WTKJ News: Ms. Trowbridge's Class

Monday, October 25, 2010

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!

Trisha Wright

Kelly Trowbridge

Welcome to Kindergarten! My name is Kelly Trowbridge and I was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona. I graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Elementary Education in 2006, a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education in 2008, and a Masters degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement in 2009. This will be my fourth year of teaching at Simonton. Teaching is my passion and I cannot imagine doing anything else. I am very excited and enthusiastic about getting the opportunity in helping your child start or continue his or her educational career.

Joline King

Welcome Kindergarten at Kathryn Sue Simonton Elementary School. We are so excited to be your partner in educating your child. My name is Joline King and this is my twenty-second year teaching, my ninth for the J.O. Combs District. I am a fourth generation Arizonian and have made the East Valley my home with husband, three children and our beloved dogs Salvador and Jones for the past twenty-three years. I graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Early Childhood after completing an Associate’s Degree from Eastern Arizona College. I also have a Master's Degree in Adult Education and Distance Learning. My children, both at home and at school are my greatest joy! I have three children that are mostly grown: Matthew 25, Jennifer 21 and Bryant 19. We also added a daughter-in-law to our family this past spring. Her name is Kristin and she is married to Matthew. I look forward to a great year full of fun and lots of learning.

Kristy Johnson

Hi, my name is Kristy Johnson. I am an Arizona native and have lived in Queen Creek for almost 6 years. This is my third year at Simonton Elementary. For the first two years I worked in the SPED resource room as a paraprofessional. I worked with all grade levels but kindergarten always felt like home. I am looking forward to working with all the students. We will work on reinforcing cirriculumn as well as participating in school specials. My goal is to make learning fun for kindergarten. All aboard the Kinder Express!