Saturday, September 28, 2013
Celebrating "D" and Make Way for Ducklings!
Week of September 30-October 3rd
Wow! This will be a "D"elightful and Busy Week in Kindergarten!
Sound of the Week - D
Book of the Week - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Another classic (and favorite) book by a Caldecott Winner author/illustrator
Habit of the Month - continuing "Obedience" until week of October 7th
Mom of the Month - Rachel Brubaker
Thank you for your willingness to take a school day and travel to the Apple Orchards on Thursday. It was a wonderful morning and such a joy to be with your families. We will finish our "Seasons of the Apple Tree" on Monday morning with first hand knowledge of the apple blossoms and real apples on a tree.
Tuesday, October 1st - Our class will be visiting the Country Store that 6th graders create each year celebrating the culture of early 1800s. The 6th graders have items for sale (most 5 cents a piece) with the profits being donated to the Guatemalan mission trip for teachers.
Please send .50-1.00 if you would like for your child to shop on their own and purchase small handmade items or even candy.
Thursday, October 3rd - Our 1st PCS Service Project Day. Thank you to Valerie McMichael, Kelly Clements and Rachel Reibolt for leading this awesome day. You should be receiving an email from Valerie about items needed for this project. I will be traveling with some of the teachers from PCS to a Charlotte Mason conference Wed night-Friday night. Please know that I am praying for our class on this day (and everyday).
Artist of the Year...
This week we will introducing our Artist for the Year (in Kindergarten), John James Audobon. We learn that he is a student and lover of nature and came to be known as the "man who drew birds". We will take a good long look at his mallard duck picture. We will also do our very first picture study of McCloskey's drawing of ducks on Wednesday and then a reproduction drawing.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
A week with Class Trip to Reece Apple Orchards!
Week of September 23-26
Sound of the Week - A
Phonics - /a/ and /o/Book of the Week - How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Habit of the Month - Obedience
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Thank you to our wonderful September Mom of the Month, Kelly Clements for all of your generous blessings to our classroom this past month. We have enjoyed the wonderful Topic of the Week books, your time in the classroom, special snacks and many extras. You blessed us incredibly. Both Brooke and Bailey love having their parents as a part of their school day.
This Week:
Wednesday, 25th- Late Start! Students may be dropped off at 9:00 a.m. Jeans day! Fundraiser for Guatemala. Your child may wear jeans this day with a donation to PCS Guatemala missions trip.
See You at the Pole - Prayer led by PCS 8th graders at 8:30 a.m.
Thursday, 26th -Class trip to Reece Apple Orchards. Thank you Pam Hamilton for finalizing our plans for this special trip. If you are not one of the families meeting at school, then plan to meet us at the Orchards at 10:00 a.m. Please send sack lunch for your child to eat at the Orchards or in the car on return trip home. Please have your children wear play clothes and tennis shoes.
Some fun things that we will be doing with "A" this week.
Alphabet activities, animal charades, fingerprint ants and our own Book of Seasons of the Apple Tree
The Book of the Week - How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
by Marjorie Priceman
This is another favorite in my own household. It is a delightful, creative and humorous adventure that your children will enjoy for years to come. Ask your child to trace the locations of the book on a world map this week. You could make an Apple Pie or buy a yummy one at the Orchards.
Sound of the Week - A
Phonics - /a/ and /o/Book of the Week - How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Habit of the Month - Obedience
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Thank you to our wonderful September Mom of the Month, Kelly Clements for all of your generous blessings to our classroom this past month. We have enjoyed the wonderful Topic of the Week books, your time in the classroom, special snacks and many extras. You blessed us incredibly. Both Brooke and Bailey love having their parents as a part of their school day.
This Week:
Wednesday, 25th- Late Start! Students may be dropped off at 9:00 a.m. Jeans day! Fundraiser for Guatemala. Your child may wear jeans this day with a donation to PCS Guatemala missions trip.
See You at the Pole - Prayer led by PCS 8th graders at 8:30 a.m.
Thursday, 26th -Class trip to Reece Apple Orchards. Thank you Pam Hamilton for finalizing our plans for this special trip. If you are not one of the families meeting at school, then plan to meet us at the Orchards at 10:00 a.m. Please send sack lunch for your child to eat at the Orchards or in the car on return trip home. Please have your children wear play clothes and tennis shoes.
Some fun things that we will be doing with "A" this week.
Alphabet activities, animal charades, fingerprint ants and our own Book of Seasons of the Apple Tree
The Book of the Week - How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
by Marjorie Priceman
This is another favorite in my own household. It is a delightful, creative and humorous adventure that your children will enjoy for years to come. Ask your child to trace the locations of the book on a world map this week. You could make an Apple Pie or buy a yummy one at the Orchards.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
"C" Week and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
Week of September 16-19
Sound of the Week - C
Phonics Sounds - /c/ and /d/
Book of the Week - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Habit - Obedience
We had a special week last week with our very first Chapel. Your children were well -behaved and stayed engaged and interested.The water pistols were a hit.
What a joy to see how much your children love to be outside. We spent much of our time at the Perimeter pond and studied our Perimeter swans. It made our "Ugly Duckling" book much richer. Your children are concerned about the swans as it seems that the local geese are chasing them away from the pond daily.
It was great to meet last Tuesday night. Please remember to let me know the number from your family that will be a part of our Apple Orchard Field Trip on September 26th. I have only heard from 5 families.
Sound of the Week - C
Phonics Sounds - /c/ and /d/
Book of the Week - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Habit - Obedience
We had a special week last week with our very first Chapel. Your children were well -behaved and stayed engaged and interested.The water pistols were a hit.
What a joy to see how much your children love to be outside. We spent much of our time at the Perimeter pond and studied our Perimeter swans. It made our "Ugly Duckling" book much richer. Your children are concerned about the swans as it seems that the local geese are chasing them away from the pond daily.
It was great to meet last Tuesday night. Please remember to let me know the number from your family that will be a part of our Apple Orchard Field Trip on September 26th. I have only heard from 5 families.
Looking forward to studying the well-loved Eric Carle book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Kelly Clements, our Mom of the Month, has given our class a gift of many outstanding books that will help supplement our book studies this month. If you have any Eric Carle books, puzzles or games at home, this would be a great week to pull them out and enjoy them as a family. We will review the Days of the Week, practice recognizing the days of week as sight words, discuss the life-cycle of a Butterfly (thanks Kelly for the yummy snack on Thursday), make butterfly "blob" art, and much more.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
This Week! Our first Chapel and a Parent Meeting!
Book of the Week - The Ugly Duckling
Sound of the Week - /u/
Wilson Sounds - /u/ and /i/
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Habit - Obedience
Important Dates to Remember:
Lee Class Parent Meeting - Tuesday, September 10th in our classroom, 6:15 p.m.
First School-wide Chapel - Wednesday, September 11th - Main Sanctuary - 8:30 a.m..
Thanks, Kelly Clements for being our chapel mom this month! Children must wear Dressy Enrichment (Chapel Attire) please contact me with questions and review in school handbook. Unfortunately, those not dressed appropriately will have to sit in Mrs. Crist's office during chapel. This means appropriate khaki shirts, white blouse and navy sweater with dress shoes for girls - navy blazer or navy sweater, TIE, khaki pants and dress shoes for boys.
What a blessing to be the teacher in this class of children that love to learn by exploring and doing! I am sure that you have heard about our wonderful walks around the pond this week and the at least 15 turtles that seem to swim toward the class when we stop to look. It's amazing. I have been calling them to turtle whisperers. As we study The Ugly Duckling this week I plan to take this class a little deeper into God's creation as we will do daily observations of the two swans on our campus, nature sketches, differences in ducks and swans, we will even solve the mystery of how the swans came to live on our campus! This class loves to learn outdoors and could stay outside most of the day.
Our large playground has been torn down and is being replaced. We had hoped it would be up and ready by the end of this week but was not delivered last week as planned. I am sure that the children will keep you updated.
Thursday, September 26th - Class Field Trip to Reese Apple Orchards.
Pam Hamilton is helping me to plan this wonderful School day. We will give out more information at the Parent Meeting on Tuesday night. This is a family event if interested! We have at 10:00 a.m. reservation at Reese Apple Orchards in Ellijay to tour the Orchard on a hayride, pick a bag of apples, pet the animals in their petting zoo and buy yummy apple baked goods made in their bakery. Those who would like, can drive straight from their houses to the Orchards that morning OR we can meet at Perimeter so that we can caravan up to Reese's. We need to know your family's plans by this Friday, September 13th. Cost - 6.00 for bag of apples, $2 for hayride and $2 for petting zoo = 10.00 per participant. We will pay at the Orchard.
Your children are a joy! Have an awesome weekend!
Kay
Sound of the Week - /u/
Wilson Sounds - /u/ and /i/
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Habit - Obedience
Important Dates to Remember:
Lee Class Parent Meeting - Tuesday, September 10th in our classroom, 6:15 p.m.
First School-wide Chapel - Wednesday, September 11th - Main Sanctuary - 8:30 a.m..
Thanks, Kelly Clements for being our chapel mom this month! Children must wear Dressy Enrichment (Chapel Attire) please contact me with questions and review in school handbook. Unfortunately, those not dressed appropriately will have to sit in Mrs. Crist's office during chapel. This means appropriate khaki shirts, white blouse and navy sweater with dress shoes for girls - navy blazer or navy sweater, TIE, khaki pants and dress shoes for boys.
What a blessing to be the teacher in this class of children that love to learn by exploring and doing! I am sure that you have heard about our wonderful walks around the pond this week and the at least 15 turtles that seem to swim toward the class when we stop to look. It's amazing. I have been calling them to turtle whisperers. As we study The Ugly Duckling this week I plan to take this class a little deeper into God's creation as we will do daily observations of the two swans on our campus, nature sketches, differences in ducks and swans, we will even solve the mystery of how the swans came to live on our campus! This class loves to learn outdoors and could stay outside most of the day.
Our large playground has been torn down and is being replaced. We had hoped it would be up and ready by the end of this week but was not delivered last week as planned. I am sure that the children will keep you updated.
Thursday, September 26th - Class Field Trip to Reese Apple Orchards.
Pam Hamilton is helping me to plan this wonderful School day. We will give out more information at the Parent Meeting on Tuesday night. This is a family event if interested! We have at 10:00 a.m. reservation at Reese Apple Orchards in Ellijay to tour the Orchard on a hayride, pick a bag of apples, pet the animals in their petting zoo and buy yummy apple baked goods made in their bakery. Those who would like, can drive straight from their houses to the Orchards that morning OR we can meet at Perimeter so that we can caravan up to Reese's. We need to know your family's plans by this Friday, September 13th. Cost - 6.00 for bag of apples, $2 for hayride and $2 for petting zoo = 10.00 per participant. We will pay at the Orchard.
Your children are a joy! Have an awesome weekend!
Kay
Sunday, September 1, 2013
"N" Week - "Storm in the Night"
Week 4
Book of the Week - Storm in the Night
Sound of the Week - N
Phonics sounds - /n/ and /m/
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Habit of the Month - Obedience
Important Dates to Remember for September -
Tuesday night, September 10th - class meeting - 6:15-7:15
Wednesday, September 11th - 1st School-wide Chapel - Dressy Enrichment!
We had a fabulous week studying “Ff” and reading The Glorious Flight! Thanks to Valerie McMichael for being our awesome Mom of the Month (M.O.M.) in August and for joining us for PEARL activities. Thanks to John Clements for joining us on Thursday to be a part of our Paper Airplane flying activity (he even taught us an extra fold that made the airplanes fly even further). Mr. Scott joined us for the fun!
Thank you to Kelly Clements our awesome September mom of the month. Looking forward to your visit on Tuesday to read our Book of the Week.
Book of the Week - Storm in the Night
Sound of the Week - N
Phonics sounds - /n/ and /m/
Mom of the Month - Kelly Clements
Habit of the Month - Obedience
Important Dates to Remember for September -
Tuesday night, September 10th - class meeting - 6:15-7:15
Wednesday, September 11th - 1st School-wide Chapel - Dressy Enrichment!
We had a fabulous week studying “Ff” and reading The Glorious Flight! Thanks to Valerie McMichael for being our awesome Mom of the Month (M.O.M.) in August and for joining us for PEARL activities. Thanks to John Clements for joining us on Thursday to be a part of our Paper Airplane flying activity (he even taught us an extra fold that made the airplanes fly even further). Mr. Scott joined us for the fun!
Thank you to Kelly Clements our awesome September mom of the month. Looking forward to your visit on Tuesday to read our Book of the Week.
This month we
will learn and practice the Habit of Obedience!
Please look
carefully at the dress code requirements for Dressy Enrichment outfits. Chapel is NEXT WEDNESDAY, September 11… plan ahead and be
ready! They look so cute and feel so
grown up in these outfits, it does prepare them well for Chapel and it’s
required!
Some of the fun things that we will do this week are: Numbers and numerals, nickels, names
and hopefully a Nature Walk.
BOTW - Storm in the NIght by Mary Stolz and Pat Cummings
Some of the fun things that we will do this week are: Numbers and numerals, nickels, names
and hopefully a Nature Walk.
BOTW - Storm in the NIght by Mary Stolz and Pat Cummings
This is a delightful story of a little boy and his
grandfather during a thunderstorm. When
the power goes out, they sit on the porch and talk about all kinds of wonderful
things that only a grandparent could share. We’ll look at what
God says about grandparents - Proverbs
16: 31 and 17:6 and Psalm 103:17, and read verses about the voice of God
thundering – Job 37: 4 - 5, Psalm 29: 3 and John 12: 28 - 30.
We’ll learn a little about storms… and turning to the Lord when we’re
afraid.
Please contact me with any questions. Hope your long weekend has been restful!
Praying for children!
Kay
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