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Academic Beginnings Center

Mrs. Dobson’s Kindergarten class has fun learning!

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During literacy centers students did write around the room which consisted of  finding “Ff” words and writing them down.  The cool glasses helped!

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Also, during literacy centers students put on headphones and went to the word wall that had sight words on it.  Students listened for each sight word and pointed as they found them.

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The Levelland ISD Child Nutrition Department would like to cordially invite you to attend your child’s Thanksgiving Dinner.

Please see schedule below for this year’s delicious Thanksgiving meals!!

High School – Nov. 10
South Elementary – Nov. 12
Cactus Elementary – Nov. 13
Middle School – Nov. 17
Levelland Intermediate – Nov. 19
ABC – Nov. 20

Menu Turkey and Dressing
Sweet Potatoes
Seasoned Green Beans
Dinner Rolls
Fruit Mix Salad

LISD Staff $2.75
Visitors $3.00
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

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The students on the Purple Team at Levelland ABC experienced apple activities as they rotated to each class.

In Mrs. Dobson’s room the students began with a taste test. The students graphed what they liked to eat with apples. Do you think they liked fruit dip, caramel, or peanut butter with their apples?graphingtaste testing

After reading and discussing the book “Johnny Appleseed” in Mrs. Smith’s class, the students did an art activity to represent Johnny. They made headbands that looked like they had a sauce pan on their heads. Don’t they look a lot like him???

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Mrs. Gore reviewed patterns using apples cut in half. The children used the apples as stamps to make AB patterns. They also discussed the three parts of an apple.

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In Mrs. McFerrin’s class the children heard the story “The Little Red House.” With help from Mrs. McFerrin, the students cut an apple in half and discovered the star inside just as the story had told. They completed the lesson with an art project showing the star inside of the apple.

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Learning the letter Oo was a fun and adventerous learning experience. We made owls from pine cones and went on a nature walk to find sticks the owls could sit on. We also had a tasty experiment making freshly squeezed orange juice. The children realized that making orange juice was hard work. Field trip 007Field trip 006Field trip 005Field trip 014Field trip 011

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avitia's classDuring the week the students from the Pre-k Orange team(Ms. Avitia, Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. Green & Mrs. Snider) learned about the Letter Ff and did many activities on football. The week ended with a special surprise visit from the Levelland Lobo senior football players.  The boys toured the building inviting all Levelland ABC students to come watch the Homecoming game.   They even found time to stop and play catch with one student.  The students enjoyed the stories read by Romero Del Campo and Alex Garza.  The ABC students were so excited that in return, taught the players our “Do Your Job” cheer!  Their presence inspired many young boysAlex GarzaDo Your Job cheerThumbs Up to want to grow up and become Levelland Lobo football players.

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W is for WatermelonThis week in Mrs. Hayne’s pre-K classroom the students have been learning about the letter W.  Mrs. Haynes surprised her students this morning by bringing in 2 large watermelons.  Before the students got to bite into this healthy snack, they had several different learning experiences. 

 

The students began by describing the outside of the watermelon with words such as: green, yellow stripes, long, and heavy.  Mrs. Haynes then cut it open to show the students the “meat”.  They described the inside as red, white, black seeds and wet (better know as juicy).  Next, a circle was sliced and then sliced in half and in half again. WOW…talk about a great math lesson!   

 

The students then enjoyed this juicy snack.  Mrs. Haynes wrapped up the lesson with a good ole fashion seed spitting contest.  Can you believe a girl won with 8ft 2 ½ inches! What a wonderful way to learn about the letter W!

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100_2442Come join the learning with the

 Kindergarten Classes of

Mrs. Dobson, Mrs. Gore, and Mrs. Smith

Under the Big Top

 

To start the year, we chose a circus theme to help promote colors, shapes, and many more learning activities.  The theme got the children excited and interested in learning. 

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Mrs. Smith’s class had an opportunity to work independently to make clown faces.  This art activity allowed each student to work with different shapes and colors.  The students were also asked to make an AB pattern with the clown’s hair.  This activity was helpful for the skills they are learning and practicing, and they look GREAT under our “Big Top.”

100_2449Also in Mrs. Smith’s class, they have been working on numbers 1-10.  In this center, each student was given different peanuts with a number on it.  They had to recognize the number and place that amount of peanut shells on it.  This helped reinforce number recognition and one-to-one correspondence.

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Mrs. Dobson’s class sorted and graphed animal crackers during learning centers.  The students had to use their graphing skills to determine most, fewest, and equal.  And of course they enjoyed eating a few. 

 

100_2453Also in Mrs. Dobson’s class the students got to play Ringmaster Says (Simon Says) with balloons.  The students would respond to what the Ringmaster (teacher) said.  For example, Ringmaster says pick up the red balloon, place the red balloon above your head.  Students enjoyed learning colors and positional words through this activity.

 

100_2436Mrs. Gore’s students are role playing in a circus setting.  By pretending to be a popcorn vendor they are learning about money.

 

 

 

100_2440Also Mrs. Gore’s students are learning to differentiate between large, medium, and small by placing balls above the juggler from largest to smallest.

 

 

At Levelland ABC, we are having fun learning and playing with the circus!

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       We had some fun in our small groups today! I got out the shaving cream and each student experimented with how it felt, how they could manipulate it and what they could draw in it once it was spread on the table. They enjoyed this so much! We talked about how it grows when I put a small amount on the table in front of them, what it smelled like and what it felt like.

     This is a great exercise because it works their fine motor skills and pre-writing skills. We drew circles in our shaving cream, made hand prints and some of the students were able to write a few letters! When we finished they all asked if we would do it again and I think we will!

For more pictures of our first two weeks click on School is Cool.

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At a recent teacher inservice at ABC the staff met to review the faculty handbook. The teachers were divided into teams of two and instructed to use visuals to illustrate thirty topics. Ten minutes later, the presentations began. All were memorable but one became very personal when Amee Dobson and Angelica Estrada walked into the room as Mrs. Pugh and me. They proceed to mimic our interaction with children using the “Give Me Five” behavior technique.

1. Eyes on speaker
2. Lips closed
3. Ears listening
4. Sit or stand up straight
5. Hands and feet quiet

Our Positive Behavior Support Assemblies always begin with announcing “Give Me Five.” It delights me to watch two-hundred and fifty students quickly respond to all five statements while anxiously awaiting what comes next.

Mrs. Dobson and Mrs. Estrada perfectly captured the verbal exchange that often goes on between Mrs. Pugh and me. As laughter filled the room, I smiled knowing, it was going to be a bright year!

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We’re excited about the 2009-2010 School Year! We’re going to have lots of fun here at the Academic Beginnings Center!

Go Lobos and Loboettes!

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