Hi Moms and Dads,

This week is going to be a marvelous and magnificent week.  We are going to be talking about the letter....Mm.  We will be graphing M & M's, painting our new friend Pete the cat, using marshmallows to discover position and location and water coloring fish.  Our Bible unit is on how God cares for His creation.

  We will continue using our behavior chart this week.  Treasure box will be on Friday (please continue sending inexpensive treasures for our box). Remember to take your child's papers out of their folder and return it each day.  Our library day is changing to Friday.  Library books should be returned when completed but no later than Thursday.  Thank you for the great job you did returning books and folders.

This week behind the Yellow Door. ...

Reading

*Identify the letter M, words that begin with M and writing M

*Exploring color words

*Beginning sounds

*Recognize the use of end punctuation

* High Frequency Word: see

*Describing words and naming words

Language

*"In the Big Blue Sea"

*"What Do You Do Norbert Wu"

*"Caps of Many Colors"

Math

*Position and location

*Math vocabulary- outside, inside, under, over, top, bottom, on, middle, after, before, left, right

Bible

Creation-Genesis 1:1-31

REMINDERS:

Wednesday, August 31- individual school pictures

Monday, September 5th - Labor Day Holiday

Thank you for all you do!  Your children are a blessing and I love them dearly!

In Christ,

Mary McDavid

Kindergarten

Trinity Presbyterian School

email: mmcdavid@trinitywildcats.com

blog:   http://yellowdoortrinity.blogspot.com

Col 3:1-2 - "If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your mind on the things above and not on the things that are on earth."

News From Behind the Yellow Door

Hi Moms and Dads,

This week is going to be a super, sensational, splendid week.  We are going to be talking about the letter....Ss.  We will be sorting skittles, making spaghetti letters and numbers, guessing mystery items in our sack and estimating starbursts.  Our first Bible unit is on Creation and how God created the earth through His spoken word.

  We will begin using our behavior chart this week.  Treasure box will be on Friday (please send inexpensive treasures for our box). Remember to take your child's papers out of their folder and return it each day.  Our library day is Monday.  Library books should be returned when completed but no later than first thing Monday morning. 

This week behind the Yellow Door. ...

Reading

*Identify the letter S, words that begin with S and writing S

*Exploring color words

*Words that begin with the same sound

*Recognize the use of end punctuation

* High Frequency Word: I

Language

*"What's My Favorite Color?"

*"I Went Walking"

*"Brown Bear Brown Bear"

Math

*Sorting and Classifying

*Math vocabulary-same, different, sort, does not belong, sorting rule

Bible

Creation-Genesis 1:1

Thank you for all you do!  Your children are a blessing and I love them dearly!

In Christ,

Mary McDavid

Kindergarten

Trinity Presbyterian School

email: mmcdavid@trinitywildcats.com

blog:   http://yellowdoortrinity.blogspot.com

Col 3:1-2 - "If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your mind on the things above and not on the things that are on earth."

Our First Day

We had a fabulous first day!

Hi Moms and Dads,

Our first day was absolutely wonderful!  It is such a privilege to teach your child this year.  A successful year depends on all of us working together.  If you have a concern or question please drop me an email.  I cannot help if I am not aware of your question or concern.

When your child enters the kindergarten each morning he/she will join the others in the commons area.  This is a time they can visit quietly with one another.  There will always be a teacher on duty beginning at 7:30 AM.  At 7:45 the children move to their class room for morning activities.  We will begin our school day promptly at 8:00 AM.  I will send you a daily schedule in the next few days.

I was so excited to see each of you at our "Sneak a Peek" meeting last Monday night.  Thank you for all of your prayers and support.  Be looking for another blog this weekend with information about next week.  Have a great weekend!  You are all a blessing to me.

In Christ,

Mary McDavid
Trinity Presbyterian School
email:  mmcdavid@trinitywildcats.com
blog:  http://yellowdoortrinity.blogspot.com

Col 3:1-2  "If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your mind on the things above and not on the things that are on earth."

 

Hi Moms and Dads

I hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day.  Our mothers are such a blessing in our lives.   

As you know the rest of the school year we will have a different way of entering the school due to the construction.

Just a reminder....

As of Saturday morning, the LS entrance and Kindergarten main entrance will be under construction (and off limits) for the final 5 full days and 2 half days of this school year.  Kindergarten students may enter in the morning through Mrs. Allen's outside  kindergarten door.  Mrs. Handey's third graders may continue to be dropped off in the LS area then walk to the cottage.  Students in grades 1,3, and 5 may enter the outside doors to their rooms which will be opened each morning for the next 7 days of school.  Students in grades 2 and 4 will need to enter through one of the two upper school entrances.  Parents that need to enter the school during the next 7 days will need to enter through the main upper school entrance under the portico.  We apologize for this short term inconvenience! 

May 9th - 13th

Reading  
-Phonics Reader - It Can Fit
-Building Words with short vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
-Digraphs - wh (review -th, ch, sh)
-Review the two vowel rule (rat, rate)
-Leveled Readers
-Rotation Stations

-Assessment

-Review

Math
-Review time 
-The Store - Review Coin sorting and money

     counting                       

Bible 
-Paul spreads the gospel

Early Morning 
-Academic tubs
-Devotion
-Morning Message
-Pledges

Lunch Bunch  
-Smart board activities 
-Plants
-Assessments

Field Day will be Tuesday, May 17th at 9:00 o'clock in the new gym.  Some of you have volunteered to paint faces and/or help set up. If any of you could come at 8:00 o'clock and help kindergarten set up in the new gym it would be greatly appreciated.  

You continue to be such a blessing to me.

In Christ,

Mary McDavid

Kindergarten

Trinity Presbyterian School

1700 E. Trinity Blvd.

mmcdavid@trinitywildcats.com

Ecclesiastes 3:11  He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end

Hi Moms and Dads,

Happy May to You!  We are looking forward to a Marvelous May Week.

May 2nd - 6th

Reading  
-Phonics Reader - The Bug Hut 
-Building Words with short vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
-Digraphs - th, -ch (review -sh)
-Introduce the two vowel rule (rat, rate)
-Leveled Readers
-Story sequencing
-Mystery words & sentence writing
-Rotation Stations

Math
-Telling time to the hour and half-hour
-Times of events
-Problem Solving using Logical Reasoning
-The Store - Coin sorting and money counting
-Vocabulary:  clock, hands, hour, o'clock

Bible 
-Paul - The First Missionary
-Character trait - Joy
-Target Truth - We need to have joy in every
                      situation!

Early Morning 
-Academic tubs
-Devotion
-Morning Message
-Pledges

Lunch Bunch  
-Smart board activities 
-Plants
-Assessments

There are so many mixed feelings running through my heart.  This past week was filled with heartache for so many.  It is personal in our family as my son-in-law lost 2 members of his family in Wetumpka.  Please keep all of those hurting in your prayers and if you have an opportunity to help please do so

I am thrilled that our children are ready for first grade.  I am also sad to let them go.  That is part of the process of living and growing.  However, they will always be my children.  They will always be in my heart. 

You continue to be such a blessing to me.

In Christ,

Mary McDavid

Kindergarten

Trinity Presbyterian School

1700 E. Trinity Blvd.

mmcdavid@trinitywildcats.com

Ecclesiastes 3:11  He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end

Hi Moms and Dads,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter week end.  Our Easter egg hunt last Thursday was great.  The weather could not have been better and the children had so much fun.  A special thanks to Bentley and Rosemary for opening their home to us.  Thank you to all the moms who prepared food for the party.   As usual everything was terrific.  

This week:  April 25 - 29

Reading

*digraphs-SPLASH-big book

*writing directions

*story structure/plot

*short e and short u-ug,ut,en

*sight word review

 

Math

TIME

*Max's Late Morning-interactive story

*more/less time

*order of the day-(morning,afternoon,evening, day & night)

*sequence of events-(first, next, last, before & after)

*clock face

 

Bible

Jesus Lives Again!!

Jesus Begins His Church

*Target Truth-God wants us to learn how wrong sin is and how much it hurts us.

 

Lunchbunch

*smartboard games and activities

*plants/insects art

*assessments

We look forward to a great week as we close out April.  You continue to be a blessing to me

In Christ,

Mary McDavid

Ecclesiastes 3:11  He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Hi Moms and Dads,

We had another  great week.   This will be a short week with only three (3) days in the classroom.  Remember Thursday is our Chapel and Easter Egg Hunt.  Also, Friday is Good Friday which is a holiday for Trinity.  

Next Week:  April 18 - 22

Reading

- Short e and short u word families

- Rebus Easter Story
- Rhyming words

- Using exact naming words (nouns)

- Easter stories and word charts

- Counting syllables

- Phoneme substitution (first and last)

- Reader Happy Easter

- Journal writing:  Resurrection Eggs

Math

- Continue money unit

- Collect items for the Wildcat Warehouse

- Sorting, identifying and counting money

Bible

- The Easter Story

Lunchbunch

- Smartboard reading and math games

- Easter art activities

Dates to remember:

- Good Friday, Holiday April 22nd

- Easter Egg Hunt, Thursday, April 21st. 

     (we will leave immediately following chapel)

We have been earning "Bonus Bucks" to use at our "Wildcat Warehouse".  Please remember to send items for our Warehouse.  We have decided to continue our "Wildcat Warehouse" through the rest of the school year.  This will be a fun learning experience for the children. 

15 plastic eggs need to be sent to the room by Tuesday, April 19th.  Each plastic egg should be filled with wrapped candy and numbered from 1 - 15 with a sharpie.  Have a great week.  You continue to be a blessing to me.

In Christ,

Mary McDavid

Ecclesiastes 3:11  He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.