We Love Our Miss Smith!

Friday was the end of Miss Rebecca Smith's Student Teacher time in Kindergarten, so of course, we had a party!  We all love her so much and will miss her daily, but we know that she will be back to visit and substitute teach, so we tried hard to be brave and happy.

Everyone made special cards to share with her, people brought presents, and we had cake and ice cream!  The class bought her a Pandora bracelet with an apple (for the teacher) charm!  We don't ever want her to forget us!  :)

We truly thank God for the gift of Miss Smith and her awesome teaching skills!  We would not be where we are this year without her guidance and love.  We pray for God's continued blessings on her future, and CAN'T WAIT to spend time with her again!!!  XOX

Reading is FUNdamental!

We have started our 1st Annual Bethlehem Read-a-Thon as the winter fundraiser for our school, and the support has already been fantastic!  Several Kindergarten friends have already signed up online, and their reading minutes have raised over $400.00 in the first week!  I am SO proud of them, and can't wait to see what the rest of the class is able to accomplish when they get registered and start gathering donations.

Every day we set aside twenty minutes at the beginning of the school day to read with the whole school.  Check us out as we enhance our reading skills and help out our school in the process!

Christmas is Coming!

We spent an afternoon at Kluck Nursery last week, learning a lot about how a pinecone seed grows into our family Christmas tree (after many, many years!) Mr. Steve took us through the whole process, from planting to trimming to cutting and wrapping.  It was a great field trip, finished up with a hay ride through the Christmas tree fields, and of course, a famous Kluck's popcorn ball!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Nothing Sticks Like a Shadow

Our Kinder Friends are studying "what makes a shadow?" this week in science with Ms. Smith. We learned that you need three things to make a shadow:

light 

something to block the light

something for the shadow to land on

As part of their investigation, the students found interesting block shapes and traced the shadows onto paper.  They realized that the farther the light is from the subject, the smaller the shadow gets, and the closer the light, the bigger the shadow!   

  

We just get smarter and smarter, every day!!!

 

Gobble Til You Wobble!

Special Friends Day was so much fun!  First, we had an amazing worship service.  Our church was filled with students, family, and friends.  What a great start to a great morning!

After church, we gathered in our classrooms to work on crafts with our Special Friends.  Miss Smith had the cutest craft idea, and we all made turkey hats with all of the things we are thankful for written on the feathers!

When craft time was over, we all moved into the narthex for donuts, juice and fellowship, before saying our goodbyes.  Thank you so much to everyone who came to spend time with their student!  During this Thanksgiving season, we are SO thankful for all of the people in our lives who love us, support us, and pray for us!

Now, check out these CUTE TURKEYS!!!!!