I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Holiday. I know that many of you traveled and some are still on the road so we will continue to pray for you. We cannot wait to hear about your adventures.
WOW!!!! I cannot believe that we are already nearing Christmas. This is my favorite time of year; not because of all the presents and gift giving and receiving; but because of family. I so treasure mine and love to spend time with them talking about days gone by. I love the traditions that we have and the opportunity to pass these on to our children and yes grand children.
We will be looking at traditions in Social Studies and talk about where that might have started. If you have any fun ones please share them with your child so that we can discuss them in class.
The students will begin having two sight words a week in Language. This weeks are come and me. Which is funny because one of the songs that they will sing for their Christmas program is "The Little Drummer Boy", and the first line says, "Come they told me...".
The Gingerbread Man is also a really big hit around this time of year and we will be reading 9 variations of this story during the next two weeks. We will compare and contrast them and predict the ending of each. At the end of the lesson the students will enjoy a snack of gingerbread cookies. Yum, yum!!
Reminders:
Dec. 6 - St Nicholas Day
Dec. 11 - The Christmas program will be held on Tuesday Dec. 11 at 5:30. Students need to meet in the Choir room at 5:00 pm. Our class will be angels. Please dress your child in solid white clothing. You can make a garland wreath to place on your child's head for a halo.
Dec. 19 - Happy Birthday Jesus Party
Dec. 21 - Class Christmas Party (Early Release)
Mrs. Keever
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Jr. K. News - Nov. 12
Last week we had time to slow down and catch our breath
after two really busy weeks. We began
talking about Thanksgiving and how the Pilgrims and Indians celebrated it in 1620.
Next week we will celebrate our Sharing Feast on
Friday. Jr. K will be making Sweet
Potato Casserole while the other classes are preparing other great dishes to
share with the school. There is a sign-up
sheet posted near our classroom. Please indicate
which item(s) you will be able to send. We
will need these by Wednesday.
Don't forget this is the last week for our food drive. Jr. K and Kindergarten won again for the most food collected. Congratulations!!! We have one week until Thanksgiving break and in Language we will be reviewing our sight words and blending sounds.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Keever
Monday, October 29, 2012
Jr. K News - Oct 29
We had a great time at the pumpkin patch. A big Thank You goes out to First United Methodist Church for hosting it again this year. It was a little cold but the rain held out so we could enjoy the many activities that were planned.
A few reminders for this coming week:
Wednesday Oct 31 is All Hallows Eve. It is also a Chapel day. Students should come dressed for Chapel. (NO costumes)
Thursday is our 50th day of school and our class will be celerating the 1950's so come dressed in your best poodle skirt, or rolled-up blue jeans and white t-shirts. We will have many fun 50's activities including a Sock Hop and lunch at the diner topping it all off with an ice cream float.
Friday is the park workday and parents are invited to come and help out. We will have a picnic lunch at the park.
Mrs. Keever
A few reminders for this coming week:
Wednesday Oct 31 is All Hallows Eve. It is also a Chapel day. Students should come dressed for Chapel. (NO costumes)
Thursday is our 50th day of school and our class will be celerating the 1950's so come dressed in your best poodle skirt, or rolled-up blue jeans and white t-shirts. We will have many fun 50's activities including a Sock Hop and lunch at the diner topping it all off with an ice cream float.
Friday is the park workday and parents are invited to come and help out. We will have a picnic lunch at the park.
Mrs. Keever
Jr. K News - Oct 29
We had a great time at the pumpkin patch. A big Thank You goes out to First United Methodist Church for hosting it again this year. It was a little cold but the rain held out so we could enjoy the many activities that were planned.
A few reminders for this coming week:
Wednesday Oct 31 is All Hallows Eve. It is also a Chapel day. Students should come dressed for Chapel. (NO costumes)
Thursday is our 50th day of school and our class will be celerating the 1950's so come dressed in your best poodle skirt, or rolled-up blue jeans and white t-shirts. We will have many fun 50's activities including a Sock Hop and lunch at the diner topping it all off with an ice cream float.
Friday is the park workday and parents are invited to come and help out. We will have a picnic lunch at the park.
Mrs. Keever
A few reminders for this coming week:
Wednesday Oct 31 is All Hallows Eve. It is also a Chapel day. Students should come dressed for Chapel. (NO costumes)
Thursday is our 50th day of school and our class will be celerating the 1950's so come dressed in your best poodle skirt, or rolled-up blue jeans and white t-shirts. We will have many fun 50's activities including a Sock Hop and lunch at the diner topping it all off with an ice cream float.
Friday is the park workday and parents are invited to come and help out. We will have a picnic lunch at the park.
Mrs. Keever
Friday, October 19, 2012
Jr. K. News - Oct 19
Hello there,
We had a good but busy week. I forgot to thank all the parents that came to Conferences last week and this. They all went very well. It is good to here what is going on at home as well as here at school.
The field trip to see the "Three Little Pigs" was a big hit. The students loved it and the students from UMHB did a great job. Today was Canterbury Faire and again the children really enjoyed all of the activities. Make sure you look at the school's Face Book page for pictures.
This week we started a new unit in Language/Reading we have been talking about our Five Senses and doing some fun outdoor exploration activities.
New sight words for the unit are see, we, a, to
In Science we are going to be looking at the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin and on Friday is our Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch. We will walk over to the First United Methodist Church. It is also an early release day.
See you all next week.
Mrs. Keever
We had a good but busy week. I forgot to thank all the parents that came to Conferences last week and this. They all went very well. It is good to here what is going on at home as well as here at school.
The field trip to see the "Three Little Pigs" was a big hit. The students loved it and the students from UMHB did a great job. Today was Canterbury Faire and again the children really enjoyed all of the activities. Make sure you look at the school's Face Book page for pictures.
This week we started a new unit in Language/Reading we have been talking about our Five Senses and doing some fun outdoor exploration activities.
New sight words for the unit are see, we, a, to
In Science we are going to be looking at the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin and on Friday is our Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch. We will walk over to the First United Methodist Church. It is also an early release day.
See you all next week.
Mrs. Keever
Friday, October 12, 2012
Jr. K News - Oct 12
We have completed Unit 1 "Friendly Faces" in Reading. Please continue to review the sight words and have them look for them in other reading materials. The students become very excited when they start recognizeing words they know.
Sight words: I, like, the, and
This week in Math the students explored Ordinal Positions, first, second, third, fourth and last. We have also been looking at AAB Patterns on our Calendar.
Reminders:
Next week is our visit from SAES. They will be with us Sunday through Wednesday
Wednesday is our Field Trip to the CAC.
Friday is Canterbury Faire. Students may wear NON-scary costumes (NO weapons) to school that day. It is also a half day for the elementary students. Pick up is at 11:45. ECO will be provided.
Sight words: I, like, the, and
This week in Math the students explored Ordinal Positions, first, second, third, fourth and last. We have also been looking at AAB Patterns on our Calendar.
Reminders:
Next week is our visit from SAES. They will be with us Sunday through Wednesday
Wednesday is our Field Trip to the CAC.
Friday is Canterbury Faire. Students may wear NON-scary costumes (NO weapons) to school that day. It is also a half day for the elementary students. Pick up is at 11:45. ECO will be provided.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Jr. Kindergarten News
I hope that you all had a great Spring Break. For the next few weeks the students will be studying Spring. This time of year brings a change in the weather, a focus on the death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ and many other events. Our class will be working with Mrs. Keever's son, Mr. Drew Keever. He has an AAS degree in Early Childhood and has worked with children from 1-12 over the past few years. He completed his student teaching in two different preschools in the Cleveland area before moving back to Temple/Belton. Most recently Mr. Keever worked in Round Rock before being hired by Immanuel Baptist Child Development Center to work with the school age program.
There is only three weeks until Easter. Mr. Keever will be helping the children discover how plants grow by planting several types of seeds. In Math the students will explore cylinders, work with nickels, and experiment with tangrams. Continue working with your child on their sight words. This week they will be using said and good.
I am sorry that I did not get a March calendar out but you can follow the school calendar and watch for upcoming event in the school newsletter.
Mrs. Keever
There is only three weeks until Easter. Mr. Keever will be helping the children discover how plants grow by planting several types of seeds. In Math the students will explore cylinders, work with nickels, and experiment with tangrams. Continue working with your child on their sight words. This week they will be using said and good.
I am sorry that I did not get a March calendar out but you can follow the school calendar and watch for upcoming event in the school newsletter.
Mrs. Keever
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