Ms. Teasleys Kindergarten Class News Letter!

This newsletter is to inform all the parents what the

year is going to be like! I cant wait for an
AWESOME year!

My name is Ms. Hope Teasley. This is my first year

teaching kindergarten. I am very excited and cant wait to
see what the year holds. I have lived in Americus, Georgia
my whole life and enjoy the small town scene. I
graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University
with a degree in Early Childhood Education. I graduated
with honors from Georgia Southwestern. I have always
wanted to be a teacher since I was in the first grade. I
loved the fact that I could make a difference in the lives
of children. Fun Fact: My absolute favorite color is Hot
Pink!!!!!
Contact me at: hteasley@radar.gsw.edu

Daily Schedule

7:55 - Tardy Bell/ Announcements

8:00-8:15 Morning Work
8:15-8:30 Morning meeting
8:30- 9:00 Reading/ Language Arts
9:00-9:30 Reading Groups
9:30-10:00 - Enrichment (centers)
10:00-10:30 - Reading/ Language Arts
10:30-10:40 - Bathroom
10:40- 11:15 - Social Studies
11:15-11:30 - Recess
11:30-12:00 - Lunch
12:00-12:30 - Computer Lab
12:30-1:30 - Math
1:30-2:15 - PE, Music, Art
2:15- 2:45 Science
2:45-3:00 - Cleanup
3:00- 3:15 - Dismissal

Class Calendar
First day of school- August 13
Labor Day Holiday- September 7
Fall Break- October 8-13
Thanksgiving Break- November 23-30
Winter Break- December 18- January 6
Presidents Day Holiday- February 15
School Wide Testing- April 4-7
Spring Break- April 11-15
Last Day of School- May 25

Spelling words at a glance!

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Big

Bus
Can
Will
Yes
No
Look
Name
Pet
Blue
Red
Green
Bat
Sat
Mat
Be
Go
For
To
My
Mine
Start
Stop
Ate
Boy
Girl
Make
Pat
Good
Bad
Sad
Mad

Ms. Teasleys Classroom Rules

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We will LISTEN and FOLLOW directions.

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We will keep our hands, feet, and objects to

ourselves.

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We will use materials properly.

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We are kind in our thoughts, our words, and

our actions.

5.

We will raise our hands before speaking.

Classroom Supplies
12 number 2 pencils with erasers
2 glue sticks
2 packages of notebook paper
Crayons
Eraser
Scissors
3 Highlighters
Dry erase markers
2 Folders
2- 16 ounce hand sanitizers
2 boxes of Kleenex
Standardized Testing
Kindergarten does not take standardized
testing, but we will start preparing students for
when they do have to take standardized tests.

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Test Taking Tips

Get a good nights rest
Eat a good breakfast the morning of
the test
Stay relaxed and confident
Erase clearly
Read directions carefully
Have your child at school on time the
morning of the test

What will Ms. Teasleys class learn?

Social Studies
o Identify the purpose of national holidays and describe
the people or events celebrated

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o Labor day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day,

Thanksgiving Day, Martin Luther King Day,
Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day,
Independence Day
Identify important American symbols and explain
their meaning
o National and state flags, bald eagle, Statue of
Liberty, Lincoln Memorial, Washington
Monument, White House, Pledge of Allegiance,
Star Spangled Banner
Student will correctly use words and phrases related
to chronology and time to explain how things change
Student will describe American culture by explaining
diverse community and family celebrations and
customs
Student will explain that a map is a drawing of a place
and a globe is a model of the Earth
The student will state the street address, city, county,
state, nation, and continent in which he or she lives
The student will demonstrate an understanding of
good citizenship
The student swill retell stories that illustrate positive
character traits and will explain how the people in the
stories show the qualities of honesty, patriotism,
loyalty, courtesy, respect, truth, pride, self-control,
moderation, and accomplishment
Student will describe the work that people do (police
officer, fire, fighter, soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer,
doctor, and teacher)
Student will explain that people earn income by
exchanging their human resources (physical or
mental work) for wages or salaries
Student will explain how money is used to purchase
goods and services

o Student will explain that people much make choices

because they cannot have everything they want
Science
o Time pattens and objects in the day and night sky.
o Describe physical attributes of rocks and soils.
o We will actually use rocks and soil and classify
them
o Describe objects in terms of the materials they are
made of and their physical properties
o We will use clay, cloth, paper, plastic and talk
about why they are different
o Investigate different types of motion
o We will pull, push, and roll objects and describe
their motions
o Observe and communicate effects of gravity on
objects
o We will sort living organisms and non-living materials
into groups by observable physical attributes
o Compare the similarities and differences in groups of
orgnisms
o By size and appearance

Reading
o characters, setting, and major events in a story
o Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a
text
o Ask and answer key details in a text
o Identify the front cover, back cover, title page of a
book
o Demonstrate understanding of the organization and
basic features of print
o Recognize and produce rhyming words

o Read common high-frequency words by sight

o Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing
to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader
the topic or the name of the book they are writing
about and state an opinion or preference abou the
topic or book
o Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse
partners about kindergarten topics and texts with
peers and adults in small and larger groups
o Describe familiar people, places, things, and events
and, with prompting and support, provide additional
details

Language Arts
o Print many upper- and lowercase letters
o Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/
when speaking
o Understand and use question words
o Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the
pronoun I
o Recognize and name end punctuation.

Math
Know number names and the count sequence
Count to tell the number of objects
Compare numbers
Understand addition as putting together and adding
to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and
taking from
o Work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for
place value
o Describe and compare measurable attributes
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o Classify objects and count the number of objects in

each category
o Identify and describe shapes
o Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes

Classroom Project
I will read the class A Bad Case of Stripes by David
Shannon.

I will then ask the class these questions:

Identify the front, back, and title page of the book
Why did Camilla break out in stripes (and other patterns?)

What did you notice about the patterns that break out on Camilla? Do they
have anything to do with whats happening around her?
Look at each of the pictures. Was there anything about Camilla that stayed
the same each time she changed?
What made Camilla finally turn back into herself?
Did Camilla learn anything from having a bad case of stripes?
Look at the last page. Was there anything different about the way Camilla looks?

I got the questions from the website

http://www.lexpublib.org/booksinkindergarten

Fun Activity
Glowing Space Dough Recipe

Materials:
8 Cups of baking soda
Water
Glow in the dark or fluorescent paint
Optional- glow in the dark glitter for sparkle

Directions:
Add the baking soda along with a few drops of the glowing paint
of your choice into a sensory bin or container. Then slowly add
water until you reach the desired consistency. You want the dough
to be slightly damp and mold-able. If you accidentally add too
much water, just add more baking soda. A small amount of paint
will give you an amazing glowingadd more if needed.
You can use regular glow in the dark paint for amazingly glow
green dough or you can use fluorescent paint to make a whole
rainbow of glowing cloud dough colors.

You will need to charge the glow in the dark dough by a light
source right before play. If using fluorescent paint to make dough
you will need a blacklight. No matter what paint you use this
dough is SO FUN! It feels almost EXACTLY like cloud dough. It is
soft and powdery but also very mold-able. It actually holds its
mold a touch better than cloud dough does.