Merry Christmas

We have had so much fun the past few weeks! We have still been hard at work with our tricky words, when we return from break we will be moving on to sound baggies and writing homework. Something to look forward to :-)

We have had a great time with making bird feeders with Ms. Pam. having our pj and movie day, and also decorating cookies today for our class party. Listed below are some fun pictures... enjoy Also don't forget the carol sing...the kids did great!

I am sending all locker items home for a good washing over the break! Please return when we come back.

I want to thank you all for a great first half of the year...your hard work at home does not go unnoticed and I thank you for the support. I wish you all the most wonderful Christmas and New Year with your families!

Mrs. Troyer

PJ AND MOVIE DAY!!!!!

TOMORROW IS PJ DAY!!!!

 Wednesday the 21^st

Our school wide PBIS reward is a Movie and Pajama Day!

Your kiddos are welcome to wear jammies and slippers!

We will be watching The Polar Express

We had such a fun week coming back from break! Yes... we have a visitor! Christmas Cookie is our Elf's name. The kiddos are so excited of the silly things he is doing. He is keeping a special eye on all of my friends as we go through our day! We even made our sown special elf's to put on display in our room. 

We have really  been working on writing our tricky words and trying to create sentences! Wow...so awesome to see growth. We will be starting sound baggies later this week so be on the watch for those. Will be sending a note and posting more soon about it! 

Math we have been focusing on writing and reading numbers and well as patterns. The kiddos are really starting to "click" in their understanding! Here are some of the fun things we have done last week. 

Thanks for your support and please let me know if you need anything! Also make sure to pack the right clothes! :-)  

Thanksgiving

We have had a great few weeks learning about Thanksgiving and what it means to be thankful. We have also discussed the differences between a "need" and a "want". This was a great reflection piece for all of the kiddos and they really had to think about things they needed and things they wanted. 

We have been working on refections in math and this was a great way to see how the kiddos did with trying to make a reflection with shapes in the form of turkey feathers. They did really well with this and it was fun to watch once they got the hang of it. 

The cornucopia was really fun for the kids. Many had never really heard of or seen one before. We talked about how this was used in many ways during the time of Native Americans and Pilgrims.We discussed how it was used for sharing food, but also for carrying and storing food. They did great! 

Macaroni Necklaces were made to symbolize the jewelry that the Native Americans wore. We used different noodles to create patterns. So much fun!  

We hope you have a very relaxing Thanksgiving with your families. We will be seeing you on Tuesday the 29th! Have a great break! 

Kara 

Coats, Hats, and Gloves!

Hello Everyone!
  This is a reminder for all!!! The weather is getting cold quick, with that we want our kiddos to stay warm. Please have your child prepared for the weather. Coats, Hats, and Gloves are what we need for our kids to go to recess. Please look over the cold weather policy. I have attached it in this note. Also I am totally fine if you would like to leave a pair of gloves and hat at school. it will stay in their locker so they have it each day. Thank you and stay warm!

Cold Weather Policy

ALL students need to bring appropriate clothing for winter weather. Rules:

• Students need to have long pants and long-sleeves or jackets when the wind- chill/feels like temperature is 31-40 degrees. 

• At 30 degrees and below, students are to have pants, coats, hats, and gloves, no exceptions. 

• Any student missing these items will not be allowed to play outside, and must come to the office to get needed items, or stay in the office area. 

• Indoor recess will occur when the wind chill/feels like temperature is 0 degrees or below. 
Items must be worn outside at all times. 
Once the snow flies students not having boots when the playground conditions warrant, must remain on hard surfaces while outside. NO EXCEPTIONS!! 

• To play in the snow, students must wear snow pants and snow boots.  

• Items must be worn outside at all times. SNOW BOOTS ARE NOT TO BE WORN INSIDE THE SCHOOL so that we can keep our carpets clean.
• Once the snow flies, students not having boots when the playground conditions warrant, must remain on hard surfaces while outside. NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Local weather can be found at the following link: http://wp.kctc.net/index.php/weather


Thanks for understanding and keeping our students safe and warm. 


Things to Do...

Sounds/Writing Words: 

 We have now completed Jolly Phonics. This week we have been doing a lot of reviewing with our sounds and really working on creating words with our sounds. This is a process that does take time. I am asking for your support with this skill. It can be done by actually writing or just having the kiddos tell you the sounds they hear. This is such a great thing to practice and you will start to see this pass over into reading. So please don't be alarmed that you have not seen worksheets coming home every night we are writing in our journals and having partner working time for writing words. The kiddos have really enjoyed have time to practice their skills with each other!

Even though we are done with sounds...we still need to practice! :-) If you could make it a twice a week routine that would be great! We still want to practice and recall ALL of those sounds we have learned. With that don't put away the notebook just yet...we will be using these notebooks for our writing homework also. Look for that to be starting soon. Sound baggies will also be starting soon...stay tuned for details. :-)

I know this is a lot...but keep up the great work...you are All doing awesome!

Tricky Words

Today we started tricky words. These are apart of our Jolly Phonics, this is learning our sight words. These are words that can not be sounded out! This can be just want the title says.."tricky". There is a note in your child's bag that gives you all the info. Please be sure to return these with your child to school daily! 

Nursery Rhymes 

These are something that we are constantly working on. I just wanted to drop a note say that you could be practicing these at home as well. Nursery Rhymes support our rhyming actives so much. Singing is also soooo fun :-)


Again I thank you for your continued support both in and out of the classroom. I hope you all have a great weekend! We also celebrated Monroe's Birthday today...lets just say he wasn't a fan of the hat! :-)

PJ DAY!!

Hello Everyone!
  I wanted to share with you a great way to help support those in our community. On Friday, all are invited to wear PJs to help support one of our KE staff members infant son, who is Battling Cancer. This is just a small thing that we can do to help someone in need!

Any support that you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Speaking from personal experience, your support does not go un-noticed and every little bit can help!

I thank you in advance for your support.

Join us for a special Pajama Day at Kalona Elementary!

Bring $1 to wear your pajamas at school on Friday, November 4th. All the money will be donated to help Ms. Leslie’s (KE Associate) family as they travel back and forth to the hospital with their youngest son, Pierce. Pierce was diagnosed with cancer a month ago.

Fall Party and Conferences Reminder!

We had such a fun time with our fall party. It has been so fun to watch these kiddos come out of their shells and grow as learners and friends. Sorry for not post the past week. We have been very busy. We made some awesome leaf pattern wreaths, we used A LOT of glue for this...the kiddos loved it! We also had Ms. Pam come again this month and she shared information on owls, the kids really enjoyed that as well.

We were also very fortunate to have our Transportation office come over and teach our students the importance of Bus Safety. It was a great refresher and learning experience for all!

I wanted to send you all a reminder to double check your conference times for this week. The dates are on Tuesday 4-8 and Thursday 4-8 . Looking forward to talking with you about the growth that our kiddos have made. When you do come please be sure to walk down to our room and just wait in the chairs right outside the door.
***REPORT CARDS ARE IN YOUR CHILD'S BACKPACK...they are coming home today!

Thanks in advance!

Here are some fun pictures from our fun week.