Ms. Ullrich’s Kindergarten
Here are a few important updates for the upcoming days:
- Kindergartner cap and gown order forms are due this Friday May 4th. We cannot accept late orders.
- We will be having a Spring Music Concert to celebrate the students and their success in music! This concert will be held at a different venue so please note the location/time below.
Tuesday, May 15th at Gateway Redemption Church
8743 E. Pecos Rd. Mesa, AZ (15 minutes from STLC)
Kindergarten program 5:30 pm (students arrive at 5:15)
Dress: casual, school t-shirts
- Kindergarten Graduation will be on Wednesday, May 23rd at 9am. For graduation, there is a 4 guest maximum due to space. After graduation, students will head back to the classroom to continue our normal school day.
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April 13th : Spring picture orders are DUE!!! Family Fun Bounce U Event 6-8 p.m.
April 20th: No School!
April 21st (SATURDAY): STLC Golf Tournament! Come join the fun and register to golf with our San Tan Family! Go to www.stlcgolf.com to register.
April 25th: Half day! Please make proper arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
April 30th-May 4th: FOURTH QUARTER Benchmarks!!!
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Welcome back from Spring break!
Upcoming events:
March 20th – Students return! It will be an exciting final quarter for everyone!
March 24th – San Tan Learning Center Garage Sale. If you’d like to sign up to help volunteer for the garage sale, click here www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D4AAEA829A20-stlc/323232.
March 28th – Half day! Dismissal is at 11:30 AM.
March 29th-30th – Spring photos. Details as to which day and time our class will have their photos will be posted as soon as it’s available!
April 6th-9th – No school! Have a lovely couple days off!
April 20th – No school!
April 21st – FEC Golf tournament. Come join San Tan Learning Center for fun and golf!If you are interested in golfing in the tournament, or have family that may be interested, golfers that register before March 21st receive an early bird discount. Please see the attached flyer for additional information. You may also visit www.stlcgolf.com to learn more!
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Upcoming events:
Wednesday, February 29:
- Half day! Please make arrangements to pick up your kiddos at 11:30 AM.
-All Registration Packets for the 2012-2013 School Year are due to school by 4:00PM.
Friday, March 2:
- All school Music Field Trip to Higley Performing Arts. Permission slips to come.
Wednesday, March 7 – Friday, March 9: All Half Days!
Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March 9: Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place following the half days.
Friday, March 9: Year book orders and payments deadline.
Monday, March 12 – Monday, March 19: No school.
Happy Spring Break!
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Wednesday, February 8th: Half day. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
Friday, February 10th: Field trip permission forms and payment are due to me or the office in order for your child to attend the Phoenix Zoo trip!
Tuesday, February 14th:
- Arizona Centennial. We will be celebrating this event by decorating our door as an Arizona theme as well as dressing up wearing red, white or blue!
- Valentine’s Day Celebration! We will be having a valentine exchange as well as a red, white and pink party. For the valentine exchange, if your child wants to participate, please have them fill out a valentine for every student in the class! Listed below is the sign up genius for the red, white and pink party.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4EA4AB2CA75-valentines
Friday, February 17: Phoenix Zoo Field Trip!
Monday, February 20: No school in observance of President’s Day!
Friday, March 2: All school Music field trip to Higley Performing Arts. Details to come!
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Monday – Wednesday, January 23rd-25th: Club Registration runs on a first-come, first-serve basis. Payment is due at the time of registration. For more information, check the STLC ’Clubs’ page by clicking here.
Wednesday, January 25: Half day! Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM
Monday, January 30th: Spring Clubs start! For more information, check the STLC website by clicking here.
Wednesday, February 8th: Half day!!! Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
Monday, February 20th: No school in celebration of President’s Day!
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For the 100th day of school, we will celebrate by having various activities that focus on the number 100! Please check out the sign up genius below to donate an item.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0E4EA4AB2CA75-100th
Welcome back!!!
I hope everyone enjoyed their winter break! Now, back to business! This upcoming week, we will be re-learning rules, procedures and routines in the classroom. Specifically, I will be re-teaching the students how to work independently during reading workshop time as well as math center times so that they get the most out of the time given. This will allow us to get into the full swing of things next week by adding more challenging work as well as starting Words Their Way again.
Upcoming important dates:
January 16th: No school in observance of MLK day!
January 25th: Kindergarten HALF day. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
February 8th: Kindergarten HALF day. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
February 20th: No school in observance of Presidents’ Day.
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Conference Times: Please sign up for a time in which you’d like to come in and discuss your child’s ILP and report card.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0E4EA4AB2CA75-december
Important Dates
Tuesday, December 13: Kindergarten’s Winter Music Concert will begin at 6:00PM! Students need to arrive by 5:45PM and are meeting up with their class in the music room.
(Dress code: Wear dressy, holiday colors and if you have any santa or elf hats, please wear those too!) There will be teachers at the gate to send them to the music room so that you can find seats in the gym. Please view Ms. Ball’s website for further information about the concerts this semester!
Friday, December 16th: Learning Celebration! Come into the classroom at 3:10 to check out the activities your child has done throughout this semester.
Monday, December 19: January’s lunch order forms and payments are due to school by 4PM.
Monday, December 19: All Library books & SRC books are due back to school. Please make sure you send these back to avoid late fees!
Monday, December 19 – Thursday, December 22: Half days. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM!
December 20th-22th: ILP and report card conferences.
Friday, December 22: Year book order forms with payments are due to me for the ‘early bird’ price of $17. Payments can be made out to “San Tan Learning Center.” The price of yearbooks ordered after December 22nd is $20. Yearbook order deadline is Friday, March 9, 2012.
Friday, December 23 – Monday, January 9: No school – Winter Break!
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November 30: Half day for Kindergarten. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
December 5-16: Benchmark testing in the classroom.
December 16: Learning Celebration! Come into the classroom after dismissal to see some of the projects your child has been working on in school! 
December 19-22: Half days! Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
December 21-22: Conferences will be held these two days after half day dissmissal. I will be posting a sign up genius to pick a time that works for you in the week to come. Wednesday, December 21st will be the day in which I will have conferences later in the evening if you are working and can only make those later times. Check back soon!
December 23: NO SCHOOL on this Friday! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
December 23-January 9: NO SCHOOL! Enjoy the holiday season!!!
January 10: BACK TO SCHOOL! Welcome to the new year of 2012!
***Please check out the sign up genius for holiday supply donations. Your help and support is greatly appreciated!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4EA4AB2CA75-holiday
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New updates:
Wednesday, November 23: Half day with dismissal beginning at 11:30AM.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving event will follow dismissal – plan to join us! Please make sure to sign up under our class sign-up genius.
Thursday, November 24 – Friday, November 25: No school. Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 30: Half day with dismissal beginning at 11:30AM.
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Happy Monday!!!
I hope everyone had a great, relaxing weekend. Here are a couple
updates to get us started this week.
- Our field trip is this upcoming Thursday, November 10th. Please pack a sack lunch for your child and have them wear their San Tan shirts if possible.
- Challenge homework for November hasn’t been posted yet. Sorry for the delay. Expect it this week!!!
- I have been aware of problems with EnVision. I will be sure to check these out this week and try to figure out what’s going on!
- There is no school this upcoming Friday, November 11th due to Veterans Day.
Wednesday, October 26: Half day! Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM. We will be having an afternoon snack.
Thursday, November 10: Kindergarten will take a field trip to Vertuccio Farms during school from 9:00 – 12:00 noon! Permission slips will go home by this Friday, October 21st. Your child’s permission slip and the field trip cost of $10 is due back to school no later than Friday, November 4th. Each child will need to bring a sack lunch, and we ask that they wear their San Tan shirts if possible.
Friday, November 11: No school in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Wednesday, November 23: Half day!
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will follow dismissal. Please join us in celebrating!
Thursday, November 24 – Friday, November 25: No school. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 30: Half day!
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Character Focus Week (October 18-21st):
Tuesday: Caring for others
Wednesday: Being a good citizen
Thursday: Including everyone
Friday: Playing fair
I hope everyone has had a restful and wonderful Fall break! There is no school on Monday, October 17th, but we will be back in full session on Tuesday, October 18th. Listed below are a few notes and reminders to get your students back into the swing of things:
1. Words Their Way will begin this upcoming week. This will be our first trial run for the new words in which each student will receive. A green folder will be sent home with their words and a list of the Words Their Way schedule of activities we will be doing each day.
2. We will start SRC books again next week, Tuesday, October 24th. Students will check out one book each Tuesday and return their book on Thursday. They will check out another book on Thursday and return the next Tuesday, etc.
3. Animal projects are due on Wednesday, October 19th! Everyone will get a chance to share their projects in class either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Remember to remind students to be as creative as possible!
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A new sign-up genius for the end of October and November for classroom volunteers is listed below!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/class527
Tuesday, October 3rd Announcements:
-Our Learning Celebration was an amazing sight today! Thank you to all parents who came and saw our classroom today. I know the student’s have worked hard to make it a good first quarter of school!
-SRC books are due tomorrow, October 4th. Please make sure your child turns these in on time before the Fall break!
-I look forward to seeing everyone at conferences these next couple days!
Thursday, September 29th Announcements:
-On Monday, October 3rd, Mayor Lewis will be coming to our school for an assembly to talk with the students about their role in the community and good character. For Monday to show school & American spirit, please have your child wear either RED, WHITE, or BLUE!
- BOOK FAIR: Will be open next week, October 4rd-7th (Tuesday-Friday). Please stop by the bookfair to check out some great books!!!
Announcements (Week of September 26th-30th):
-Tomorrow is a half day. Please make arrangements to pick up your students at 11:30 AM.
-SRC books go home today. Please read these with your students and bring them back
on Friday for our next exchange! Directions and a CAFÉ menu was put in their
bags with their books. This CAFÉ menu will describe different ways in which you
can read this book with your child. SRC books MUST be turned in before Fall break.
-If you have not signed up for a conference time, please do so! Conferences are
next Thursday & Friday (October 6th & 7th).
-Picture orders are due on Friday at 4:00 PM. If you want to have your child do a
re-take, they are going to be after Fall break.
-Nextweek, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (October 5th, 6th,7th) are all half days. Please make arrangements!
Upcoming Important Dates:
Week of September 26th-30th: Our second benchmark tests will be taken.
September 28th: Kindergarten 1/2 day!
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Tuesday, September 20: FALL PICTURES! Our class is scheduled to take their fall pictures on this day. Picture time is TBA.
Friday, September 23: JOHNNY APPLESEED DAY! We will be learning all about Johnny Appleseed and celebrating Fall through the studies of apples. Throughout the day, we will be comparing and contrasting our apples through observation, mathematics, and art. Make sure you check the sign-up genius for updates on the class celebration. Please make sure your child brings one apple into school on Friday. We will be using these apples throughout the day!
Wednesday, September 28: Kindergarten 1/2 Day! Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:30 AM.
Tuesday, October 4: LEARNING CELEBRATION! Details to come!
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A few notes:
- A new sign-up genius will be made for the month
of October within the next couple of weeks. Be on the look-out for the new sign
up and remember, if a spot is filled, just email me and we can set up a time in
which you’d like to come in. J - A new “level B” calendar will be emailed &
put up on our class webpage on Monday. This Thursday & Friday are
“freebies” meaning no level B homework! - Pattern assignments on Envision have been
posted. We are only going to be working with patterns for about a week. All
students seem to be understanding patterns very well! I can see how students do
on their envision quizzes and work; therefore, don’t feel like you have to
print them out and send them in. - I have a red, white & blue towel that was
left from the class party at Matteo’s house. Please let me know if this is your
towel! I have asked the students but they aren’t sure. - Our sight words have consisted of a, and, away,
I, in, is, it, run, said, and the. Please go over these words with your
student’s at home. Make sure they can spell them and write them neatly as well
as recognize them. - WORDS THEIR WAY: We will begin our words their
way notebooks next week. I will be creating a “words their way” folder which
will be sent home for the week which has their spelling list inside as well as
directions which you can read to help your child with their words at home. - We are beginning Unit 2 in Reading. Throughout
this unit, we will be working with the topic of animals. This consists of
comprehension strategies with reading about different animals, exploring their
habitats, and building vocabulary. I will be giving the students a
project on animals during this second unit. Details to come!
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:
September 12, 2011: Grandparent’s Day lunch! In honor of celebrating Grandparent’s Day, all grandparent’s are warmly invited to come attend lunch with their grand children. Kindergarten lunch is from 10:50-11:20.
September 14, 2011: Kindergarten 1/2 Day. The school day ends at 11:30 AM.
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September 6-9, 2011: Another successful week has passed. Our class did an amazing job dressing up for NFL day and celebrating fitness. We are fully getting into the groove of school and student’s have been doing a great job with staying focused and are always ready to learn!
A big thank you to those of you who have come into the classroom to volunteer! It’s great to have you and I know it gives you an idea as to what a day in Kindergarten is like. I look forward to having volunteers each and every week and you have all been such a great help to me!
August 28, 2011: What a great first couple of weeks it has been! We have been practicing our routines and procedures and are learning new things each and every day.
EnVision Math is going well! We are already beginning lesson 8.7 on Monday! Remember, for homework, it is your choice whether you’d like to complete the guided practice, quizzes, or just complete the “learning” section of each chapter. You can print out the extra homework page if you wish. I will just be checking to make sure each student is doing something at home to reinforce what we are learning in class. You can even extend the lesson on geometry by having your child find shapes anywhere you go. For example, if you go to the grocery store together, have your child count as many squares as they can find!
Next week, our class volunteers will start to come in to see how a day in the life of Kindergarten goes! I’m so excited to see such great parent involvement and participation!!! If there is a time in which I didn’t put up on the sign-up genius and you’d like to come in, please just send me an email and we can work that out!
A few extra notes:
- Book boxes will be starting on Monday, August 29th.
- Math-a-Minute will begin sometime within the next couple of weeks
- I will be organizing a “Fun Friday” art activity each Friday and will need volunteers to help with that. I will keep you updated when I get the list complete!
August 14 2011: Wow! I can’t believe the first week of school has already passed us by! We have had a great first week and will have an even better second week!
The students are settling into the routine of our classroom. We have been starting off our mornings with calendar. Our circle calendar time is a time in which we reinforce the days of the week, months of the year, and also include some calendar math. I have introduced the students to our “estimation jar” in which they must guess how many marbles I have in the jar each week. This will be a weekly activity which will help students with numbers as well as their ability to make estimations.
This past week we have also been busy with our first benchmark tests. This test is the first one of the Kindergarten year and will show me where each child is in regards to their reading and phonics skills.
REMINDERS:
*Homework will begin this week! Each student will start off with the same homework until we meet for the ILP (individual learning plan) meeting in the middle of August. Homework for these upcoming weeks are based upon knowledge of the alphabet. I will post the homework page under the homework tab and further directions will be given on Monday!
*Please read your child’s “Nothing” book which was taken home on Friday. On the next page, write a response to your child. This is a great way in which you can show them that you are involved and interested in their work at school.
*Agendas are taken home each day. Please look at your child’s agenda and see what was learned in class for that day.
If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to email me! I hope you had a great weekend and I look forward to the second full week of school!
Ms. Lynne Ullrich