Seven days and counting!!!

We only have seven school days left until the start of Winter Break!

Next week we will being our study of Christmas around the World. Students will travel to each first grade classroom to learn about different Holiday traditions from countries such as England, Mexico, Sweden, and Germany.

We also have special fun activities planned for the two days of school next week as well.

This week students made ornaments in our ornament rotation and they will be bringing them home this week as well!

Enjoy your weekend!!

Thankful Hearts!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! I've had a great time with friends and family and even managed to knock out some Christmas shopping, but I'm ready to get back to my kiddos!

We only have 17 school days until Christmas break begins!!! We will be learning about needs and wants and why saving money is so important! This should be a great lesson right here at Christmas time!!!

There will be several events coming up for us in the month of December, so stay tuned!

Enjoy your last day of Thanksgiving break!!

Below us a photo of some of our class at the play "Dear Edwina" that we attended at the PAC.

R & R

I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful start we've had to the weekend.

We had a blast at our Fall party yesterday, and I'd like to thank all the parents who sent in items or helped serve the kids!!

Remember there is no school Monday or Tuesday due to Election Day! I'll see all my sweet kiddos on Wednesday! Rest up!!!

Wrapping up October

Good morning!!! I hope you all are enjoying your Monday off!

This is just a reminder that parent teacher conferences are today.

Our Fall party will also take place this Friday at 1:00 in our classroom. If you have signed up to bring in items, please have them here by Thursday, as I will make a shipping trip Thursday for any last minute needed items.

Last week awards were given to those students who had perfect attendance and most improved. Congratulations to those friends who were recognized.

See you all to tomorrow!!

Parent Teacher Conferences

As most of you know, on Monday a form was sent home with your child so that you could request a conference time with me on Monday, October 29th.

If I received this form I have returned in with your child's exact conference time. If you did not receive this, or need to request a time, please e mail me at Leeann.yonker@hardin.kyschools.us for your time!

To prepare for our conference, the school has provided the following document for parents that you may want to look over to help you come up with questions you may have about your student. Please feel free to use it!!

Have a great afternoon!

Back in the saddle!

We had a great first week back at school!

I want to thank all of our families who came out to the Fall Festival on Thursday!

See our awesome grocery cart and basket for auction below!!!
Thanks again!!!

Fall Break at last!!!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Fall Break! I'll see you all next week on October 8th!!!

Fall all around!!!

We have only one week until Fall Break! This week we will continue studying living and non-living by taking a closer look at food chains and life cycles.

Last week you may remember seeing information about our upcoming fall festival. First grade will be selling chances to win a grocery cart FULL of groceries. Please send in any unwanted canned goods or other non perishable grocery items (such as boxed food, paper goods, etc.) to school with your child any time this week or up until October 9th! The class who brings the most items will receive a Popcorn party!

Thanks again for your support. The money we raise at Fall Festival will be used for class trips or other activities.

Have a great week!!!

In Honor...

Today the whole school had a celebration to recognize Patriots Day, and Constitution Day as well as pay tribute to those effected by 9/11.

Our first grade friends have been learning about American Symbols the past two weeks, and boy did they learn a lot!!! Ask them about their favorite American symbol.

Enjoy your extra long weekend. No school for students Monday, September 17!

Here is a photo from the Hardin County School web page of our assembly today!

We love our Grands!!!

We had a wonderful celebration with our grandparents and other special visitors on Friday!

Check out the adorable crafts our friends made with the help of our WKU student, Miss Foote.

This week we will be completing our study of American Symbols. You are invited to join us on Friday afternoon at 1:00, as the whole school pays tribute to September 11th, as well as celebrate Constitution Day that will occur later this month.

Progress reports also went home today. Please sign these and return them to school tomorrow.

Here is to another great week!

Happy Labor Day!!!

I hope every one is enjoying their long weekend!

On Tuesday we will go to the library, so be sure to bring your library books back. Also, Mr. Foster has asked that we bring in a stuffed animal for music class on Tuesday. We will only be taking them out of our backpacks for music.

Friday is also a special day and we are planning a special treat for our Grandparents. :)

Next Friday at 1:00 there will be a patriotic program in the gymnasium at Woodland. We are practicing a special song for the program!

Enjoy your long weekend!

Shake it up!!!

We've made it through another week! (Almost!)

Tomorrow is a non uniform day! Shake it up! Students may wear regular clothing tomorrow!

We are finishing learning about our community, and getting ready for a nice long three day weekend!

Spelling test tomorrow! Study hard!

Lovin' every minute!!

My 28 firsties are some really fab kiddos!!

We've really been working hard in small groups this week. Please make sure you are reminding out little tots to do their spelling homework. (You can look under the spelling tab here on the blog to see what they should be doing each night.)

On Friday we had an assembly for our schools FRC fundraiser. If students fill out the address booklet and send it back this week, your child will receive a prize penguin. When selling the cookie dough, after your child sales 2 items cut out and send in the ticket for your child to earn another penguin. Do the same for the other tickets on this page. This fundraiser is for our schools Family Resource Center which does so much for our school! Please help you child be a successful seller. Prizes for items sold are available as well!!!

Finally, this is a photo of some of our friends at Fridays assembly. Nothing sweeter than all my 28 kiddos. Thanks for sharing your little ones with me!

Ready Freddy!!!

Our first full week was a success! We continued to work on our classroom procedures and routines.

We also learned how our small group reading centers will go. We will begin those this coming week. We also had some very successful math centers on Friday as well! I was very proud of all of my students! They were learning and working very hard!!

This week we will begin discussing citizens and communities. Discuss with your child how they can work to be a good citizen.

First week in the books!!!

We had a fantastic first week back at school!

This week we will be working on learning our reading centers and assessing different reading skills.

We will also begin our first round of spelling word this week. These words are simple kindergarten words to help the students learn how to do their homework each night. Look under the spelling tab at the top of this page for more information.

We will also take our first trip to the library on Tuesday afternoon where Mr. Farmer will show us how to check out library books.

We're looking forward to a great week! Don't forget if your child does not have an agenda they need one as soon as possible. They can be purchased in the office for $3.00.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Yonker

Little Eagles Day Out

Parents don't forget that tomorrow from 10-12 is Little Eagles Day Out at Woodland!!

I'm all ready for our first day of school. The final touches (our supplies) came in the mail today! We are officially ready to go!!!

Welcome to First Grade

Hidy Ho! Welcome to first grade!!!

My name is Mrs. Yonker and I'm thrilled to have your child in class this year.

This is my first year at Woodland, but my fourth year teaching. I live in Horse Cave, which is about an hour south of Radcliff. I've previously taught second, fifth, and sixth grade in Hart County. I am married to my wonderful husband, Russ, and we have one son, Aaron who is eight.

This blog will be used to keep you up to date on things happening in our classroom, special events, assignments and much more. I hope you come back often to see what we're up to!

Mrs. Yonker