October 10-13

Hi Everyone,
I will be gone this whole week. We have a wonderful substitute though so the children are in great hands.

Please remember that Fall Break starts this Thursday, which is an Early Release. There is no school Friday or Monday the 17th.

Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Hamblin

Jack Be Nimble

During Nursery Rhyme week we made candlesticks to see how many of us could jump over one, or three, or four...
It was a fun day.



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For the coming week...
It’s American President Week!
NO SCHOOL THURSDAY!!!!!

We will not have any school this Thursday due to Parent Teacher Conferences. Friday is an Early Release Day. I have met with several of you already, but please be watching for your conference date and time if I haven’t met with you. Also, please make arrangements for your child those two days.

This week we will be learning about 3 of our favorite Presidents, Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. We will also try to memorize the Preamble to the Constitution. We love our country!

Our spelling words are:
It
Hit
Mit
Sit
Pit

We will be reading a book about a chick and a duckling for Reading and for Math we will begin geometry concepts.

Thank you for all the support you have shown our soldier! I’m sure he will be happy with anything we contribute!
Have a great week!

Sept. 6-9

It’s Hero Week!

This week we will be learning about our great hero’s who serve our country, from our soldiers to our policemen and firemen. We will also be learning all about our flag and the respect we should show it. Friday we will be doing special 9/11 activities. We will adopt a soldier. His name is Kyle Stock He grew up here in Round Valley and he is currently serving in Afghanistan as a Marine. If you would like to donate any items to send Kyle in a care package I’m sure he would love it! He loves to get anything from home! The kids have already been writing letters to him.

We will have our Parent’s Night this Thursday at 6:30 pm. Please come to a short meeting so you can understand what is expected of your student as far as homework, class work, etc. and to ask any questions you may have.

Spelling scores are really starting to improve. Thank you! Spelling words this week are:
Can
She
The
Big
Dog

See you Thursday night!

I love these guys!

August 22-26th

Hi Everyone,
I can't thank you enough for all the snacks that were sent in this week! We should be supplied for a good long time. You are such great parents!

We had 2 extra students join us this past week and we are so happy to have them.

This will be a fun week. We will be learning all about apples and on Friday, during Centers, we will make applesauce and later in the day watch Johnny Appleseed. We will also concentrate on remembering our ABC’s and the sounds they make, after we get this down reading soon develops!

I will also be sending home a lot of math homework this week. This should just be a review for your child. If your child gets frustrated please take a break and come back to it later. Help your child get in the habit of returning his/her homework every morning to me. Your child should also be studying their spelling words nightly. Our last spelling test was a telling sign of who had studied their spelling words.

Spelling words this week will be:
To
And
A
In
Is

We will be having our Parents Night on September 8th from 6:30-7:00. Please come and learn all about our curriculum, what is expected for homework and to ask any questions you have.

This is a wonderful class and I am loving getting to know your children. They are so Great!!!

New Week

Oh my goodness! Your children are so great! I have loved getting to know them the last couple of days and look forward to a whole year with them.

We will gear right up this week and get down to the business of school. We will start learning new spelling words this week so help your child study hard every night. Our spelling words will be:
You
It
Of
The
He
Our test is on Friday morning so please help them. I would also like to have you read with your child every night. Just sit down and enjoy a book together.

We didn't get any snacks and we really need some. These kids are pretty hungry mid morning and they need something to help tide them over until lunch. We have a few allergies to peanuts so please. Could you please help?

If you would like to come and help we would love to have you, just let me know.

Thank you again. This is going to be a great year!

Welcome!

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! Hope everyone had a wonderful summer and is ready to get back to school. I'm looking forward to meeting all of you next Tuesday at our Open House from 1:00-2:30. Please come and bring your child so we can get to know each other a little bit before the school year begins.
Can't wait to see you there!

Surprise!

We had a huge surprise on Friday. Eric, our soldier that we have been writing to this year was home on furlough and decided to come and visit us! He brought us flags and suckers. Thank you Eric for all you do, the great sacrifice you are making. We love you and pray for you and your safety. Thank you also to Kiersten, Eric's girlfriend, who has to wait patiently for him to return home! We love you both!

So we made it to our last week. Boy am I ever going to miss your children. They have been such a fun class.
This week we will be cleaning up, going to the park and watching George of the Jungle. Fun week! Report cards will go home on Thursday. We only have 1 1/2 hours of school on Friday.

Thanks again for all your help this year and for being wonderful parents! Have a GREAT summer!

We're Almost There!

Man oh man, has this year gone by fast! I have so enjoyed my class this year and I will miss them! Thank you for sharing them with me. The rest of this year will be spent studying fairy tales. The last week of school we will have a water day, but we are unsure of which day we will do it. Please have your children bring their swimming suits and a towel on Monday, and the first nice weather day of the week we will play in the water. Wednesday of next week we will be walking to the park and spend the whole day there.

Here are some of the cutest pictures you will ever see!

March 28-April 1

How was Spring Break?! I sure missed your children. Hope everyone is well rested and ready to finish out our school year.

We are beginning a new unit on the African Savanna. We will learn about the animals that live there and what life is like for them.

We will also be reading a new book called “A Mother For Choco”. Our new spelling words will be:
My, cry, by, try, fly, sky.

Thank you for helping your child with their homework. It is much improved.

Dates to look forward to are: March 30- Career Day; April 8th- First Grade Program; April 13- Science Day;
April 29- RVPS Carnival; May 1- Exercise Sheets due; May 13- Dome Day; May 25- Park Day; May 27- Last Day of School.

Hope all of you are exercising and recording your times!

Sorry!

So sorry about not posting in such a long time. My email account was hacked and it took me a while to work out the glitches. Hope they are all good now.

These last few weeks have been wonderful. I love this time of year because we can really see the progress we have made all year and it is exciting to see these little minds starting to click. Being a teacher is the absolute best thing!

I hope you all have a wonderful Spring Break, and we will see you on the 28th, ready to finish this school year up!

These pictures are from our Valentines Day Party. I love these kids!

100th Day Activities

Oh the 100th day happened a while ago, sorry, but boy did we have a good time!

First we went out and watched as the kindergarteners let 100 balloons go. It was great!

Then we did a lot of counting to 100 activities. We drew 100 legs on centepedes, counted out 100 fruit loops, then made fruit loop necklaces. We also saw how long 100 cookies looked laid side by side.

We are getting ready for Valentines Day. Please don't send any valentines until Monday. We get a little pre-occupied with those instead of school it seems! Monday at 1:30 we will have a little Valentines Day party where the kids will hand out their Valentines. If you have small wrapped treats you would like to send in that would be great also.

Lots of pictures will follow for that!

Stuff

This is just some stuff we have been doing lately. Cutest kids in the whole world!

The custodian at our school found some things for the kids to sled with. They sure had fun!

The more hands on the better!

January 18-21

Hi Everyone,
Hope you are enjoying your extra long weekend!

We are going to start looking forward to our 100th day of school. It will be next Tuesday, and we will be doing lots of counting activities! Can't believe we are there already! Then we only have 86 days until summer...wow! Where has it gone?

This week we are learning about "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and more about dinosaurs. Man, dinosaurs are cool!

Thanks for all you are doing to help your child learn. Continued help with letters and sounds, reading nightly and working on their homework packets will be so helpful.

Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Hamblin

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back...I'm so glad to be back in the classroom at the start of a new year! This school year is half over already!!!! Unbelieveable!

We are starting this year with homework folders. Please read the letter explaining them and do the activities each night as directed. Also, Continue reading with your child each night.

I'm so glad to be a part of your child's learning. I learn so much from them. They are fantastic!

If you have any questions or would just like to visit about anything, please let me know...I love hearing from you!

Happy New Year!
Mrs. Hamblin