Next week we will be studying "Holidays Around the World."  This is a very fun thing for the children to do.  Each kindergarten room represents a different country.  The countries will include Germany, France, China, Israel, Sweden, Holland, and Mexico.  The students rotate from class to class and learn about how the holidays are celebrated in each country. 

We will have our "Winter Centers" on Thursday, December 18th at 9:30 a.m.  Please let our room parents know if you would like to help with the activites.  We will not have regular literacy centers next week due to our "Holidays Around the World" activity.

Friday, December 19th will be pajama day.  We will be watching The Polar Express  while sipping on hot cocoa and snacking on yummy treats!  It will be so much fun!

Dates to remember:

• Friday, December 12th - Cafe GM popcorn party and Relay for Life Baseball Cap Day (bring $1 to wear cap and baseball caps only)
• December 15-17 (Mon.-Wed.) - Holidays Around the World
• Thursday, December 18th - Winter Centers in classroom 9:30 a.m.
• Friday December 19th - Pajama Day
• Monday, December 22nd-Monday, January 5th - Winter Break
• Tuesday, January 6th - Back to School

Please remember to send in food for the GM student council food drive for Must Ministires.  We are trying to line the halls of GM with food!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Winter Break!!  Thank you all so much for your time, generosity, and support this year! 

Thank you,

Jill Rodgers

  When we get back from the break we will be studying the letter Ee and transportation. 

Please note that at approximately 5:00 p.m. on November 21st, access to ALL Cobb County School District IT services will be disabled and not resumed until December 1st at 6:00 a.m.  

This will include:

• Internet Services
• District Web Services
• Teacher Email (if you email me I will not get it until Dec. 1st)
• Meal Pay Plus

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!  Please remember to enjoy each and every moment with your families.  I lost a very dear uncle in February of last year and my precious grandmother a few months later in April. I never thought I could lose two people so close to me in such a short period of time but it has taught me to cherish the time I have with my family! 

I also want to thank you for sharing your children with me!  This year has been great thus far and I am sure the rest of the year will be awesome as well!!

Thanks for your support,

Jill Rodgers

I hope everyone had a wonderful week!  Every child in the room sent in a white t-shirt....YEAH!!!!!  Thank you all so much!  We studied the letter Pp this week and we also began studying Thanksgiving.  We will study the letter Ii next week and continue to study Thanksgiving.

Today your child will be bringing home two at-home projects that will be due next Friday the 14th.  One of the projects will require your child to know where he/she lives now and the state, country, and continent where he/she was born.   The second project is a fun one that the whole family can get in on!  You will get a sheet telling about the activity in your child's folder today.  I do encourage the whole family to get involved and be creative.  Please do not limit the project to coloring only.

Our special luncheon will be on Wednesday, November 19th at 11:25.  Please note or tell the person coming to eat with your child that we will be having a little program of songs immediately following lunch in our classroom.

Please start saving and sending in light bulbs for a winter project we will do next month. 

Dates to remember:

• November 11th - Veteran's Day
• November 12th - Giving Tree Begins
• November 13th - Barney the Bus to visit kindergarten
• November 14th - Picture Retakes and Relay for Life Hat Day
• November 17-21st - Book Fair in Media Center
• November 19th - Kindergarten Grandparents/Special Friends Luncheon
• November 24-28th - Thanksgiving Break: No School

Thanks for your support,

Jill Rodgers

I am so happy to be back at school!!  Thank you so much for all of your wonderful emails and well wishes!  Mr. Rodgers is getting better each day.

This week we will be studying pumpkins and the letter Hh.  This week is Red Ribbon Week and each day has a fun theme:  Tuesday - silly hair, Wednesday - pajama day (please bring sneakers for P.E.), Thursday - red day, and Friday - orange and black day.

Kindergarteners will have the opportunity to dress up in their costumes on Friday, 10/31.  Students must be able to independently change into their costumes after arriving at school. No masks, weapons, or scary costumes are allowed.  Participation is optional.

Dates to Remember:

Tonight is Reading Night from 6-8p.m.

There will be no school on Tuesday, 11/4 as it is Election Day.

Please mark your calendars for GM's Grandparents'/Special Friends Luncheon on Wednesday, 11/19.  We will eat at 11:25a.m. and then have a class performance in our room immediately following lunch. Reservation forms are due back by November the 6th.

Thanks for your support,

Jill Rodgers

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I can't believe it is October already!!  I hope to see everyone tonight at the Fall Festival.  I am sure it will be so much fun for the kids!  We have now studied the letters Mm, Ss, Ff, Tt, Cc, and Aa.  Next week we will study the letter Nn.  The students are doing a great job on the rainbow words, so please continue to have your child study the words at home. 

We had a great time with all of our 5 senses activities and everyone really enjoyed the High Touch High Tech in-school field trip.  For the past couple of weeks we have been studying fall and apples. 

Next week we will begin studying community helpers and discuss fire safety.  If you have not done so already, please talk with your child about a fire escape plan for your home.  The children will be sharing his/her home fire escape plan with the class.  Your child can share this plan orally or mapped out on paper.

Please continue to have your child read a page of his/her poetry folder each night and remember to send the folder back to school each Monday.

Thanks for your support,

Jill Rodgers

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  Last week we studied the letter Ss.  We have studied the rainbow words an, am, at, is, go, and it.  I will begin testing the children on the red words in a couple of weeks when all red words have been studied.  Last week we also talked about our favorite and not so favorite things in our "All About Me" unit.  The students made cute models of themselves and they are now in the hallway next to our class.

This week we are studying the letter Ff and learning about our five senses.  Today your child will be bringing home a hand made of construction paper.  Your child will either have bumpy, rough, smooth, or soft written on his/her assignment.  Please help your child glue appropriate items on the hand.  Directions are attached to the hand.  This assignment will be due on Friday of this week.

Barney the Bus will be coming to visit us on Wednesday and we will be learning about bus safety. 

Thursday, September 11th is Patriotic Day so everyone wear your red, white, and blue. 

Thank you so much to all of you who have been volunteering in the classroom!  We greatly appreciate your help.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for your support,

Jill Rodgers

I enjoyed meeting all of you at Open House last week.  We have really gotten off to a great start this school year!  Thank you so much for all you have done to help your child prepare for kindergarten!

This week we are studying the letter Mm and the sound it makes.  Today your child will bring home Mm homework that will be due on Friday.  Please allow your child to either draw pictures of words that begin with the letter Mm or cut Mm pictures from magazines or newspapers.  Also, please help your child write the Mm word next to the picture.  This week we will be finishing up Math chapter 1 on sorting and classifying.  Our next chapter will be on patterns.  We have also been reading classic stories such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears,  The Three Little Pigs, and Little Red Riding Hood.  We had tons of fun reading different versions of the classic stories and talking about the differences.  This week we will be reading The Little Red Hen, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Tortoise and the Hare.  We had our first trip to the computer lab on Friday and the students really enjoyed learning how to use the laptops.  We will be going to the computer lab every other Friday.

I hope to see everyone at the Ice Cream Social this Thursday the 28th at 6:30p.m. in the cafeteria.  We will be sending rest towels home on Friday to be washed.  Please remember to send them back on Tuesday, September 2nd since we do not have school on Monday.

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.  My door is always open.

Thanks for your support,

Jill Rodgers