Crawley

Updates

 

01/17/2012

Classroom Highlights

Reading and Writing Lessons:

Reading Assessments:  Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension (Further information will be sent home the end of this month regarding your child’s individual reading level, along with strategies for improvement.)

Big Book Lessons: Understanding story elements (characters, setting, problem/resolution), making text to text connections with stories, retelling a story in sequence with details, and fiction vs nonfiction stories

Whole Group Literacy: Winter Describing Words, Rhyming Word Families, Winter Story Writing, Long Vowel Practice (“Two Vowels Together” Rule and “Quiet Magic E” Rule.), Double “oo” rule, Syllables with Winter Words, Spell Page Fun

Handwriting Practice: Zanner Bloser Upper Case and Lower Case will be introduced this week.  This will be practiced weekly.  The focus of this writing activity is top-down directionality along with awareness of the writing lines.

Modeled writing lesson: Creating a simple story using a title, sight words, descriptive words, phonetic spelling, spacing, punctuation and an ending. (5 sentences).  We will continue to write on your child’s paper, observations and comments regarding your child’s writing progress to provide you feedback. 

Digraphs and Endings: -sh, -ch, -th, -wh  -ing,

“Aa” Controlled Vowels: ar, er, ir, or and ur

Reading Groups: Our reading groups use level readers to teach decoding strategies and comprehension understanding.  Our focus now is also on retelling events in order and using descriptive language. 

Sight Words: the, see, to, a, I, is like, play, my, me, and, are, go, not, one, come, down, look, funny, find, for, here, help, jump, little

First Grade Words: they, then, when, with, was, went  

 

Math Centers:

Combining and Separating Sets (Addition and Subtraction)

Addition Doubles Up to Ten

Working with a Number Line (counting forward and backwards on from a given number)

Working with tens and ones and making larger numbers (10-19)

Money Review:  Coins and their values

Read It, Draw It, and Solve It/Problem Solving on the Smartboard

10 Minute Math Drill: Numeral Formation and Sets to 20

 

Art:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Art Project

Winter Poem

Social Studies:
Where we Live!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Holiday Traditions, Thanksgiving Day, Veteran's Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day

American Symbols: Statue of Liberty, Bald Eagle, US Flag, Georgia Flag, and Pledge of Allegiance

 Science/Health:

Using describing words to provide details for objects in our world (matter) and how we can sort objects by their composition (wood, plastic, glass, cloth, etc.) or a given characteristic (sink/float, shapes, color, size, etc.).

Characteristics of the Winter Season

Frey Updates!

Save It Forward

This year in conjunction with Rachel’s Challenge, Frey Elementary will be partnering with Alive Ministries, Inc. to help meet the needs of students & their families right here in Cobb County. Alive Ministries establishes food pantries within Title 1 schools around the county that have a large density of children living in poverty. We hope that you will join us in our first school wide act of kindness as we challenge each homeroom to collect 100 cans or boxes of food by the 100th day of school.

January 27th is the 100th day of school and our class is gaining towards those 100 items!!!  Thank you for your generosity!!!

 

Yearbook Photos

HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR YEARBOOK?

• Online only at the www.yearbookordercenter.com
• A $3.50 fee applies
• Did you get great photos of you and your students at the Thanksgiving Feast and/or holiday centers?  Yearbook Committee would like you to upload them to possibly be included in the yearbook!! 
• Upload them to www.hjeshare.com  School Code 1041802

Important Dates to Remember

January 20:  Media Center Visit and Home Work Begins: Homework will be sent home on Fridays and to be completed and returned by the following Friday.  Check  folders this Friday for your first packet. 

January 27:  100th Day of School

February 2:  Groundhog Day

February 3:  Media Center Visit

February 10:  School Surveys are Due

February 14:  Valentine's Day (Information regarding valentine cards will be coming at the end of January)

February 20: President's Day...No School!

100th Day and Frey News

Our 100^th Day of Kindergarten!!!

Believe it or not…100^th day is near!  This Friday, January 27^th, will be our 100^th day of kindergarten.  For this special day, I have planned a variety of 100 themed ideas.  What a perfect theme for more math fun…building groups of tens and then using those tens to add to 100!

We would like for your child to bring in a bag of 100 items.  For example they could bring 100 pennies, 100 cotton balls, 100 toothpicks, 100 buttons etc. …..  We will keep these items at school for a while; please don’t send items that need to be returned that day.

Also, due to all our activities, we will be going to the Media Center Thursday of this week instead of Friday.

 

A Frey FYI…..

Shhhh…. THANKS to our Custodians

In honor of Mr. Joe’s retirement, we have declared Friday January 27, MR. JOE DAY.  Mr. Joe has been such a big part of the Frey Family and he will truly be missed. We want to “surprise” him by showing up wearing Georgia Tech attire or team colors of navy and gold. Our staff is doing something special for him.

Mr. Lamar is also retiring from our custodial staff at the end of January. Our staff will also have a special reception in honor of his 16 years here at Frey. 

We thank both of them for their many years of service and dedication to Frey!  

No Chicken Biscuits

Just wanted to let you know...there will be NO Chicken Buscuits sold tomorrow!!!!

Reminders for Tomorrow

Hi My Frey Kindergarten Families!

We're excited and looking forward to tomorrow's program and breakfast fun!  The children have been busy practicing their songs and crafting surprises just for you!!!  It has been a wonderful December time for the children!

I have listed a few reminders for tomorrow...

* If you're bringing food or supplies, please drop them off with me before you go to the cafeteria.

* I would arrive to school sooner than later to get a good seat.  We have around 100 kindergarteners who will all have family coming to watch our program.

* Our class will be on the right side of the stage.  (This is as you're looking at the stage.  We are the second class from center stage.)

* Feel free to have your child dress up in their Sunday best!  You may send extra clothes for them to change into after our breakfast.

* After our breakfast, please stay and enjoy gingerbread house making fun!  We will also have our book exchange after breakfast.

* We would also like to invite you to stay and join us for the "Hero's Welcome Walk of Honor".  As per administration, parents may stand in the lobby so that classes are not disturbed.  Parents may arrive at 9:45 AM and stand in the front lobby area only.  Parents are not permitted in the hallway or in the classrooms. 

Looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow!!!!

Beth Crawley

Coins For Cameron

Coins for Cameron

Last year, we adopted Lt. Cameron West's platoon and began to send care packages to his platoon in Afghanistan.  Shortly after, Lt. Cameron West was wounded and had to come home; however, Frey continued to send care packages to his platoon in Afghanistan until the end of the school year. On Friday, 12/16/11 Lt. Cameron West will be visiting our school to thank all of the students.  We are holding a "Coins for Cameron" drive on this Tuesday and Wednesday.  We are planning to present Lt. Cameron West with a check for the Wounded War Foundation on Friday, 12/16th.  At 10:00 AM, our students will line the hallways for our "Hero's Welcome Walk of Honor".  The students will stand in the hallways, holding the American Flag, as Lt. Cameron takes the "Walk of Honor" at Frey.  He will walk down each hallway so that each student will be able to see him and thank him for his service to our Country.  Our staff and students are asked to wear their Lt. Cameron shirt from last year, the Patriotic Frey Shirt, or red, white, and blue on this day. The presentation of the check will be broadcasted from the Media Center to the classrooms and Lt. Cameron will take a moment to speak to the students from this broadcast.

  

This won't be the first time Lt. Cameron West has walked the halls of Frey.  He took his first "Walk of Honor" as a 5th grader in May of 1997, when he graduated from Frey Elementary School.  Lt. Cameron West is very special to us because he was a former Frey student.  It is an honor to have him come and visit us and we are so proud of this Marine.

  

In addition, each student that sends in a donation on this Tuesday and Wednesday will receive a link to add to our Rachel's Challenge Chain of Kindness.

  

Thank you so much for your support!

Supplies

Dear Parents,

When devising our school supply list for the current year, we tried to be very cautious in asking for supplies. Each school year all grade levels combine a few supplies to one central storage area. With the rapid change in weather, we are finding ourselves in need of a few community school supplies. It would be greatly appreciated if each family could send in some Kleenex, Clorox Wipes, Ziploc Sandwich and Snack size bags.

Classroom Highlights, Dates and Frey Information

 

Class Highlights

Literacy

Sight Words:  the, see, to, a, I, is like, play, my, me, and, are, go, not, one, come, down, look, funny, find, for, go, here, help, little 

Enhancement Sight Words: they, then, was, with, when, went 

Weekly Letters: Aa, Ee, Ff, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Hh, Gg (Hard and Soft Sound) Cc (Hard and Soft Sound)    

Modeled writing lesson:  Modeled writing lesson: Creating a simple story using sight words, descriptive words, phonetic spelling, spacing, and punctuation (5 sentences).

Read Alouds: Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Boy and Gingerbread Friends Books

Read Aloud Lesson: We will be reading a variety of these stories.  Comparing and contrasting the characters, settings and events will be our focus. 

Rhyming Words:  We have been practicing the following…

-an, -at, -en, -et, -in, -it, -ot, -un, -ut

Digraphs: -sh, -ch, -th,  -ing,

“Rr” Controlled Vowels: ar, er, ir, or and ur

Independent Activities: During this differentiated group time, some friends are working on letter, sound and sight word reinforcement activities.  Other friends are practicing c-v-c words and simple vowel rules.

Reading Groups:  Our reading groups are using leveled readers to teach decoding skills and comprehension understanding. Our focus now is also on retelling stories using descriptive language

Math

Coin Recognition and Value Recognition: Penny, Nickel, Dime and fair trade pennies for nickel and dime.

Number Line: More, less and practicing the skill of “Counting On.”

Smart Board: 2 D and 3 D Shapes

10 Minute Math Drill: Number Line Numeral Formation and Sets to 10

Art

Gingerbread Man Crafts

Social Studies 

Review: Labor Day Holiday, Christopher Columbus, Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving

Review: American Flag, Georgia State Flag, Pledge of Allegiance, Statue of Liberty and the Bald Eagle

Science/Health 

Day and Night

Gravity

Important Information 

 

Rachel’s Challenge/Save It Forward Food Drive

 

So far we have had a wonderful response to our food collection for needy families here in Cobb County. We will continue to collect boxed and canned food until the 100^th day of school (Jan. 27^th), so please keep those donations coming! For each donation a student brings in, they receive a link to add to our Rachel’s Challenge Chain for their act of kindness. Thank you for your generosity!

Important Dates

December 16^th: Kindergarten Holiday Program with our Breakfast, Book Trade and Gingerbread Fun to follow

Time: 8:15 AM

Place: Please meet us in the Cafeteria and at the end of our program please join us in our classroom.

December 21:  Fire Safety Program from the Cobb County Fire Department

December 21:  Holidays Around the World Celebration Day for the kids

December 23-January 9:  Winter Break~  Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

January 10:  Return to School

January 13:  Report Cards Go Home

Frey's Thanksgiving Feast...

Thanksgiving Feast-: Download Family Thanksgiving Invite 2011

Classroom Highlights, Dates and Frey Information

Class Highlights

Literacy

Sight Words:  the, see, to, a, I, is like, play, my, me, and, are, go, not, one, come, down, look  

Weekly Letters: Aa, Ee, Ff, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu,    

Modeled writing lesson:  Modeled writing lesson: Creating a simple story using sight words, descriptive words, phonetic spelling, spacing, and punctuation (5 sentences).

Big Book Reading: Uncle Bunkle’s House

Big Book Lesson:  Understanding story elements (characters, setting, problem/resolution), locating a letter, word, & sentence, retelling a story in sequence, and fiction vs nonfiction stories.

Rhyming Words:  We have been practicing the following…

-an, -at, -en, -et, -in, -it, -ot, -un, -ut

Digraphs: -sh, -ch, -th,  -ing,

“Rr” Controlled Vowels: ar, er, ir, or and ur

Independent Activities: During this differentiated group time, some friends are working on letter, sound and sight word reinforcement activities.  Other friends are practicing c-v-c words and simple vowel rules.

Reading Groups:  Our reading groups are using leveled readers to teach decoding skills and comprehension understanding. Our focus now is also on retelling stories using descriptive language

Math

Coin Recognition and Value Recognition: Penny, Nickel, Dime and fair trade pennies for nickel.

Number Line: More, less and practicing the skill of “Counting On.”

Read It, Draw It, and Solve It/Problem Solving: Smart board

10 Minute Math Drill: Number Line Numeral Formation and Sets to 10

Art

TLC Color book

Thanksgiving crafts

Social Studies 

Review: Labor Day Holiday, Christopher Columbus

Introduce: Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving

Review: American Flag, Georgia State Flag, Pledge of Allegiance

Introduce: Statue of Liberty and the Bald Eagle

Science/Health 

Day and Night

Senses: Compare and contrast how to keep ourselves healthy

Important Dates to Remember and Information 

November 11:  *Please return Art magnets if you do not wish to purchase.  Payment is due on this date.  Veteran's Day and Guidance with Mrs. Jones

 

Thanksgiving Feast at Frey!   November 15th  from 10:46-11:16

Please return the RESERVATIONS form and PREPAYMENT by Friday, November 11^th in an envelope marked “Feast” with your child’s name and teacher on the front. Your payment will go into your child’s account for your child and all guests to use when you come to lunch.

November 16: We will enjoy lunch in the class room as third – fifth grade has their Thanksgiving Feast in the lunch room.  For this day, the cafeteria lunch will be a bag lunch which will include a sandwich, fruit, drink and usually chips or pretzels.

November 21-25: Thanksgiving Break/Thanksgiving Day is November 24

Frey Information! 

ASP Payment

The Frey After School Program (ASP) now has an Online Payment Availability.

Online prepayment is now available for parents to pay their student's daily fees and registration fee! 

 

The parents may access this availability and/or register at www.mealpayplus.com. 

Please contact Frey's After School Program if you have any questions.

Fire Lane at Frey

The Cobb County Fire Marshalls have begun writing Fire Lane Parking violations in school parking lots this week.  A number of people have already received citations.  They were at Frey this week and will be back to continue checking the fire lane as well as the Handicapped parking spots.  The Fire Marshall will continue writing these citations throughout the county this school year.  Please remember that if you park in the fire lane (the curb that is painted red), you risk being ticketed.

Updates

Happy Sunday Kindergarten Families!

I just wanted to thank all of you for your time and support last week during confernces.  I enjoyed sharing all our kindergarten successes with each you!  We all make a great kindergarten team!!!

Tomorrow will be Frey’s United Way Slipper Day!!!!  For a dollar donation, your child may wear their slippers throughout our day.  PLEASE send in flip flops, Crocs or tennis shoes for PE and restroom times.

Also, just wanted to wish you and your family a safe and fun Trick or Treat Night!

 Let’s remember to keep our snacks healthy…it does make a difference when the sugar is limited.  We can’t have candy for snack and let’s watch the sugar for lunch treats also.  Thank you so… very much!

Wishing you and your family a Beautiful Sunday!!!!!

Reminders for Confernce Week

Just a few reminders for our upcoming week (October 24-28) . . .  

* Conference Week/Early Dismissal All Week at 12:20
Book Fair in the Media Center   and Red Ribbon Week at Frey…

Help us highlight the importance of being healthy and saying no to drugs by having your child wear …

Monday - I am a Jean'ius because
I am drug free (wear jeans and red top)

Tuesday - Be all you can be, stay drug free (wear army attire/camouflage clothes)

Wednesday -Sock it to drugs - (wear mismatched socks)

Thursday - Put a cap on drugs (wear a cap/hat to school)

Friday - Stay in the game, be drug free (wear a team jersey)

* Our lunch time will change for this early dismissal week …10:04 – 10:34. 

* We will continue to have our morning snack routine as the children are truly hungry by 9:00

* I would like to thank you in advance for your time and patience with the conference schedule! This is an important time for each family and twenty minutes goes by quickly.  At times conferences do get off schedule.  I want to spend quality time with each family so if there becomes a problem, let me know and we will reschedule.