My Favorite Author--September

Mo Willems is one of my favorite authors for this age group.  His stories are often funny, interactive, and kindergarteners can connect with the plot.  Below is a small list of books by Mo Willems.  I have just highlighted a few of my favorites.  Check these books out the next time you are at the library or book store!

Follow along with Trixie as she grows with her Knuffle Bunny:

Interact with Pigeon:

Which Pigeon book is your favorite?

Meet new friends Piggy and Elephant (there are many more adventures than the ones below):

Happy reading!

How to Order Books Online through Scholastic

**This is a post I used when I taught third grade, but it is still relevant now.  The only difference is that I make a comment that your child is not in kindergarten--but we know that is not true!  :)  Hopefully you will find the following information helpful in using scholastic.com

Our class participates in a voluntary book club offered by Scholastic.  You may have seen book order forms like these come home today:

Here is how you can do it online.  First, go to our classroom website and click on the book club order link.  Don't forget to keep the class code handy; you will need it! (You can click on the picture to make it larger).



Once you are on Scholastic's site, log-in or register.  You will need our classroom code.

Once you are logged-in, you'll see a screen like this:

Follow the screen directions to check out.  Your child's order will be sent to me along with the other book orders just like normal.  I will then send your order home with your child.

There are benefits to ordering online:

*if the book order papers became lost, you can see everything online

*you can use a credit card

*we earn free books for our classroom library for every online order

Please email me and let me know if you need additional help in ordering online.  Remember, this is optional.

What Are We Doing?

We had our first indoor recess today.  Here is what we did.  Can you guess what we are doing?

We were working out while counting our numbers!

Check out the video we watching, sang, and danced to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4rhzjD5ohw&list=UUNTakNQwoAqVtPSORzswT_A&index=9&feature=plcp

Three Ways to Read a Book

We can read the words.

We can read the pictures.

We can retell the story.

Which way is your favorite?

**If you don't see your student, you will soon!

Our First Full Week of Kindergarten

Our first full week of kindergarten was full of

sharing

writing

reading

gluing

writing

cutting

thinking

matching

listening

and much more!

**If you didn't see your student here, you will soon!

Welcome to Kindergarten!

I'm excited to have a new school year in kindergarten!  Please join all of the Carmel Elementary family at our annual Ice Cream Social on Sunday, August 12.  You can meet your teacher, see your classroom, and enjoy some yummy ice cream from 3:00-4:30.  I hope to see you there!

Also, mark your calendars for the Kindergarten Round-Up for both parents and students on Monday, August 13 beginning at 6:00.  The first day of school begins Wednesday, August 15.  Meet the Teacher is August 22 at 6:00.  Meet the Teacher is for parents only.

See you at the ice cream social!