HOOT#7

Homework:
Do on Monday (due on Tuesday): Look at a calendar or the phone book at home. Practice "reading" and writing numbers. 
Do on Tuesday (due on Wednesday): Make up a riddle with the answer being an “l” letter word. (For example, “I am a big cat. I rule the savannas. I eat gazelles. == Lion) Please illustrate your riddle and have someone write it down for you. 

Do on Wednesday (due on Thursday): Illustrate one of the lantern songs that you like to sing. (lantern songs we sing: Jack-o-lantern, This little light of mine, Many days are bright in October, Mother earth to you we're singing, I walk with my little lantern)

WEDNESDAY -- Sept 30 -- TISA is in session! We'll be celebrating San Geronimo's in class

MONDAY (Sept 28) -- Walking field trip to Filemon Sanchez Park. Please join us from 10:00 to 12:00.

OUR CLASS' AMAZING COLLABORATIVE ART ON DISPLAY!

at the Taos Fall Arts Open Show 

Stables Gallery (across from the TCA)

Hope you get to check it out to celebrate your artist!

TISA at the PASEO

TISA's 8th graders and their coach Megan Avina (our first grade teacher) co-created an amazing installation, lead by artist CHiKA lijima, at site #10 at the end of Civic Plaza Drive: 

​"...hooking up TISA with PASEO is one of my proudest teacher moments - our kids rock." (Megan Avina -- avid teaching artist)

http://livetaos.com/paseo-map/ 

http://www.paseotaos.org/

TISA Talks -- in this week's paper!
Check out TISA Talks in today's Taos News, written by our students here at TISA. Find their articles on B7 in the Taos News. Be sure not to miss an issue.

National Dance Institute (NDI) coming to TISA kindergarten in October! This year's program will be focused on the RIVERS OF THE WORLD. I am psyched!
Check out their home page here: http://www.ndi-nm.org/

October 5 (next Monday) from 1 to 3pm: walking field trip to farm off of Canon Road (goats, pigs, green house, horses) -- please let me know if you'd like to join us.

October 15 (evening): Lantern Walk (please bring small stick candles -- available at Cid's in many colors) -- songs will be sent home for sing-along.

Pizza was a huge success! Thank you for your sponsorship. Every single child in kinder was able to have pizza. In the future, if you'd like to sponsor a few slices for children in our class, please mark ALL the slices by your child's name, stating that the extra slices will go to kindergarten (otherwise they will be routed to other grades).
Also, the pizza money will be accepted through TUESDAY MORNING and be placed in the envelope on the classroom door. Bringing money later than that creates miscommunication and extra stress for the teacher (Miss Patsy) collecting the money from the whole campus. Let's all support each other the best we can! Thank you for your understanding.

Requests:
crickets or meal worms (please sign up for helping with our class pet)
tennis balls (for chair legs) -- need to replace a few (5-10)
extra snack stash (to be shared on field trips and outings, or when someone is in a pinch)
(snack ideas: nuts, crackers, granola bars, juice boxes, water (in small bottles), dried fruit (the only allergy I am aware of is melon)
Spread the word! There are 3 more openings in kindergarten. 

Calling for a carpool!
In the Blueberry Hill area
Our friend, Shea needs help with transportation to / from school.
Please email Michelle (mwcdoula@gmail.com) or Sandy (sandy.campbell@gmail.com) if you are available to help.

Readers of the Caribbean -- a Swashbuckling Production!

 Readers of the Caribbean brought the TISA pirates out in droves! A tidy sum of great tips for reading success were shared along with lots of ARGHHH's! (as reported by Megan Avina from deck 1)

Readers of the Caribbean -- pirate training in progress

READERS of the CARIBBEAN

September 22, from 5:30-7:30 at TISA

Be there or be square!

Argh!

Learn to talk like a pirate!

Make a treasure map. 
Mark the spot 
with an X! 
Find buried 
treasure 
following someone else's map.







       

Write like a pirate? NOT!

   

TISA kinder is straight out Off the hook 

with reading and writing fun!

HOOT#6

Homework:

Do on Monday (due on Tuesday): signs of fall -- draw a picture that shows what happens in the fall (how is it different from summer)
Do on Tuesday (due on Wednesday): bring in an item that has the letter i (that says i=iguana/igloo/itch) anywhere in the word
Do on Wednesday (due on Thursday): make a pattern using objects from around your home/yard

Upcoming Dates:

Pizza!
Pizza Day: Thursday September 24^th during lunch time.

Cost: $2.00 per slice of Challup’s Pizza (pepperoni or cheese)

Payment: Please turn in on Tuesday Sept 22^nd preferably using the envelope provided.

The PTA's intent is for students to have a treat, give parents a break with having to make lunch, and raise some funds to support our school.  We do have sponsorships available so every child who would like pizza can enjoy it.  We are a community so let’s support each other.

Readers of the Caribbean! 
Miss Jutka needs ONE fun-loving buccaneer to read a short pirate passage. If you are up for it, let me know before the program.
On September 22^nd parents and children are invited to our Readers of the Caribbean event hosted by grades K through 5. Come dressed as a pirate. Eat, drink, be merry, and learn how to help your child become a better reader. Your hosts Captain Iron-eyed Greywolf, Long Linda Seto, Rowdy Rachel Wetmore, Jolly Roger Jutka, Privateer Patsy Kinney, Armada Angela Abbate, and Aye-Aye Audrey Martinez will lead you to a host of treasures and fun. Don’t miss it!

FUN AT THE PARK

Erica and Andrew, thank you for joining us! 

Folks, I will keep you posted via Google Calendar and the Kinder Blog about our next field trip.

ART IS FOR EVERYONE!