Thanksgiving with the Class

Come in on Thursday at 11:15 for a luncheon with your kiddo! We will eat lunch and then students will share with you their thankful pieces that they have been working on these past weeks!

We hope you have taken some time to look in the kindergarten hall to see our writing, family projects, and our memory quilt. We will leave it up one more week.

We cannot wait to see you on Thursday:)

Last week we honored Jacob- a great kid in our class. This week we will honor our sweet Kya!

Halloween Week

This is a busy week!
First off let me thank Carrillo family for their service to our community in organizing the Zamboree! I know how hard it is to pull off such a huge event! Thank you for all you did for our school.

This week we are starting our study on plants in science! Please look for emails in the next coming week for help in building a mini garden for our class!

In social studies we are looking at Dia de los muertos which will also work with our writing topic this week.

In Math we are focusing on investigations, number sense, graphing and money.

In reading students are working on their individual books as well as we are reading Lighting Thief! The kids are loving the fast-paced, action packed series.

This Friday is the monster mash at 2:15. And please come in at 1:00 for our class Halloween centers. Look at the email I sent for more details.

On Thursday at 2:35 we will honor Daniel.

Last week we honored Sebe! What a treat.

This Week In School

Congratulations to Mrs. Carrillo on the birth of her little boy, Drew Kenneth Michael Zapata. Please send your positive thought to her. Her baby was a bit early, but he is strong.

This week we will work on our scary stories. Students are learning about the story elements in writing and story telling. Students have brainstormed the beginning, middle and ending components of their writing as well as character description, setting and writing about emotions.

In math this week we are working on number of the day, two step story problems, collecting coins, cointing our pockets, and greater or less than.

In Social Studies this week we are looking at the roles in a community, being a part of community, as well as special places we love to visit in our community.

In science, we are playing with wind and air. Students will make various objects that are easily manipulated by air.

In Reading we will wrap up our Bud, not Buddy Book. Students are working on brainstorming what they would place in their own suit case that are a representation of their families and themeselves. Students are also working on either self chosen books or teacher chosen chapter books.

This week we will honor James for our person of the week.

We hope that this blog is helpful to all of you.

Heroes!

Last Friday we had the honor of having our very own heroes come and join us for a young author's sharing of our hero pieces. The students wrote about their grandparents, aunts, uncles, moms, dads, cousins, friends and even a dog. What a great way to help people see how special they are in our lives. Thank you all for being a hero to our young learners.

People of the Week

Recently we have honored students in our classroom community. We have honored our friends Ruby and Parker! We love having these two amazing kids in our class.

Elijah our student of the week

Another Busy Week

Well Monday is right around the corner. Don't forget to send your kiddos library book this Tuesday. We will check out new books.

Also if you have not signed up for PTA please do so.

Thanks to Jenny Melendez and family for a wonderful Diez y Seis! What a fun tradition at Zilker.

This week we really need boxes and other containers that so students can build their communities. Please send those in tomorrow if at all possible.

Thanks to Charlee's family for the very healthy snacks this week. We truly appreciate your help.

This week we will honor Ruby as our person of the week.
Last week we honored Elijah.

Last week we honored Piet! Our first person of the week!

This Week we honored Emma! Our person of the week!

What's Happenin' This Week

Hello Everyone. Just a reminder that this week we have a short presentation at the Outdoor Learning Center in the morning at 7:45 tomorrow morning. Also this Wednesday night at 6:30 is the Diez y Seis celebration. Remember to bring rice and your own plate to cut down on trash. Bring a blanket as well so you can sit out in the front of the school under the big tree! We cannot wait to see you all there:).

Honoring Piet

This week we had a full week of exciting activities. We worked as scientists in our classroom during science lab. Students tried to figure out mystery items that were wrapped in boxes! We also conducted our first class experiment! Students loved figuring out the unexpected when slurping water through two straws.

This week we honored Piet. Unfortunately we have lost his book, so we will tell him all of the things we like about him as soon as the book is found!

We also shared our family bags which was so much fun. Students fit so much in their little lunch bags James called them "Mary Poppin" Bags!

In writing we are writing about ourselves- our likes, dislikes and goals. This week we will share and begin working on our hero pieces. The hero pieces began after September 11th- which the anniversary is coming up.

Thanks to Hansi's mom for sending in a week's worth of snacks! Yummy.

I have finally sent all of you and email. I hope it finds you well.

I hope you are having a safe Labor day Weekend. See you in the morning:)

Welcome Back

Welcome Back to a new school year at Zilker Elementary! This is going to be a great year. I hope to see all of you this Friday at "Meet your Teacher Day" from 11:30-1:00. We will have the classes posted outside the portables B1, B2, C1 and C2. You can come and drop off your school supplies and see all of your friends. I cannot wait to see and meet you all.

This school year is going to be a great school year! 2009-2010 is already up and running.

This blog will be updated as new information comes up that is necessary for sharing. I hope you will share this with your family members and friends to show them all of the great things that we are doing in our classroom, school and community.

Thanks already for your support,
Jody Wynn