Sept 24 Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Thank you all for bringing your child to the church service for singing. I also appreciated your promptness in bringing them to the classroom for a warm-up session. That was so nice of you. The children did a great job of praising their Savior. I always enjoy hearing their voices in song.

This week we will be reading the story Mice Squeak, We Speak by Tommie da Paola. Along with this, we will be working with the letters O, Q, I, Z, and K. I also want to begin working on the blending process. I will let you know how that goes. In math, we will be working with graphs and the number formations. During circle time, we will talk about apples and discuss this wonderful fruit that God gave us. Our Bible lessons will be “God Answers Abraham’s Prayer for a Son” and “God Answers Abraham’s Prayer for Lot.” >From these lessons we will learn how God keeps his promises and answers prayers.

I must inform you that during the week of October 1-5 I am on jury duty. I pray that I do not get put on a jury, but in the event that I should, I have Miss Beutel here to take over. Please don’t worry. She is a gifted lady who knows the class and will do a fine job. I can only hope that I get called in for an afternoon when I am off anyway. We will see.

The children will be doing a very special presentation soon. On October 26, we will have our Fall Musical. Before the children in grades 1-3 do their production, we will have an opening act. Believe me you do not want to miss it. I will be working very hard during these next few weeks to get this together. There will be no costumes this year. However, if you would like to invite friends or relatives to come see the production, feel free to do so. We love having guests come and see our kids. All of this will start at 7:00 pm. I believe we will also have a dress rehearsal on Thursday, October 25. However, at this writing, I am not sure of the time.

On October 5, we will have a special Harvest Festival. The children love this event so please mark the date on the calendar. I will send more information later.

I believe that is all for this week. Have a great week!

Sept. Weekly News

I hope that all of you had a nice weekend. I am noticing that with the weather being a bit cooler in the mornings, some of the children are forgetting a sweatshirt or jacket. Please pack one in their backpacks. You never know when it will be needed.

This week we will be reading the story From Head to Toe by Eric Carle. I love the Eric Carle books so we will be reading a lot of his work. Along with the stories, we will work with the letters E, C, P, and V. In math we will work with the numbers one and two. I am mainly working on number formation. Believe it or not, this takes a lot of time at this stage. Once we get this down, we will go a little faster. For circle time, we will continue our discussion about the community helpers. Our Bible lessons

will be “God Speaks, Abraham Listens” and “Abraham Shares His Land.” From these lessons we will learn that through the gift of faith, believers are able to trust God completely.

On Wednesday of this week, we will be taking school pictures. I am sending home a form which must be filled out and brought back to school. I believe everything is explained on the form. However, please let me know if you have any questions. I do need the slips back for the photographer. Thank you for your cooperation.

On Thursday of this week, we will have our vision screening. I believe that once again no news is good news. If you have questions concerning the screening, let me know.

This Sunday, during the late service, the children will be singing. Please have your child come to the kindergarten room by 11:00 am. We will practice the song once and then the children will be dismissed to sit with you during the service. When they sing, they will be asked to come forward. Once they have finished, they will sit with you. We have been working with the children and coaching them as to what to do during the service. Hopefully, it will be fine.

I believe that is all that I have for this week. Have a great week!

Sept. 10 Weekly Note

I hope that all of you had a relaxing weekend. I believe I have everything now for school. I know that some of you still need to get the earthquake kit into me. I will take them any time.

This week we will read the story The Wheels on the Bus which is illustrated by Ilene Richard. Along with discussing the story, we will work with the letters T, B, R, Y and G. As you know, I am briefly touching upon the letters. Once we have been through them all, we will start the process of blending. In math, we are learning the numbers one through nine. We will do some listening activities with the numbers that will also benefit the children. For circle time, we will start a unit on community helpers. Our Bible lessons we be “God Saves Noah and His Family” and “God Watches over the People at Babel.” >From these lessons we will learn how God rules the earth and the nations of the earth.

Today, your child received a hearing test. If the nurses found anything of concern, you will be contacted. Consider no news as good news. If you have any questions, please contact the office.

I have been communicating with the hot lunch lady and I have indicated that the portions are too large for the children. I know that she is going to try to work something out for our school. I don’t know what the remedy will be, but I will keep you posted. If you do want to order hot lunch, I am asking you to please fill out the slips which I have enclosed with this note. It helps with the confusion at lunch time. Thank you for your help in this matter.

As I have been reminding you, we will have the opportunity to sing on September 23 in the late service. Please keep that date open.

I am enclosing another note concerning box tops. We have a friendly competition here at school where we try to collect the most box tops. If you would like to order books from this order, you will collect some more box tops. This is not a mandatory thing. I am only giving you the opportunity. I will send home other book orders later on in the quarter. Feel free to do whatever works for you.

This Friday, we will have our first collaboration day. That means all classes will dismiss at noon. If you will not be here by then, I will check your child into homeroom.

I believe that we are off to a great start this year. Have a good week!