Post Card Project

Throughout the school year our Kindergarten class will be working on a post card project. We are hoping to have post cards sent to us from all over the world! I’ve asked each sender to tell us some interesting facts from the post card’s location so we can learn about different places without leaving our classroom. Each time a post card arrives, we will mark where it came from on a United States or World Map. Then, we will place the post card into an album for everyone to enjoy.

If you are someone you know would be willing to participate, it would be greatly appreciated! Send post cards to:
Legacy Academy Kindergarten
211 Feaster Road
Greenville, SC 29615

Free Centers

Here are a few pictures from Free Choice center time. Random, but I felt like sharing. =)

Work Centers

We started work centers this week! Each student is a member of a group that will travel between the art, phonics, math, and writing centers (choices of centers will change from week to week). Check out the pictures from today's work center session!

Write The Room

During journal time, the students have been busy "writing the room". Basically, they'll write down any words that they may see around the room in order to practice print concepts and handwriting skills. These came home in the blue folders over the weekend. I hope you had a chance to check them out!

Predictable Charts

Every morning during The Planning Circle, we participate in activities revolving around our Predictable Chart for the week. Last week, our predictable chart format was "My name is ___________" and this week, it's "I like ____________" (color words). Predictable charts are a great way to practice directionality when reading (tracking from left to right and top to bottom) and to practice sight words. At the end of the week, students use their predictable chart sentences to make a page for the class book! They are given the words for their sentence, and they must glue them in order onto their page before illustrating. Check out our class books outside of our classroom (on the cafeteria side) each week!

The First Week

Here are a few pictures from the first week of school! I hope you enjoy them!

The First Day!

Today was the first day of kindergarten and we had such a wonderful time! I really enjoyed meeting and beginning to get to know my students. Today was such a busy day that I didn't even get a chance to take out my camera! I hope to post some pictures of our activities tomorrow.

Introduction

My name is Amy Shirley, and I am very excited to be Legacy Academy's first Kindergarten teacher! I have a bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education from USC-Spartanburg, an certified with the South Carolina Department of Education, and am an active member of NAEYC. I have been teaching in Greenville since 2003 in both the private sector and a local charter school.

I live in Piedmont with my husband Eric and our two children. My stepdaughter Kimberly is a freshman at Palmetto High School and our son Riley is 4 months old. I am eagerly looking forward to getting to know my students and their families and to an exciting school year!

Our Children, Kimberly and Riley when we visited Seaside Heights, NJ.

My husband and I on our wedding day.

Me and my son just hanging around.