5/27/2016

We are coming up on our last days of school and there is a 

lot going on! 

Special Dates

 

No school this coming Monday, May 30th:

Wonderful Raffle for Our Library: 

Thursday, June 2nd: Zoo Field Trip. Please send your child with a sack lunch (marked with their name) on this day and have them wear their Sonshine shirts. Thank you!

Wednesday, June 6th: LAST DAY OF LIBRARY for the year. Please return all books this day. Thank you, Mrs. Johnson, for a wonderful year of library!!!


Tuesday, June 7th: Father's Day Field Day from 10:30-12:30. Father, Grandfather, Uncle, or a Special Dude will join us for field day fun in Klineline Park! (Any mom/grandma volunteers to run games would be lovely!) 

Monday, June 6th: There will be a chapel presentation of the students' graduation songs. Please have them also wear their red Sonshine shirts this day. 

 

Friday, June 10th: Last day, Kindergarten Graduation at 10:00 am, School Program. We will be reciting Psalm 23 of the New King James version. Please be working on this at home. PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL IN THEIR SONSHINE T-SHIRT ON THIS DAY. (: The t-shirts will be important to our big show! 

 

5/20/2016- It's getting close to the end parents!

Happy Friday Kindergarten Parents!

Ok, time is really starting to fly now!  There are a lot of dates I need to remind you about just in case they haven't been added to your overflowing calendar already!

May 16th-27th: We will be testing over these two weeks. Please make sure your child is getting plenty of sleep and is eating a healthy breakfast in the morning.  You are more than welcome to send an additional snack for them to eat.

May 30th: Memorial day, No SCHOOL!

Thursday, June 2nd: Zoo Field Trip (save the date if you'd like to volunteer). Field-trip forms have gone home, please let me know if you need one. I am still missing 4 students.  The deadline was today.

Tuesday, June 7th: Father's Day Field Day from 10:30-12:30. Father, Grandfather, Uncle, or a Special Dude will join us for field day fun in Klineline Park! (Any mom/grandma volunteers to run games would be lovely!)

Wednesday, June 8th- Volunteer Appreciation All-School Lunch.  More details coming soon!!

Friday, June 10th: Last Day, Kindergarten Graduation at 10:00 am, School Program. We will be reciting Psalm 23 of the New King James version. Please be working on this at home. We will memorize a little bit at a time. PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL IN A RED T-SHIRT ON THIS DAY. (: The white t-shirts will be important to our big show! 

*Note- you may have noticed I have not returned book bags back the last couple weeks. I am trying to collect them now so it is not a scramble at the end of the year. If you have not returned yours recently please do so. Thank you!*

*There will no longer be any more homework sheets sent home!  Yay!  Continue to read with your child, so they don't lose those important skills.

In reading we have been focusing on blending words in our head, and fluency by using punctuation marks to help us to know when to stop. Our phonics has been focusing on Syllables, and substituting sounds. Next week will be there last week of our Journey's Curriculum! We of course will continue to learn. We really will be reading, writing, and practicing our sight words to to finish off our year strong! I have put together a sight word book of all the words we have practiced that they will keep at school. If you would like a book for home let me know and I will send one home=)

This week's curriculum has been very different since we have been deep into testing with the students.  In an effort to not overwhelm the students we have been doing fun things in the classroom.  For example, Shape Bingo for Math.  Reading books on CD, free writing during writing time, and butterfly art during Science.  It has been a great break for the kids and a special time for the teachers to really engage and have fun together!

As always, if you have questions or concerns we are always here to answer questions for you.  Thank you for sharing your precious gem(s) with us. They are treasures!

~Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Lee

5/12/16

We are coming to a close of our school year and there is a lot of things coming up!

Important Dates Coming Up:

The Auction is this Saturday, May 14th at 5:30 pm. You can purchase tickets today, tomorrow, or at the door. Hope to see you there!!!

May 16th-27th: We will be testing over these two weeks. Please make sure your child is getting plenty of sleep and a filling breakfast to do their very best! Sending them with an additional snack is also a great idea! 

May 30th: Memorial day, No school 

Thursday, June 2nd: Zoo Field Trip (save the date if you'd like to volunteer). Field-trip forms have gone home, please let me know if you need one. I have had some come in, thank you! 

Tuesday, June 7th: Father's Day Field Day from 10:30-12:30. Father, Grandfather, Uncle, or a Special Dude will join us for field day fun in Klineline Park! (Any mom/grandma volunteers to run games would be lovely!)

Friday, June 10th: Last Day, Kindergarten Graduation at 10:00 am, School Program. We will be reciting Psalm 23 of the New King James version. Please be working on this at home. We will memorize a little bit at a time. PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL IN A RED T-SHIRT ON THIS DAY. (: The white t-shirts will be important to our big show! 

*Note- you may have noticed I have not returned book bags back the last couple weeks. I am trying to collect them now so it is not a scramble at the end of the year. If you have not returned yours recently please do so. Thank you!*

In reading we have been focusing on blending words in our head, and fluency by using punctuation marks to help us to know when to stop. Our phonics has been focusing on Syllables, and substituting sounds. Next week will be there last week of our Journey's Curriculum! We of course will continue to learn. We really will be reading, writing, and practicing our sight words to to finish off our year strong! I have put together a sight word book of all the words we have practiced that they will keep at school. If you would like a book for home let me know and I will send one home=)

In math we are learning about shapes and how many sides and vertices they have. Big word I know! They learned vertices is another word for corners=)

In writing we have started a fiction unit. This can be a little tricky because most of the year we have written about real things. They are having fun with it though!

Science- We have received our caterpillars! The students are having so much fun watching them grow and crawl around! We are excited for them to transform into butterflies. I am hoping to be able to release them with the kiddos before school is out!

In Bible we heard the story of Paul and Silas having to go to prison, but even in prison they sang praises to God. The story ends with the jailers family being saved. I think this is something even for us adults to learn. God can take horrible things and turn them into beautiful things. Let's always sing praises to our God because he is good through it all!

Happy Friday Kindergarten Parents!!

Thank you for an amazing Mother's Day Tea this morning!  The student's did amazing.  I was very proud of each one!  It was beautiful to see each Mom or Grandma there to support our kids.  Look for pictures coming next week from our special day.  Mrs. Warner and I got some great pictures.  Unfortunately, I picked a bad day to leave my phone (camera) at home!  Mrs. Warner will be sending me her pictures and then I can share them.  I blame Pre-Mother's Day Tea preparations on my absent mind...LOL! ;)

5/14- COME JOIN US FOR A NIGHT IN ITALY.  This is our annual auction with wonderful Italian food,  great gift baskets and other awesome items to bid on this year.

-The kindergarten class this year will be donating a rainy day basket. To make our basket we will need board games, coloring books and crayons, books, movies, puzzles, and any thing else you think would be perfect for a rainy day. I just bought the umbrella and set it out in the foyer to begin to fill and get ready. 

6/2- Our whole school zoo field trip! If you would like to volunteer let me know! Permission slips were sent out last week! Because this is a larger field trip we are asking that siblings stay home. Thank you for your understanding!

6/7- Father's Field Day. We will be going to Kline Line park for a Father's Day Field Day. This is a fun day to show appreciation for our Father's while playing some games and having fun!

6/10- last day of school/ Kindergarten Graduation/ half day!

Week At A Glance

Reading- continuing to work on substituting sounds and reading our leveled readers. We have also been talking a lot about characters. setting, problems, and solutions in our stories. This would be a wonderful thing to reinforce at home as well!

Writing- We just finished our Informational Text Unit and will begin writing non-fiction for this unit.

Math- 2D shapes.  Triangles, squares, circle, rectangle, hexagon, and diamond.  A great way to help your child is have them identify the different shapes around the house or as you are out and about your day.

*Our Bible verses will become a little more difficult. We will be reciting Psalm 23 for our graduation. This is a long verse but a powerful one! We will learn little chunks along with the signs leading up to graduation*  Look for the next verse coming next week.  The kids did great learning the verse and signs this week!

If you are reading this and you are a mother....have a wonderful weekend!  Faith Baptist Church will be having a special Mother's Day service if  you are looking for a church.  We would love to have you be a part of our program

Thanks for all you do!  Your child is precious to us too :)

Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Lee

4/27/16

Next week we are into May, and there are only 6 weeks left of school! Again there is a lot going on!

4/28- take you child to work day. Please let us know if your child will not be in school this day. Thank you!


5/6- Mother's Day Tea. 

Kindergarten Moms or Grandma's

You are Cordially Invited To A Mother's Day Tea

Time: 8:45-9:45 a.m.

Location:  Lobby Area at School

Please RSVP at your soonest convenience.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!

5/14-  Our annual auction! There is great company and wonderful things to buy! This year the theme is A Night in Italy. A fun event that supports our school, you won't want to miss it!

-The kindergarten class this year will be donating a rainy day basket. To make our basket we will need board games, coloring books and crayons, books, movies, puzzles, and any thing else you think would be perfect for a rainy day. I just bought the umbrella and set it out in the foyer to begin to fill and get ready. 

6/2- Our whole school zoo field trip! If you would like to volunteer let me know! Permission slips were sent out last week! Because this is a larger field trip we are asking that siblings stay home. Thank you for your understanding!

6/7- Father's Field Day. We will be going to Kline Line park for a Father's Day Field Day. This is a fun day to show appreciation for our Father's while playing some games and having fun!

6/10- last day of school/ Kindergarten Graduation/ half day!

Week at a glance

Reading- continuing to work on substituting sounds and reading our leveled readers. We have also been talking a lot about characters. setting, problems, and solutions in our stories. This would be a wonderful thing to reinforce at home as well!

Writing- We just finished our Informational Text Unit and had our Writer's Celebration on Tuesday. I keep their best piece to put in their portfolio, but I will send the rest home.

Math- We just finished our unit on positional words. This was a breeze for the kiddos! Next chapter will be 2D shapes. 

Bible- In Bible we learned about the story of Zacchaeus. We talked about how even if we lie or still we c an still make it right by apologizing and repenting.

*Our Bible verses will become a little more difficult. We will be reciting Psalm 23 for our graduation. This is a long verse but a powerful one! We will learn little chunks along with the signs leading up to graduation* 

Our Authors Page Photo to go in our published book! They are so darn cute! We should be receiving our books by the end of the month!

Spanish

Music

Congratulations Tyler and Mylah on their Fruit of the Spirit Awards for Faithfulness and Goodness

Chapel with our CEF group

April 22, 2016

Happy Friday Kindergarten Parents,

We are having another exciting week in our classroom!  The beautiful weather has been a special bonus for us.  I wish we could move our desks outside, but we did sneak in a few extra minutes at recess to catch up on our lack of vitamin D!

We have a lot events happening in the next few months so I am repeating them again as an extra reminder:

4/28- take you child to work day. Please let us know if your child will not be in school this day. Thank you!

4/26- Writers Celebration! All parents are welcome to come and share in this fun with us! We will hold our celebration at 2:15.

5/6- Mother's Day Tea. 

Kindergarten Moms or Grandma's

You are Cordially Invited To A Mother's Day Tea

Time: 8:45-9:45 a.m.

Location:  Lobby Area at School

Please RSVP at your soonest convenience.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!

5/14-  Our annual auction! There is great company and wonderful things to buy! This year the theme is A Night in Italy. A fun event that supports our school, you won't want to miss it!

-The kindergarten class this year will be donating a rainy day basket. To make our basket we will be needing a bubble umbrella, board games, coloring books and crayons, books, movies, puzzles, and any thing else you think would be perfect for a rainy day. A note will also be sent home next week. Thank you so much for your support! I look forward to seeing how our basket turns out!

6/2- Our whole school zoo field trip! If you would like to volunteer let me know! Permission slips were sent out this week! Because this is a larger field trip we are asking that siblings stay home. Thank you for your understanding!

6/7- Father's Field Day. We will be going to Kline Line park for a Father's Day Field Day. This is a fun day to show appreciation for our Father's while playing some games and having fun!

6/10- last day of school/ Kindergarten Graduation/ half day!

Our Week At A Glance:

The Letter this week is Uu.

Sight words: Do, Down

Math:  We are starting a new chapter about Positions.  Such as, Up, Down, Above, Below, Under, Next to...

Science:  Earth Week

Bible:  Lazarus

Have a Wonderful and Restful Weekend,

Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Lee

In celebration of earth day we talked about and experimented with oil spills. (Yes,  I know I was very brave to put large bowls of water in the middle of a kindergarten filled table! )

They experimented with the best ways to clean up an oil spill.  

I'm so proud of what they took away from this.  One girl told her mom they need to make less messes so they don't have to use as many paper towels because it's killing the trees! Her mom was on board with this; )

4/14/2016

I hope everyone is adjusting from coming back from Spring break. I know it was a little tough for our family! Besides being a little more wiggly, the kids are doing great! I will start by saying I am sorry for the lack of pictures this week! 

Dates not to miss!

4/22- Spring/ kindergarten graduation pictures. Next Friday students will be taking their graduation pictures. To order pictures look in your child's folder for a half sheet with ordering imformation.

4/28- take you child to work day. Please let us know if your child will not be in school this day. Thank you!

4/26- Writers Celebration! All parents are welcome to come and share in this fun with us! We will hold our celebration at 2:15.

5/6- Mother's Day Tea. I will know the exact time next week, so keep your eyes out for an invitation! The tea is about an hour long. Students do a little performance, have a gift for you, and share tea, juice and cookies together. They get so excited about this day, it's definitely not one you want to miss!

5/14-  Our annual auction! There is great company and wonderful things to buy! This year the theme is A Night in Italy. A fun event that supports our school, you won't want to miss it!

-The kindergarten class this year will be donating a rainy day basket. To make our basket we will be needing a bubble umbrella, board games, coloring books and crayons, books, movies, puzzles, and any thing else you think would be perfect for a rainy day. A note will also be sent home next week. Thank you so much for your support! I look forward to seeing how our basket turns out!

6/2- Our whole school zoo field trip! If you would like to volunteer let me know! Permission slips will be going out soon! Because this is a large field trip we are asking that siblings stay home. Thank you for your understanding!

6/7- Father's Field Day. We will be going to Kline Line park for a Father's Day Field Day. This is a fun day to show appreciation for our Father's while playing some games and having fun!

6/10- last day of school/ Kindergarten Graduation/ half day!

In reading our class has been focusing on reading CVC words, reviewing our sight words and letters, and substituting first sounds. Substituting first sounds is similar to rhyming, I say "If I have the word cat and I took away the /c/ and added a /b/, what word would I have?" At first this is a difficult task, however once they relate it to rhyming or word families they understand it better. This would be a great skill to practice in the car!

We have been doing a lot of writing lately! We have been creating our own class book that will be published! I will tell you more about this soon! We are also working on our information test unit. The students have been having so much fun writing about everything they know about!

In math we h ave been learning all sorts of things! We have been learning the different way to sort objects, the values of coins, how to tell time, and we have been practicing our addition and subtraction fluency! This is the time of year that we get our little kinders ready for the first grade, and there is so much to learn. It is so fun to watch them blossom though!


In Bible we read the story of how Jesus loves the children and loves to spend time with them. We also talked about how we spend time with the people we love.

This week in science we are finishing up our unit on the ocean. The students have been having a great time learning all about the different animals. Next week we will be tying in our ocean unit with Earth Week. We will be talking about pollution in the ocean.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!