WTKJ News: Mrs. Wright's Class

Monday, November 22, 2010

Mrs. Wright's Class

Happy Thanksgiving Week! We will be busy these next three days we are at school. This week we will review our letters learned last week, V and X, and introduce a new letter...E. Please help your child brainstorm words that begin with these letters as well as review what sounds they all make. We are almost finished with learning the alphabet and I hope all students have the letter names and sounds mastered by our December break. We are still working on numbers 0-20 and will practice number recognition, writing and one to one correspondence with these numbers until the holiday break as well.

The turkey project that went home last week is due TODAY. If your child has not turned in their turkey, please do so ASAP. They will decorate our classroom until December 1st and will then be returned home. The ones that have come in sure do look great. Thanks for your participation with these!

Looking ahead, December will be a busy month for your kindergarten student. We will start DIBELS testing the first week of December. We will also be learning about the many holidays celebrated around the world this season. If you have any activities or information that you would like to share with our class, please contact me. We would love to have parents/grandparents join us for a lesson. Our holiday party will be December 16th. Mark the date on your calendar, all parents will be welcome to attend. More details as well as donations needed will be forthcoming. I hope you all enjoy your Thanksgiving break and know that I am thankful for your help and support of our classroom!

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!