Crawley

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