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About Me

With enthusiasm, I join Global Village Academy in its mission to prepare this generation for a rapidly shrinking global community. I am excited for our students experiencing other cultures and languages, preparing them for a world community. As a team member, I look forward to providing my first grade students a strong foundation to reading, writing, and speaking English.
 
As a child, I remember playing school and wanting to become a teacher. Teaching runs in my family with my brother, mother, and grandparents who have been teachers. This lead to my earning a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education from Bethany College, Kansas, and a Master’s in Special Education from the University of Northern Colorado. I have taught in a variety of capacities from preschool, to kindergarten, and middle school special education. As an adult, I can think of nothing more rewarding than watching students grow educationally, emotionally, and physically!
 
Personally, I love to learn about different cultures and have visited eleven countries in Eastern and Western Europe. I also participated in four mission trips within the America’s. In addition to traveling, I enjoy family time with my two nephews, Robert and Hunter. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, walking my lab/boxer mix Babe, gardening, and scrapbooking.
 
I am looking forward to the school year ahead!
 

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October 4, 2109

Today was such a great day for the Fun Run and it was fun to see some of you.

This week we learned about the –ig family, started learning about verbs, we learned to use cubes to help us sound out words, worked on CVC words, started talking about different cultures around the world, and introduced fact families in math.

I sent home Scholastic book orders today and they are due by next Friday, October 11, 2019.

By Monday I will send an email through Sign- Up Genius to sign up for fall conferences.    These will take place on October 14 and 15 from 8:00 AM to 8 PM.

On Tuesday, October 8, 2109 picture retakes will take place.

Fall Break starts the Monday of conferences and goes through Friday, October 18, 2019.

 

Fun Run Friday 10/4

Hi Everybody,
 
The Fun Run is this Friday, October 4, 2019, from 11:10-11:40. 
 
Our turn in day for donations is October 10, absolute last day for cash/ check on the 11th, and credit cards through fall break.

September 27, 2019

Congratulations to the student’s who put on our first International Day of the year, Columbia!

This week we worked with the –en family, nouns, working with CVC words, making text to self connections, learned about editing, continued to learn counting math vocabulary, and learned how to make a map.

English students are coming home with work since the start of the year in Friday folders.  Please take a look at all we have done and empty folders.   More writing will be sent after we complete our current unit of study.

October 1, 2019 hearing and vision screening

Fun Run is Friday, October 4, 2019

Spirit week is next week:

Monday- pajama day

Tuesday-dress like a movie star

Wednesday- a favorite sport

Thursday- What do you want to be when you grow up?

 Friday- crazy hair

Fun Run Email Campaign

 Your students can earn a prize when they send out at least 10 emails through our system by 9/27/2019.

All they have to do is go to www.r4funds.com/schools/gvadouglas19/, then the Family Resources tab and scroll to the Send Emails to Friends and Family section.  Then simply fill in the boxes with your information (be sure to enter your student’s first & last name for credit) and customize the email and hit send!

Fun Run

Hi Families,
 
The kick-off for Fun Run was today with an assembly this morning.  This afternoon a flyer will be going home with details.  The run will be on Friday, October 4, 2019, and prize day on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.  I will be sending my flyer with my afternoon class.
 
Thanks,
 
Stephanie Folkestad

September 20, 2019

Please join us for Movie Night tomorrow Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 6 PM-9 PM.  Showtime is at dusk with the book fair before.

Fun Run Assembly and kick-off is this Tuesday, September 24, 2019.

International Day Columbia is this Friday, September 27, 2019, with an early release at 12:00 PM.

If anyone is interested in weekly helping me stuff Friday Folders from 2:30-3:00 please send me an email. 

AM class will continue to have art for specials.

This week we learned about the –ed family, proper and common nouns, understanding characters in stories, and continued learning map skills.  This week we added some new math vocabulary (count, skip count, and ordinal numbers). 

September 6, 2019

Reminder, if you are interested Scholastic book orders they are due tonight, Friday, September 06, 2019.

If your child reads chapter books please send me a quick email and the types of books they like reading.

This week we learned about story elements, the word family –at, and continued writing our small moment story (while learning about the writing process).  We continued working with math vocabulary and in social studies, we learned about urban, suburban, and rural.  Yesterday we opened one center of Daily Five, the listening center.

We have a field trip coming up on October 30 to see a play at the Lone Tree Arts Center.  If you are interested in chaperoning or want more details please visit the attachment.

 

Next week in the morning class we will continue to have P.E.

September 13, 2019

This week we learned the –an family, about nouns, started learning how to read a map, and began guided reading groups.

Scholastic Book Fair 9/19 starts today after school and will run until next Saturday.  A family Night to come and purchase books will be on September 19, 2019. 

Join us for Movie Night showing Coco at school next Saturday, September 21, 2019.  Be on the lookout for the confirmed start time 7:00 or 7:30.  The book fair will have its last day starting at 6:00 PM.

Please make sure to help your child learn their lunch numbers.  Not knowing numbers is becoming an issue and making the line take more time.   

Please remember to RSVP for the field trip in October so your child can go with us.  The RSVP is due order by next Friday, September 20, 2019.

To my morning class I will start sending home Friday Folders today.  Not all the information was given to me earlier this year.  Please remember to sign the weekly review, look for  Scholastic book orders, and ocassionally other information.  These are due back by the following Thursday, but students will earn a Golden Ticket if returned by Monday.