Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas party was lots of fun!!!  We made reindeer food, estimated how many Christmas candies were in a jar, made a nativity scene with stickers, and threw snowballs through a wreath.  The snacks were yummy too.  We especially liked the Christmas cupcakes!  Thanks again to Amy Connally for planning the party and to all of our wonderful parent volunteers.  We couldn't do it without you.  We also enjoyed a surprise dessert this week.  Davidson's daddy brought a yummy dessert from McDonald's on Thursday.  What a nice treat.  Thanks Joel!  I hope that each of you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Have fun and I'll see you in January.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

J is for Jesus!  We celebrated Jesus' birthday this week as we learned about the letter J.  Sage Dining even made us a birthday cake for Jesus.  You will see in our slide show some of the Christmas crafts we've been making as well as some of our Christmas math activities.  We tasted candy canes this week and made a graph showing who liked them and who did not.  We also put numbered Christmas shapes in order from 1 to 20.  There were three teams, and we made it a race.  I think the Christmas tree team won.  It was lots of fun!  On Wednesday we got to watch the K5 classes perform their Christmas play.  It was great!  I'm looking forward to one more week of Christmas fun and learning before the break!

Week of December 12-16

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter review

-Rhyming words

-Beginning sounds

Math:

-Measurement

-#'s 1-20

-Making patterns

Handwriting:

-Letter writing review

Bible:

-The birth of Jesus,  Luke 2

Reminders

-Thursday - Christmas party 2:00

-Friday - Christmas carols 10:00,  Early dismissal 11:30

Christmas Fun

We've had so much fun this week incorporating Christmas in with our learning activities.  We made patterns on peppermint sticks, practiced beginning sounds, putting letters in ABC order, and rhyming words using gingerbread men.  These are only a few of the activities we've enjoyed this week.  You will see in our slide show that we made volcanoes for the letter V.  We made lava from corn syrup and food coloring.  It was fun to squeeze it onto the paper volcanoes that we made.  We also watched a volcano erupt using baking soda and vinegar.  Hopefully this will help them remember letter V and its sound.  We made cinnamon ornaments this week too.  They made our classroom smell good and they look great on our Christmas tree!  Our K4 class enjoyed a visit from Mrs. Shelley.  She read a great book to us called Someday.  We love Mrs. Shelley!  The Ipads and Ipods are also a big hit in our class.  We have been using them daily for letter writing practice, counting, and much more!  Looking forward to another fun week of learning.  Please note some important dates and reminders below.

Week of December 5-9

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - J

-Beginning sounds

-Review rhyming words

Math:

-#'s 1-15

-Review graphing

-Review patterns

-Measurement

Handwriting:

-Review capital letters

Bible:

-Happy Birthday Jesus!  Luke 2

Reminders

-Scholastic book orders due Monday
-Christmas dress day Thurs. Dec. 8 ( Bring $2 for Wiphan Organization in Zambia and Heritage Baptist Church Toy Sale to participate. )

-Christmas party Dec. 15 from 2-3 p.m.

-Christmas caroling Dec. 16 at 10:00

-Early dismissal Friday Dec. 16 at 11:30

Thanksgiving fun

What a fun week!  We finished our Indian shirts, headbands, and necklaces.  On Friday we dressed as Indians and sang our Thanksgiving songs for our friends in K5.  I hope everyone was able to see the video on my last post.  They were precious!  As you will see in our pictures, we continued to practice graphing this week as well as worked on the letters U and J.  You will also see us having fun in our learning centers around the classroom.  The favorite activity this week, however, was using the Ipads.  We were able to work on letter tracing, counting, and much more.  Now that we have access to the Ipads, we will be incorporating them into our learning each week.  We are thrilled to have them!!!  When we return to school we will begin the Christmas season with a "Gingerbread and Candy Cane" unit.  Many of our math, phonics, and art activities will involve gingerbread men and candy canes.  It should be lots of fun!    I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  We are so blessed!  Enjoy your week!

Week of November 28 - December 2:  "Gingerbread and Candy Canes"

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - V

-Beginning sounds

-Counting syllables

Math:

-#'s 11-14

-Counting by 5's

-Estimating

-Making patterns

-Measurement

Handwriting:

-Review letters V,W

Bible:

- Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:19-34)

-Verse- "Esau didn't care about God's special plans for him."  Genesis 25:34b

K4 Thanksgiving Celebration

Thanksgiving Program 2011

Click on the picture above to see our sweet little Indians singing to the K5 classes.

"C" is for Cupcakes

We are having a great time learning about the Pilgrims, Indians, and the Mayflower.  We've been talking about the first Thanksgiving and about being thankful.  Our class made Pilgrims and Indians that you will see in this week's pictures.  We also "tea dyed" t-shirts to prepare to make Indian shirts next week.  You will also see in our pictures that we had fun learning about the letter "C" with cupcakes.  We painted cupcakes with "puffy pink paint".  We also made cupcakes in our classroom with Mrs. Loard's cupcake maker.  It was fun to decorate them with frosting and sprinkles.  They were delicious!  Our K4 class took advantage of the nice weather this week and practiced writing Y and Z outdoors with side walk chalk.  We also practiced sorting and graphing with gummy bears.  As you can see we have had a fun and busy week!

Week of November 14 - 18

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - Q

-Counting syllables 

-Identifying beginning sounds in familiar words

Handwriting:

-Letters - U,J

Math:

-Sorting

-Graphing

-Counting

-Patterns

-#'s 12,13

Bible:

-"The Bride"  Isaac Marries Rebekah (Genesis 24)

-Verse: "Isaac married Rebekah and he loved her."  Genesis 24:67

Reminders

-Please send shoe box items by Wednesday.

-Please send treasure box items.

-No school next week (Nov. 21-25)...Happy Thanksgiving

Busy in K4

We've had another busy week of learning and fun in K4!  In the pictures you will see that our class got to visit the 7th graders and hear all about their project for Bible class.  They showed us their models of Noah's Ark as well as paintings and computer presentations of the Creation.  We knew all about Noah's Ark and the Creation from our K4 Bible stories.  We also had fun with estimating and graphing this week.  Look for the pictures of our Skittles graphing...Yum!  You will see our visitors from Operation Christmas Child too.  They shared  some pictures and video of the children who receive the shoe boxes, as well as some ideas about what to put in them.  We are very excited about packing our shoe boxes.  I hope that you and your child will enjoy shopping for these items.  Hopefully it will be a learning experience for them too.  Thanks for your help with this project!

Week of November 7-10

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - C

-Beginning sounds in words we know

Math:

-Review patterns and graphing

-# 12

Handwriting:

-Letters Y,Z

Bible:

- "The Baby" (Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7)

- Bible Verse:  "Sarah and Abraham had baby Isaac, just as God had promised."  Genesis 21:2

Reminders

-Shoe box items due by Wed. Nov.16 (begin sending at any time)

-Found a small red fleece with no name

-No school this Friday Nov. 11

-Please return any overdue library books

Fun with Letter "M"

I enjoyed meeting with each of you on Friday for our conferences.  Thanks to all of you for taking time from your busy schedules to come.  It is always nice to share with you some of the things that we are doing in K4, and how your child is progressing.  Another big THANK YOU to those of you who are helping prepare things for our Culture Study.  There is much cutting and laminating to do...thanks!!!  We had fun this week with the letter "M".  As you can see in the pictures, we made Mickey/Minnie Mouse hats.  We also enjoyed m&m math.  What a yummy way to learn about sorting and graphing!  I'm looking forward to a full week of fun and learning in K4.  Remember, Monday is a regular school day.  No Halloween costumes please.  

Week of October 31 - November 4

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - "R" (Reggie Rooster)

Math:

-Estimation

-Graphing

-Counting by 5's and 10's

Handwriting:

-Letters A,X

Bible

- The Land (Genesis 13)

- Verse:  "Abraham let Lot choose first where to live."  Genesis 13:9

Homecoming Fun

What a great week!  Trinity homecoming was a blast!  Enjoy the photos of some of the homecoming festivities that we participated in this week.  You will also see a yummy butterfly that we made to reinforce the letter "B".   We used pineapple rings, pretzel sticks, yogurt and sprinkles...yum!  Friday is parent-teacher conference day.  The students do not come to school that day.  Please check the schedule that I sent last week to confirm your conference time.  I look forward to meeting with each of you.

Week of October 24-28

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - M

Math:

-Estimating

-# 10

-Equal parts

Handwriting:

-Letters - V,W

Bible:

-The Promise (Genesis 11:27-12:9)

-verse:  "God told Abraham to leave home and go to a new place."  Genesis 12:1

Reminders

-Parent/Teacher conferences - Friday, Oct. 28

-No school for lower school students Friday

-Please write names in all jackets and sweaters

-Lower school students may not wear boots

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch!  There were so many fun activities...the hayride to the pumpkin field, the pig race, petting zoo, inflatables, cow train, playground, corn box, and a picnic.  It was a fun-filled day, and the weather was perfect!  Thanks to all the parents who drove and chaperoned for the trip.  We have another busy week with homecoming being this week.  Each day is a different "dress up" day.  The week will start with a pep rally on Monday.  There will be a parade and picnic on Friday followed by an early dismissal.  I'm looking forward to a great week.  Go Wildcats!!!

Week of October 17-21

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/sound - B

Handwriting:

-Letters K,N,M

Math:

-#'s 8,9

-combining sets

Bible:

-"The Tower" -  Genesis 11:1-9

-verse:  "God made people speak different languages and move to different places."  Genesis 11:9

Reminders:

• Monday:  Crayon Day (dress all in one color)
• Tuesday:  Book Character Day (dress as your favorite character from your favorite book)
• Wednesday:  Crazy Hair and Hat Day
• Thursday:  College t-shirt day (favorite college team shirt/uniform bottoms)
• Friday:   Spirit Day ( Trinity t-shirt and jeans)

Tuesday is the deadline for ordering the picnic lunch.  You may also bring your own lunch from home.  Sage lunches will not be served on Friday.

We will be collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House.  The winning class gets a chicken biscuit breakfast.  The parade on Friday is from 11:15-11:30.  I hope everyone is able to join us!  Following the parade, we will return to our classroom where students will be dismissed to go to the picnic with their parents.  If there are students without parents there for the picnic, I will take them to get their lunches.  Lunches may be picked up at the concession stand.  Parents may want to bring a blanket to sit on for the picnic.  After the picnic, students will be dismissed for the day.  Friday is a half day.

                       
 

Our 2nd Grade "Buddies"

This week our K4 class "buddied up" with Mrs. Jeffcoat's second graders.  They read stories to us.  It was great!  I think they enjoyed it just as much as we did.  We plan to do this regularly with Mrs. Jeffcoat's second graders.  We've had more fun with apples this week.  We have also enjoyed making many different kinds of patterns.  Bubba Bear went home with one of our students for the first time this weekend.   Everyone will eventually get a turn to bring Bubba Bear home for the weekend.  I will send him in his special bag along with our Bubba Bear scrapbook.  Please record all the things that your family does with him...pictures are great!  

We are all looking forward to our field trip to the pumpkin patch on Friday.  A big thanks to all of you who are driving!  It should be lots of fun.  Students should wear jeans and tennis shoes along with their Trinity t-shirt.  Homecoming is also coming up very soon (Fri. Oct. 21).  I have put the link to the homecoming info on our blog.  Please check it out and let me know if you have any questions.  I hope that everyone got the lunch order form that was sent home on Friday.  Following lunch that day, school will dismiss.  Homecoming day is a half day.  I'm looking forward to a fun-filled week of learning! 

Week of October 11-14

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/sound Z

-Rhyming words

Math:

-Patterns

-#'s 6,7

Handwriting:

-Letter K

Bible:

-Noah's Ark

-verse:  Rainbows remind us of God's promises.  Gen.9:16

Reminders:

-Pumpkin patch Friday Oct. 14

-Wear jeans and Trinity t-shirt to pumpkin patch

-Homecoming Friday Oct. 21 (see link on our blog for more info)

-Homecoming is a half day

-Return lunch order form for homecoming

Fun With Apples!

We had an awesome week learning about apples.  We made apple sauce, apple prints, and lots of apple art as we learned about Johnny Appleseed.   Madison's mom even sent apple pops for us to enjoy...YUM!  Thanks Misty!  We also learned that apples grow on trees.  Ask your child to recite our apple poem ("Way Up Hight in the Apple Tree").   We had many things going on in our class this week.  Please take a look at our pictures.  Our K4 class is really enjoying the Mac books.  They are getting pretty good with the mouse!  You can also see them in action with the Smart Board.  We are having lots of fun!

Week of October 3-7

Reading/Language Arts:

• Letters/Sounds F,A
• Rhyming words
• Five Senses

Handwriting:

• Letters D,B

Math:

• Numbers 1-6
• Making and extending patterns
• Counting by ones to 100
• Counting by tens to 100 

Bible:

• Noah's Ark (Genesis 6:5-7:16)
• Verse:  "God told Noah to build an ark for his family and the animals."  Genesis 6:18-19

Reminders

• School holiday Monday October 10
• Pumpkin patch field trip Friday October 14
• Trinity Homecoming Friday October 21

Field Trip and More!

What a busy week!  We began our week with a field trip to the fire station and to Chappy's Deli.  The fire fighters taught us many safety tips and let us explore througout the station.  We especially enjoyed the fire trucks!  Chappy's was great too.  We were able to tour the kitchen and the big walk - in freezer.  We also enjoyed a delicious Chappy's meal.  Thanks again to those of you who drove and chaperoned for our field trip.  We couldn't do it without you!  Take a look at  the pictures to see a few of the other activities we enjoyed in our class this week.  We practiced "building" letters with our magnetic letter pieces as well as with playdough.  Other activities you will see are fun with numbers, cutting practice, and exploring letters and sounds on the computer.  Afternoon center time is fun too.  A class favorite is "Mr. Potato Head".  Next week we will review the letters and numbers we've learned and begin a unit on apples.  Ask your child to tell you all about it each day.  Please notice the "Alphafriends" take home books your child is bringing home.  There is one for each letter we learn.  As we review this week, please follow up at home with the activity on the "family involvement" page in each booklet.

Week of September 26-30

Language Arts Skills:

• Letter review S,T,O,P,U,X,Y,W

Math Skills:

• Review #'s 1-5
• counting by ones to 100
• counting by 10's to 100
• graphing

Handwriting/Fine Motor Skills:

• review writing L,T,I,E,F,S,C,O,Q,P,R,
• using scissors correctly

Bible:

• "The Family" (God's plan for Adam and Eve's family)
• verse:  "Adam and Eve lived a long time and had many sons and daughters." Genesis 5:4

*Don't forget to bring an apple on Monday...any color.
*Our next field trip is Friday October 14th (Pumpkin Patch @Dreamfield Farms)

Our Fiesta

We celebrated Mexican Independence Day in our Spanish class this week with Senora Hickson.  Mrs. Letner taught us the Mexican Hat Dance.  We also frosted cupcakes with red, white, and green frosting to look like the Mexican flag.  As you can see in the photo, we enjoyed the cupcakes outside.  On Monday we will be going on our first field trip.  We will visit the fire station on Carmichael Rd. followed by lunch at Chappy's on Perry Hill.  We are really looking forward to a great time!

Week of September 19-23
Reading/Language Arts Skills:

• Colors/Color Words - brown (review red, green, yellow, orange, blue, purple)
• Letters/Sounds - Y,W

Handwriting Skills:

• Letters - P,R

Math Skills:

• Making sets
• One-to-one correspondence
• Counting sets
• Counting by 1's and 10's

Bible:

• "The Serpent"
• Verse - Genesis 3:23

ABC's and 1,2,3's

We are having fun learning our letters and numbers in K4.  Learning our ABC's is fun with our new "letter vests" that you see in our pictures.  We have been doing lots of counting using our color tiles and bear counters.  Writing letters in shaving cream is always a fun way to practice!  Working our number and ABC floor puzzles is also a favorite activity.  Here are some of the skills we will work on this week.

Week of September 12-16

Reading/Language Arts Skills:

• Colors/Color Words - Purple (review red, green, yellow, orange, blue)
• Lettes/Sounds - U,X

Handwriting Skills:

• G,C,S

Math Skills:

• Ordinal numbers (1st-5th)
• Numbers 1-5
• One-to-one correspondence
• Making sets of objects

Bible:

• Creation (Day 7) 
• Genesis 2:2

Reminders:

• Partner with the Principal meeting - Thurs. Sept. 15th, 8:15.  Please come if you can.  We will be discussing what we do in our K4 program and answering questions you may have.  
• Fire Station and Chappy's field trip - Mon. Sept. 19th

Fun and Learning in K4

We are busy learning!

We had another great week in K4 at Trinity!  We practiced writing our names and letters in shaving cream  on the table.  What fun!  We also counted and made sets with frogs, pigs, chocolate chips, and bears.  Our K4 students are learning to make sets of objects and match a number with that set.  I'm looking forward to another week of learning and fun with your children!

Week of September 6-9

Reading/Language Arts Skills:

• Colors/Color Words - Blue (review red, green, yellow, orange)
• Letters/Sounds - X

Handwriting Skills:

• Circle forward and circle back lines
• Letters O,Q

Math Skills:

• Ordinal numbers (1st-5th)
• #'s 1-5
• Making sets of objects

Please reinforce these skills at home this week!

Reminders:

• Partner with the Principal meeting - Thursday September 15th, 8:15
• Fire Station and Chappy's field trip - Monday September 19th

Another Busy Week In K4!

As you can see, we had so much fun learning about the letters "S" and "P" this week!  We made a yummy stegosaurus with cereal, bananas, and chocolate chips.  We made a pink pig for letter "P", as well as ate popsicles.  Outside, we hopped, zoomed, and skipped on the letters that were written on the sidewalk with chalk.  I'm looking forward to another busy and fun week!

Week of August 29 - September 2

Reading/Language Arts Skills:

• Colors/color words - Yellow and Orange (review Red and Green)
• Lettes/Sounds - "T" and "O"

Handwriting Skills:

• Slide lines 
• Letters E,F,H

Math Skills:

• Ordinal numbers (1st - 5th)
• # 5
• Making sets of objects

Please reinforce these skills at home this week!

Reminders:

• School pictures Wednesday Aug. 31
• No school Monday Sept. 5 (Labor Day)
• First field trip - Fire station and Chappy's Monday Sept. 19 

K4 News

Our Busy Week

We had another busy week in our K4 class as you can see in the pictures above!  We have many more exciting activities planned for this week as well.  We will be working on the following skills:   

Reading/Language Arts Skills  

• Letters/Sounds - S and P
• Colors/Color Words  - RED and GREEN

Handwriting Skills

• Letters L, T, and I
• Name writing

Math Skills

• Making/Counting sets of objects
• #'s 3 and 4
• Position Words (inside, outside, over, under, top, middle, bottom)

Bible Verse:  Genesis 1:1

       God created heaven and earth. 

Reminders

• Don't forget to send your child's healthy snack in a ziploc or brown bag with their name on it.
• Mark you calendar!  Parent - teacher conferences will be scheduled for Oct. 28th.  Students won't come to school that day.  If you want to meet with me prior to this date, please let me know and we will get together earlier. 
• Please check your child's binder daily.  Keep all papers at home that are in the front "at home" pocket. 

I'm looking forward to another great week with your SWEET children!!!!

  

Pictures Of Our First Week

Please enjoy these pictures of our first week at Trinity.  

Our First Week

I'm so excited to be teaching such a sweet group of boys

and girls!  Our first week went well.  We went on a

scavenger hunt around the school and met many of our special teachers.  Next week we will continue to   learn our new routine.  I will also introduce the boys and girls to our Reading, Math, Handwriting, and Bible curriculums.   

Helpful tips and reminders:

• Please feel free to send a light jacket or sweater for your child as it is cool in our classroom.  They may use it at rest time instead of a blanket if they get chilly.
• Please label jackets and backpacks with your child's name.
• I will be sending home the form about parent/student handbook.  Please read the handbook on edline, sign and return the form.  
• Please use the carpool line for drop off and pick up.  We will be working together to make sure that your child gets loaded and unloaded safely.

Thanks for sharing your children with me.  I am so blessed!

Welcome to PreK4!

I'm so excited about our new PreK4 program at Trinity!  We are going to have a great year of learning.  Here are a few important dates to remember.


Important Notes and Reminders:

• Subscribe to our blog by entering your email address in the box on the left.  You will want to stay up to date on all our class news.
• Open House and PTO night will be Monday, August 8th.  We will meet in my room (#113) at 5:15.  During this time together I will tell you more about what to expect from our PreK4 program this year.  The general PTO meeting will be in Willett Hall at 6:00 PM.
• The first day of school is Wednesday, August 10th.  This is a half day, and school will dismiss at 11:30.  Thursday will be our first full day of school.
• I have your child's rest mat at school.  Please do not purchase another one.