October 27, 2008 Kindergarten Note

October 27, 2008


Dear Parents,
I am back in the classroom this week, but only part time. I want to thank all of you for your patience, kindness and prayers for my recovery. I feel so blessed to be serving you and your child. I will not be able to be here on Friday because I have a doctor’s appointment, but from that point on, I will work hard to be here everyday. I am very grateful to Miss Beutel, Mrs. Albrecht, and Mrs. Crofts for all of the extra things that they had to do to cover for me. They are wonderful people and quite a blessing to our school.
I saw a few of you on Friday evening and I want you all to know how much I enjoyed your child’s performance. They were absolutely wonderful. They did such a fine job. I hope you enjoyed the show too. If you want a video of the show, there is a form available at the office. Please get that in soon so that the proper number of videos/DVD’s can be made.
This week we will be reading the story Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. We will also work with the letter S. This isn’t a hard letter, but it is sometimes mispronounced by children who are missing teeth. We will check for that. Also, add the words ‘can’ and ‘at’ to your sight word pile. I am quite impressed with how well the children know the sight words. Believe me, after Christmas you will be very happy that you invested all of this time. In math, we will work with the numbers one through seven. We are taking more time to work with the formation of the numbers. In addition, we will work with pennies. During our circle time, we will have a unit on Martin Luther. In this unit, we don’t praise the man, but we try to explain to the children that it is by faith that we are saved and not by our good works. Our Bible lessons will be “Jesus Calms the Storm” and “Jesus and the Paralyzed Man.” From these lessons we will learn how Jesus proves that he is the Son of God.
Today is picture retake day. Only the children who were absent or who brought in their pictures will do retakes.
On Sunday, November 2, the kindergarten children will sing in the 8:45 am service. Please have your child come to the classroom by 8:30 for a warm-up. Then we will let them sit with you until they are called up to sing.
I am going to be handing out first quarter report cards on Tuesday of this week. I needed a little extra time because my hand doesn’t want to cooperate. After you receive your report card, I will schedule a conference time for you. I will be most accommodating because I know I cannot handle many conferences in a row. I will either call you or catch you before or after school to arrange a time.
There is one final and important item that I want you to know. On Friday, October 31, I know many people call it Halloween and make it quite a celebration. We do not dress up in costumes and we don’t celebrate it here at school with any parties. What you choose to do with your child is fine, but we just don’t make a big deal out of the day. Whatever you do that evening, please be safe and have an enjoyable day.
I believe that is all for this time. Have a great week!
Mrs. Kronebusch