We aren’t really sure how November flew by so fast but it did! Here we are in December, full of energy, excitement and anticipation!

Tomorrow I will post some pictures of our new class friend, Little Jolly! He is our wonderful Elf on the Shelf that Santa sent us. Laney got the special responsibility of delivering him safely to us. We love Little Jolly and he is already a part of our school family. Luckily, he hasn’t caused any mischief yet, but we think it’s because he’s still getting “comfortable” in our classroom. Stay tuned to see if any trouble starts!

Here is some important info. to remember:

Early Release next week on: Thursday-Dec. 15th & Friday-Dec. 16th
Class Christmas Party: Friday Dec. 16th from 9:00-10:00.
School will start back on: Monday, January 2nd.

Merry Christmas from Busha’s Bunch!

Love,
Mrs. Pinkalicious

Welcome October and the cool weather that has come with it! Here is a quick glimpse into some of the things going on in Kindergarten.

We are well on our way to learning lots of great sight words! Knowing these high-frequency words is an important part of learning to read and write. Practice them whenever you can!
Here are the sight words we have learned so far…

I, like, see, me, am, yes, no, my, a, and, go, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.

Sonic Drive-in picked our class for BOTH of our projects. Thank you for ALL of your awesome support! We have already received our art supplies and we have been using all of it! We are waiting on the arrival of our new classroom camera!

DRUG FREE STARTS WITH ME! Next week is Red Ribbon Week.
Here is the schedule for participating:

Monday, Oct. 24th- Hugs not Drugs (Bring favorite stuffed animal to school)
Tuesday, Oct. 25th- Wear Red
Wednesday, Oct. 26th- Don’t let drugs turn you inside out (Wear clothes inside out).
Thursday, Oct. 27th- Outsmart drugs by using your head (Wear a hat or cap).
Friday, Oct. 28th- Spook out drugs (Wear a Costume: No masks or handheld props allowed. No gruesome costumes).

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25th is an EARLY RELEASE DAY for Parent Conferences. Please make sure you confirm your time with me so that I know you are still attending.

Thank you for ALL that you do,

Mrs. Busha

To my White Oak parents, here is some urgent information you may need to know.

LIMEADES FOR LEARNING

-Sonic Drive-in is sponsoring schools by picking classroom projects based on the high number of votes the project receives. Please take time to vote EVERY day, one time per e-mail address. Here is how…

Log onto www.LimeadesforLearning.com
On the left hand side, select “Find a Project”
When this page loads, select “Keyword” and type in “White Oak”
Find the project named “Kindergarten Art for the Heart!”

We appreciate your support! We hope to be selected to receive a great amount of different art supplies for our classroom.

PARENT ORIENTATION:

When: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Where: Elementary Cafeteria

We will then dismiss from the cafeteria and you will be directed to your child’s classroom. In the classroom, your child’s teacher will be there to answer any questions you have regarding the school year.

Thank you for ALL that you do,

Mrs. Busha

WOW! Happy 2nd day to Busha’s Bunch! We are off to a FANTASTIC start! Yesterday we got to meet all of our new friends, learned our school rules, worked in math centers and learned all about the Gingerbread Man. Today, Clifford came to visit and we will be hunting for the Gingerbread Man! We are having an exciting start to the school year.

Stay tuned into our blog next week. Monday starts Sonic’s “Limeades for Learning.” I am creating a class project where you can log onto the Limeades for Learning website and VOTE for our class! Everyday, you can vote, also if you go to Sonic Drive-IN, you can get extra codes to vote with. EVERY YEAR we have been selected. When our class is selected, we will receive a donation of supplies that we pick out. I will let you know more information later in the week about our project and the website you can log onto to vote.

I am so excited about all the sweethearts in my classroom and the awesome support from all their parents!

Thank you for ALL that you do!

Mrs. Busha

7 days. 7 days? SEVEN DAYS!!! Really? Where has the time gone? I am in disbelief and this Pinkalicious teacher is NOT ready for her birdies to fly to first grade! We have accomplished SO many things this year. We have learned to read, write, add, subtract, love our friends, treat others with respect, and to LOVE LEARNING! The HARDEST part of teaching Kindergarten is preparing for our ‘goodbyes’ on the LAST week of school. SO– Busha’s Bunch is soaking up our time together! We are writing, reading chapter books, coloring, and LAUGHING as much as possible. All of the exciting parts of Kindergarten, we are enjoying to the fullest. Thank you to all of my Kinder parents who are so supportive and so much fun to work with! You children are great because of YOU!

To my students I always say, “Come back and visit as much as you CAN!!”

All my dearest love to the 24 Kindergarten students I have taught this year and their parents!

Thank you for ALL that you do,
Mrs. Pinkalicious

Support our district by attending the Town Hall meeting. Our Superintendent, Michael Gilbert, will be giving an informational speech about the school budget crisis. We encourage you to attend this meeting so that you can have the opportunity to ask questions, as well as find out how this budget cut will affect our school district.

Please join us:

When: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Time: 3:00
Location: Elementary Cafeteria

Help support our Texas schools!

As always, thank you for all that YOU do!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Busha

Welcome 2011!

What an exciting year this has been so far! We’ve had a GREAT start back and to top everything off, a BEAUTIFUL snow! Not to mention that Busha’s Bunch is HALF-WAY to first grade! We can’t believe it! TIME–please slow down!

Please continue reading at home and working on the sight word flash cards–EVERY night! By the end of school, we are working towards a reading Level 5-6. Reading at home and reinforcing sight words in your child’s memory, will help them reach this goal!

New sight words we are learning this year so far: said, home, little, it, for, and was. *read it, spell it, write it!*

Monday, January 17th– M.L.K. Day (School Holiday)

I hope to post new pictures soon!

Thanks for all that YOU do!

Mrs. Busha

Busha’s bunch was honored when we were asked to participate in sending off the Ladynecks to the State Tournament! We made extra special signs and waved the bus goodbye as it rolled away to San Marcos!

Congratulations to the Volleyball team! We love our White Oak family!
Saturday, the Ladynecks will play in the State FINALS! WOW!

This free picture slideshow customized with Smilebox

Says Pinky Dinky Doo…

This afternoon, BOOsha’s Bunch used our imaginations as we explored all the AWESOME ways to create stories. As we begin writing our own in school, we are learning that if you can think it, you can WRITE it! We built a story with Pinky Dinky Doo. All of them wanted me to put this website on our class blog so they can make their own story at home.

Here it is:

www.pinkydinkydoo.com

We also looked at another fun site– one of my favorites:

www.thinkpinkalicious.com

Just wanted to share some *Pink* power with you!