Ms. Danhi 2012

All about Ms. Danhi's 2012/13 Kindergarten at Sagamore Hills Elementary School.

There is the class email list for all the parents and Ms. Danhi to communicate.

The room parent is Michelle Shevlin; michelle.shevlin@yahoo.com; 678-237-7218.

Resources

Skills Building Web References & Apps

Sight Words

http://www.k12reader.com/dolch-word-list/

http://www.starfall.com

http://www.ABCya.com

http://www.scholastic.com/home/

State Curriculum References Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS) http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/GKIDS.aspx

National PTA Parent’s Guide to Student Success - Kindergarten http://ogkindergarten.webs.com/Common%20Core%20Guide%20for%20Parents%20Kdg.pdf

GaDOE – GeorgiaStandards.org

Class Reference Materials Class Schedule

Class Calendar

A list of the acronyms used by the school so we all can become familiar with them – we can probably obtain this from the PTA.

Volunteer

The following are some classroom volunteering opportunities. Simply use the "[edit]" link to the right of each section and mention when/how you'd like to volunteer. Email the class list for help.

[Move this to a class BringIt Sign Up Sheet?]

Classroom Assistant

Be a "second teacher" and help students during class.

Accelerated Reader (AR)

Administer tests of the Accelerated Reader (AR) program.

"parent or two each week to help kids take tests. If parents sign up for one week per month this would help her [Ms. Danhi] tremendously."

Please choose a week and add your name and availabilty for that week.

Oct 15-19
Oct 22-26
Oct 29-02
Nov 05-09
Nov 12-16
Nov 19-23
Nov 26-30

Cooking Fridays

Students get to cook up and enjoy a treat on Fridays (time specified below). Week's end fun while learning nutrition, math (addition, fractions), cooperation, and whatever else we throw in. Volunteers needed to contribute:

• Recipe ideas and their value
• Ingredients
• Time helping students "cook"

Simply add details to the list of Fridays below. For example:

Oct 05 1:15 - 1:45
  Fruit Salad!
    Have the apple season tie-in
    See how all fruits are similar (seed bearing)
    Witness fractions as fruit is divided
  Need (Please add your name after what you will bring)
    4 Apple - Dave
    4 Banana - Rebecca
    Small bag grapes - Lidia
    4 Orange - Audrey
  Would like 2 volunteers (on account of the cutting) (add your name below)
    Michelle
    Rebecca

Oct 12
Oct 19
Oct 26
Nov 02
Nov 09
Nov 16
Nov 23
Nov 30

Mystery Reader

Surprise the class and read the kids a story! If you don't want to bring your own book(s), Ms. Danhi can provide.

Computer Helper

Assist with computer time when needed (date/time variable, you'll be contacted).

Homework Packets

Each Monday, a packet with the week's homework is sent home, to be returned finished by the student on Friday. Assist Ms. Danhi by making copies.

Thursday Folders

Communications from around the school go home in student folders on Thursday. Help stuff folders.

Activities

Growing Caterpillar Reading Tracker

A caterpillar on the wall of the classroom will grow throughout year as students read (or are read) books. Any book read by or to a student can count (Accelerated Reader (AR), at home favorites, those read in class, etc.).

Students, parents, and/or Ms. Danhi, write on one paper circle caterpillar segment [where do we get them?] for each book read:

• Title
• Author
• Rating by Student [format (up/down, 1-5, their own words, etc.)?]

If a paper circle caterpillar segment isn't available, a read book's information should be added to the student's Reading Record [or Reading Log?] [Should it stay in thier folder?] [Did October's have pumpkins to color?], to be later copied to a paper circle caterpillar segment.

Finally, paper circle caterpillar segments, each with information on a book read by or to a student, are placed on the wall to make the caterpillar grow. Exciting!

References: [1], [2], [3], [4]

Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader (AR) testing is available to students in the classroom by Ms. Danhi and volunteers during the school day, and after school by parents.

Book Buddies

Book Buddies is [Not sure…] with Ms. Jasper's 3rd grade class. ([5])

Reflections

Reflections

Ideas

Thinking out loud about other ways to help our class.

Writing

Mentioned by Ms. Weirick's class:

3- Kid Writing Volunteers: Around 9am every day, the kids will be practicing their writing. A big help to Ms. Weirick would be for an adult to come by around 9am to help with this. The kids will have drawn a picture. The adult then encourages the child to write a sentence that explains the drawing. Of course, the adult may end up writing some words or all of the sentence, but it's great writing practice for the kids.

Sign up here: http://sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com/public/eZcWtlOo5fg

Science

From Audrey, 2012-10-09:

We could rotate this with the cooking and do one every other week. Parents would volunteer to do a science experiment or instruction (age appropriate of course) for the class. I learned that we are able to use the materials from the science lab for class projects and things like this. We just need to let Ms. Danhi or Ms. Lambert know and we can get the supplies. I am going to volunteer to help organize the lab. It has a ton of stuff there to have some fun with!

Math

From Audrey, 2012-10-09:

Parent volunteers to come in and help kids in math. Would have to talk with Ms. Danhi about how we could do this best. Ms. Miller (Discovery teacher) may have some ideas to help with this too. I spoke with her earlier on and she was really creative with education. I would like to see the class doing more with math and science for sure!

Computer

From Audrey, 2012-10-09:

A few parents have expressed interest in seeing how we could use the computer lab more. Maybe we can come up with some time to teach the kids how to use it like to type a letter to someone or write a poem or short story? I don't know anything about Macs, but I am sure some of the other parents do and they may have some ideas too. It would be small groups and for short times. Parents could volunteer twice a month or something? It could be set up as a reward for children who receive good-super all week or something. The kids really enjoy going in there and having their own computer.

The Class

Student	Parents	On Mailing List?
Aidan	Erin & Rachel	✓
Alex	Audrey & James	✓
Arelis
Benjamin
Camilo	Juan & Sarepta	✓
Celine	Jociellia & Terion	✓
Cristal
Ella	Michelle & Murray	✓
Elliott
Jaaden
Javier
Julia	Dave & Jeanie	✓
Kirubel	Dinkensh	✓
Madelis
Maya
Michaeel
Noelia
Paulina	Guang & Haixia	✓
Sophia	Rebecca	✓
Shayanne	Craig & Scott	✓
Vincent	Lidia	✓