• Websites for Primary Grades
• Useful Links
• Bright from the Start Georgia Pre K Site - go to 'Content Standards' to find our curriculum for the
• StarFall Literacy Activities
• Parent Book Order Page

***NEWS FLASH!*****************************************
We are going to see SANTA on Dec. 5th!

Don't forget about the Scholastic Book orders and when they are due. You can make all your orders online now with the new system. Go to the website: www.scholastic.com/parentordering  
Class User name: mrsfaison 
Password: cluborders
*it is case sensitive

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Welcome to Mrs. Jordan-Faison's Pre-K!
Mrs. Jordan-Faison is a graduate of Columbus State University. She has been teaching Pre-Kindergarten at Benning Hills for a year and a half before moving to Ridgon Road. She has had experience in child care for many years: After School program at Midland Elementary, Pre-K Paraprofessional, substitute teacher in all grade levels (pre-kindergarten through 5th),teacher at Vacation Bible School, and many hours of field experience in all grade levels (pre-Kindergarten through 5th). Mrs. Jordan loves ladybugs and bright colors so the classroom will be filled with many. She is a proud mommy to her dogs, Hudson and Skeeter. She resides in Phenix City with her brand new husband, Brandon, as of July 19th!

Information of the Instructional Program and Daily Schedule
	At Rigdon Road Elementary, we will be using the High/Scope curriculum. The High/Scope curriculum focuses on the child learning responsibilities through daily routines, learning activities, and play. 
	We will follow a daily schedule. Although we have changed the schedule around at the beginning of the year frequently, you will receive a final copy. If for some reason it is changed to meet the needs of the students, we will send a copy home. 
	During our day, we do individual table activities (leggos, play dough, etc). We also do large group, small group, and circle time activities. During circle time, we look at our helpers of the day, weather, calendar, etc. When we have large group time, we focus on a theme/topic with music, finger plays, movement, graphic organizer charts, etc¡K When we are in our small group, the teachers each have 5 students. We will introduce a skill to the students, such as order from largest to smallest, writing, etc
	Here in Pre-K, we do a lot of learning through play, talk, and exploring. We have our Plan/Do/Recall time each day which lasts about an hour. The students plan and decide what center they will work in, then do that activity in the center, and recall or discuss what they did. We love sharing what we do during the day. 
 
Our Daily Schedule:
8:00-8:30	Arrival Breakfast
8:30-8:45       Greeting/Morning Activities  
8:45-8:55       Morning Circle                         
8:55-9:25	Large Group
9:25-9:55	Small Group/Small Group Center Rotations
9:55- 10:10     Restrooms
10:10-10:40     Outside or Center Time
10:40-10:50     Music Time/Poems/Hand Plays
10:50-11:15     LUNCH
11:15-11:35     Restroom
11:35-12:00     Daily Phonemic Awareness/Story
12:00-1:00      Rest Time
1:00-1:15	Restroom
1:15-1:30	Journal Writing (except on Fridays)
1:30-2:30	Work Time
2:30-2:40       Clean up Time
2:40-2:50       Snack Time
2:50-3:00       Prepare for Dismissal
3:00-3:10       Shared Reading
3:10-3:15       Daily Review
3:15            Walk students out for dismissal
     
Items for class (blanket, extra clothes, $ labeled)
 	The only thing you needed to purchase this year was a blanket. They should have a mat throughout the entire school year. Every child must have something to cover up with during nap time. It needs to be small, but able to cover them. A towel works great. The covering blanket MUST be labeled with your child¡¦s name. Please, no large blankets!!
 	Every child MUST have a change of clothes in the book bag at all times in case of any accidents we may have. If there is no change of clothes, you will be called from work or home. Even if your child is potty trained, accidents happen!! Trust me! 

B.E.A.R. Books  
The B.E.A.R. Books represent Bring Everything And Read. This is a way for the students to learn responsibility and organizational skills. Every communication between us all will be in this BEAR Book! This is their "take home¨ folder. The BEAR book will go home as often as it is needed to.
Each child will receive a folder that will have the left pocket titled "Keep At Home"-which means these are papers I am sending home and you are to take those papers out to keep at home. The right pocket will be titled "Return to School"- which means you will need to look over them and do accordingly and put them back in the folder.

If you need to send anything to me: this is where you will place any money for lunch, Book Club, pictures, etc¡K Please let us know what the money is for! Before sticking the $$money$$ in the pocket, make sure you do the following:
„«	Place the money in an envelope
„«	Put your child¡¦s name on the envelope
„«	Put what the money is for on the outside of the envelope
„«	Put how much money is in the envelope
„«	Put any other important information on the envelope
See example:

Chloe Fulbright
lunch money
week of 8/7-8/11
$5.00

Sight Words  
 We call our sight words POPCORN words because these are words that 
keep popping up when we read.  See below for the first 20 words.

you
is
it
to
the
a 
like
I
this
play
am
no
with
that
one
want
help
not
jump
said


If you need to get in touch with me, please write me a letter in your child's folder. We check folders every day that they go home!!
***Please make sure you and your child take good care of your BEAR Books. Also, for the BEAR Books to work and be effective it takes you check it EVERY day it goes home!!!***

***WISH LIST***
We have to have so many "Real and Found" items in the classroom. These items are things such as:
magazines
bottle tops
egg cartons
any enviromental print
old telephones
Brochures
Carbon paper
Computer keyboards
Coupons
Fast food logos—signs, books, word cards
Felt/pelon/dryer sheets characters/letters for flannel board
Flannel board made by covering a piece of cardboard box with flannel
Greeting cards
Homemade puppets-socks, gloves, tongue depressors, paper bags, potholders
“Junk” mail, envelopes, canceled stamps, magazine stamps
Magazines
Mini-page from newspaper
Misc. paper—receipt forms, order forms, counter checks, etc.
Restaurant menus
Typewriters
Blue prints or sample floor plans
Bubble wrap
Carpet pieces
Cardboard tubes/cylinders

Basically I will take any "trash" you have! :)
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My goals for each student by the end of the year:

1. Able to say his/her first and last name
2. Able to print his/her first name
3. Able to hold a pencil correctly
4. Able to hold and use scissors correctly
5. Able to sit quietly for 10-15 minutes
6. Able to name the basic shapes
7. Able to name the basic colors
8. Able to recognize all letters of the alphabet out of sequence
9. Able to recognize numbers 1-10 out of sequence
10.Able to say the alphabet
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PLEASE CHECK BACK Frequently......MORE TO COME!