A Beautiful Beginning!

The first day of kindergarten was a HUGE success!  Not a single tear was shed and nothing but smiles, laughter, and fun was to be heard in room 5B.  What a wonderful day it was!  The second day was equally successful  Here are some pictures from the first two days of school:

Learning how to use Unifix Cubes

Making trains and towers with Unifix cubes

We are already making friends!

Kindergarten is fun!

Fun on the playground!

There's so many fun things to do!

All smiles!

Having a great time pretending with friends!

Playing with shaving cream for our first bucket party!

Good, clean, messy fun!

Fun, fun, fun!

This was so much fun!

This next week we will have even more fun and learn even more new things!  We will begin our math series on Monday which will include nightly math homework.  Reading homework will also start this week.  Homework in kindergarten should be fairly simple for your child to complete and is only meant as a means to reinforce the learning that is done at school.  If you and your child have a difficult time completing the homework together in 20 minutes or less, please let me know.  The last thing I want homework to do is make things difficult for you at home!

We will also begin all of our special classes this coming week.  We will have Music and P.E. on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  We will have library on Tuesdays and Art on Wednesdays.  We will also have our first visit from our school counselor this week and go on a full tour of the building.  Please encourage your child to tell you about their day at school.  There is so much learning that can be reinforced by sharing their learning with you at home.  

Thank you for sharing your child with me this year.  Kindergarten is going to be amazing!  Have a wonderful rest of your weekend and I'll see your child in the morning!

Yours in Education, 

Mr. Scruggs

A Brand New Year!

Monday starts my 10th year as a kindergarten teacher at Ware Elementary.  There is nothing more exciting than the first day back to school, even for teachers!  No matter how many "first days of school" I've had, each one is exciting because each one marks the beginning of a great adventure.  Kindergarten is a great milestone in each of our lives.  There is no doubt that many of you remember bits and pieces of your first day of kindergarten:  walking into the "big" school, meeting your teacher and playing with your new found friends, learning to read, playing on the playground, and checking out books from the library for the first time.  Soon your child will begin the same incredible adventure and I am so honored to be a part of it.

This year is going to be quiet exciting.  Your child will learn his/her letters and numbers and begin reading and writing as well as doing simple computations using addition and subtraction.  In addition your child will learn social skills including getting along with others and settling conflict.  A lot goes on in kindergarten.  Our days are jam packed with essential learning, fun activities, and much, much more.  It is my goal this year to keep you as up to date and informed as possible with what goes on inthe classroom so that you can be as much a part of your child's kindergarten adventure as possible.  This blog is how I will contact you with the regular happenings in our classroom.  I will usually update the blog weekly
.  You can expect pictures, short videos, and narrative of what is going on in our classroom each week.  Please subscribe to this blog so you don't miss out on any of the fun in Room 5B.

Thank you so much for sharing your child with me this year.  Together we can help your child accomplish remarkable things!  Please feel free to contact me in anyway regarding the education of your child.  You are a valuable member of my teaching team and your involvement is essential to your child's success.  Thank you again for the opportunity to teach your child and WELCOME to KINDERGARTEN!

Yours in Education,
Mr. Scruggs