Merry Christmas

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Congratulations Alaina

Congratulations Alaina! She is the S.O.A.R. student of the month! She displays good behavior and trys to do her best on her work. Way to go Alaina!

Fire Safety

The fire department came by and gave us a quick lesson about fire safety. We had a good time getting to see the fire truck. Stop...Drop...And Roll!

Congratulations TCE

Congratulations TCE! We are excited to share that Taylors Creek is in the top 5% of Georgia schools with High Performance. Yesterday, the Georgia Department of Education released the list of high performing schools called "Reward Schools." TCE made the list! Way to go TCE! To celebrate, tomorrow our students will be able to dress down and receive an extra recess!

Vote..Vote...Vote!

Attention parents! Don't forget to come out on Friday to our Fall Fest from 4:00 to 6:00. We are also having a pumpkin contest. Each class took a pumpkin and turned them into a book character. Don't forget to check our class pumpkin out. We chose the book "Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog." Vote...Vote...Vote!

Congratulations Dr. Rodriguez

Congratulations Dr. Rodriguez on being chosen as the National Distinguished Principal for the state of Georgia! We are so proud to have her as the Principal of Taylors Creek Elementary! She will be flying to Washington, D.C. tonight. We celebrated today as she drove past the bus ramp as we cheered her on! Way to go Dr. Rodriguez!

Picture Retakes

Picture Retakes will be on Monday. This is not a dress down day. Students who are taking pictures can bring clothes to change for the picture, but they will have to change back in to their uniform after the picture. If you have any questions, please email me at dcooke@liberty.k12.ga.us or contact the school.

Apple Day

We learned about Johnny Appleseed. We counted paper seeds and glued them on a paper apple cut out. We took a survey whether we liked green, red, or yellow apples best and made a graph showing our results. We also cut those three types of apples up, ate them, and drank apple juice. What a day!

J.A.M. World Record

Our class participated in the J.A.M. World Record of having students stop and exercise for about 1 minute at the same time. Way to go class!

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Open House

Open House will be September 20th from 5:00 to 7:00. Please take a moment to stop by our classroom and see what we have been doing. Hope to see you there!

Modeling Clay Center

We tried to make our names out of modeling clay. We did a great job and had fun learning!

Alphabet Bingo

Playing Alphabet Bingo during our reading centers.

Sight Words

Sight words that we have been working on in class: blue, red, yellow, orange, pink, white, black, brown, green, see, I, a , an, and, the, here, one, two, zero

Please sign and return

Please remember to sign and return the Federal Impact Aid Forms. Each student will receive a treat when the form is returned. Have a great weekend!

S.O.A.R. Student for August

Congratulations Jarome on being chosen as the S.O.A.R. student of the month for our class. Keep up the good work!

Picture Day August 28th

Picture day is on August 28th. Please remember that students do not have to wear school uniforms on this day, but they still must abide by the dress code policy. For example: no flip flops or open toed shoes. So don't forget to brush your teeth and comb your hair. We want to look sharp for our picture for the yearbook! Say "cheese!"

Computer Centers

The computers are used for Math Centers, as well as phonics/reading centers. The students enjoy reviewing and practicing skills that they have learned. Some of the websites you may want to check out at home are www.internet4classrooms.com,www.cookie.com, and www.johnnysmathpage.com. A good phonics website would be www.starfall.com. All of these websites are free and are accessible at home.

Math Center-Farm

This is our farm math center. The students are to pull out a number card and then make a fence putting that corresponding number of animals in the pen. What an exciting way to practice our number recognition and counting!

We ate a Worm

After reading the story "I ate a Worm", our class tried to eat worms too. Gross! (It was only a gummy worm!) We had a great time with this story!

Scholastic Book Orders

Welcome race fans! Get your engines running and let's get ready to race to the top. This website is currently under construction...haha! I will be updating it soon and changing the background. Thanks so much!

Schools Out

I am so proud of all of my students! I know you are all ready to enter first grade. way to go! Please remember if you would stop by the office, you can pick up a copy of our media festival projects for you to keep. Have a safe and fun summer! See you next year!

Don't forget that awards day is on Monday! It will begin at 8:15 in the gym. Please come be with us. This will be the last awards day this year!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day from our class to you!

Congratulations to Mr. Cooke's class for participating in the Science Fair. We had three small groups entered. Congratulations Erica, Noah, Lei'Ona, Michael, and Hailey on winning first place for kindergarten. They discovered what would happen if we stuck a pencil in a balloon. Way to go!

Skidaway Island

Our field trip to Skidaway Island was a lot of fun! We had such a wonderful time being able to touch different sea animals and seeing the fish. This is a picture of our class sitting on the steps in the aquarium.

We had a fun time at field day. Thank you to all the parents who came out to cheer us on. Go green!

Read Across America Day

Our class participated in "Read Across America Day" today. Each student received their very own book to take home and keep. Thank you "Read Across America" organization for allowing our class to participate. Now go have fun and read your new book!

Happy Easter!

Enjoy your "Spring Break!"

S.O.A.R. Student of the Month

Congratulations Luke on being the S.O.A.R. student of the month! I am so proud of Luke. He is an excellent student! He is very kind to all of his classmates. Luke tries to do his best on anything that he is doing! Keep up the good work Luke!

The Lorax came to visit T.C.E.

The Lorax character from the Dr. Suess books came to visit our school. We learned about how to keep our planet clean by recycling. The students got to play different games using recyclable materials. Michael and Franchesca raced with other students trying to build a tower out of cans.

Kindergarten Program

All of the kindergarten classes will be presenting a program on Friday March 23. The program will begin at 1:00. Please try to make plans to come be with us! Our class will be wearing khaki bottoms with green shirts. I have already purchased the green shirts. The cost of each shirt is $1.00. The students will wear their uniform shirt that day and change into the green shirt for the program. Hope to see you there!

No School

There is no school on March 15th and 16th for students. Enjoy your four day weekend!

Just an FYI

I will be out of the classroom on March 8th-9th. I will be in Alabama attending a wedding. I have a very capable substitute that will be in my class for those two days. I will be back on Monday! Thanks and have a great weekend!

Congratulations Jordyn

We celebrated reading across America this week. To inspire reading, the media center had a book mark decorating contest. Congratulations Jordyn for being picked as the overall winner for kindergarten. Way to go!!!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

We ate green eggs and ham and little oreo top hats to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss! He is the author of many different books including "The Cat in the Hat" and "The Lorax."

Michael Douglas from the Harlem Globe Trotters

Michael Douglas came to visit our school. We had an assembly where he encouraged the students to do their best and be successful. He told us to set a goal and accomplish it and do not let obstacles get in our way. Thanks Michael Douglas!

Congratulations Lei'Ona

Congratulations LeiOna on being chosen as the SOAR student of the month! You have been doing a great job in reading and writing. You are such a good helper when it comes to cleaning up. Way to go LeiOna!

Congratulations

Congratulations class! Our media festival projects have all been judged and now have gone on to the county level competition. Way to go!
The projects included are:
1. "The Five Little Piggies" by the whole class
2. "When I Grow Up" by the whole class
3. "Me and My Family" by Cooper

We are so excited and I am so proud of my students!

Career Day 2012

Our class had a great time at "Career Day 2012" at T.C.E. We got to see and learn about alot of different jobs.

Home Project

Read the story below and draw a picture to match the sentences. Bring the picture to the class for a prize out of the treasure box. This offer is good until February 14th.

The goat was in the gate. He likes to eat tall green grass. It tastes so good.

February SOAR Student of the Month

Congratulations Adarius on being chosen as the Student of the Month for February! You have been doing such a great job on your reading and writing. Way to go Adarius!

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

I am a cat and I arch my back. Can you do it? I can do it.

How many words can you read? To read the whole book, check out From Head to Toe by Eric Carle.

100th day of school at TCE

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Media Fest

Five little pigs playing in the hay. One got up and rolled away. The farmer called the piggy, but the piggy never comes. Now there are four and soon there will be none.

Celebration time

Happy New Year! Now get ready 2012 because here we come!