Freddy enjoys the farm and Fredricka returns from the Polar Express.

Christmas Fun

Click on the link of the slideshow below to see the fun we are having behind the Blue Door during the Christmas season!

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Tis the season....
The next two weeks will be full of Christmas fun as we focus on the birth of our Savior!  What a joy it is every day to watch as your children prepare to present their "heart gift" for Jesus.  The excitement is in the air and they are truly a precious example of how "Christmas isn't Christmas until it happens in your heart".
JESUS IS THE STAR!!!!
We will be centering our reading and math activities around "things that remind us of Christmas" and the incredible Christmas literature that we all love.

*Manger-"The Stable Where Jesus Was Born"
-describing words
-high frequency words-go, here, is, to, it, see, like, my, and
-Journal writing-I can go here to see Jesus.
-Who was at the manger?

*Reindeer Fun-"Olive the Other Reindeer"
-Making Reindeer Sandwiches
-Reader-"Reindeer, Reindeer, What Do You See?
-Reindeer Art-Using shapes
-Reindeer Math


*Candy Cane-"The Legend of the Candy Cane"
-patterning with candy canes-candy cane ornaments and painting candy canes

*Christmas Tree-" The Tale of Three Trees
-ordinal numbers-Journal Writing
-sight word review


*Angels-"Alabaster's Song"
-summarizing, comprehension,
-angel math-counting by twos-problem solving
-angel art

*Stars-"The Christmas Star"
-countdown paper chain
-counting by 10's

 SPECIAL DAYS
-Christmas Play-Dec. 8, 9, 10
-Polar Express Day-Tuesday Dec. 14-Wear your pajamas as we get on board and journey to the North Pole.
-Christmas Party-Dec 16-10:30
-Caroling-Dec. 17- early dismissal 11:30

Fully Rely On God as we celebrate Jesus' birthday!!
Denise

Dear Parents,
  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving week.  It is a blessing to teach your children and I am very thankful for you.               
  We will have a few changes over the next week or so.  We will continue to have play practice Monday through Thursday.   Please have your child practice his/her part.  Due to the extra practice at home, we will not be sending the leveled readers.  Your child will be bringing home Christmas stories and the Phonic Library stories that go along with our reading unit in their daily red folder.  Keep these for practice and review.  You will be receiving your child's costume and pertinent play information this week.  It is such an exciting time and we look forward to sharing the news of Jesus' birth!

This week:
Reading
 - Letter Kk - classroom dictionary
 - Vocabulary - is, here
 - Word family - it
 - Journal Writing - I can go here to see a ________.
 - Handwriting

Math - Unit 7 : Geometry
 - Same size, same shape
 - Symmetry
 - Solid Figures
 - Sphere, cube, cone cylinder, edge, corner, side
 - Geometry extension activities

Bible
- Mary and Joseph
-Jesus is the Star 

Early Morning Activities
 - Enrichment stations,  Bible story or Phonemic lesson, Pledge, Morning Message

Lunch Bunch Activities
 - Specialist class
 - Math & reading activities - large group, small group and smart board activities
   math focus - geometry games
   reading focus - describing words and story plots

I am looking forward to a fabulous week!

FullyRelyOnGod
Denise

Reading

Dear Parents,

        I am so proud of the progress of your sweet children.   They are learning to work in whole group, small groups, and independently.  We continue to work on listening and following directions.  

       Snack bucket friends can bring something to share with snack.  It is so much fun listening as your children share their special item.  We then take questions from the class.  

      We will begin "star of the week" Sept. 20th.  I will let you know in advance when it is your child's week.  We will also begin sending "Fredericka" and "Freddy" home for their weekend visits.  They will bring a journal along with them.  Feel free to write about anything your child does with his or her little green friend.  Drawings or photos are welcome.

     We added "kind words" to our motto last week (wise choices).  We are really working hard to remember that we only say words that "build our friends up".  Thank you again for all you do at home to reinforce what we do at school.  

Next week in Kindergarten:

 Reading/Language

-Letter Bb - Benny Bear

  words beginning with Bb

  writing Bb

-High Frequency words - I, see, my, like

-Printed Readers - As we complete the lessons, these will be sent home for your child to share and discuss with you

-Wordless books

  characters/settings

  drawing conclusions

  predict/infer

Math

-Zero to Five

  counting

  writing

  reading

  making sets

  problem solving

Math vocabulary for the week will be sent tomorrow in our Home-School connection sheet.

Bible

-The Story of Noah

 * God keeps his promise

 *We never have to be afraid

 *God will take care of us

Fabulous Friday will be filled with many bear adventures.  Please let your child bring a favorite teddy bear to school with them on Friday.  We will have a day full of sorting, graphing and counting our bears.  We will also use describing words to paint a picture of our bears.  We will finish off Fabulous Friday with a teddy bear picnic.  It is going to be a "beary" exciting day!

Looking forward to another super week as we...

Fully Rely On God

Sept. 13-17

Math