B Week; Blueberries for Sal and Benjamin's Box

Sound of the Week - "B"
Books of the Week - Blueberries for Sal and Benjamin's Box
Habit of the Month - Thinking
Moms of the Month - Alex Holck and Sandra Jones

Important Dates:
Spring Break - Friday, March 29th - return April 9th

Looking forward to a special "B" week where we continue our "Bible" stories with Mrs. Jernigan.  We will read a sweet story of Easter - Benjamin's Box.  Each student will create their own Benjamin's Box to bring home and share the Easter Story with their family.  Students will also read Blueberries for Sal- a wonderful classic!

Conferences went well.  Thank you for your authentic hearts for your children and their spiritual and academic growth.  Rhonda and I feel extremely blessed to have had this year with your families.  

Happy Easter!  He is Risen!  
Rhonda and Kay

"L"ook out for "L" Week! Grouchy Ladybug, Birthdays and Conferences!

Week of March 18-21

Sound of the Week - L

Book of the Week - Eric Carle's Very Grouchy Ladybug

Moms of the Month - Sandra Jones and Alex Holck

Habit of the Month - still working on Thinking!

 - link to You Tube!  William reciting Psalms 23!  
I asked Tina if I could share! - Precious!

http://youtu.be/zRPdDLhW6p 

Important Dates for next two weeks!

March 20th - 10:45 - Birthday Blessings for Ryan and Annily!  Thanks, Anne Marie 

and Amberly for being a part.  For the rest of the moms in the class...please make plans to join us for Birthday Blessings for your child, even if your child has summer birthday.  Email us to schedule.  Thanks!

March 21st - Conferences - No School for Kindergarten-2nd.

March 28th - April 8th - Easter and Spring Break.

We look forward to meeting with you this week (and next)!  We have many wonderful things to share.  It has been encouraging to do March assessments!  The children have come so far, especially since January.

Bible -  The last month, Mrs. Jernigan has been reading straight through the Old Testament

with the children.  The kids are incredibly engaged and are asking amazing questions.  It has become Mrs. Lee's favorite time of the day.  This is the way it should be!

Phonics -  After attending Early Literacy and Phonics classes the last 6 weeks, I have reworked our Phonics plans to include some foundational phonics principles that must be

in place for reading readiness and decoding.  Your child is creating a card stack of the 26 phonemes (sounds) and practicing through multi-sensory activities.  Honestly, I can already see a difference.    Ask your child to motion the 5 vowel sounds.  I'll be glad to explain more in conferences.  I am very excited about the future of this at our school!  Thanks Amberly, for your encouragement in this area!  

Conference Schedule:
Kindergarten Conferences

Thursday, March 14th - 
Malcolm (complete)

Monday, March 18th
12:20-12:40 - Griggs

Tuesay, March 19th
12:20-12:40 Couey with Jernigan

Thursday, March 21st
8:00 - 8:35 - Holck
8:35 - 8:55 - Deavours
9:00 - 9:20 - Stephens
9:35 - 9:55 - Horton
9:55 - 10:15 - Porter
10:15 - 10:35 -
10:35 - 10:55 - Stanley
11:00 - 11:30 - Jones
11:30 - 11:50 - Gordon
11:55 - 12:15 - Fay

Service Project, i sound and Inch by Inch

Week of March 11-14
Sound of the Week - i - short
Book of the Week - Inch by Inch
Habit - Thinking
Moms of the Month - Alex Holck and Sandra Jones

Looking forward to a wonderful, rich week!
Monday, March 11th - Service Project/Teacher Workday 
student drop off regular time and pick up at noon at regular carpool location.
Entire school is released at 12:00 (not 12:10)
Tuesday, March 12th - Regular school day
Wednesday, March 13th - Late Start - Teacher Inservice
Thursday, March 14th - Regular School day.

Thursday, March 21st - Conference Day - children K-2, do not attend

As spring approaches we see the children growing incredibly.  Rhonda and I have 
been excited to see the growth academically as we are working on assessments for the upcoming conferences. 

We have many birthdays to celebrate in the next few months and we love to bless the birthday girl or boy.  Moms, we would  love for you to come in the first part of the morning
or the last 15 minutes of the day - so that we can share our birthday blessings, pray and
have a birthday treat.  Please email us to set up a time.  Don't forget summer birthdays need to be celebrated too!

R - Miss Rumphius and a Ballet!

Week of March 3rd-6th

  

Sound of the Week - R
Phonics - multi-sensory review and long a

Book of the Week - Miss Rumphius

Mom of the Month - Martha Cook

Habit - Thinking

Important Dates:

March 6th - We will watch a short version of Perimeter Academy of Arts Ballet

March 11th - School-wide Service Projects

March 21st - Conferences - sending sign up email today.

Each year we get our first glimpse of spring as we study the wonderful book Miss Rumphius. On Wednesday, (just like Miss Rumphius), we will plant seed pots that will blossom just as the weather gets warm.