookies) next Thursday. Please send in money ($2)by Monday so we can order the pizza. If you'd like to send in a can of frosting or some cool sprinkles/jimmies etc, please do ASAP!
Thanks so much!!!

Student of the Week Assembly

2008-12-06T11:08:00.003-05:00

Friday was our first of three assemblies this year for student of the week.
Feel free to post your input about the assembly (if you were invited) .
Congratulations to all the winners!

Poinsettia Sale

2008-12-03T09:34:00.003-05:00

Please remember to send in your order for a Poinsettia plant! This sale funds our visiting author each year, which is a valuable experience for ALL students AND their parents!
If each family can buy at least one plant, we would be well on our way to our goal!
Thanks so much!

Did you find your way to the blog?

2008-12-02T23:05:00.004-05:00

We hope you find this blog to be useful!

Please check your child's backpack daily for papers.

Also, please make sure to return the Book-it Reading logs. Every child that returns their form filled out (we are hoping that you read 20 minutes 4-5 nights a week at least!), receives a coupon for a free personal pizza at Pizza Hut.

Beyond the pizza, students who read and are read to excel at a much quicker pace in literacy, both reading and writing.

Have a great week!

Turkeys, what turkeys???

2008-11-22T12:03:00.001-05:00

WOW! What a GREAT job the students did with the homework assignment "Disguise a Turkey."
We'll post pictures next week!!

What's happening in the Kindergarten Classroom?

2008-11-22T11:56:00.005-05:00

We know that as parents you often wonder exactly what your child is learning in school. Students frequently "forget" what they've done or may just not want to be conversational after a long day at school. Here are some of the concepts being taught at this time:

MATH:
Number recognition, counting orally, sorting, graphing

READING:
Matching uppercase letters to lowercase letters, sight words, predicting words based on context, genre, and retelling.

WRITING:
Drawing a picture for a story (quick sketch), labeling, stretching out words to hear their sounds, writing sentences with familiar words, matching writing to a picture.

HANDWRITING:
Frog Jump Letters: E,F,P,D,B,R,N and numbers 1,2,3.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Holidays (Thanksgiving), mapping, past and present

SCIENCE:
Sorting materials

The End of the Month

2008-11-21T13:19:00.004-05:00

November is almost over!
We will only have 3 short weeks in December!
Please continue to practice sight words at home.
Remember, we have a field trip on the 16th of December and a concert the night of the 17th.
We are sending home forms for those who are in need of some winter help. Please return ASAP if you think you could use it.
We hope you have a great , enjoyable and relaxing vacation. There will be no homework next week!

Thanks for coming to conferences!

2008-11-11T09:08:00.003-05:00

Thanks to all those that made it to conferences! In Mrs. Gorbe's room all but 1 of the families made it in for a conference! Great job!

Here are some "cues" for working on the following uppercase letters (writing them). We use the same four terms for all of our handwriting program:
1. Big line

2. Little line

3. Big Curve

4. Little Curve

So far we have done:
E, F, P, D, B, and R and numbers 1 & 2

E: Big line down, frog jump up, little line, little line, little line

F: Big line down, frog jump up, little line , little line

P: Big line down, frog jump up, little curve

D: Big line down, frog jump up, big curve

B: Big line down, frog jump up, little curve, little curve

R: Big line down, frog jump up, little curve, little line

1: Big line down

2: Big curve to the corner, walk away (little line)

Parent Teacher Conferences

2008-11-04T10:25:00.002-05:00

Parent teacher conferences are Wednesday November 5th in the pm. and Monday November 10th in the p.m.

NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26

2008-11-04T10:24:00.002-05:00

Don't forget, no school Wednesday Nov. 26th
Enjoy the long weekend!!!

Important News Updates!!!

2008-11-04T09:58:00.000-05:00

1. We are going to the Wharton Center on December 16th for a Kids Concert. We will be taking a bus. Two chaperones per classroom will be allowed.

2. Kindergarten Winter Concert will be held Wednesday, December 17th, 6:30 p.m.