Ms. Elizalde's Class- The Rock Star Classroom

  The Eagle Extravaganza is almost here and we need to fill our
SUMMER FUN BASKET.
We are looking for way cool Rock Star families to donate an item (s) from the following list:
hula hoop
bubbles
puzzles
sand pails
water toys
water floats
goggles
frisbees
nerf toys
kickballs
beach balls
plastic shovels

and anything else that can be a part of our SUMMER FUN BASKET.

THANKS A BUNCH IN ADAVANCE!!!!

HAPPY SPRING BREAK MY ROCK STARS!!!!!

March 12- March 16, 2012

See you on Monday, March 19th.  Sadie says hi!!!

                       
It's Hoe-Down Time
Come One,Come All
       Friday, March 9th       
 12:55:1:45 
            Cafeteria                               
                                         




EARLY RELEASE- WED. MARCH 7 @ 12:45

Star Party is Here!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Williamson County Astronomy Club will bring their telescopes and do a
Star Party at CHE Friday, March 2. They will set up beside the playground at
7:00 pm. Family and friends are welcome.                               

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BOX TOPS- PLEASE BRING THEM IN BY MONDAY, FEB. 27TH.  

                     
360 Minute Reading  Log- Due-
 Friday, Feb. 24th.  Please turn them in. 

100th Day Snack

On Wednesday, February 1st, we will be celebrating the 100th day in
Kindergarten.
We will have a special snack that day to celebrate.
Please send me an email if you can donate one of the items below.
Thank you for supporting our classroom.
Please send the items by Tuesday, January 31.

Report Cards Are Going Home TODAY, Jan. 11th.  Please review them and write any comments on the brown envelope.  The progress report is also in the envelope for you to have.  Take the report card and  progress report out and return the envelope only.  You can leave the report card information in the envelope if you wish.

2nd 9 weeks Awards Assembly Time-
Thursday, Jan. 12th @ 8:00 am.  Please join us in celebrating your child's accomplishments.  Meet us in the cafeteria.

It's Music Time.....................The winter concert is here.  Mr. Manning and all the teachers are super duper excited about it.  Please read on.
It will be Monday, Dec. 5th immediately following the PTA meeting that will begin at 6:30.  Students are to please wear a white shirt with blue jeans.  Have your best singing voice on and your best smile on for pictures, pictures, pictures.


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      Donation Letter
Our class has adopted 2 angels that we will donate items for at Christmas time.  A note has gone home explaining the event.  If you are able to participate, you are welcomed to do so.  Please email me with any questions.


We are in need of heavy duty magnets for our multiple white boards that we use in class.  If you are able to donate a few, please do so.  They really help out when using the white boards for different assignments and to hang class work used as samples.

Please check out the Links page as I have corrected the problems and once you click on the website, you will be directed to that page.  Go suring and have a blast!!!

COINS FOR COATS TOTALS
Our class total for the drive is ...................drumroll please.......
            $128.00
Whopping Dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you to all my Rock Stars and my Rock Star parents for participating and for showing our Kinder Kids what Caring and being Principled look like and feel like.

School Total is.......another drumroll please.......

$2,057.00
Whopping Dollars

COMPUTER TIME - Beginning today, students are able to use the computer during our Daily 5 Rotation Stations.  They are completing activities that will aid them in the development of letter sound knowledge and onto reading skills and strategies.  It is the Starfall.com site that is also listed on the links page. Please take time to visit this site to give your child computer use knowledge and work on the different reading skills.  They had a lot of fun today with this site.

New link on the LINKS page.  There is a new science link on the LINKS page I encourage you and your child to visit and participate in.  It will have current science activities that you can review with your child.  Please take advantage of this opportunity.  I also encourage you and your child to visit all links. 

Important Dates-
- Wed. Nov. 2- Report cards go home
- Thurs. Nov. 3- K-2 Awards Assembly @ 8:00 A.M.

Water Bottles- I encourage your child to bring a reusable water bottle to school.  We are having a situation arise with water bottles getting mixed up and not being able to be used.  A distinct reusable water bottle will help our kids better keep track of them.  Please write their name on the water bottle.

OK Parents-  We are doing so wonderful with our Coins for Coats Drive.  We have raised $118.00.  This is enough for almost 12 kids to have coats.  Thank you so much for helping us reach and break through our goal.  Now, let's keep this going because I think there may be some sneak donation attacks on Tuesday morning.  It would be AWESOME if we could win this competition and earn a POPCORN PARTY!!!! 
Help us win, win, win...................and help our own community.  Let's shoot for 15 coats or even more....

EARLY RELEASE DAY -
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011. DISMISSAL IS AT 12:45 PM.

Monday, October 24, 2011 at CHE- Health & Safety Fair- come check it out.



So far, our class has raised enough money to buy 3 coats, around $30.00 total to this day.  Our class goal is to raise enough money to buy 10 coats at $10.00 a coat.  Total of $100.00.  BUT, let's blow it out of the water and go for even more than 10 coats. 

Possible Ideas to raise money for Coins for Coats:

Mrs. Reyes, the school counselor discussed many different ways to raise money and here are some ideas:
-garage sale
-lemonade stand
-bake sale
 


COINS FOR COATS- Please send in any loose change or dollars that you are willing to donate to clothe our CHE/RRISD kids during the cold weather months.




              LIBRARY TIME                                           
- Our class library times will vary.  In order for students to have the opportunity to check out books regularly, we have had a class discussion about them returning to school every day.  Please help your child in remembering to pack them in backpacks daily and return them to school.  During the day, they are placed in their book boxes and are one of many books they choose from to read.






Please send in all your Box Tops that you are collecting at home.  The first collection date is Oct. 21.  Kinder would love to be the grade that collects the most.  And of course, we have a friendly competition between the Kinder classes to see who collects the most. 
Bring them in!!!!!!!!! Bring them in!!!! Bring them in!!!!!!!!!

CONFERENCE INFORMATION
- Conferences will begin next week, starting on Monday, September 26, 2011.  A sign up sheet was sent home and is almost filled out with names and scheduled conference times.  If you have not signed up for a time, please email me and we can schedule a time.  An email with the conference schedule will be sent out this week and will be your confirmation email.  A confirmation hard copy will also be sent out at the end of this week as well as the set date written on your child's calendar in their green daily folder. A Parent Input page went home as well.  If you have not recieved it, please email me and I can email you a copy as well as send home a hard copy.  Thanks!!!!

The Rock Star Class  is a pledge that the students came up with .  It is for us to always know that we are important people who make important decisions everyday.  We strive to make the right choices each day and learn from our mistakes. 

 Rock Star Classs Pledge 


I am important because I am a caring person.  My mom and dad love me.  I am nice on the playground.  My mom and dad are proud of me.  Our family loves us.  I will make important choices today.  I am important because I am a caring person. My mom and dad love me. I am nice on the playground. My mom and dad are proud of me. Our family loves us. I will make important choices today. 


ATTENTION, ATTENTION.......WE HAVE OUR FIRST COMMUNITY HELPERS GUEST SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS -

CORRECTION TO DATES- Please note the dates below are corrections to previously scheduled dates to accomodate school schedules. 
Thank you to Rylee M.'s dad, Mr. MacDonald for setting these up for Kindergarten. 

On Wednesday, September 21st, we will have the following Community Helpers Guest Speakers & Presenters:
               Hazmat & Firefighters @ 9:30  A.M. 
On Thursday, September 22:
               Police and S.W.A.T. Presenters @ 10:00 A.M.

We are still looking for the following guest speakers:
   Chef/Baker
   Coach/ Scout Troop Leader
   Construction Worker/Contractor/Engineer
   Farmer/Rancher
   Military



EARLY RELEASE DAY -
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011. DISMISSAL IS AT 12:45 PM.

OPEN HOUSE IS NEAR- Monday, September 12th is Open House @ 6:30.  Please join us as we discuss what to expect this school year. 

WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY HELPERS
For the next couple of weeks, we are discussing Community Helpers. These can include anywhere from doctors and nurses to coaches and Boy Scout/Girl Scout Troop Leaders as well as military personnel.  We will be having visits from certain community helpers beginning the week of the 19th.  We are looking for the following guest speakers :

Team coach
Boy Scout/Girl Scout Troop Leader
Contractor/Construction Worker
Chef/Baker
Farmer/Rancher
Police Officer
Military

We would like for them to tell our kinder kids about how they help their community.  If you are interested in being a guest speaker or know someone who is, please email me or a Kinder teacher and let us know.  We have a dentist visitor and a hazmat/fire dept visitors already. 

We are also hosting a Community Helpers Parade on September 30th.  More details to come. 






We had a great time with  our grandparents today at lunch.  Thank you for coming and sharing this day with us. 

Welcome to a brand new year!!!!! 

We are very excited to start this year and get your kids excited to be a big kindergarten student.  Please email me with any questions that you may have. Email is the absolute best form of communication where I can respond in a good amount of time.

Arriving after the 7:45 bell
Please note if your child arrives after the 7:45 bell, they will be counted as tardy and if they don't have a tardy slip, will be required to go to the office and get one before returning to the classroom.  Also, if they are tardy and the lunch choice count has already been delivered to the cafeteria, they will get the food item that is extra in the lunch line.  This means that they may not get what they want, they will get the choice the cafeteria has extra of. 

Snacks  - Please have all snacks ready for students to be able to eat.
Healthy snacks are encouraged and can include:
      fruit (cut up in pieces and ready to eat) 
      grahm crackers
      fruit roll up treats
      trail mix treats
      cheeses cracker snacks
      dry cereal
      granola bars
      fruit bars

PEWE
All students need to come to school with the appropriate gym shoes on PEWE days.  The following is our PEWE schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays
Students that don't bring the correct shoes will have to sign the PEWE book.  Please make sure that your child comes to school with the right shoes.