WTKJ News: Mrs. Wright's Class

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Mrs. Wright's Class

Well, February has almost come and gone. The time is going so fast and your kids are on track to mastering all kinder goals. In saying that, conference time is approaching and I will be meeting with each of you to discuss your child's progress and things to look forward to for first grade. Conferences will be held Wednesday, March 9th - Friday, March 11th. A specific time and date will be assigned to you, if you are unable to attend notify me ASAP so I can reschedule your conference. Those slips are to be sent home this Friday so keep an eye out for them.

In class we are wrapping up our February units about love, friendship and African American history. The Valentine Party was a huge success and everyone enjoyed the crafts, card giving and cookie decorating. Thank you for the donations that made the party possible as well as the many parents who were in class to help! We continue to work on ending sounds, rhyming words and reading skills/strategies. Most of the kids are bringing their little books on a weekly basis...keep up the good work. Those students who have had a book for a week or more please try your best to practice the book nightly and return on a weekly/daily basis. I don't always get to read every day with the kids so it is important to return the book as soon as your child can read it fluently. In math we are finishing up our work with patterns and will begin our graphing chapter this week. We have talked about graphing in class and the kids really enjoy working with this skill in math. In writing we are working with sentence starters and writing prompts in our journals. Most of the kids are doing great with sounding out words and remembering capitals and end marks. Please have your child do the assigned writing activities by themselves in the homework...any practice helps!

Next week is Read Across America and Dr. Seuss' birthday. We will be doing several activities in class as well as school wide to celebrate these special occasions. On Tuesday, March 1st we will have our reading curriculum night so plan to join us from 6-7 pm. There is a lot going on in the next few weeks, see the blog's sidebar to be up to date with all of the fun activities going on.

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!