Book of the Week - Benjamin's Box
Sound of the Week - short /e/ - medial sound
Mom of the Month - Merritt Sims
I hope your break was wonderful! I look forward to seeing your children tomorrow morning for a very special week where we will celebrate the greatest NEWS of all - the Resurrection of Our Savior! We will be creating a special box to go along with the Book of the Week. Be sure to have your child explain the meaning of each item in the box on Thursday.
We will continue medial sounds in Phonics. The children are doing very well. I have created a book mark for each student that lists the decodable readers that the Magills generously donated to our classroom. As your child reads these books at home, please sign behind the title and return the next day. I will do the same at school.
Upcoming Dates:
Monday, April 28th - Farm Field Trip - information came home on Thursday before spring break. Please read over and send check or cash with you child this week.
Tuesday, May 6th - POETRY RECITAL - with a special mother's day theme - 9:00 a.m.
Please pray! A precious 6th grader at PCS, Kylie Myers, was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma on Thursday night. She has tumors in knee, pelvis and lungs. Her aunt is Rhonda Jernigan, the kindergarten teacher that teaches next door to me - (and has been my closest buddy since we were 18). The family is devastated but clinging to Hope that our Heavenly Father gives! Kylie's parents are Robin and Mark. Her oldest sister, Meredith, is my Annie's best friend from PCS - she is walking the college decision path and excitement of her senior year with a huge burden at this point. Please pray for her too. The next two weeks are very important. Thanks for hearing our burden - please, please pray!! Those of you who have been around PCS for a while might remember Kylie as "Annie" in the musical "Annie" from 2 years ago. She is truly one of the most joy "full" children that I know.
Love your children so much. Can't wait to hug them.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
"L"ots to Do in L Week - BOTW "Very Grouchy Ladybug"
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Week of March 18-21
Sound of the Week - L
Phonics - ending /l/ sound and continue review
Parents be sure that your child continues to practice the correct articulation
of the sound /l/ - tongue pushing against top teeth...no "uh" at the end.
Book of the Week - Eric Carle's Very Grouchy Ladybug
Mom of the Month - Martha Cook
Habit of the Month - still working on Thinking!
Children have narrowed down their poems and will bring their copy of their final choice
home tomorrow (Monday). We will work on these in class each day and should go over at home once a day. They seem very excited.
We are close to memorizing Isaiah 55 1-6 - thanks to Pam's wonderful CD!
Please work on this at home as well.
We are skipping verses 7,8 and 9 - and finish with 10-11 next week before spring break.
Important Dates:
March 27th - Conferences - No School for Kindergarten-2nd.
I look forward to meeting with you this week! I have many wonderful things to share. It has been encouraging to do March assessments! The children have come so far, especially since January.
Thank you, Martha, for being our Mom of the Month for March. The library books that you brought were wonderful. The kids pull them each morning. Thanks also for your time in sharing phonics information, planting our pots and 100 Day Celebration.
Your children brighten my days. Looking forward to a wonderful spring with them.
Kay
Sunday, March 2, 2014
R Week with Miss Rumphius and a Classical Comedy Ballet!
Week of March 3rd-6th
Sound of the Week - R
Phonics - multi-sensory review of all letters and long a
Book of the Week - Miss Rumphius
Mom of the Month - Martha Cook
Habit - Thinking
Thanks to Chris Magill for being our February Parent of the Month! With 3 winter breaks and replanting...we appreciate your flexibility. Thanks to Chris and Melissa for a great morning of baking blueberry muffins.
I sent home a CD of Isaiah 55 song that Pam Hamilton recorded to help with scripture memory. What a blessing. Please play this in your car a couple of times a day. Pam is willing to come to class a few days to work on song with the children so that we can sing at our poetry recital in April.
Important Dates:
This week! Boosterthon School Fund Raiser - Kick-off - look for information on Monday and Tuesday.
March 6th - We will watch a short version of Perimeter Academy of Arts Ballet La Fille Mai Garden 10:15-11:15 - it's a classical comedy and my kindergartners always love this one!
March 17th - School-wide Service Projects - more info coming soon.
March 27th - Parent Teacher 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.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Presidents Day, Q Week - Quilts, Quarters and Quarterbacks
Week of February 19th (out on the 18th)
Hope you have enjoyed the snow, family time and rest but I miss your children and have enjoyed planning our next few weeks.
Please don't feel swamped with our kindergarten work that was sent home last week. I know many are juggling required work for their older children (as we are at our house). I packed most of the academic concepts into last Monday and Tuesday. Please, just have children complete their Sound of the week journals, Book of the Week Journals, and the loose homework pages.
Praying for the Rowands as they are planning to move very soon. Please keep us posted.
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)
Parent of the Month - Chris Magill
I need 25 pennies per student for a counting Quarters game that we will play this week.
I am raiding my children's money jars - but if you have extra pennies that you could send -in a baggie - we would appreciate. Also, I need small nerf footballs that fit a 5-6 year olds hands. I have 2 at home but would love to collect a few more.
Reenrollment registration is due on Tuesday, February 18th. 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.
Phonics- As we discussed in the Parent Meeting a couple of weeks ago, we are continuing to soar through our new program. I would like to have some one-on-one time before and after school with each of the children over the next few weeks to work on any struggles that each may have. I will initiate these times soon.
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 me 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, April 3rd at 9:00 a.m. - please add to your calendar. We will begin picking poems in the next few weeks.
Your children are a blessing! I miss them.
Hope you have enjoyed the snow, family time and rest but I miss your children and have enjoyed planning our next few weeks.
Please don't feel swamped with our kindergarten work that was sent home last week. I know many are juggling required work for their older children (as we are at our house). I packed most of the academic concepts into last Monday and Tuesday. Please, just have children complete their Sound of the week journals, Book of the Week Journals, and the loose homework pages.
Praying for the Rowands as they are planning to move very soon. Please keep us posted.
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)
Parent of the Month - Chris Magill
I need 25 pennies per student for a counting Quarters game that we will play this week.
I am raiding my children's money jars - but if you have extra pennies that you could send -in a baggie - we would appreciate. Also, I need small nerf footballs that fit a 5-6 year olds hands. I have 2 at home but would love to collect a few more.
Reenrollment registration is due on Tuesday, February 18th. 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.
Phonics- As we discussed in the Parent Meeting a couple of weeks ago, we are continuing to soar through our new program. I would like to have some one-on-one time before and after school with each of the children over the next few weeks to work on any struggles that each may have. I will initiate these times soon.
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 me 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, April 3rd at 9:00 a.m. - please add to your calendar. We will begin picking poems in the next few weeks.
Your children are a blessing! I miss them.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge - /o/ Week!
Week of February 10-13
Sound of the Week - /o/
Book of the Week - The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
Habit of the Month - Self-Control
Parent of the Month - Chris Magill
It was wonderful to see you last Tuesday night at our class parent meeting.
I was encouraged and lifted by your thoughtful prayers for me. Thank you so much.
Thank you to Rachel Reiboldt for your time and support as February mom of the month!
The library books that your provided were awesome!
As we discussed at the meeting, your children are moving forward and doing exceptionally well with our phonics and are excited to tap and decode words. I believe that you will continue to see great progress over the next 3 months. Thank you for your support.
POETRY RECITAL - Thursday, April 3rd at 9:00 a.m. Please make plans to attend.
We will begin picking poems at the end of February.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Owl Moon - "M" - and tapping out words
Sound of the Week - M
Book of the Week - Owl Moon - by Jane Yolen
Habit of the Month - Self Control
Phonics - tapping out sounds in CVC words
Phonics - tapping out sounds in CVC words
Mom of the Month - Rachel Reiboldt
This will be our first week of HOMEWORK. The students seem excited! Every night your child will bring home a page or activity to be completed at home. The first few weeks your child might need guidance, but most of the pages or activities have been done many times in class. Yes, they should color and complete...always putting forth their best effort and return in their red folder the next day. Please text us with questions.
Here is a small clip of Jane Yolen's explanation of her her book Owl Moon, from her website. This book is outstanding!
This gentle tone poem about a father taking his daughter (yes–it’s a girl!) out owling one cold wintry night is arguably my best book. Certainly it’s my best known book. The 1988 Caldecott Medal winner for John Schoenherr’s beautiful, frosty, tender, exacting pictures, the book has been translated into nine languages, been an ALA Notable Book, a Reading Rainbow book, a Junior Literary Guild selection, and on dozens of state award lists. Though I envisioned the book in the little woods near our house, Schoenherr used his own farm in New Jersey as the setting. The father is my husband David, the child our daughter Heidi. It’s not an exact story of David taking Heidi out owling, but an amalgam of many such trips he did with all of our children. I purposefully didn’t mention the child’s gender, though the flap copy gives the secret away.
As you probably heard, today we started tapping out cvc words (consonant-vowel-consonant). The students were comfortable with tapping even on our first day. Please ask your child to show you how to tap the words - mat, map, sad and sap. Lefties tap with their left hands left to right. Righties tap with right hand left to right.
This gentle tone poem about a father taking his daughter (yes–it’s a girl!) out owling one cold wintry night is arguably my best book. Certainly it’s my best known book. The 1988 Caldecott Medal winner for John Schoenherr’s beautiful, frosty, tender, exacting pictures, the book has been translated into nine languages, been an ALA Notable Book, a Reading Rainbow book, a Junior Literary Guild selection, and on dozens of state award lists. Though I envisioned the book in the little woods near our house, Schoenherr used his own farm in New Jersey as the setting. The father is my husband David, the child our daughter Heidi. It’s not an exact story of David taking Heidi out owling, but an amalgam of many such trips he did with all of our children. I purposefully didn’t mention the child’s gender, though the flap copy gives the secret away.
As you probably heard, today we started tapping out cvc words (consonant-vowel-consonant). The students were comfortable with tapping even on our first day. Please ask your child to show you how to tap the words - mat, map, sad and sap. Lefties tap with their left hands left to right. Righties tap with right hand left to right.
Your children love to learn! Thanks for sharing them with me.
Kay
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Z Week - A Trip to Africa!
Week of January 13-16
Sound of the Week - z
Phonics Sounds - z and q (Sam will be thrilled!)
Book of the Week - Here on the African Savannah
Mom of the Month - Rachel Reiboldt
Habit - Self control
Tuesday January 14th - narratives (report cards) are available at noon in the elementary office. We do not send these home in back packs at PCS. School requires that you come in and pick up in elementary office for K-2. Let me know if you will not be able to come in and I will try to help you.
The African savanna is a favorite location to study each year for my kindergarten students! The children love learning more about Africa and it's giraffes, hippos, elephants, tigers, etc.
The book of the week a sing songy type narrative that allows the children to learn more about each of these animals and more. My students are always reciting the book by the end of the week. If your child has an African animal stuffed pet that they would like to bring this week - we would love to discuss.
Our kind Mom of the Month, Rachel Reiboldt, will be bringing a traditional African meal of beans and rice on Thursday for our special event. We will enjoy our meal after we take a Safari trip around Mt. Kilimanjaro! This safari slide show is compliments of Mrs. Williams' trip to Tanzania to minister in the school that PCS built and supports.
Dont' forget that we will not have school next Monday, January 20th in honor of MLK Day.
Your children are precious. Blessed to have this time with them. Kay
Sound of the Week - z
Phonics Sounds - z and q (Sam will be thrilled!)
Book of the Week - Here on the African Savannah
Mom of the Month - Rachel Reiboldt
Habit - Self control
Tuesday January 14th - narratives (report cards) are available at noon in the elementary office. We do not send these home in back packs at PCS. School requires that you come in and pick up in elementary office for K-2. Let me know if you will not be able to come in and I will try to help you.
The African savanna is a favorite location to study each year for my kindergarten students! The children love learning more about Africa and it's giraffes, hippos, elephants, tigers, etc.
The book of the week a sing songy type narrative that allows the children to learn more about each of these animals and more. My students are always reciting the book by the end of the week. If your child has an African animal stuffed pet that they would like to bring this week - we would love to discuss.
Our kind Mom of the Month, Rachel Reiboldt, will be bringing a traditional African meal of beans and rice on Thursday for our special event. We will enjoy our meal after we take a Safari trip around Mt. Kilimanjaro! This safari slide show is compliments of Mrs. Williams' trip to Tanzania to minister in the school that PCS built and supports.
Dont' forget that we will not have school next Monday, January 20th in honor of MLK Day.
Your children are precious. Blessed to have this time with them. Kay
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