Finding "Friends" and "F" Week

Week of August 29-September 1
Habit of the Month - Obedience
Sound of the Week - F
Book of the Week - The Glorious Flight
Mom of the Month - Brandy Parsonnet
Beginning 1st Verse of School Verse - Roman 12:1


     Last Wednesday, as we walked down to our classroom after morning drop-off, Joshua grabbed my hand and looked up at me and said, "Mrs. Lee, I have friends!".  What a precious reflection of the our first two weeks in kindergarten.  The children are becoming friends as they learn about one another, how to accept one another, and that Jesus wants them to show qualities of a true friend.  The first two weeks have been a precious time of learning and growing.  Please look for their Wonderfully Made book to come home tomorrow (Monday) in backpacks and the Friends book on Wednesday.  Both books have been made over the past two weeks.
     Tomorrow we will begin our Sound of the Week Studies with the letter "F".  This week we will be using feathers, finger painting fish, moving fast and slow, singing one of my Miss Gail Favorites, Funny Fingers, folding and flying paper airplanes (thanks Colcord family for the great instructions and supplies), studying the word "first" (and other ordinal poisitions), counting and graphing the number of people in our family.  We are planning to Freeze fresh juice to make popsicles.  Some fun "F" activities at home would include: Inviting a Friend over, Family Fun Night, visiting a pet store to see Fish.
     Our Book of the Week,  The Glorious Flight, by Martin and Alice Provensen is a Caldecott Book set in the early 1900s in France and tells the true story of Louis Bleriot and the first flight across the English Channel.  As we read and discuss the book our topics will be family, methods of transportation, France, England, inventions, inventors, righting a wrong and perserverance.  God is the ultimate creator, inventor, so take time this week to notice and praise Him!  For our special event on Thursday, Brandy Parsonnet will help us prepare Airplane Cupcakes and we will fly paper airplanes from the Balcony in the Main Entrance.  I picked up books from our public library that encourage the children to dig deeper into culture of France, Airplanes and inventions. 
     I am incredibly blessed to have this year with your children!

On to Week 2 of Kindergarten

See our First Day of Kindergarten Photo above! Thanks April Rodell!
(I will replace this photo shortly with another that April sent that has Kyra's eyes open. Will send copy of the "good" photo home with each child.)
What an awesome start we had last week! Your children are transitioning wonderfully.  I am priviledged to be your child's teacher!  No, we didn't catch snakes during recess as one of your precious little ones came home and told his mother, but we did build many wonderful memories and began to move into a routine.

This week please drop-off and pick up you child at the normal carpool location.  Thanks to those who texted me with any carpool changes last week.  The parapros will be greeting the children at 8:00 a.m. and I will come up to the Main Entrance around 8:15.  Remember biker shorts or soffees for girls under dresses. 

Week of August 22
Mom of the Month: Brandy Parsonnet
Sound of the Week: N/A
Book of the Week: Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
This delightful book is about a little girl is rural Appalachia who doesn't have a school.  A girl comes to the mountain who can read and the girls inspire one another to learn many important things including reading.  We'll be discussing friendship, family, roles, handling dissapointment, and perserverance.  We'll also read Rumplestiltzkin this week to compare his response to dissapointment to Ambers. 
Habit of the Month: beginning Habits in September contininuing P.E.A.R.L. Rule
Our themes of this week (tying into Amber on the Mountain) are friendship and perserverance.
Joining with other classes to enjoy at PEARL fruit salad on Wednesday as well as making a PEARL keychain on Thursday.
Scripture: Continue to look at verses that support our P.E.A.R.L. Rule.

We will continue to work on numbers.  We're counting the number of days of school, practicing calendar math and writing numbers 5-8.

Planning for our First Week in Kindergarten

Week of August 15th-19th

Book of the Week - I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow

Sound of the Week - N/A this week

Habit of Month - (will practice PEARL rules in August and begin habits in September)

Mom of the Month - Brandy Parsonnet (all Room Moms are M.O.M. for August)

 

It was a pleasure to see most of you yesterday morning a the Meet and Greet!  The children seemed very comfortable and jumped right into classroom activities. 

 

Please take note of these important details for Monday and Tuesday:

 

Please walk your child to our classroom on Monday morning.  Plan on arriving around 8:15.  We will take time for a class picture and then jump right into classroom acitvities. Kindergarten will not participate in noon carpool on Monday.  Please plan on picking up your child in our classroom at 11:50 on Monday. This will enable you to get out to carpool for noon pick up if you have older children.  Monday is the only day we will release the children from our classroom.  Beginning Tuesday, all kindergarteners will be dismissed from the carpool area.  We will discuss carpool in greater detail at our meeting on Tuesday evening.  Should you have questions regarding carpool before Tuesday night’s meeting, don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

Please send your child with a healthy snack (fruit, crackers, yogurt, veggies, etc.) on Monday (and every other day!)  Please send a water bottle as well.  Please, no juice as it attracts bumble bees while we are enjoying our snacks outside. 

 

If you were not able to bring school supplies on Friday, your child should bring Monday morning in backpack.  Part of our morning plan is to unpack supplies and put in plastic boxes (that I am providing) for use during the school year.

 

Beginning Tuesday morning, all kindergartners will begin our normal morning routine.  Please drop your child off at the Main Auditorium entrance.  Adults and safety patrol students will be there to assist your little ones in getting safely into the building.  Once inside, the kindergarten teachers and parapros will be there to greet your child and show them where to wait.  Your child may be dropped off beginning at 8:00.  Prior to 8:00, no adults will be there to monitor your child.  We will discuss this procedure in greater detail on Tuesday evening.

 

Finally, our first parent meeting is Tuesday evening in our classroom.  We will begin at 7:00.  Our time is limited, so your punctuality is appreciated! 

 

I will be praying for your sweet little ones this weekend!  I covet your prayers for me as well; pray that God will use me as His instrument in the life of your child and your family.

 

Have a blessed Saturday and Sunday!

Kay