Poetry Recital, "H"undred Day Celebration

Sound of the Week - H
Book of the Week - Harold and the Purple Crayon
Habit - Thinking
Moms of the Month - Kelly Gordon and Meredith Couey

Poetry Recital - Tuesday morning, February 26th at 9:00 a.m.!
We rehearsed last Thursday and the children did very well.  Thank you
to Kelly Gordon for organizing our reception and to all those that have volunteered to bring food items.  Remember that students should wear church clothes - Boys, polo shirt, button down or coat and tie with long pants - Girls, dresses or skirts.

Moms that are helping with set up of reception...please feel free to come in classroom as we are rehearsing at 8:30 on Tuesday.  All parents will be invited to enter the classroom at 9:00.

100 Day Celebration - Thursday, February 28th

We celebrate our 100th day of Kindergarten.  Our Moms of the Month will move with groups to different classrooms (hosted by Kindergarten teachers) to experience many great "100 day" activities.  Don't need to send anything.  Moms of the Month - please plan to arrive around 8:55.

Will send sign up for March conferences this week.  

We love your children!

N Week - "Storm in the Night" and hopefully a Nature Walk

Sound of the Week - N

Book of the Week - Storm in the Night

Moms of the Month - Kelly Gordon and Meredith Couey

Habit - Thinking

Super Servers this week..
Tuesday - Hannah
Wednesday - Gage
Thursday - Andrew Gordon

Wednesday, February 20th - Late start.

We are planning to have a "N"ature Walk this week (probably Wednesday or Thursday depending on weather).  If M.O.M.s would like to be part and it works for your schedule, please come.  Please have your child wear tennis shoes and layer.  

Reminder: Poetry Recital is Tuesday, February 26th at 9:00 a.m.  Please invite grandparents.  Students will wear Sunday attire.  Girls - dresses or skirts, boys - polo shirt or button down (or coat and tie if they would like).  Our Moms of the Month for March, will be contacting you about specific food items to bring for a very simple reception following.  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS EVENTS OF THE YEAR.  Please make plans to attend.

The "u" sound, The Ugly Duckling and Valentine's Day?

Week of February 11-14

Sound of the Week - u

Book of the Week - The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson- adapted and illustrated by Jerry PInkney and other Fairy Tales

Moms of the Month -Kelly Gordon and Meredith Couey

Our class is continuing with habit of Self Control - these first two weeks of February.

Habit of the Month - Thinking

Reminders -

Valentine's Day, February 14th - So that we do not encourage the "boy-girl" relationship (primarily in the Middle School), our school administrators decided a few years ago that it is best not to have a class and student to student exchange of Valentines at school.  We do however, in Kindergarten, make a Valentine for our parents and the kindergarten teachers have a small Valentine goody for the students that will be handed out subtly at the end of the day.  

Wednesday, February 13th - Arts Festival at PCS (Kindergarten does not participate).

Poetry Recital - February 26 at 9:00 a.m. -This weekend you will receive the Nursery Rhyme that your child chose to recite.  Please practice at home and we will continue to recite, draw, etc. at school.  Each child will recite their own nursery rhyme (by themselves) at our Poetry Recital.  We will recite Psalms 23 as a group.   Our moms of the month will contact you about food items for our small reception following the Poetry Recital.  

Thanks so much for your continued prayers and encouragement this year.  The students have made incredible progress academically since we returned in January.  Each week we are blessed to see their efforts to really grow and learn. 

"Q" Week, Quilts, Queens and Quarterbacks!

Week of February 4th

Sound of the Week - Q
Book of the Week - The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston illustrated by Tomie Depaola
Habit - Self-Control (we are sticking with this habit another week or so)
Moms of the Month - Kelly Gordon and Meredith Couey

Reenrollment registration is due on Monday, February 4th.  All enrollment can be done online.  There is a late charge for those that are not received by this date.

Also, please send a jacket each day with your child based on the morning temperature.  We go outside around 10 a.m. and the area around playground is shaded.  

Sight Words - As we discussed in the Parent Meeting on Tuesday night, we will send home our sight words of the week so that parents may create flash cards or make a wall chart.  Please see the sight words for this week in the photos to the right.  Michael and Thomas are holding this and is.

We continue another awesome week in Kindergarten with a wonderful book, The Quilt Story, written by Tony Johnston and beautifully illustrated by Tomie Depaola.  If you have any family quilts that you would be comfortable sending in, please do.  Just email or text us to let us the quilt is coming.  If possible, send a little background information about the quilt.  We will have your child share about his/her family quilt but can guide them with questions with the information that you send.  

Poetry Recital, February 26th - your child will bring home his/her 2 nursery rhymes this week.  Please begin practicing at home and in the car.  

Also, see special photos from last week's, "O" week.  We enjoyed having Zoe's grandmother to read on Wednesday! The kids enjoyed our hotdog "Octopi" over macaroni and cheese "sea weed" for our special event - thanks Kelly Porter for your creative cooking.  The students also learned and applied as they made "Little Red Lighthouses" and built the Great Gray Bridge on Thursday after snack.