October 20 Kindergarten Weekly Note

October 20, 2008


Dear Parents,
Thank you all for the prayers and the well wishes that you have sent my way. I am doing very well and I am gaining more strength each day. God has been very good to me. I will still be out this week because I tire easily, but hopefully next week I will be back part time. I do want to come in on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon to see the children and reassure them that I am doing fine. Miss Beutel and Mrs. Albrecht have had many good things to say about the class. I just know that they are doing a great job in kindergarten. Thank you, parents, for all of the coaching that you have done at home. This certainly was not what I planned on, but the Lord had other thoughts.
This week the children will be reading the story Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate. We will also be working with the letter B. As you noticed last week, we added two more sight words to the stack the children should go over each day. Please keep up with the sight words. We like to play games in class with the word cards and it will help your child in the reading process. In math, we will continue to work on the numbers. During circle time, Miss Beutel will have her choice of options. Since we will be getting ready for the fall musical night, I don’t know how much extra time she will have. The Bible lessons will be “The Farmer and the Seed” and “Weeds among the Wheat.” From these lessons we will learn that the kingdom of God is in the heart of the believer.
As you know, Friday evening is a very special one to us here at Apostles. The children in grades one through three will be doing a musical called ‘Go Fish.’ It is very cute and it helps you to see what your child can do in the future grades. The kindergarten children provide the opening act. They will sing two songs right away at the beginning. Then, they will turn up the lights so that you will be able to get your child from the entryway. Your child will be able to sit with you throughout the performance. The musical starts at 7:00 pm, but it would be helpful if you had your child here by 6:30 pm. Please bring your child to the kindergarten room and let Miss Beutel and Mrs. Crofts get them ready for the show. Please make every effort to be here that evening. It is just a fun time and a good opportunity to see your child on stage. A dress rehearsal will be on Thursday at 9:30 am. You are also invited to come and see that. Area preschools will be coming to see the musical and so will our elderly group from church. The children will not have costumes this year, but I encourage you to have your child wear a nice school outfit.
On Friday, October 24, we will end our first quarter. I would like to hand out report cards on Monday, October 27. After that, I would like to sit down and meet with all of you concerning your child’s progress. I will call or talk to you personally to set up a time for a conference. I cannot go by the schedules that you gave me earlier because I know you have commitments. I will try to accommodate you as best as I can. I don’t like you to make extra trips here to school just for short meetings. However, I do want to sit down and talk things through with you to see how things are going. As a whole, this is an impressive class. They are bright and fun to work with. I cannot wait to get back to normal to be able to enjoy them.
It has come to my attention that there is a problem regarding the playground situation when we dismiss on the early days. The children in first and second grades are supposed to have the opportunity to play on the playground as well as the blacktop at noon. As you know, we don’t like to confine the children to small areas and the bigger kids do need more room to run and play. After you pick up your child at 11:45 am, please exit the parking lot by 11:55 am so that the children in these upper grades have free access to the playground and the blacktop. The teachers and students in the first and second grades will definitely appreciate your cooperation.
Please mark November 2 on your calendar. The children sing in the early service. We will need to learn a song for that yet, but I am sure we will be able to do it.
Once again thank you for all of your concern and your great cooperation with this surgery thing. I am quite anxious to be a teacher again and not a patient. These little ones, your children, give me so much joy and I want to be back as soon as possible. In the mean time, have a great week!
Mrs. Kronebusch