Mrs. Allison Notes

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge" - Albert Einstein

Notes

Posted: September 13, 2017

Week of Sept. 11 - 15

*Homework was sent home this week with a list of spelling words and a related Math activity that goes along with what we are doing in class.

*I will collect homework each Friday and this will be the day of our Spelling test. Students should review and practice their words each night. 

*Meet the teacher is on Thursday, Sept. 14 at 6:00 in our school cafeteria. Hope to see you all there.

*Just a friendly reminder for those who have not yet sent in supply money, student data sheets or media form sheets, please try and get them in as soon as possible. Thank you!

Posted: December 19, 2016

Week of Dec. 19 - Dec. 23

Wow!  Can you believe that we are in our last week of school of 2016!

Here are a few things happening this week at Gretna Green:

 

  • Wednesday, December 21st – Pajama Day

  • Thursday, December 22nd – Santa/Elf Hat Day

  • Friday, December 23rd – Red and Green Day.  This is also a half day of school.  Dismissal will begin at 11:05.  There is also NO breakfast program on this day.

 

MerryChristmasand all the best in 2017!

Posted: November 13, 2016

Week of Nov. 14 - Nov. 18

Here are a few things happening this week:

* In Literacy, we will be working on the letter K k. So many exciting words begin with this letter, such as, kangaroo, kite, Kyle, kool-aid, king, and kind.  Show and Tell will be on Thursday this week so have fun hunting around your home for something that begins with the /k/ sound. 

* In Math, we are still working on numbers 0 - 5. Practice counting forwards and backwards or find different sets of each number around your home.

*  Report cards go home on Monday, Nov. 14th.

*  Our school Book Fair begins this week with a family night on Thursday, Nov. 17th.

*  Scholastic Book orders are due by Tuesday, Nov. 15th.  I added a couple of extra days as the due date on the catalogs said Nov. 13.

*  Parent/Teacher interviews will be held on Thursday, Nov. 17th from 4:00 - 7:00 and again on Friday, Nov. 18th from 9:00 - 11:00.  Your child's time will be stated on their report card.

 

Posted: November 13, 2016

Week of Nov. 14 - Nov. 18

Here are a few things happening this week:

* In Literacy, we will be working on the letter K k. So many exciting words begin with this letter, such as, kangaroo, kite, Kyle, kool-aid, king, and kind.  Show and Tell will be on Thursday this week so have fun hunting around your home for something that begins with the /k/ sound. 

* In Math, we are still working on numbers 0 - 5. Practice counting forwards and backwards or find different sets of each number around your home.

*  Report cards go home on Monday, Nov. 14th.

*  Our school Book Fair begins this week with a family night on Thursday, Nov. 17th.

*  Scholastic Book orders are due by Tuesday, Nov. 15th.  I added a couple of extra days as the due date on the catalogs said Nov. 13.

*  Parent/Teacher interviews will be held on Thursday, Nov. 17th from 4:00 - 7:00 and again on Friday, Nov. 18th from 9:00 - 11:00.  Your child's time will be stated on their report card.

 

Posted: October 31, 2016

Week of Oct. 31 - Nov. 5

Here are some things happening this week at Gretna Green:

*  In Literacy, we will be working on the letter I i.  This interesting letter is a very hard working letter because it makes two sounds; our short /i/ sound as in Inny Inchworm and a long i sound that says its own name.  Some words that begin with the short /i/ are infant, insect, itch, index, and Isabellle.  Some words that begin with the long i sound are ice, Ireland, island, idea, and iron.  Show and Tell will be on Friday so have fun hunting for something that begins with the letter I i.

*  In Math, we are working on numbers 0 to 5.  When you are home, show Mom or Dad, Grammy or Grampy how you can count to 5 forwards and then backwards. 

*  Congratulations to our class for being October's Class of the Month!  Way to go boys and girls!

Posted: October 23, 2016

Week of Oct. 24 - Oct. 28

Here are some things happening this week at school:

*In Literacy, we will be reviewing all of our letters that we learned so far; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, and Hh.  We will have Show and Tell on Thursday this week due to Halloween activities on Friday.  Show and Tell will be free choice this week.

*In Math, we are working on more, fewer, and as many as and numbers from 0 – 5.  Practice counting to 5 forwards and backwards, starting at different points.

*We will be having some fun this week to celebrate Halloween: 

On Monday, we are going to write a spooky story with our reading buddies and decorate a pumpkin.  

On Tuesday, it’s scary hair day. 

On Wednesday, Home & School will be giving everyone free popcorn. 

On Thursday, it’s black and orange day. 

On Friday, you can bring your costume to school for the Halloween parade.  You can change into your costume at lunch.

Posted: October 16, 2016

Week of Oct. 17 - Oct. 21

Here are a few things happening this week:

*  In Literacy, we will be working on the letters G g and H h.  So many great words begin with these letters, such as, gorilla, gum, Gretna Green, garden, game, honey, horse, happy, handsome, and hands.  Show and Tell will be on Friday this week so have some fun hunting for something that begins with the letter G g or the letter H h.

*  In Math, we will be starting Numbers 0 to 5. Practice counting to 5 forwards and backwards and see how you make out. 

*  Book orders are due on Tuesday, Oct. 18.  Here are some of the benefits of ordering from Scholastic:      

1. It gets your children excited about reading and helps improve their confidence in reading independently.

2. Teachers earn FREE books and learning materials for their classrooms with Bonus Coupons!

3. It helps you partner with your child's teacher to encourage reading in the classroom and at home.  

4. It offers an amazing selection of hot new fiction, award winners and classic titles every month- at the best prices anywhere!

5. Scholastic's 100% Satisfaction Guarantee ensures you will be happy with your purchases.  If not, they offer a full refund.

6. It provides reading levels and book descriptions to help you match books to your child's reading needs, interests and abilities.

Posted: October 10, 2016

Week of Oct. 10 - Oct. 14

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you enjoyed for 5 days off.  Here are a few things happening this week in and around our classroom and school:

*  In Literacy, we will be working on the letters E & F.  So many things begin with these letters, such as, elephant, egg, Easter, envelope, eye, fish, frog, french fries, funny, and Friday.  The letter E e is a hard working vowel because it makes 2 sounds.  We will start "Show and Tell" this Friday.  For this, each child can bring in something that begins with the letter E or something that begins with the letter F.  Have fun hunting!

*  In Math, we will be finishing up Patterns this week.  The boys and girls are having a great time learning about and building patterns.

*  It's Fire Prevention Month and we will be having an assembly in the gym on Thursday.

*  Our School Fundraiser will come to an end on Friday.  Please send in any orders you may have by Friday.

Posted: September 26, 2016

Week of Sept. 26 - Sept. 30

Wow!  We are already in our final week of September!

* Here are a few things to remember this week:

1.  In Literacy, we are working on the letter B b and letter C c.  We will be doing so many exciting activites related to each letter.  In Math, we are learning about patterns.

2.  We will be having our Terry Fox Walk this week and are asking students to bring in their spare change.  For every $1.00 donation, your child's name will go into a draw to become Principal and Vice Principal for the Day!  How exciting it that?

3.  "Walking School Bus" will take place on Friday, Sept. 30.  All students and parents participating are asked to meet at the Northumberland Square Mall at 7:30 am and then walk together to school.

 

Posted: September 11, 2016

Week of Sept. 12 - Sept. 16

Here are a few things happening this week:

*  In Literacy, we will continue working on spelling our names and learning more about everyone in our class.  We will also do some rhyme awareness. 

*  The school cafeteria will not be open this week.  We will keep you posted as to when it will open.  This means that there will be no breakfast program as well.

*  Meet the Teacher/PSSC Elections will be held on Thursday, September 15, from 6:00-7:30.  This will take place in the school cafeteria. 

Posted: September 4, 2016

Welcome!

Welcome to Kindergarten!  I am very excited to start a brand new year at Gretna Green and I am also very excited that you are all in my class.  We will learn so many new and exciting things!

Here are a few reminders for the first week of school:

*There will be no breakfast program or cafeteria services for the first week of school.  These will hopefully be up and running during the second week.

*School supply money ($50) is due the first week.  This will cover all school supplies for the whole year.

*New this year is student pick up at the end of the day. Parents/Guardians that are picking up their child(ren) will wait in the office until their child(ren) is/are dismissed.  We hope this will reduced the congestion in the hallways after school.  Thank you for your support and understanding.

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