A week in review: September 3-6

It has been a fun first two weeks in Kindergarten! Your children have been so eager to learn and we are having fun doing it. I love to hear their insight, whether it is during news sharing time in the morning, or Bible or playtime. They always have some amazing things to share. We are working hard at learning our routines and respecting those around us. We have come so far in just two weeks!! I am beyond excited to walk with them through this year!!!

Important Dates

  • September 20-No P.M. bussing
  • September 27- No school-professional development day
  • October 1-School pictures-order forms coming soon
  • October 3-Field trip to DeGraaf nature center

Additional Information

We love snack time in our room! One thing that may be helpful is to pack snacks separate from their lunch so they know what to have for snack. Also, remember that we have both a morning and afternoon snack, as some are running out of food before afternoon snack!

For the students who have been at school all day every day I sent their towels home with them to be washed. If at all possible please send it back with them on Monday.

Our library day is Tuesday. If they have their book returned by Tuesday they will be allowed to take another home, if not they will only be allowed to look at the books.

Please encourage your children to play with lots of people on the playground and make new friends. We are working hard on widening our circle of friends!

Our first field trip will be to DeGraaf nature center on October 3. I will be sending out a sign up genius for volunteers in the next day or two.

If you haven’t turned in forms or your family photo please do that this week!

Here is the link for scholastic book orders, they are due on Monday September 9! Our class code is VR38N.

Curriculum

Bible: We began our study of the fruits of the spirit this week. We learned about love, joy, peace and patience. We learned about how God helps us to develop these traits and sometimes they are hard to live out! We talked about how deep the love of God is for us, so deep that He sent His Son to die for us! We also spent time outside to experience the peace God provides. One of the traits that brought the most discussion was patience. Apparently their siblings try their patience;) We will continue our study next week!

We were also able to listen to Mr. McAboy share how we see everything through the lens of God’s Word and he put on different colored glasses to help us understand!

Math: This week we read Anno’s Counting Book and looked for things on each page that matched the number we were working on. For example, on page 4 we looked for groups of 4 things. We then went outside to count things we saw. We also made the discovery that there are lots of circles on the playground, even the tire swing!

Phonics: We started learning the names of our friends and put them in ABC order!

Book of Friends: We will be continuing to work on cutting out and putting our friends’ names on paper and then drawing a picture of them! This week we worked on Mrs. Arnold. It is fun to watch their creative side come to life!

Alphabet boot camp: This is a fun thing we will be working on for the first 26 days of school. This week we did the letters A-C. We will be practicing the sound that each letter represents and then putting a fun letter together, finding the letter of the day and highlighting it in a small book, rainbow writing, and coloring a page. We also have a tub of things that start with the letter and if we finish everything we can draw a picture of something in the tub!

Tour of the school: This week, I’m sure you’ve heard that we had a scavenger hunt looking for Pete the Cat. We read a story about Pete and he left us clues to look for him and he led us all around school. It ended with a fun coloring page he left for us to do!

Afternoons: During our afternoons at school we enjoy quiet time, play time, snack and recess as well as art, music, kindergarten singing and math centers. Our afternoons are packed full but a little bit more laid back! It has been a great for me to interact with the students during a bit more informal time. I am beginning to see all their personalities shine through!

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