We visited the art room today with Mrs. Miller (Lukes's Mom) and her art students.  We took a tour of the room where her art students build things and learned about "cross hatching".  The illustrator of "Where The Wild Things Are" uses this technique.  Their masterpieces are in their backpacks today. 
Our art from Ms Lee's class is hanging in Willett Hall and throughout the kindergarten.  If you get a chance, come and take a look.
Our Jelly Bean Journals will come home tomorrow.  They are a treasure!!  We have had a very special time together learning about Jesus and the resurrection. The last page of the journal talks about our new tomorrow in heaven.  I wish you could have been with us as we described what we think heaven is going to be like....priceless.  
All Easter Eggs are present and accounted for and ready to head to our hunt.  We are all so excited.  Just a reminder, we will leave for the hunt after our Easter Chapel.  Drivers please be at the school by 9:00.  We will return to Trinity by 11:30. 
I hope that you and your family have a blessed Easter as we celebrate our RISEN Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!
F.R.O.G.
Denise

Wow!  The Froggy Store was a big success!  Each child took the coins they had earned and went shopping.  Our senior friend, Julie Trumble, helped to run the store.  The children had a choice to spend all of their coins, save them to buy a more expensive item next week, or spend some/save some.  They each had the opportunity to count out their money to pay for the item they chose. Next, they helped count out their change.  What a fun learning experience.  The Froggy Store will be open each Friday until the end of the year (Wednesday - this week only). Thank you for donating items.  This class is very motivated!  They love to shop! (Me, too)
  This week we continue with our short e word families (en, ed, et) and Easter readers.  We will complete our money unit and engage in a bit of Jelly Bean math! We have been working hard on our "jelly bean journals". I cannot wait for them to share it with you. Benjamin's Box and the resurrection eggs have helped us learn about the Easter Story.  Ask us about the special items he placed in the box.
  Remember, numbered eggs (#1-16) are due by Tuesday.
Our Egg Hunt is Thursday at Seawell's house and we are out on Good Friday.
Have a blessed week!

Next week in kindergarten

Reading
*Short e and short u word families
*Story building
*Using exact naming words (nouns)
*Spring stories and word charts
*counting syllables
*phoneme substitution (first and last )
*Phonics reader-Ken and Jen
*Journal writing:  Jelly Bean Prayer

Math
* Continue money unit
* “Froggy Store”
*sorting, identifying and counting coins

Bible
*The Easter Story
*Resurrection Eggs

Lunchbunch
*smartboard reading and math games
*Spring art activities

ITBS

   I am so proud of my fabulous test takers. This test is a great tool to help  me identify strengths and weaknesses. 
Please remember to...
-get a good nights rest
-eat a healthy breakfast
   Keep up the good work..."doing our best bubbling on the test"!!!

March 28-April 1
Next week in kindergarten...

Reading
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up the Wash
*Spring stories and word charts
*counting syllables
*phoneme substitution
*categorizing and classifying
*creating writing and illustrating class stories
*blending short e words
*building sentences
Phonics Reader-Pig Can Get Wet


Math
Money
*sorting, identifying and counting coins
*vocabulary-penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar
*interactive story-Miss Flamingo Spends!

BibleThe wise man builds his house upon the rock
*Matthew 7:24-27
*Target Truth-We need to learn to build our lives on the rock, Christ Jesus
                     -Faith

Lunchbunch
* rhyming review
*number bingo
*smartboard reading and math games
*Spring art activities

March 21 - 25
Welcome Back!! Spring has sprung!  Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break.  We will continue with Miss Wishy Washy, acting out the story, a little yummy mud writing and recreating the book.  We will also learn some lessons from our friends "The Tortoise and the Hare".
This week... 
 -  first, next, then and last parts of the story
 -  creative writing
 -  rotation tubs with reading and math
 -  he, she, me and we (understanding and illustrating)
 -  adding, odd & even numbers, teen numbers, add-on counting
 -  writing 1 - 100
 -  counting by 2s, 5s and 10s
 -  short vowel review
*Remember to review around 10 minutes each night.  Review sight words and word families.  Practice for instant recognition.*

A very special thank you for all of my wonderful cards and sweet thoughts for my birthday.  I am so blessed and it was a fabulous birthday!!
Dates To Remember:
April 4 - 8 ITBS Testing
April 22 Good Friday Holiday

        BRINGING BOOKS TO LIFE!!

Over spring break Emory and Cal Bennett made Tina Coclina's Carmella du Chocolat cupcakes with her creamy chocolate topping.  This is a book she checked out at the library.