Mrs. Wright's Class

This week we have continued our unit on pumpkins and bats. We have also introduced the letters B & K and in math we are working with numbers 0-15. You can see we are busy. The kids are doing well and we are all looking forward to our harvest party this Friday. Donations for the party were due today. If you did not get your item in, but plan on sending something please let me know. The items that were not donated will have to be purchased and we do not need duplicates. You are all welcome to join in the festivities on Friday. We will be doing crafts, pumpkin tasting and will have our costume parade at the end of each session. The more the merrier! We will be using the whole class period to complete the activities so join us if you are able. I hope to see you all on Friday...Happy Harvest!

Ms. Trowbridge's Class

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Can you believe this is the last week of October? Time is sure flying fast in kindergarten. This Friday, October 29th we will be having out harvest party. I have a couple of parents coming in to help but can always use more. If you are able to help up we will be getting started around 12:45. We will also be participating in the school wide parade at 1:20pm so if you would like to see that you are welcome to come around that time.

This week we will be learning about the letters B, K as well as bats and pumpkins! We will also be starting our morning journals this week. Everyday students will write in their journals. These are a fun way to track the progress of each student.

We will also be introducing the -an family. These are words that all end with -an such as man, fan, can, ran, etc. We will learn to sound these words out and put them back together again.

Scholastic book orders went home on Friday. If you are interested in ordering books please return the orders by Monday, November 5th. If you would like to order online you can do so by going to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs our activation code is GLZRC. If you have any questions please let me know!

Thank you to everyone who came to the fall festival on Saturday. It was a fun time!

I hope everyone has a great week, let me know if you have any questions!

Mrs. Wright's Class

What a great week back. The kids were super and everyone jumped right back into our classroom routines and were such hard workers. Just a couple of things before we start our weekend:

-Tomorrow is the Fall Festival (10-2pm)
-Book Orders are online and ready to view
-Mrs. Banner will be our substitute on Monday, Oct. 25th
-Party donations should be turned in Wednesday, Oct. 27th
-Our Harvest Party is Friday, Oct. 29th

If you have questions in regards to the party or your donation, please contact me ASAP. We are hoping to have several parents join in the harvest fun. Well, I hope to see you all at the festival tomorrow. Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Mrs. King's Class

Hi, Everyone!

I hope everyone had a great break! I know I did. My trip to California was fun and relaxing and Disneyland was super fun!

I enjoyed meeting with almost all of you during conferences. We are plowing ahead with the letter Ii this week and Bb and Kk for next week. We are also working on those numbers 0-15.

Next week is the week of Halloween and also Red Ribbon Week, which is drug awareness. The schedule for next week looks like this: Monday there will be a kick off presentation by the Student Council and students will receive a sticker. Tuesday is wear a Red accessory day. This means bows, headbands, socks or jewelery-just make sure it is not something that will interfere with our regular school day. Wednesday is "Be an Example Day" dress like a friend. Thursday is wear a red shirt day. Friday is the day of our "Harvest Celebration" and the Costume Parade. Students are asked to wear costumes that portray a character from a book or a historical figure or just wear red. No Masks, weapon type accessories (swords, play guns, knives, magic wands or other items that could be used as a weapon), no blood-fake or real and nothing super scary as there are lots of little ones around. You may send your child to school in their costume, because of lack of time do no send it in a bag with them. We just do not have the facilities or time to change them. The school-wide parade will begin promptly at 2 pm. AM parents you are welcome to bring your AM students back to school for the parade, but you will need to bring them back to school a few minutes before 2 and stay at school until the parade is over.

AM will do our own mini parade in the morning probably right at the end of the day if you would like to attend.

The actual "Party" will be vary simple this year. Both AM and PM I am asking each child to bring a banana to school by Thursday October 28. We will be making edible spiders and ghost toast that day as their snack. I am asking that you don't send any cookies or cupcakes or other candy to school as they will get plenty of that over the weekend. If you really feel the need to send in something please put it in a bag or something that can be sent home with each child. We will be doing fun activities throughout the morning and afternoon session so if you are available and would like to come in to help that morning or afternoon, please let me know and I will get you more details.

I will be sending home a new scholastic book order on Monday. You will be able to access it and order online just like the other one. I have all the flyer's open for Firefly and Seesaw for September, October, November and December although not all those flyer's will be coming home. They haven't sent me the December ones yet and they shorted us on the Novembers ones so be sure to go online and view all the flyer's with all the available books. Books make great gifts for the holidays and many are available for between $1-$5 what a bargain!! The order will be here for the Winter Vacation begins.

Don't forget Fall Festival is here at the school tomorrow from 10 am until 2 pm. I have told all the students I will be here from 10 until noon, so come by and enjoy the fun, food, entertainment and a great time for all!!

Have a safe weekend!!
Mrs. King

Mrs. Wright's Class

Welcome Back! I hope everyone enjoyed their week off. The kids were excited to be back and I was happy to see everyone eager to return to school. This week we are learning about the letter I. We have been talking about the 2 sounds this letter makes and we have also learned about the word I. There is a lot of learning going on. Please review these sounds at home and have your child give you a sentence that uses our new word I in it. In math we are reviewing numbers 0-10 and will start moving on to numbers through 15 next week. It seems while some kids have the numbers down (recognizing and writing) several of us are still struggling. Please review this skill nightly with your child.

Tomorrow is picture re-takes. If you wish to have your child's photos re-done, please send your original package back to school tomorrow. We will be doing them in both the am/pm sessions. On Saturday we will have our annual fall festival. Please join in the fun! If you are able to volunteer contact me asap and I will get you connected with the volunteer coordinator. We are still in need of help. We also have our classroom harvest party quickly approaching (Oct. 29th). I have assigned each family an item to donate. If you are able, please return the item to school no later than Wednesday, October 27th. Thank you for your help! Parents are welcome to attend the party and costume parade. It will be a fun day for all.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding many of the upcoming events. Thanks for your support!

Ms. Trowbridge's Class

I hope everyone had a great break! This week we are focusing on the letter I and its sound. In math we will be practicing numbers through 15. I will really be focusing on showing me the number of objects using different items from our classroom. You can do your part at home by asking them to show you the different quantities of items.

Homework packets will go home today. Please let me know if you do not get one.

Thank you to everyone who came to parent teacher conferences. If you missed your conference and would like to schedule a new time, please let me know. I am only available in the afternoon on the Simonton Campus

For those of you who will be starting the reading series, these books will start coming home Monday the 25th. If you have any questions about the reading series please let me know!

If you asked for the sight word flashcards to be email out, I will hopefully be doing that at the end of the day.

Friday, October 29th is going to be our fall harvest party. Students are welcome to dress up for this party. I am going to need lots of help to make sure this party runs smoothly. I will be sending home a note about the party tomorrow as well as an item we need donated for the party. Please mark on that paper if you will be able to help at the party.

This Saturday, October 23rd, is the schools fall festival. This is a great activity to bring the whole family there. I have a great time every year and I am hoping to see lots of you out there this year. pre-paid wrist band envelops went home last week. Please let me know if you have any questions about the fall festival.

As always, if you have any questions please email me! Have a great week.

Mrs. Wright's Class

Thank you all for taking the time to meet for our fall conferences. The schedule was a bit hectic this week, but we had a wonderful turnout for conferences and it was a pleasure to chat with you all in regards to the kids. They are doing super and I am amazed at how well they are grasping the concepts and progressing through the kinder skills. After break many of the kids will be ready to start reading. You will see the "Book in a Bag" come home with instructions on how our reading program works. If your child is not to that point yet, please don't worry. It is important to keep working with the letter recognition and sounds in order to better prepare them for their progression to reading. This week in class we spent time reviewing the letters learned during first quarter (M,S,R,T,N,D,P,C,A,G,F) and worked on numbers 1-10. We still struggle with recognition of numbers 6-10 as well as writing them. Please practice this over break.

This next week will be a wonderful break for all. While we didn't send home activities to do during the time off, please continue to review concepts and skills we have been working on in class. We want to keep the learning and skills fresh for our return on October 19th. We will have a busy couple of weeks after our return so please mark your calendar with the following dates:
10/20- PTO Meeting 6:30 in the MPR
10/22- Picture Retakes
10/23- Fall Festival
10/25-29th- Red Ribbon Week
10/29- Harvest Party and School Parade

I have spoken with many of you in regards to our Harvest Party on the 29th. All parents are welcome to attend and the more help...the better! There will be a flier going home on Tuesday, October 19th in regards to the details and donations needed for our party so please look out for that. Thanks again for the support you continue to provide to your child and our classroom. I hope everyone enjoys the break.

Ms. Trowbridge's Class

I hope everyone had a great weekend. This week is sure to be a busy one. We will be reviewing all letters, and numbers that we have learned up to this point.

We will also be continuing our writing skills. We are working on learning about beginning capital letters, finger spaces, and periods. I also tell my students that they need 2 fingers between each word. This helps them to get the proper spacing between each word.

Remember, conferences are this week. I have conferences scheduled for everday this week. I am still missing quite a few conference confirmation slips. Please return the slips to be as soon as possible so I can change conferences around if we need to.

There is no school for PM kindergarten on Thursday. If your child attends kinder express, they will only go to kinder express on Thursday from 8:15 - 11:15. All students need to be picked up at 11:15 on both Thursday and Friday. All PM kinder students will come on Friday from 8:15 - 11:15am.


Homework is due this Friday. A new homework packet will go home the Tuesday after fall break. Remember, there is no school the Monday after fall break, the 18th.

I look forward to seeing everyone at conferences to show off all the great work we have been doing in kindergarten!

If you have any questions, please email me! ktrowbridge@jocombs.k12.az.us

Mrs. Wright's Class

This upcoming week will be busy! Monday will start off with a substitute teacher, Mrs. Banner. The kids are familiar with her, since she has been a sub for Mrs. King, so I am sure things will go well. I told the kids I would be out so there should be no surprises. As I return on Tuesday the conference schedules will begin. This will be a busy 4 days as I meet with each of you...all 40. If there happens to be an issue with scheduling last minute and you are not able to attend the conference, please let me know ASAP. I have confirmed times with all of you so I anticipate a great turnout. I look forward to discussing your child's progress thus far.

Last week we introduced letters H & L. The more letters we add the smarter these little ones get. This week we will spend time reviewing all the letters learned during our first quarter of school. They are catching on and soaking it all in. Keep up the great work. We are still working with numbers 0-10. This week we will continue to focus on numbers 6-10, please continue to reinforce these skills at home. We have wrapped up our apple unit and will begin learning about pumpkins and bats for the month of October. We will also have a Harvest Party to celebrate our learning on Friday, October 29th. I will need some parent help so please let me know if you will be available that day and are interested in assisting. More info regarding donations and the day's activities will come home after break.

I look forward to meeting with you this week at conferences. See you soon-