Treasure Box Family Project Part 2

We have some more great treasure boxes to share with you. Students were so proud to show off their projects. Once again, students worked on speaking and listening skills. They also practice giving and receiving compliments. Thank you to all the families and family members who helped with their student's box. We can't wait to fill our boxes up with books that we are able to read. Check back for some more great projects in the coming months.

Books Are a Treasure!

The First of our Treasure Boxes came in Friday! Ya'll are doing a great job!  I went ahead and let the ones that brought boxes Friday share.  If you and your child have not made the Treasure Box yet, there is still time! Show-N-Tell is this this Friday, too!
Remember this box will be used AT HOME as a safe place to keep all the "red readers" and student made books your child will make this year. By this end of the year, the treasure box will be full of book, just perfect for practicing those sight words.  I can't wait to see more of your projects this Friday, September 15th!

              

Everyone did a great job!

                                 

      

Family Fun Project for September:

Check out the instructions that came with your Meet the Teacher letter or you can find one here.
  Click the link and look for the tab. :)

Treasure Box Project

If you are in need of a box, let me know. If you have extra boxes, please send them to school. This is a fun first show-n-tell for the students. Check out previous blogs about this projects in past years.

 Blast from the past treasure box projects...click here.

You can also find more posts about this project by scrolling down to my blog archive and clicking on each school year. This has been a favorite of the students and is something they will use all year.

It's a family project! 
So let's get busy!!

Tomorrow, May 12th will be field day. Events start at 8:15. Bring chairs and plan to stay a while. We hope everyone can come out and see the events this year. We will post lost of picture of our fun filled day soon. Check us out on facebook also.

A trip to the library is always a special treat!

Students enjoy our weekly visits to the library!

Huntington Elementary will host their annual Kindergarten Round Up on April 20th from 4:00 to 6:00. Parents & children can come by to see our campus & Kindergarten building. You may also pick up an enrollment packet for the 2017-2018 school year. Enrollment information can be filled out & returned to the Elementary front office!

Our first Family Fun Project of the year was a big success! Everyone did an awesome job on their treasure boxes! We have a few friends that will bring their boxes this next week. We look forward to seeing those too. Please find a spot at home to keep your child's "Treasure Box". We will be making books throughout the year to bring home and read to you. It will be good practice to "revisit" these books often because they will be full of our sight words that we are learning for first grade. We are learning that to be good at most things, it takes practice. Reading is one of those things. Please allow your child to "read" something to you every night. Praise these first attempts at reading and above all else be positive and build confidence.

 

Students worked on listening and speaking skills. They introduced themselves to the class and shared who helped them at home. Students practiced giving compliments and what to say in return. This exercise in public speaking will grow as the year progresses. Everyone did a great job presenting and listening!

We are Fortunate!

  We had a wonderful "meet the teacher" on Thursday! If you were able to come, you may have met two very special people. We are very fortunate to have Mr. and Mrs. Thornton volunteering in our classroom. 

                                         (Yes, the sun was very bright that day! )

This sweet couple have been "foster grandparents" in my classroom for several years.  They donate their time (and often much more) to our children.

They come a few times a week to read with them, listen to them, work on special skills etc.  They are truly a joy and an asset to the make up of our class.

  So if your child mentions a funny story "Mr. Doyle" told or that "Mrs. Nell" listened to them read a book, you will know who they are talking about. I am very excited to be able to welcome our "foster grandparents" back again this year!

Why didn't I think of that?

I found something today I wanted to pass along to my teacher friends. It's from a great blog I love and one you should check out. It's called The Organized Classroom.
This cool idea is for storing those posters and charts you really don't want to roll up, but don't have the space for.

http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com/index.php/blog/over-the-door-poster-holder

Check out the link or the left sidebar for their button and hop on over there for more great ideas!