Hoot #1
Since visiting Ron Clark Academy, we have been dying to incorporate the house system at our school and in our classroom! Last Friday our classes joined two 5th grade classes for a house reveal celebration! Each child got to pop a balloon to see which house had chosen them.
The students (and teachers) had a BLAST!! Every student was excited and so were their house mates! Check out some of these pictures!!
HOUSE OF GRISHAM! HEAR THEM ROAR!
5th grade house members created a tunnel for the younger house mates to run through as they welcomed them into their house!
Grisham is in the HOUSE!!
Jodi ran and gave "high fives" to the new students in Grisham.
Mrs. Gardner welcomes Parker to the House of Welty.
of Presley House!
OOOOHHHH YYEAH!!!!!!
Kindergarten and 5th
Let the memory making begin!!
Hoot #2
The beginning of the year would NOT be complete without our yearly subscription to ESGI!! We have LOTS of screening to get done these first couple of weeks, and this tool helps make assessing students EASY PEASY! If you have not already heard of ESGI or you have never tried ESGI, then you MUST go sign up for their free trial. We promise you will fall in love with all that it has to offer! We honestly cannot say enough good things about ESGI!
There is a NEW Classroom Management feature. WOW, just WOW! Just when we thought ESGI couldn't get any better, they add this feature! Using this will help you create class lists, name tags, name plates, cubby names, bus lists, etc. We are still learning what all this new feature will do!
We cannot imagine how we ever survived teaching kindergarten without it! It is worth EVERY. SINGLE. PENNY. If you have any questions about ESGI, do not hesitate to contact us. We will be glad to answer any questions!
There is a NEW Classroom Management feature. WOW, just WOW! Just when we thought ESGI couldn't get any better, they add this feature! Using this will help you create class lists, name tags, name plates, cubby names, bus lists, etc. We are still learning what all this new feature will do!
We cannot imagine how we ever survived teaching kindergarten without it! It is worth EVERY. SINGLE. PENNY. If you have any questions about ESGI, do not hesitate to contact us. We will be glad to answer any questions!
Click the ESGI button below to go sign up! If you decide you or your school would like to purchase, then don't forget to enter promo code B6125 for a discounted price of $159 ($199 regular cost).
This Week's Holler...
This week's holler goes out to Tara West at Little Minds at Work. She has SO many wonderful activities and tools to use in kindergarten and first grade! We use her guiding reading bundle every year! We LOVE how easy the lessons are to follow, and how simple she has made teaching guided reading. Go check out her blog and TPT store! You will be glad you did!
Tara West's Blog
Tara West's Blog
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