December 9th-13th

Can't believe Christmas is so close!  In honor of this upcoming holiday, The Best "Kindergaren Kristmas" Program ever is scheduled for December 17th at 1:30.  I apologize for the 1:30 during the day time but it's the best time for us here at school when it comes to students attending.  We hope you can join us!

SNACKS are running out and we'll no longer be providing snacks from us after Christmas, I just can't afford the amount of snacks we have to pass out every afternoon.  Please try to provide a DAILY snack.  Thank you for understanding.

HOMEWORK for the week:

Monday, December 9th: 1.  Have your child read My Book of Aa & I Like My/sign in reading log. 2.  Using the 100 chart, have your child point to and name random numbers. 3.  Check out our blog post for this week at: http://murphyskindergarten.blogspot.com   Tuesday, December 10th: 1.  Have your child read the books from Monday if they weren’t in the folder last night. 2.  Have your child put the blue numbers 0-20 in order. 3.  Return your child’s library book for TOMORROW.   Wednesday, December 11th: 1.  Have your child read the book or books in the Ziploc baggie/sign in reading log and return both to school.   Thursday, December 12th: 1.  TOMORROW is our PE day, please dress in tennis shoes and socks, shorts or pants.

November 11th-15th

Kindergarten is so exciting right now!  Our hard work is paying off and we've been seeing so much progress!  We wrote a classroom story based on a book we read last week and it's getting published by a company into an actual hardback book.  The kids did such a great job!  I'm so excited to get back and show it to the class.  The best part other than how well the class did was the cost, it was FREE to make.  

Another "shout out" I need to make is to our WONDERFUL volunteers at our Halloween party.  To be quite honest, I was afraid when I looked at our party volunteer list, there was no one on it!  But I had some great parents step up and really made it a great afternoon for our class.  Special thanks go out to:  Mrs. Blackwood, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Ward, Melissa Benton and Audra Smith!! Our party never would have happened without you!

October 14th-18th

Sorry for the late post!
Thanks go to...Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood, Mr. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Cleer-Corder and Mr. Hughes for our parent/teacher conference.  Your attendance was much appreciated!!

Monday, October 14th: 1.   NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS     ISE Day Parent/Teacher Conferences   Tuesday, October 15th: 1.   Have your child read the book My Book of Yy/sign in reading log. 2.  Read the book Look at the/sign in reading log. (everyone should have this in their folder tonight)   Wednesday, October 16th: 1.  Have your child practice the letter sounds by randomly picking letters out of the red letter bag. 2.  If you didn’t have the book My Book of Yy last night, read it tonight/sign in reading log.   Thursday, October 17th: 1.  TOMORROW is our PE day, please dress in tennis shoes and socks, shorts or pants. 2.  Ask about our Bullying program we went to this morning.

October 7th-11th

October is such a fun time in Kindergarten!  We're having such a good year..I'm constantly smiling  :).



 

Quick Reminders:

1.  Any donations of Clorox wipes would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you, Audra, for you donations!!
2.  Your child needs a individual snack everyday.  Please remind your child if you packed a snack, that's their snack.  Some kids are not eating their own packed snack and wanting one of ours...which is fine but not everyday.  Thank you!
3.  Tennis shoes and socks....with this great weather, we're still going outside.  Not sure how long it's going to last, hopefully, forever!
4.  Light jackets...again with this crazy weather, we go outside early some days and it's still chilly.  A light jacket would be perfect.
5.  Lunch....lunch is a crazy time for Mrs. Payez.  Not only is she supervising our class, she's supervising 3 first grades with 25 students a piece.  She cannot get to the microwave to heat up or cook food.  Please be mindful of what you're sending...we don't have access to can openers either, so no canned food at lunch time.  Thank you for your understanding.

Miss Murphy’s Kindergten Homework Sheet October 7th-11th

Monday,  October 7th: 1.  Homework may or may not be in your child’s folder on the correct day.  Please just look for the assignment the next evening. 2.  Donations of Clorox wipes would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks to all who donated snacks!  3.  Ask about the artist, Vincent Van Gogh.  Try to ask for 3 pieces of information we learned.   Tuesday, October 8th: 1.   Ask about the Roll-a-Tooth Pumpkin Math game we’ve been playing.   Wednesday, October 9th: 1.  Have your child practice the letter sounds by randomly picking letters out of the red letter bag.   Thursday, October 10th: 1.  TOMORROW is our PE day, please dress in tennis shoes and socks, shorts or pants.

Read, read, read!

September 30th-October 4th

Letters we're talking about this week:  Pp and Vv.  We're also learning a bit about the artist, Vincent Van Gogh.

We are in need of Clorox wipes, any donations would be greatly appreciated!!

I'm finishing our Math Beginning of the Year testing this week.  Results of both tests will be shared with you on Parent/Teacher conference night, October 14th.

Homework this week:

Monday, September 30th: 1.  Homework may or may not be in your child’s folder on the correct day.  Please just look for the assignment the next evening. 2.  Donations of Clorox wipes would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks to all who donated snacks!    Tuesday, October 1st: 1.   Have your child practice counting, 1-100, as quick as possible.   Wednesday, October 2nd: 1.  Have your child read the book My Book of Words beginning with Vv/sign in reading log.   Thursday, Ocotber 3rd: 1.  TOMORROW is our PE day, please dress in tennis shoes and socks, shorts or pants. 2.  TOMORROW is our WV Spirit Friday, please try to wear gold, blue or both J.

Quality, not Quantity!

We're sloooowing things down a bit in Kindergarten this week.  Watching the kiddos speed through their center work was nerve racking!  So I decided to slow our centers down, just a bit.  The students are going to progress through 2 "Reading" centers a day instead of 4.  Hopefully I'm going to see improved cutting, gluing and coloring :).

 

Miss Murhy’s Kindergarten Homework Sheet September 23rd-27th

Monday, September 23rd: 1.  Homework may or may not be in your child’s folder on the correct day.  We’re trying something new with our schedule.  Thank you for your patience.  More info about this on our blog.  http://murphyskindergarten.blogspot.com   Tuesday, September 24th: 1.   Have your child practice counting, 1-100. 2.  Practice naming the numbers in random order 0-20.   Wednesday, September 18th: 1.  Have your child read the book Look At the Monsters/sign in reading log.   Thursday, September 19th: 1.  TOMORROW is our PE day, please dress in tennis shoes and socks, shorts or pants. 2.  TOMORROW is our WV Spirit Friday, please try to wear gold, blue or both J. 3.  If it wasn’t in your child’s folder last night, have them read Look At the Monsters/sign in reading log.

September 16th-20th

Beginning of the year Math testing begins this week.  Please practice rote counting, trying to get to 100 and number naming.

 

Upcoming Events

 

September 19th:  2 hour early dismissal for students

September 20th:  Colton H.'s Birthday

October 14th:  ISE/Parent Teacher Conference Day

 

 



Miss Murphy’s Kindergarten Homework Sheet September 16th-20th

Monday, September 16th: 1.  Have your child read the Ee book/sign in reading log. 2.  Have your child practice counting to 100.  If they don’t get very far, that’s ok, just have them count as far as they can, quickly.   Tuesday, September 17th: 1.  Have your child read the book My Book of Ee/sign in reading log. 2.  Practice naming the blue numbers in random order.   Wednesday, September 18th: 1.  TOMORROW is a 2 hour early dismissal day for students.   Thursday, September 19th: 1.  TOMORROW is our PE day, please dress in tennis shoes and socks, shorts or pants. 2.  TOMORROW is our WV Spirit Friday, please try to wear gold, blue or both J.



September 9th-13th

Upcoming Events

 

September 11th:  School Picture Day

September 13th:  Friday the 13th (just realized this as I'm typing :( )

September 19th:  2 hour early dismissal

September 20th:  Coloton H.'s Birthday!!

September 20th:  All fundraising money/orders are due

 

 

This week I start Beginning of the Year testing for Reading and Math.  When it's all completed, you'll be seeing a parent report on our October 14th conferences.

 

 

This Week's Homework:

 

Monday, September 9th: 1.  Name the red letters in random order/record in the green reading log on the letter names/sounds sheet. 2.  Have your child read the book My Book of Words Beginning with Ff/sign in reading log.   Tuesday, September 10th: 1.  Have your child read the paper books Fish Alive & My Ff book/sign in reading log. 2.  Name the blue numbers in random order. 3.  TOMORROW is School Picture Day   Wednesday, September 11th: 1.  Have your child read the book My Book of Words Beginning with Cc/record in reading log.   Thursday, September 12th: 1.  TOMORROW is our PE day, please dress in tennis shoes and socks, shorts or pants. 2.  TOMORROW is our WV Spirit Friday, please try to wear gold, blue or both J.        *****As always, we'd love donations of individual packaged snacks and Clorox wipes.  Thank you!!

 





Week of Septemer 2nd-6th

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!  Between hoagies and popcorn, I sure did.

Here's our kindergarten homework for the week:

Monday, September 2nd:   1.  No School/Labor Day   Tuesday, September 3rd: 1.   Spread out the light blue numbers given to you.  Have your child name them in random order. 2.  Have a towel for rest time. 3.  Bring an individual snack every day.   Wednesday, September 4th: 1.  Work on the “Birthday Wishes” project sent home today.   Thursday, August 29: 1.  Have your child read or read to them the paper books Teddy Bear Manners and Fish Alive/sign in the green reading log. 2.  TOMORROW IS PE.  Please dress your child in tennis shoes, shorts or pants. 3.  Try to dress in gold and blue fo TOMORROW'S WV day!     **Please don't forget we're always asking for donations of clorox wipes, tissues and individual packaged snACKS.

Snack Confusion

We're having a major lunch/snack confusion.  Please put your child's snack in a DIFFERENT place than their lunch box.  We're asking the students in the morning if they have a lunch box for cold lunch and they're saying yes, but it's their snack, not their lunch.  If you could, review in the morning with your child exactly what they're doing for lunch, cold lunch is a lunch from home, hot lunch is a lunch from school.  If they have a cold lunch and a snack, please put the snack in the front pocket of the bookbag or someplace seperate so we know what's what.  Thank you!  We really appreciate it! 

PS:  Happy Birthday Chole R.!

Week of August 26th-30th

Happy Monday!  Kindergarten is starting off without a hitch.  Here are a few reminders as we start a new week:

1.  Your child needs a daily snack. 
2.  Don't forget to return the towel we sent home on Friday to be washed.
3.  This Friday starts our West Virginia spirit Fridays!  Try to dress your child in gold, blue or both.  No biggie if you don't, it's just a super fun day to celebrate our state.
4.  The weekly homework sheet went home today.  Please make sure to look at it every night.  If you see a book that needs to be read listed and you don't see it in the folder yet, it should be coming home the day it's listed for homework.  If you see something listed on the homework sheet and it's not in the folder that day, it's more than likely my fault, it's probably something we just didn't get to finish.  Just look for it the next day, hopefully it'll be in your child's folder at some point.
5.  We would love any donations of Clorox wipes, tissues and boxes of individual snacks. 

Weekly Schedule

 

Now that Kindergarten is well under way, here's our weekly special classes schedule.

 

Monday and Tuesday:  11:45-12:25  Computer

Wednesday:  10:30  Library

Thursday:  11:55-12:35  Music

Friday:  9:00  PE*

*Miss Lechner is asking all girls to wear shorts or pants for PE days.

 

If you have an above average concern and you need to speak to me by telephone, these are the times to contact me.  Any day, Monday-Thursday during the above times are the only times I can be reached by calling.  Fridays I am collaborating with other teachers and cannot be reached by phone.  Please be aware this schedule and times will change at the beginning of the new semester in January.

 

Upcoming Events

 

September 2:  No School/Labor Day

September 11:  Individual Fall Picture Day

September 19:  2 Hour Early Dismissal

October 14:  No School for Students/ISE Day and Parent Teacher Conferences

October 22:  Report Cards for K-8 Students







My email is clmurphy@access.k12.wv.us, if you have any questions, don't be afraid to email!