Around the room

We are counting to 100 every day in school, and if your child can count to 100 all by themselves (without prompting) their name goes up on this display and they get to go into the treasure box.


There have been more names added since this pic!

We are also continually working on number sense.  Not all children who come to kindergarten counting to 5 or 10 or more have a good understanding of what the numbers mean. They are also unsure of how to sequence sets of numbers. For example: students need to have many experiences playing with five objects to build up an intuitive understanding of the number 5.

Here is a number sense activity:

Bulldog tokens were getting misplaced or lost and Carlos's mom made this wonderful token display (Mrs. O'connor had it on her wall, thank you fellow k-teacher!) and now our Bulldog tokens are safe and sound!If you don't know what Bulldog tokens are, they are a school wide incentive that rewards students caught being a great Bulldog!

Every Monday we choose new classroom helpers. Usually the star of the week is the line leader. Our students love having a job and they rise to the challenge by being responsible!

Here Emma found a 3-d shape after learning about 3d shapes. Look for the 3d shapes rap on youtube, they know it very well!

Book Fair

Going to the book fair was fun as we were exposed to so many interesting and appealing books. Thank you for buying books for the classroom and for sending in gift certificates;we received 25 new books! Also, thank you so much if you came to volunteer for the book fair! The Shining Stars enjoyed the experience!

5 Senses

A few weeks ago one of our student teachers that has been coming and observing actually gave the class a lesson on the five senses. They used their 5 senses to find out what she had brought in to show them. It was sugar and salt, and it was really neat listening to them describe them. Here are some pictures:

Ms. Claire teaching!

What does it feel like?



What does it look like?



What does it smell like?

What does it taste like?

Salty!

What does it sound like?

Does it make a sound?

Smelly?

Caught in Action!



In the Art Center



Putting on a puppet show!

Word work

Sorting

Computer Center

Learning about animals!



Patterning



Patterning

Ordering food and taking a tea break!



Writing Center



Finished product!

Boosterthon

Kinder Teachers in Action

I was able to salvage some Boosterthon pictures in case you were not able to make it that day, this is what our day looked like. Thank you again for all of the pledges!

Star of the Week

Peyton is our Star of the Week this week. She has been talking about her family and showed us a special bracelet.

Star of the Week

Gabriel was also a Star of the Week. He showed us part of his collection of Angry Birds. He enjoys drawing and writing.

Star of the Week

Emma M. was a Star of the Week, also. She brought in her baton a did a great baton twirling demonstration for the class. We were impressed!

Star of the Week

Here is another Star of the Week: Scott. Scott likes drawing and math. His favorite snack (gummies) was a hit with his classmates.

Star of the Week

This is our Star of the Week, Corynn. She is an avid reader and writer. She enjoys writing up orders in our Poetry cafe (home living).

Star of the Week

Here is another Star of the Week: Parker. He talked about his family and shared his favorite snack with us. He enjoys the Math Center greatly.

Star of the Week

Here is Isabelle, one of the Stars of the Week! She has a contagious laugh and showed her puppy (play) when it was time to show her special item. Thank you for the spooky treats!

Generation Texas

This is a note from the Kindergarten -Team

Parents,

November 26-30 Conroe ISD will celebrate Generation Texas Week. During these five days, we will discuss the following educational themes:

*Monday-Career kickoff; discuss careers in the community

*Tuesday-Back to your future; wear college t-shirt, the importance of college

*Wednesday-On the road to college; BWE>Cox>York>Oak Ridge HS

*Thursday-Vocation day; what do you want to be when you grow up?

*Friday-Money matters; how jobs provide money for needs/wants

Parents and community members are invited to present 10-15 minutes about their job. If you are interested, please email your child's teacher with your job/career and the date you're available to present.

Thank you,

The Kindergarten Teachers

Thanksgiving Luncheon

Next Friday at 11:00 am we will have our Thanksgiving luncheon; remember that parents are invited to attend and also that students may start the Thanksgiving vacation early. I will have sign out sheets here in the room to make it easier. Thank you for signing up and donating items to the luncheon in the sign-up form our room mom sent out. Thank you also for all of the awesome food donations for the Food pantry:our box is filling up! Your donations are going to be feeding a family in this area.
There will be no homework next week as a special treat, just remember to keep on reading every night so our kiddos keep their habits going.
See you next Friday, hopefully!
Thanks again,
Mrs. Cox

Grateful!

As November starts, I want to stop and take a moment to thank you. Yes, you. The mom/dad/guardian/family member that is reading this. Why am I thanking you, you are asking yourself? I am thanking you for trusting me every day with your precious child. For sending them to school well taken care of, for feeding them, working with them, for loving them. Thank you! In these 50 days of school I have come to love each and every one of your children. I worry when they are sick or when they are not acting like they normally do. I celebrate each small and big success every day. They have become part of my life and my story.
I am a parent too, and I realize all of the little things that we do for our children and sometimes we think that nobody notices. Yet they do; those little eyes are watching and storing in their hearts everything that we do in their sight.
This is my first year at Birnham Woods and every day I am surprised and blessed by the kindness that you as parents are showing me. Thank you for the little notes of appreciation, for participating in the wacky things that we ask you to do, for cooperating and pitching in when there is a need and sometimes even before there is one. Thank you for welcoming me and for showing me where your little one gets that big heart from.
You have no idea how much your words of encouragement mean to me. Thank you for the treats, the pictures you allow your children to draw and bring to me, for responding to my emails and calls, thank you for caring for your child and showing it; this year all of you are a teacher's dream.

Some of you might be thinking what got into Mrs. Cox, why is she getting all mushy. I just had to pause in my busy/hectic/crazy/ amazing teacher life and thank you as we start November, the month when we usually do an inventory for all the things that we are grateful for. I am grateful for you and for the little part of you that shakes my hand at the door and smiles at me every morning.
I challenge you to find one thing that you are thankful for in your own life and talk to your child about gratefulness. We will be talking about one thing that we are thankful for each day in November.
All of you are invited to our Thanksgiving luncheon on November 16. Come if you can as we celebrate Thanksgiving and eat yummy food.
As you clean out your pantry or are shopping for groceries, please remember to send in some donations for our food drive benefiting needy families right here in Spring/The Woodlands. Our children were so proud when they dropped in their canned goods into the food drive box this morning.
I am so proud of what they do, I know that you are too!
Like Dr. Butler reminds us every morning: "Because of all you do, B.W.E is the best place to be."

Storybook Parade Pictures


Thank you for making our Storybook pumpkin patch a success. If you took pictures of your child's pumpkin would you please send them to me? My computer crashed with the latest pictures that I had taken. Thankfully we have our wonderful room mom, Mrs. Nieto, as our classroom photographer and she kept a copy of the Fun Run and Storybook parade pictures.



Here a few pictures that we took on the parade day



Showing off oour books!

Princesses and fairies

Boys in action!