Mother’s Day Tea
Mom, You Are Invited…
What: Mother’s Day Tea and Fashion Sho
Where: Our Classroom
When: Thursday, May 10, at 1:00
Why: Because We Love You!
*If you are unable to attend, please try to send someone ( Dad, Grandma, Aunt, Neighbor, ect.)
Younger brothers and sisters are more than welcome!
MAY NEWS
Dear Kindergarten Families,
Yikes! It’s May already! First of all, we would like to thank each of you for giving us the opportunity to learn and grow with your child this year. We really had a great time! We can’t get over how much the children have grown ~ academically and physically! We are truly going to miss each and every one of them. They have become our very “best buddies!” Our month of May is of course busy! Here’s a Sneak Peek:
Religion: Feelings, Bible stories, Mary
Reading: Review the name, shape, sound and sign for all letters of the alphabet, all word wall words, practice blending sounds into words
Math: Review numeral recognition, addition, introduce subtraction
Social Studies: Mexico, buying and trading
Science: Butterflies
Dates to Remember:
Thursday, May 3rd ~ zoo trip permission and money due *we need chaperones!!
Friday, May 4th ~ May Crowning ~ 11:30 dismissal
Thursday, May 10th ~ Mother’s Day Tea ~ 1:00 in classroom
Friday, May 11th ~ Mathletics celebration
Friday, May 24th ~ Zoo Trip!
Friday, May 18th ~ planning day ~ NO SCHOOL!
Friday, May 25th ~ Mexican Fiesta!
Monday, May 28th ~ Memorial Day! NO SCHOOL!
*Friday, June 1st ~ End of the year program ~ 12:00 in church *
Wednesday, June 6th ~ Last day of school!!!! 10:30 dismissal
*Children should dress in Sunday best for end of the year program!
SUPPLIES NEEDED
We are out of Paper Towel, Clorox Wipes, and Kleenex! We really go through quite a bit with snack time and Art projects. So, we were wondering if the girls could each bring in 1 box of Kleenex and 1 container of Clorox Wipes and the boys could bring 1 roll of paper towel and 1 container of Clorox Wipes. We would really appreciate your help with this!
We will be keeping track of who brings what and report cards will reflect this – KIDDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever you can send will be fine!
Thanks So Much,
The Kindergarten Teachers
April News
Dear Kindergarten Families,
Happy, Happy Spring! The months are moving so quickly in kindergarten and the children are growing like weeds!
The following are a few of the activities planned for this short month:
Religion: Lent, New Life in Spring, Stations of the Cross, Easter, Butterflies, Bible stories
Reading Skills: Name, shape, sound and sign for letters Vv, Yy, Qq, and Zz
Word wall words: what, said, was, red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, brown, pink, black, white and gray.
Phonics skills ~ blending sounds into words.
Math: exploring shapes and addition
Science: New Life and butterflies
Social Studies: Italy,Mexicoand Cinco de Mayo
Art: Spring!
Things to practice at home: Letter/sound recognition, word wall words, blending sounds into words, numeral identification 0 – 31, addition facts to 10, counting to 100
Mark your calendars for upcoming important dates!
April 5 –April 15: Easter break! No school!
Monday, April 16: Classes resume
Zoo permission slip and fee due on May 3rd! Zoo trip May 24th!
Mother’s Day Tea and Fashion Show Thursday, May 10th at 1:00.
March News
March Madness in Kindergarten
Dear Kindergarten Families,
March will OF COURSE be a very busy month in kindergarten. We will be making our way around the world as we learn a little aboutIreland,Italy, andChina. The following are a few of the activities we have planned during March:
Religion: God’s Plan for Spring time, Lent, Easter, Stations of the Cross, Bible stories, friends/friendship, St. Joseph and St. Patrick
Reading: Name, shape, sound, and sign for letters: Jj, Ww
Blending sounds into words/word wall words
New word wall words: here, go, from, will, did
Math: Time, money, addition
Art: Spring, Easter, Friends around the World
Social Studies: Introduction to map and globe skills. Friends inIreland,Italy, andChina. Chinese New Year! Year of the Dragon!
This is such a fun time to be a kindergarten teacher! The children are growing and learning so much! We can really see the huge steps since the beginning of our school year! It will be grand to welcome and celebrate spring!
We would like to thank you for making this such a happy and successful year for us. We truly appreciate all the time that you have spent practicing word wall words and phonics skills along with number recognition and adding skills! It makes such a big difference! THANK YOU!
Sincerely,
The Head Leprechauns
*Report cards will be coming home on March 9th!
Kindergarten Lenten Calendar
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Lenten Calendar for Kindergarteners
Teacher Story
As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X’s and then putting a big “F” at the top of his papers.
At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child’s past records and she put Teddy’s off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.
Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners… he is a joy to be around..”
His second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an ex cellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle.”
His third grade teacher wrote, “His mother’s death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn’t show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren’t taken.”
Teddy’s fourth grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is withdrawn and doesn’t show much interest in school. He doesn’t have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class.”
By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy’s. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children’s laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to.”
After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her “teacher’s pets..”
A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.
Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he’d stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.
Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor’s deg ree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer…. The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.
The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.
< B>They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference.”
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”(For those of you that don’t know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)
Warm someone’s heart today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very much, I cry every time I read it. Just try t o make a difference in someone’s life today? tomorrow? just “do it”.
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