Have a wonderful summer!

Thanks for a great year of learning under the sea at TCE!

Dear parents and students,
Thanks for an outstanding school year. I am so proud of all our students have accomplished this year with the help of each parent. Our students have learned so much throughout the year, and are now ready to learn even more as they prepare to move on to first grade. Please continue to work with your child throughout the summer to make sure that they maintain the important skills they have gained this year. Review sight words, adding and subtracting, number and letter recognition, and any other skill your child may have had difficulty with during this school year. It has been my pleasure working with your child and family this school year. I hope that I have been of assistance to each of you throughout the year, and provided your child with a quality kindergarten experience this year. Have a safe and wonderful summer!

Too cute!

Today I overheard a cute conversation between Chloe and Keagan that I just had to share. Keagan said he was so glad we were having a Thanksgiving meal for lunch, and that he thinks we have the best school and the best teachers at TCE. Chloe agreed, and said "Yeah, we have great food because we have good cooks and we have great teachers". Keagan said "I think we have the best students because we do our work and listen to our teachers when they tell us what to do on our work and tell us how to do it". And on and on they went talking about the assets of our school like little adults. It was soooo cute! I wish I could have recorded the conversation. One of those priceless moments teacher's get to enjoy at school!

Election Day!

To all of our parents we wanted to remind you that today is Election Day, so please don't forget to vote! Today we learned a few facts about voting, and held our own mock election for class president. Each student had a chance to cast a secret vote, and then we counted the votes to see who had the majority. Congratulations to Jada our new class president. We also read a book called "Yes You Can" about our current president, Barack Obama. Adediwura said "The reason we're reading this book is so that we can get information about our president". Nice going Adediwura reminding us about one of our reading standards! Everyone received an "I Voted" sticker after casting their vote. Parents, if you go to vote today please share with your child some information about the process and show them your sticker too!

TCE Tech Teacher of the Month

Photo taken by Javon

Special thanks to Dr. Rodriguez and the LCSS Instructional Technology team for recognizing me as the Taylors Creek Elementary Technology Teacher of the Month. I appreciate your support and the gift bag!

Fall Festival

We had an amazing time at the TCE Fall Festival on Friday night! There were so many students and parents who came out to support which made this such a fun event. I was working at the "Wham the can" game station on the kindergarten hall, and had a chance to see some of our class. Leave me a note to tell me some of the things you did at the festival. I would love to hear from you!

McTeacher Night

Wow! It was a lot of fun to see so many parents, students, and teachers come out for the TCE McTeacher Night at the McDonalds on HWY 196. I had a fun time having dinner with my daughter, and visiting with the TCE family. Did you get to come to the TCE McTeacher night? If so leave me a comment to let me know what time did you come, who did you see, what did you eat, or who did you come with to McDonalds. I would love to hear from you. McDonalds,we're loving it, for supporting our school by donating 20% of the proceeds raised from 5pm-8pm to our school. Thanks for your support!

Open House night was awesome. Thanks for coming to visit our class!

Open house slide show

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Sailing into a wonderful year!

This has been a wonderful beginning to a new school year. The students are working hard, and learning our classroom rules and expectations. We are currently studying the following topics in class - Math (sorting and classifying), Reading (school), Social Studies (connecting themes), and Science (matter). The students had a lot of fun searching for different types of matter in our class on our "Matter Hunt". We introduced the first sight word this week (the), and are reviewing letters and sounds on a daily basis. We have so much to accomplish and learn this year, and I know your child will be able to do their best with support from home and school. Together we can help your child reach their goals as they begin their academic career. Remember, parent + teacher = student success! Visit our blog throughout the year to see what we are currently learning about in the classroom, and to review videos, pictures, etc. that may be posted from time to time as well. The forecast ahead is for smooth sailing into a great year for learning in Kindergarten!