Sweet!

It's going to be 106 today...why not cool off with some Gogo's Frozen Yogurt and Cupcakes and support CCS at the same time? We will earn 10% of ALL SALES! Tell all your friends to meet you there, or better yet, just round them all up and take them with you!!!!! Spirit night is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday! See you there!

Gogo's is located at 2668 South 31st St., Temple, TX 76504 next to Schlotzky's.

End of the First Week

Well, we made it through the first week of school.  The students worked hard and had a lot of fun too.  We went over classroom and school procedures and rules.  We went to music and Spanish and played at recess.  We began our math and reading lessons and even made our first class book.  This will start coming home next week.

We will have our first Chapel of the year  this coming Wednesday.  As we continue our reading lessons, the students will start learning our Alphabet Chant which helps them learn the sounds that each letter says.  We will continue to practice proper handwriting techniques while the students review their letters, numbers and name recognition.

The class bear, Teddy, will start coming home soon.  If you have a special activity planned over a weekend, that you would like to share with Teddy, please let me know the dates.  I will try to send him home with your child at that time.  Also,  the "Can You Guess" bag will be coming home.  Remember that whatever your child chooses to put in the bag must fit all the way inside, must remain a secret, and must have three clues written and put inside.

See you on Monday,
Mrs. Keever

Welcome to Jr. Kindergarten

Welcome to a new school year and to Jr. Kindergarten.  My name is Julie Keever and I will be your child's teacher this year.  I taught Pre-K last year here at CCS, however, I am looking forward to a great year in Jr. K.  

Meet the Students in our class.

Our language/reading curriculum is called Texas Journeys for Kindergarten.  It is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and is being used by several of our local school districts as well.  The First two weeks we will be "Getting Ready for Kindergarten", a unit that reviews some basics that include: Rhyming, recognizing names, book handling, distinguishing between letters and numbers, letter names and Environmental print.  For Math we will be using Saxon Math for Kindergarten.  The first few lessons will included familiar with the tools we will be using during our lessons.  Some of these include: Counting Bears, Pattern Blocks, Pictographs for Graphing and Linking Cubes.

   Throughout the year we will have lessons in Science and Social Studies.  During August and September we will look at What makes us Special, Families, Johnny Appleseed, and The Five Senses.  

  I will send out a monthly calendar to give you an over view of the many activities we will be doing throughout the year.  The first one for August is attached below.

OPEN HOUSE

We had a great Open House.  Everyone was excited about the start of a new school year and we had fun exploring the room while going on a Scavenger Hunt.  I really enjoyed meeting all the parents and the wonderful children that will make up Jr. Kindergarten this year.

Check out our class room.