Friday, October 30, 2009

Week 10 -- Spiders and Pumpkins

We spent this week finishing our spider unit and learning about pumpkins.  Here are some of the highlights from our week:



Next week, we will work on a VoiceThread slideshow of our decorated mini-pumpkins.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

November Scholastic Book Club Orders


Scholastic Book Club's November order forms will be sent home in Friday folders on Thursday.  Ordering with Scholastic helps our class earn bonus points that we can redeem for free books and learning materials! Please look over the flyers and consider purchasing some books for your child. Scholastic has some great books at really affordable prices -- some are just $1.00!  There are also great holiday books in the November forms.  Remember, books make great gifts!


This month, I recommend the following titles:
SeeSaw:
Too Many Toys, $4.00
Gingerbread Friends, $6.00
Gingerbread Baby, $6.00


Firefly:
The Snowy Day, $1.00
Not Norman: A Goldfish Story, $3.00
The Very Busy Spider, $9.00

You have two options for ordering: 

1. Select your choices, fill out the order form, and return it to school with cash or check (made out to Scholastic).

2. Place your book orders and pay with a credit card on-line by going to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs . Our class user name is Krank, and the password is books.

All November orders are due by Monday, November 9th.


Monday, October 26, 2009

Homecoming Week, November 2 - 6

Next week is PKY Homecoming. To celebrate, there will be a different dress-up day each day of the week. Here is the schedule:

Monday -- Psychedelic Day -- Wear tie-dye clothes or other 60's gear.

Tuesday -- Character Day -- Students are invited to dress-up like their favorite book, movie, or TV characters. Since we will be going on our field trip to Publix, children should not wear costumes or complicated outfits. It would be best if they wore just t-shirts with favorite characters on them (i.e. Sponge Bob or Hannah Montana).

Wednesday -- Clash Day -- Wear mismatched, clashing clothes.

Thursday -- Sports Day -- Wear a sports uniform or clothing for your favorite sports team.  Thursday night is Math Night from 5:45 - 7:30.  Parents are invited to come and learn about ways to support their child's math learning at home.  Free childcare is provided.  The kids will have Pajama Night.  They will get to watch movies and eat popcorn.

Friday -- Spirit Day -- Children are invited to dress up in PKY colors (blue and white). However, we are going to marching in the Homecoming Parade dressed up as Monarch butterflies. Therefore, children will need to come to school wearing black clothing to complete our costumes. We have made our wings already and will be working on making antennae crowns next. Families are invited to come and watch us in the parade at 9:00 on Friday morning. We just walk the front circle part of the parade route. If your child would like to bring a blue or PK shirt to change into after the parade, that would be fine. The PKY Carnival is also on Friday from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Bug Safari

Check out what we saw on our Bug Safari:

View more presentations from Michele Krank.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Fall Carnival Volunteer Sign-Up

Our class is in charge of running the "Bean Bag Toss" booth at the Fall Carnival. The carnival is on Friday, November 6th from 4:00 - 7:00 pm. We need lots of parent volunteers to help run the booth, as well as to help with set-up and clean-up. Please let me know if you are able to help in any of the open time slots;  I will update the schedule below as we receive volunteers:

3:30 - 4:00 (set-up):
1. Erin Romrell (Haley)
2. Steve Middleton & Rex Robertson (William)


4:00 - 4:30:
1. Steve Middleton & Rex Robertson (William)
2. Katedra Phillips (Christopher)


4:30 - 5:00:
1. Derrik Smith (A'shawna)
2. Jazzlyn Smith (A'shawna)


5:00 - 5:30:
1. Joe & Michelle Meert (Joseph)
2. Marie Broling (Anna)


5:30 - 6:00:
1. Tomiko Wright (Amari)
2. Kwesi Wright (Amari)


6:00 - 6:30:
1. Carole Polefko (Patrick)
2. John Polefko (Patrick)


6:30 - 7:00:
1. Nesly Quintero (Jose)
2. John Broling (Anna)


7:00 - 7:30 (clean-up):
1. Wendy & TJ Hill (Taylor)
2. Nesly Quintero (Jose)

Friday, October 9, 2009

Caterpillar Art

We've spent the last two weeks making our own "very hungry caterpillars," using the techniques we learned from the Eric Carle video.  I took pictures along the way, then created a picture slideshow online.  Today, we used the website VoiceThread.com to add our voices and narrate the picture slideshow.  The kids were so excited to see the pictures and to record their voices.  It was a great way to end the week together!


Thursday, October 1, 2009

October Scholastic Book Club Orders

Scholastic Book Club's October order forms will be sent home in Friday folders tomorrow.  Ordering with Scholastic helps our class earn bonus points that we can redeem for free books and learning materials! Please look over the flyers and consider purchasing some books for your child. Scholastic has some great books at really affordable prices -- some are just $1.00!

This month, I recommend the following titles:
SeeSaw:
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins, $1.00
Scaredy Squirrel, $4.00
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, $2.00

Firefly:
Jack's House, $3.00
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, $4.00
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, $2.00
 
You have two options for ordering: 

1. Select your choices, fill out the order form, and return it to school with cash or check (made out to Scholastic).

2. Place your book orders and pay with a credit card on-line by going to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs . Our class user name is Krank, and the password is books.

All October orders are due by Monday, October 12th.

What We Learned on our Trip

Today we looked at pictures and videos of our trip.  Then, we each told one thing that we liked or learned at the Greathouse Butterfly Farm.


William said, "I liked seeing the black caterpillar."


Thiago said, "I like when we saw the butterfly and inside the spider place."


Taylor said, "I learned about butterflies.  I learned that we need them."


Rad said, "I learned about butterflies' wings.  They break."


Patrick said, "You have to be really careful with a butterfly when you try to get it on a brush."


Lola said, "I saw the caterpillar."


Kirstyn said, "I seen the big butterfly."


Julianna said, "I liked feeding the butterflies."


Jose said, "The big one got on my back."


Devante said, "I like when Devan dressed up silly.  He had the nose, a proboscis."


Christopher said, "I like when I saw the golden spider and the grasshoppers."


Chase said, "I like seeing the butterflies in the cage."


Benjamin said, "We see a chrysalis."


A'shawna said, "I learned about the butterfly house."


Amari said, "I liked to feed the butterflies."