Super Science Visit

What a surprise!! We had a visit from a 5th grade science teacher that WOWed us with an awesome science experiment!! 

 Thank you, Mrs. Swidorsky!!!

 We can't wait to visit you out in the cottages to see the hens!!

We love science!! -S/T

Welcome Mrs. Jackson!

We had our first visit from the amazing Mrs. Jackson!!

Mrs. Jackson is a well known Chet Creek volunteer in the kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. She visits each K-1 classroom once a month and holds a guidance lesson on different characters traits. She teaches the students through different books that teach lessons on important traits like: responsiblitly, respect, cooperation, kindness, patriotism and many others. We are very lucky to have this retired kindergarten teacher visit each month! Thank you, Mrs. Jackson! We love your visits! 

Fundraiser Starts Today!!

Our PTA fundraiser kick off was today and packets went home in blue folders! Make sure to check your child's backpack for this awesome packet! 

There are over 500 items to choose from and many can be personalized! 

Check out the fundraising website: www.charlestonwrapstore.com 

Our school ID is: z-10240

Student codes can be found in their packets. 

All orders and money are due on Monday, September 12th! 

Thank you for helping our school!! 

-S/T

We GoNoodle, do you?

GoNoodle is an awesome program that we've been using at Chets Creek for going on 3 years now! We actually got recognition from the district for being the first school in county to use it in every classroom when it first came out. 

In our classroom, we usually do a few GoNoodle activities to break up our morning inbetween subjects and sometimes in the afternoon when we need a brain break. The students love it! We get a chance to stretch and move around to many different interactive videos.

Today, we had our first transformation with our first GoNoodle avatar:

What a cool looking dude!

-S/T

Check it out at home: 

www.gonoodle.com

It's Free!

Adventures with Whiteboards

 We are using white boards to practice writing our alphabet, numbers and lots words! We are even using them to drawing pictures and explain math ideas. 

What a fun way to practice our skills anywhere around the room. 

-S/T

38 Students, 2 teachers and Laptops

It is possible! 

We had a busy morning using laptops in our classroom. We are very proud of all the students that waited patiently for their laptop to get set up and ready. 

Great Job, friends! 

-S/T

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

We were so caught up in making our coconut trees that we didn't get any pictures while making them. 

Today, we read and sang along with the book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Every student explored the letters in their name and make a coconut tree of their own.

Our coconut trees will be up outside our classroom on Friday. :)

Sink or Float

Our first of many science labs went great! We continue to practice following directions and working together. The students had a blast making predictions and dropping objects into water to see if they sink or float. 

-S/T

Behavior Chart

Today, we started enforcing our classroom behavior chart. As the days go on, students are being taught the expectations of the classroom. Each day we review and practice our rules, rituals and routines. As clips moved up and down on our chart today, we were very happy with the growth students are showing as they learn how the classroom operates. 

Please make sure to check your child's blue folder calendar and initial it daily. If the date square is "White" your child had a good day and performed as expected. Pink and purple marks are examples of going beyond expectations. A yellow mark is a warning. Blue or green marks represent behaviors that were not acceptable. A red mark is a possible referral and call home. 

-S/T

Playground Fun!

It was a beautiful day outside to play with new friends! 

1st Day of Kindergarten

Through the tears and sad faces of drop off, we found fun on our first day of school. 

We're not messing around, it was a rocky start for some friends but we found that several of our classmates truly are great shipmates as well. We have a class full of sweet students. 

As we get to know our classroom rules and routines it will seem rough for the first few weeks but we promise the days will get easier. 

Thank you, Mrs. Phillips for a fun first day assembly! 

Several of our classmates were called on to roll the big dice and participate in the mini games. 

We look forward to tomorrow's adventure. (Which includes finally checking out the playground 😆) 

Happy Monday!

-S/T

IT'S A PIRATES LIFE FOR US!

Hello and Welcome to the Teixabouth Pirate Blog!

We are so excited to be embarking into Kindergarten this school year! 

School Orientation is Friday, August 12th at 9:00 am! 

Don't miss out on meeting us and checking the classroom. 

Get ready to set sail :)

- Mrs. Sihabouth and Ms. Teixeira

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Chets Creek Elementary 2016-2017 School Orientation:

9:00 am - 10:00 am - Kindergarten and 5th Grade

11:00am - 12:00pm - 1st and 4th Grade

1:00pm - 2:00 pm - 2nd and 3rd Grade

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First Day of School: Monday, August 15th 

9:00am - 3:15pm