"A" Week and Apple Picking!

Week of September 22-25

Sound of the Week – A

Book of the Week – How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Habit of the Month – Obedience

Mom of the Month – Jan Reynolds

D week was indeed delightful!  We enjoyed Make Way for Ducklings, our very first picture study and having Mrs. Adkison read to us

We especially enjoyed donuts delivered by Mr. Reynolds!

This week we will be enjoying the book How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman.  This is a kindergarten favorite!  It is a delightful, creative and humorous adventure that your children will enjoy reading over and over again!  We’ll use the recipe at the back of the book to make an apple pie on Thursday, with the help of Mrs. Reynolds.  Make up your own story of what you would do if the store was closed.  Use a world map to find all the places the girl travels in our story.

We will begin kindergarten homework this week.  I will send home a sheet for practicing writing the letter A.  As we discussed at our curriculum meeting, please be sure to help your child practice the correct letter formation (ask them to sing the song about where we start our letters!) and pencil grip.  Practicing the “right way” is so important!  All of that information is in the handouts from the meeting.   

On Tuesday we will meet our partner class!  We will be partners with Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Stewart’s 4^th/5^th graders.  I am so excited about this!  My own grown children still remember who their partners were when they were PCS students.  This gives the younger children an opportunity to get to know the “big kids” and learn that they are not someone to be afraid of.  It gives the older children the opportunity to set a good example and encourage the younger ones.  Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Stewart told me that their students are very excited about this opportunity!  They will be joining us on Tuesday to read our book of the week and share a snack of some delicious apples.  We will exchange information with them about things we like to do, and about our favorite candy bars.  (Hint: a candy bar makes a great gift for big and little partners at Christmas time!)

Wednesday is a late start day.  That means it is also a jeans day.  Students can wear jeans with a regular dress code shirt if they would like for a suggested $1 donation to our missions fund.  Students may be dropped of at 9:00 am.  School begins at 9:30.

Friday is our family apple picking outing.  Pray for beautiful weather and a fantastic time!