Ready to Read!

This week at the Bridges Bay, we will begin individualizing our reading by picking "just right books". Just like we get ready for school by finding the perfect shoes or perfect new jacket, we each need a book that fits just right. Just like our favorite books, these are ones that we will read, "over and over".

To carry all our books from our classroom library to our reading spots each day, we will be using our handy dandy "Book Bags" (Target Reusable Bags). If you have not sent one in for your student, please do so, so we will have enough :). Thank you to the parents that sent in multiples!

Meet Chet the Traveling Bear!

It's a bird, it's a plane, no! It's Chet the Traveling Bear! As apart of our Kindergarten Adventure here at Chets Creek, we are adopting a new little traveler! Introducing, Chet the Bear, Chet Bridges to be exact. Chet will be traveling near and far as we correspond with him by letter, postcard, e-mail, and photography!

In your student's planner was the blog address for Chet's Travels : http://travelingchet.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-blog-is-born.html. Keep in mind that many other classrooms at Chets Creek also have a traveling bear so look for "Chet Bridges" to check out our little tour guide's adventures.

Chet's first adventure will be this week in Massachusetts! He is traveling

with the parents of one our own Dining Room Paras, Ms. Angela Hopfe.They

will be mailing him back with picture of his trip. Stay tuned for the highlights

of his New England Journey!

As you may have read in your student's planner, you too can participate in

Chet's adventures. Let me know if you would be willing to take Chet with you

on a trip and journal about it for our class (words or pictures!). This can even

be a trip within Jacksonville or out of State.

Chet is ready for travel and we are ready for adventure!

First Days of our Travels :)

Well, we have started school off with quite a

storm this year, but we are not letting it get in the way of our travels. We are on a journey to learn, rain or shine! The first day of school was fantastic, we got to meet our new friends, we

took a grand tour of the school with Chester

the Raccoon, and ended with a fabulous assembly!

Rain came along,but not before we could celebrate our new theme with a

class picture :). We will wear these adventure garbs each Friday in honor of our travels here at Chets Creek!