Beginning with the Letter "F"

Week of August 27-30

MANDATORY MEETINGS
PRINCIPAL MEETING - TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 28 6:30-7:15
CAMPUS MEETING TO FOLLOW IN AUDITORIUM AT 7:30.

Habit of the Month - review of Pearl Rules
Sound of the Week - F
Book of the Week - The Glorious Flight
Mom of the Month - Jennifer Stephens

Apple Orchard Family Trip changed to Thursday, September 27th (during school day)
This was originally scheduled for Friday, September 28th.
Reese Apple Orchards near Dawsonville

         Two days ago when I tried to intervene with a baby doll "sharing" concern, Zoe looked at me and said "We can work it out, Mrs. Lee." And they did!  What a precious reflection of the our first two weeks in kindergarten.  We are "working" things out as your children (many who are having their first school experience) are transitioning beautifully.  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.   We hope you have enjoyed seeing their Wonderfully Made book that came home last Monday in backpacks and the Friends book that came home on Thursday. The children did an amazing job with their water color paintings of Amber's Mountain and their colored quilt squares. Each child recalled the PEARL rule and celebrated by making a PEARL keychain to attach to their backpacks. Special thanks to Marilyn Couey for helping with the keychain, reading Amber of the Mountain with a real mountain accent and helping prep our Friend Books.
     Monday 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 a Miss Gail song, Funny Fingers, folding and flying paper airplanes with our Mom of the Month Mrs. Stephens, 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, Jennifer Stephens will help us with our frozen fruit pops and then FLY OUR AIRPLANES from Balcony in the Main Entrance.  
    

On to Week 2!

Week of August 20-23

What an awesome start we had last week! Your children are transitioning wonderfully. We are incredibly blessed to be your child's teachers!  We have already begun to build many wonderful memories and 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 us  with any carpool changes last week.  The parapros will be greeting the children at 8:00 a.m. and Mrs. Jernigan and Mrs. Lee will come up to the Main Entrance around 8:15.  Remember biker shorts or soffees for girls under dresses.  

Mom of the Month: Jennifer Stephens
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.
We will be joining with other classes to enjoy at PEARL fruit salad on Thursday as well as making a PEARL keychain on Thursday.
Scripture: Continue to look at verses that support our P.E.A.R.L. Rule.

Our First Week of Kindergarten!

Week of August 13th-16th

Thank you for your incredible encouragement and enthusiasm with 
our changes  on Thursday that now make us the Lee-Jernigan 
Kindergarten Class!  We will gladly discuss this Tuesday evening 
at our parent meeting or feel free to contact Mrs. Jernigan or Mrs. Lee.  
We are still one big happy family!  

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)

Moms of the Month - Lee - Jennifer Stephens and Jernigan - TBD

It was a pleasure to see most of you Friday morning at 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 a.m.  Please take many pictures!  Around 8:25, will take a class 
picture and then jump right into classroom acitvities. Kindergarten will participate 
in noon carpool on Monday!  Our plans are to leave the classroom around 
11:50 (earlier than usual) and meet "walk up" parents at the Main Entrance 
walkway as we exit OR in regular carpool.  Mrs. Jernigan and Mrs. Lee will 
walk with the children every day and line up on the sidewalk for regular 
carpool.  Please email us with questions.  Many extra hands will be "on deck" 
Monday to make things run smoothly.  

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.  

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.  

Finally, our first parent meeting is Tuesday evening (August 14th) in our classroom.  We will 
begin at 7:00 and end around 7:50.   Our time is limited, so your punctuality is appreciated! 

We will be praying for your sweet little ones this weekend!  

We ask for your prayers for our Lee-Jernigan Team as well.  

Have a blessed Sunday!

Andrew G. , Zoe, Annily, Hannah, Gage, Michael, Thomas, Allie, Landon, Jack, Walker, William, and Andrew C. ...

      
     We have prayed for you by name for the past month.  Mrs. Jernigan (our wonderful para pro) and I believe that God placed us together for an incredible school year to learn and grow.  In just one week, we will begin our nature walks, building, painting, cooking, daily digging into wonderful books, playing games and math activities.  We will enjoy our awesome playground and lake that is full of tadpoles and other neat creatures.  We will also study God's word that will prayerfully become a part of YOU and your story.
   
      I have enjoyed  meeting many of you at our home visits and look forward to two more this week.  Mrs. Jernigan and I plan to drop by the Class Get-Together at William's pool on Tuesday. Gage's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephens, are our awesome Room Parents.  They both have a special gift of making people feel a part.  They are planning ways that your parents can get involved and will come and be a part of our class throughout the year.  


      Please know that on the first day of school your parents will drop you off in the classroom and days after that we will meet you in the front entrance and walk you down to the classroom.  We will not let you get lost.  We would love to hold your hand if you need us.  
    
       We will continue to pray for you daily as we prepare for the great things that this school year holds.  Will you pray for your classmates and for us?  God moves great things when we ask Him!

I look forward to replacing the photo of our chalkboards above with our 1st day class photo.


See you soon,
Mrs. Lee


Important Days this Week:


Sunday, August 5th - New Family Pool Party at Perimeter Pool


Tuesday, August 6th - Class Get Together  10 a.m.-12 noon at William's Pool
Farmbrook Subdivision - 700 Buttercup Trace, Johns Creek, 30022
Watermelon and Water; Bring sack lunch if desired.
School Supply Pick-Up 10-12 (Middle School side of school)
Uniform Consignment Sale - 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.


Thursday, August 9th - School Supply Pick-Up 10 a.m. - 12 noon (Middle School)


Friday, August 10th - Meet and Greet in our classroom between 11 and 12.
(Bring school supplies, if possible).