Welcome to the 2014 -2015 school year

Welcome to kindergarten!

This should be an exiting and fun year in Room 2.  Here are a few things to note:

The Ice Cream Social is this Thursday from 3:00 to 4:00.  This is a wonderful opportunity for you and your child to meet me (and Iris -- see below), make friends, and begin finding their place in the Chapman community.

Conferences are next Tuesday-Thursday.  During these days, I meet with families one by one for half an hour.  During this time I get a chance to talk with students and families, help everyone learn about life in kindergarten, administer the Oregon Kindergarten Assessment and do my best to answer your questions.

We have a student teacher -- Iris Law.  Iris will be here in September and most of October.  Iris was in the classroom last spring and brings a ton of energy, kindness and insight.  Iris will be helping in all areas of the classroom and will have a special focus on math.

Back to School Night is Thursday, September 11th from 6:30 to 8:30.  Please clear your calendar and make plans to attend.  This is a wonderful opportunity to learn much more about kindergarten.

We love volunteers -- please let me know whether you might be able to volunteer in the classroom.

I use this blog in place of a newsletter.  Please be sure to bookmark this site, or use the "Follow by email" function.  I usually update the blog several times each week.

I am leaving last years blog posts up for a few more weeks.  Feel free to browse back to get a feel for how a year in kindergarten evolves.

Check your child's backpack

All students are bringing home Multnomah County Library summer reading cards (actually we were short a few), and Run for the Arts pencils.


A few students are bringing home Run for the Arts T-shirts.  I quietly slipped these into backpacks, so your child may not know that they have these.  In order to get a T shirt, students needed to have accrued 30 points -- a combination of the number of sponsors and number of laps.  In a perfect world, all kinders would get a T shirt. 


Don't forget - next week features a field trip to Macleay Park on Wednesday (plan to pack lunches in a paper bag) and a end-of-year party at 12:30 on Friday (everyone is invited).

Peter Pan cast visits Room 2

Magic with Iris

Room 2 at Roundup tomorrow

We will be singing "The Erie Canal" for the Friday morning Roundup tomorrow.  The young scholars should meet on stage with their backpacks.  We will leave the assembly after our song.

Visiting Ms. Kuether's first grade classroom

Monday Notes

Here are some notes for the week of June 2nd


The last day of school is Friday, June 13th.
We have a field trip on Wednesday the 11th.
The volunteer tea is tomorrow June 3rd.  If you have volunteered at Chapman, please join us in the cafeteria / gym after school on Tuesday.


Thank you to everyone who returned library books.  I think we are down to one missing book.
We will be going to see the 4th and 5th graders perform Peter Pan on Wednesday morning.
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for our field trip.  There is still some room for volunteers.


This week's themes...


Everything Peter Pan
Extending our writing
Reading groups on Tuesday, Thursday, and maybe even Friday
More about buildings, cities, towns and country.
More subtraction.


We are very close to having enough snacks for the rest of the year.  We may need 2-3 days of snacks, but certainly no more.