Tracey McDaniel

Contact:

The best way to contact me is through my school email: tracey.mcdaniel@dcsms.org  or through the school status app.

Please call the school if there is an emergency or a change in how your child is getting home. To call the school, please dial : 662.890.9659
I will be setting up a class remind. This is how I will send out daily reminders about important events in our class.

Important Reminders

Memory books- 2in binder by Friday, Sept 8th

Activity Fee (this is the workbook fee) is $15- cash, check made out to Pleasant Hill Elementary, or pay on the PHES website

Remind sign up- text/email me if you want/need to sign up

Snack Time- one snack for snack time


Schedule:

7:55: Doors open

8:30-8:55: Jag Time

9:00-9:30: Recess

9:35-10:00: Phonics

10:05-10:55: Activity

10100-11:20: Phonics/Writing

11:25-11:50: Lunch

12:00-12:20: Math

12:25-1:40: Stations

1:40-2:20: Reading

2:20-2:30: Snack

2:30-3:00: Nap

3:15: Dismissal

Meet the Teacher:

My name is Tracey McDaniel and it is an honor for me to be your kindergarten teacher! This is my third year to teach at PHES and I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us! Parents, please know that I will treat your child with respect while also pushing them to do their very best. I hope that we will work as team to make sure that all of us have a wonderful year.

Some facts about me:

I am from Olive Branch, MS. I graduated from Blue Mountain College in May 2020. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education (k-6) and this is my fourth year to teach Kindergarten. I have a 17lb cat named Waffles and I love to draw and paint, and spend time with my friends and family.

My Favorite Things:

Color: Purple

Holiday: Halloween

Candy: Milk Chocolate and smarties

Drink: Coke, Sprite, ocean water

Books: Harry Potter series, Percy Jackson series

Movies: Jurassic Park, The Avengers

I am a picky eater and I do not like nuts.

Parent Teacher Night PowerPoint

Ready Reading Book List:

- Jamaica's Blue Marker by Juanita Havill

- The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola

- Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

-: Stone Soup: by Marcia Brown

- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

- Red-Eye Tree Frog by Joy Cowley

- What's It's Like to Be a Fish by Wendy Pfeffer

- What Lives in a Shell by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

- America's Champion Swimmer by Gertrude Ederle