Mrs. Miller's Kindergarten

100th day of school

2012-01-31T12:26:00.001-08:00

Happy 100th day of school

Balloons over telesis

2012-01-19T12:45:00.001-08:00

Today at free centers

2012-01-19T12:38:00.001-08:00

We made a book

2012-01-11T09:22:00.001-08:00

Students tried hard to sound out words to write their own book.

Tuesday literacy centers

2012-01-10T11:17:00.001-08:00

End of first semester

2012-01-09T18:30:00.001-08:00

Free centers end of first semester.

Santa visits

2011-12-22T10:43:00.001-08:00

Pj day

2011-12-22T07:23:00.001-08:00

Pajama day

Literacy centers

2011-12-20T12:31:00.001-08:00

Here are the pictures from today's literacy centers.

Elf writing

2011-12-20T09:34:00.001-08:00

Today we worked on elf writing. We wrote about our elf. Here is their work in progress.

Reading groups

2011-12-15T14:17:00.001-08:00

Today's reading groups:

Kids at play

2011-12-13T12:29:00.001-08:00

This was today at free centers. Student earn free centers if they complete all work from the day.

Hat day

2011-12-09T07:26:00.001-08:00

This week we were on the letter h. We celebrated by wearing our favorite hat!

Play

2011-12-08T13:02:00.001-08:00

Play for Telesis

Center time

2011-12-07T11:33:00.001-08:00

A peek at today

2011-12-02T08:46:00.001-08:00

Literacy centers

Tooty Ta

2011-11-30T13:33:00.001-08:00

The tooty ta is a song that the students can earn for listening. It is good for learning how to follow multiple step direction.

Sight Words Video

2011-11-30T13:29:00.000-08:00

We were practicing sight words on the smart board today.

Free centers

2011-11-30T12:32:00.001-08:00

Today here is a peek what the kids choose to do when they completed all work.

Rules Song

2011-11-30T12:05:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our class

2011-11-30T12:00:00.001-08:00

We Welcome two new students this week.

literacy centers

2011-11-29T11:14:00.001-08:00

We work hard at literacy centers.

Reading library

2011-11-28T14:10:00.001-08:00

Anytime a student completes their work they have the opportunity to free read. Here are some books we will read this week.

Phonics

2011-11-28T11:58:00.001-08:00

These are the phonics skills we are working on. It is a wonderful program called discover intensive phonics. Students not only learn how to decode words and read, I have the opportunity to tell them why words are read with short or long vowels.

Native American name

2011-11-22T11:24:00.001-08:00

Today each child cane up with their own native American name. Here is the result.

Color by numbers

2011-11-22T09:23:00.001-08:00

Today we worked on a native American color by number and sounding out words on the back.

Native American story

2011-11-22T09:15:00.001-08:00

The students made their own story today using pictures like native Americans.

We are thankful!

2011-11-21T09:54:00.001-08:00

Today in writing we wrote what we are thankful for.

T week

2011-11-04T11:12:00.001-07:00

Today for fine arts Friday we worked on art. We made a turtle puppet because turtle starts with the letter Tt.

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T17:28:00.001-07:00

Have a safe and happy halloween!

Last day of October

2011-10-31T17:26:00.001-07:00

A brief look at today.

A week

2011-10-25T19:22:00.001-07:00

Today we worked on the beginning short a sound.

Artwork

2011-10-24T13:32:00.001-07:00

Some students were working on fine motor skills during free centers. Here are some of their pictures.

Fall fun

2011-10-22T13:09:00.001-07:00

We did a color exploration predicting what would happen when you mixed red and yellow paint. We learned it made orange and then made festive fall pumpkins out of our color mixing plate.

We learned about letter r this week. We made rainbows, practicing our color words and singing color songs.

Writers

2011-10-19T13:32:00.001-07:00

Today we worked on discover intensive phonics for writing. The program has the students write out the sounds they hear. We talked about vowels and the sounds they make.

Mommy muffin day

2011-10-09T22:37:00.001-07:00

Thank you to all the moms for coming into our class for mommy muffin day!

Technology in the classroom

2011-10-05T20:23:00.001-07:00

Technology in the classroom is very important even in kindergarten. We are able to integrate learning in the classroom by using our smart board and computer for student use. They are leaning valuable technology skills that they will use throughout school and our building the foundation for computer skills.

Colorguard

2011-10-05T20:05:00.001-07:00

Colorguard girls working hard at practice for the halftime show and parade.

Color words

2011-10-05T19:56:00.001-07:00

Today we made a color words book. We are learning are color words by singing songs and reading it in print.

Alpha Friends

2011-10-04T07:42:00.001-07:00

Each week we learn a new alpha friends song to the letter of the week. They can be found at: http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/DLoney/alphafriends.cfm

Telesis Tigers Song Video

2011-09-30T17:39:00.000-07:00

Mr. Carson Practicing the Telesis Tiger song with 120 Kindergarten Kids. :)

Math

2011-09-30T13:20:00.001-07:00

Math time. :)

S week

2011-09-30T10:33:00.001-07:00

We made skeletons for the letter s.

Kindergarten classes

2011-09-30T10:29:00.001-07:00

All 6 kindergarten classes.

Week of September 30

2011-09-29T16:13:00.000-07:00

Homework:
*Homework Friday due Monday-draw cut out or color 3 thing that start with the letter Ss and label each picture.
* Sight words we will learn are the Dolch primer words on the back of the newsletter that was sent home. This is an end of the year goal to know all words.
Other ideas to practice at home:
*letter names
*letter sounds
*sounding out three letter words
*read

Great Websites for kids:
www.starfall.com
www.sesamestreet.org
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
www.telesis-academy.org
http://www.scribd.com/doc/65966103/ABC-Cards
http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx

Perfect Attendance :)
Chloe
Kaitlyn
Landen
Malea

*Book Order Due Oct 7th-Check made out to Scholastic with order form. If you need an order form please see me. 

Free centers

2011-09-26T13:38:00.001-07:00

Free centers is a time to explore at the end of the day. If work is complete students may choose a free center. We learn how to play well with others, choose our own activity, and interact with classmates. We love free centers! :)

Ms. Jording

2011-09-12T09:27:00.001-07:00

Telesis was lucky to have Ms Jording as a kindergarten teacher for the first weeks of school. Ms. Jording's class had a balloon release today honoring their teacher. Today was also her birthday.

Letter Names and Sounds Flashcards

2011-09-06T20:16:00.000-07:00

Parents: I love the DVD Letter Factory because it teaches kids letter names and letter sounds in a fun way. The website below also has flashcards that correlate to the letter sounds in the video. This is a fun way to learn by singing the letters sounds with your child. Check it out!

http://projectsbyjess.blogspot.com/2010/09/leap-frog-letter-factory-flash-cards.html

Scholastic Book Order

2011-09-06T19:17:00.000-07:00

The September book order has shipped and will be here soon. The October book order will be passed out in a few weeks. Please make check out to Scholastic sent in with order form if you are interested in ordering. All orders help the class build our bonus points bank that I am able to use for classroom books!

Learning to Write

2011-08-31T17:46:00.000-07:00

When learning to write it is very important to teach kids the correct way the first time so they are not learning to self correct later on. Remind students to always start their writing to the left of the page and pull toward them. Top to bottom writing is what we are working on in class.

handwriting worksheet practice: http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/alphabets/index.htm

lower case manuscript: http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/animation/lowercase.htm

Learning to write our names

2011-08-29T18:13:00.000-07:00

During Literacy Centers we have been working on writing our name properly in sand. It is great tactile practice. Students are learning to properly form letters by always starting top to bottom and left to right.

First Day of Kindergarten 2011

2011-08-15T20:29:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter

2011-04-25T07:43:00.000-07:00

Frontier fundraising for Telesis

2011-04-21T16:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.greatfrontierdonate.com/program/download/pdf/code/20369

Copy and paste this into your browser. :)

ABC Sign Language Song Video

2011-04-20T22:29:00.000-07:00

It's Y Week

2011-04-11T14:03:00.000-07:00

Please make sure that you are working with your child on sight words and other ideas given in the weekly newsletter. :)

Color Songs Videos

2011-04-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

red song
brown song
blue
green

Literacy Centers Videos

2011-04-06T11:01:00.000-07:00

Tumble Books

2011-03-23T13:49:00.000-07:00

http://mohavecountylibrary.info/mohave/

Scroll down to the lower right hand bottom corner for this free reading website.
1.click on tumble books
2.then story books
3.then choose a book and it will read it to your child! :)

Computer Lab

2011-03-22T21:00:00.000-07:00

We are working on computer are skills in the computer lab.

Big Pig Song

2011-03-22T20:58:00.000-07:00

This has to be this years favorite class song. I am not sure why but it is very catchy and there have been plenty days I go home and start to sing it. :)

And here is the full song as well:

Primer sight words

2011-03-22T14:05:00.000-07:00

This is an end of the year goal that the students can read these words.

Drop Everything and Read!

2011-03-22T12:20:00.001-07:00

Two Fire Safety Videos

2011-03-22T09:16:00.000-07:00

Two different clips from todays lesson on Fire Safety with Mrs. Black. :)

sight word flashcard video

2011-03-21T16:12:00.000-07:00

Letter Song

2011-03-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

X week

2011-03-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

This week we are learning out the letter X. Today in science we put x-rays together to make an adult.

Tolerance

2011-03-21T11:25:00.000-07:00

Tolerance is the charachter trait of the month.

sign language/letter sounds video

2011-03-21T11:23:00.001-07:00

CVC Words

2011-03-09T10:02:00.000-08:00

A great way to get your child learning to sound out words is to have your child practice and sound out three letter CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words like shown below. This was taken at literacy centers where I help readers sound out letters to make words. The student then draws the picture that matches the word. These cards have been sent home every day this week if you would like to practice at home or you can make your own set. This is a great website for this skill: www.firstschoolyears.com/

Morning Meeting With Friends

2011-03-09T09:56:00.000-08:00

Last Day of Kinderswim

2011-03-03T14:03:00.000-08:00

The students all received a certificate of completion.

Seuss Day!

2011-03-02T10:13:00.000-08:00

Telesis DANCE MARATHON Expansion Project

2011-03-01T15:00:00.001-08:00

Telesis DANCE MARATHON Expansion Project
May 6-7 Telesis will sponsor a 24-hour Dance Marathon. NOT a dance contest, but a dance marathon of endurance. Participants can be of any age (student or adult), from any school, for anyone!!! Form your team NOW. 1st prize: $500; 2nd prize: $250; 3rd prize: $100. Sponsors needed. For further in......formation call 855-8661, Ext. 12. We will dance the night away -- BE THERE!

Kinderswim Day 2

2011-03-01T14:08:00.001-08:00

Kinderswim Day 1

2011-02-28T14:13:00.000-08:00

New Expansion Project Fundraiser - March 25-27 & April 1-3

2011-02-28T14:11:00.000-08:00

New Expansion Project Fundraiser - March 25-27 & April 1-3

At first this was slated for just March 26, but it has expanded to two week-ends in a partnership with GraceArtsLive performers and staff: Telesis Families and Friends are invited to a concert by Eric Kunze (pronounced "Koon-zee") and Gina De Luca, students of none other than our very own Grace Ann, who has offered to share a portion of the profits of 6 concerts to assist with our Expansion Project. Eric and Gina run Big City Broadway, which is affiliated with C.C.A., the California Conservatory of the Arts, a pre-professional training ground in the arts for talented young people, grades six through twelve. They have performed on Broadway and produce a concert of Broadway hits called "Broadway's Best." That is the concert they will perform on stage at GraceArtsLive theatre with one difference: Eric has offered to come to Telesis to teach Intermediate students several back-up songs that, with parental permission, they will accompany him on stage. Check out Eric's website at www.erickunze.com. Tickets will sell for $25 for adults and $12.50 for children.

Art Time

2011-02-23T18:00:00.000-08:00

We did some good old finger painting for art and made ducks last week for D week that went along with the Houghtin Mifflin alpha friends D song. :)

Daddy Donut Day

2011-02-18T10:37:00.001-08:00

Math Song Video

2011-02-18T10:08:00.000-08:00

We do this Dr. Jean math song some days before we get started on Saxon math to get our wiggles out. :)

Thank you!

2011-02-14T13:16:00.000-08:00

Thank you for a special valentines day! I know the kids really enjoyed passing out their valentines to all of their friends.

Valentine Art

2011-02-14T10:26:00.000-08:00

Today we made a valentine heart for our family out of our handprint.

Valentine List

2011-02-11T07:16:00.002-08:00

February 11th Newsletter

2011-02-11T07:16:00.001-08:00

Dolch Sight Words

2011-02-11T07:14:00.001-08:00

Please practice the Dolch Sight words at home with your child.

Pictures from todays literacy centers

2011-02-10T10:09:00.000-08:00

Reading 3 little pigs

2011-02-10T10:06:00.000-08:00

Students were to read the words if they knew them or tell the story by using the picture clues.

Social Studies Video

2011-02-10T09:57:00.000-08:00

This month we are learning about American symbols in social studies.

Balloons over Havasu

2011-02-01T12:54:00.000-08:00

The students were lucky enough to catch a glimse of the balloons that flew over Telesis but I did not get a clear picture so I will use this one my mom took over the lake. The kids were so excited that their writing prompt for the day was tell me your favorite balloon. :)

Friends

2011-02-01T12:52:00.000-08:00

We Love our kindergarten friends. These pictures were taken during morning meeting. :)

Today is the 100th Day of School!

2011-02-01T10:53:00.000-08:00

Today we counted to 100 and made our own 100 snack bag, made a 100 hat, a 100 necklace, wrote, read, and counted to 100. It was a very fun day! :)

Resourcefulness

2011-02-01T10:32:00.000-08:00

Resourcefulness
The character trait in February is resourcefulness.
DICTIONARY
resource
Definition
re·source[ r sàwrss ]NOUN
re·sour·ces plural

1. source of help: somebody or something that is a source of help or information
2. backup supply: a reserve supply of something such as money, personnel, or equipment
3. ability to find solutions: adeptness at finding solutions to problems
4. ecology
Same as natural resource
PLURAL NOUN
1. talent drawn on when necessary: an inner ability or capacity that is drawn on in time of need, or such abilities considered collectively
2. nation's natural, economic, or military assets: the natural, economic, political, or military assets enjoyed by a nation, e.g. mineral wealth, labor, capital, or military personnel
3. commerce corporate assets: any or all of the sources drawn on by a company for making profit, e.g. personnel, capital, machinery, or stock

Punctuality is the character trait of the month

2011-01-25T06:33:00.000-08:00

punc·tu·al (pngkch-l)
adj.
1. Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt.
2. Paid or accomplished at or by the appointed time.
3. Precise; exact.
4. Confined to or having the nature of a point in space.
5. Linguistics Of, related to, or being the verbal aspect that expresses momentary action or action considered as having no temporal duration.

Santa Visit

2010-12-22T09:42:00.000-08:00

discover intensive phonics software

2010-12-16T15:53:00.000-08:00

We used the discover intensive phonics software on this particular day. Usually the students sit with me and we do phonics as a class using whiteboards. The software was very interactive.

We learned about community service

2010-12-16T15:46:00.000-08:00

We learned about community service. We had a guest speaker come in and talk to us about how we can help in our community. This special mom and daughter compete in pageants and find ways to help other people. The class got to decorate and keep their own sashes! :)

We Made Christmas Ornaments

2010-12-16T15:43:00.000-08:00

We made Christmas ornaments for our parents! :)

We are Friends!

2010-12-01T15:53:00.001-08:00

We love our friends! :)

Months of the Year in English

2010-12-01T15:48:00.000-08:00

We are learning the months of the year!

Months of the Year in Spanish

2010-12-01T15:44:00.001-08:00

We are a multicultural world and our class is learning to sing the months of the year in Spanish. :)