Week of January 19-22, 2016

2016 is already off to a fast beginning! Time is flying! Hope you all had a nice long weekend and are staying warm.
Congrats to Keira for being our Outstanding Octopus last week.  Bishop is this week's Outstanding Octopus! I am so proud of the good example these students are setting for their peers.
We have a lot of fun events ahead - please stay tuned to the weekly newsletter for details about upcoming events!
This week we are discussing Into the Woods - learning about forest animals, their habits and habitats.  We are also reviewing letters in handwriting and practice the letter "O" next.

Week of Nov 30 - Dec 4

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving break!  It's hard to believe December is already here!  These next 3 weeks are going to fly by!  We have a lot going on getting ready for the holiday season and our Christmas program.
This Tuesday K-3 and K-4 will take our trip over to the Savannah Wildlife Refuge for their program.  On Thursday, the entire kinderwing will make a special trip to the post office to learn about our mail system and possibly send a letter of our very own.  Neither of these trips will require additional car drivers as we will be riding our bus and the Hardeeville bus.
This week our letter will be "V" with a theme of "let's count".

Apple Week

Hope everyone enjoyed the extra long weekend!  This week we will be learning about apples, apples and more apples!  We will taste different types of apples and make apple turnovers for a special treat!  This week's letter is "M".
Don't forget mini-cheer camp will be Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon for those who have signed up with 'Lil Rebel/Mini Cheer Night at the football game this Friday!
Have a great week!

Happy Fall!

It's October already! Wow! How quickly the year is going by.  This week we are discussing our families.  We have drawn our families, made our houses and put our family members inside and will be making our family "tree".  We also graphed the "boys" and "girls" in all of our families - I put boys/girls in quotation marks simply because of this -  we were determining the boys and girls, we said moms are girls and dads are boys too - quote of the week..."Mrs. Smith, my dad's not a boy, he's a MAN!"  Love it...maybe I should post a quote of the week every week.  There is a never a dull moment, and moments like this make my job so much easier.  Out of the mouth of babes. :-)
Hope you all are enjoying this cooler weather as we attempt to dry out from the rain.  That beautiful golden circle in the sky finally decided to show it's face today!  Thank you Mr. Sunshine!!

This week’s letter is “N”.  Please continue to work with your child on the letters we have covered thus far, (F, E, D, P, B, R) – recognizing the letter, what sound does it make? and finding words beginning in those letters.  Make a game out of it on the way to school or while running errands...who can find the letter on a sign along the road?

Important dates:

Friday, October 9^th – Lil Rebel Football Buddy forms due

Tuesday, October 13^th – ALL donation items for silent auction should be turned in!

       Tuesday October 13^th and Wednesday Oct 14^th   - Mini-Cheer Camp K-4/K-5 for those who have signed up

Friday, October 16th - Silent Auction/Mini-Cheer and Lil Rebel Night at Football Game

Thursday, October 29^th – Halloween Party 

Spirit Week is Here!

Last week was super fun with colors!  We enjoyed a fun time in the science lab together with K3 watching colors separate and mix together.  Here are two examples of our creations!  

We are working on the letter "B" this week and continuing our "Colorful World" theme. 

This week is also Spirit Week!  Wednesday is pajama day and also our early dismissal at 11:30a.m. ALSO, you should have received a text from me regarding your time for parent conferences that afternoon.

Friday is a 70's theme.  Children may dress in 70's attire.  

We will be attending the pep rally at 1:50p.m.  Friday night is Homecoming against Dorchester Academy.  Let's pack the stands and support our Rebels!

Happy Labor Day!

I hope everyone enjoyed this long holiday weekend and had a safe and Happy Labor Day!
Last week we had a wonderful time exploring our five senses.
This week will be Fun with Food!  We will learn about good eating habits and healthy vs. non-healthy food choices.  We will make a fun snack each day as well.  Our letter of the week is "D".
Don't forget our KinderClub meeting Tuesday night at 6pm in the lunchroom!

What a great first week!

First off, thank you for attending the Open House last week! I enjoyed the opportunity to speak with you about our class.

 We had a fabulous first week together! This week we will begin working in our Handwriting Without Tears book with the letter "F".   Our theme for the week is "All About Me".  We will measure our height and weight, talk about our favorite things, and our families.  Make sure you check your child's folder for his/her “Me” paper doll.  This is a family project - please decorate this any way that describes your child.  Be creative – you may use any medium/material you wish!  I would like to have these turned in no later than Wednesday, the 26^th .