Kindergarten

Mrs. Mindy and Ms. Ashley

March🌷

By Kezney Kashula

Mrs. Ashley's Kindergarten

Mrs. Mindy's Kindergarten

During the month of March, Mrs. Mindy’s kindergarten class is learning several new skills and preparing for fun activities. In phonics, the students are studying the long vowel “ee” sound and the digraph “ch.” Their sight words for the week include change, each, much, watch, and children, and their spelling words are such, branch, pinch, cheese, free, sheep, tree, and eel. In math, the class is learning about 2D and 3D shapes. There are also several special events in March, including bringing a blanket for the library on March 17, wearing light blue on March 19 to remember Scarlett Rachelle Doyle and support Trisomy 18 awareness, receiving report cards on March 20, going on a field trip to Calhoun Farms on March 23, attending the Honor’s Program on March 25 at 10:00, and taking class cap-and-gown pictures on March 26. The class is also preparing for their Easter celebration. By Monday, March 30, students need to bring one dozen plastic prefilled eggs (no chocolate), $5 for pizza lunch on April 2, six hard-boiled eggs for dyeing, and their Easter baskets. The Easter egg hunt will take place on Thursday, April 2 at the FA Kindergarten Playground, where at 12:00 parents will hide the eggs during pizza lunch, and the egg hunt will begin at 12:30. These activities make March an exciting and busy month for Mrs. Mindy’s kindergarten class.

Mrs. Mindy and Ms. Kenzie's class took advantage ot Read ACross America Week! We invited 15 special guest to share a book with us! Plus, two of the readers were authors who read their own books. Many thanks to the following friends for visiting our class:Delaina Wilson, FA Resource Officer Wade, Amy Paulk, Karen Barlow, Dr. Don Hattaway (Pastor at First Baptist Church Douglas), Janet Pridgen, FA Resource Officer Redden, Author Karen Steele and husband Daniel, Laura Manac, Deidra Taft, Dr. Jonathan McDuffie, Sonya Henley, Terri Bailey, Cheryl Skipper, and Author Teresa LeBrocq.

February ❤️

By Kezney Kashula

Mrs. Ashley's Kindergarten

February has been a busy and exciting month in Mrs. Ashley's kindergarten! In phonics, students are learning about the "th" sound and practicing spelling words that include the letters "th". In math, they are working hard on subtraction skills. The class is also studying rhyming words and building fluency by timing their reading passages. They recently completed a fun and educational ladybug glyph craft that helped reinforce important skills. On Valentine's Day, the children enjoyed a special treat by eating at Holt's Bakery with their parents. Then, on February 18, students had a wonderful time learning about God at chapel alongside their grandparents. The month of February for Mrs. Ashley's kindergarten has been full of learning, laughter, and memories!

Mrs. Mindy's Kindergarten

Mrs. Mindy’s kindergarten class has a busy and exciting month planned for February! In phonics, students are learning the digraph “th” and practicing individualized sight words. Their spelling words include thin, bath, three, with, them, this, that, and math, and they are working on reading sentences like “The three fish are in the bath.” In math, the class is focusing on subtracting, composing, and decomposing numbers. They are also looking forward to special events such as Grandparents’ Chapel and the Book Fair on February 18, the Squishy Paw Project, which costs seven dollars, and Spring Pictures later in the month. Mrs. Mindy has a fun and eventful month planned for her kindergarten class.

Valentine's Day Lunch

Grandparent's Day Chapel

Mrs. Mindy's class is hard at work

Mrs. Ashley's class is learning sight words

January❄️

Groundhog Day

Mrs. Ashley's kindergarten enjoyed learning about groundhogs by making a puppet for Groundhog Day.

By Kezney Kashula

Mrs. Ashley's Kindergarten

Mrs. Ashley’s kindergarten class is staying busy and learning lots during the cold month of January. In phonics, students are focusing on open syllables, while in grammar, they continue to learn about adjectives and how these words describe people, places, and things. In math, the class is studying Chapter 13, which teaches about whole and equal parts. As the school year begins to wrap up, students will also begin cumulative testing, but there is still plenty of time for fun winter activities. The 100th day of school is on the 20th of January. On this eventful day, the kids will celebrate by donning canes and walkers while dressing up as old people and enjoying a special day of learning and laughter.

Mrs. Mindy's Kindergarten

Mrs. Mindy’s kindergarten class will be learning many of the same skills as Mrs. Ashley’s class during the month of January. In phonics, students are learning about open syllables, focusing on examples such as no, go, hi, and by. The class is also working hard to memorize spelling words, including me, go, she, no, tiger, we, paper, and zero, along with the bonus sentence, “She will go to see the tiger.” In math, students are learning about larger numbers, specifically those from 40 to 99. Several special events are coming up as well, including report cards being sent home on the 13th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the 19th, the 100th day of school celebration on the 20th, and Honors Chapel on the 21st, where students will be recognized for their academic successes.

December🌲

Mrs. Ashley’s and Mrs. Mindy's kindergarten is full of excitement this week! The students will perform their Christmas program and celebrate with a festive Christmas party on Wednesday. On Friday, the fun continues with special holiday activities, including the reading of a holiday story and celebrating the birthdays of Raelynn and Rhaella. It’s a joyful week filled with learning, laughter, and holiday cheer.

🌻November

Number Ninjas and Word Wizards By Kezney Kashula

Mrs. Mindy’s kindergarten class has also been working exceptionally hard and learning very much this week. The students are continuing to finish their addition unit, practicing addition facts to five while using pennies and writing number sentences to show their work. In language arts, the kindergartners are learning how to write from left to right and also focusing on simple nouns, verbs, punctuation, and capital letters to build strong writing habits.

The class is busy preparing to don Native American apparel for the Thanksgiving brunch, adding a festive touch to their learning. In spelling, the kindergarteners are studying nine new spelling words and practicing their letters of the week, which they share with Mrs. Ashley’s class, to prepare for the test on Friday. Mrs. Mindy is beyond proud of her hardworking students and how much they continue to grow each day!

Ms. Ashley's Class is Busy

By Kezney Kashula

This week, Mrs. Ashley’s kindergarten class has been busy with many fun and meaningful activities! The children are learning the patriotic song “The Grand Old Flag” to perform at the Veterans Day program, showing their appreciation for our country’s heroes. The kindergarteners are also continuing to work on Thanksgiving crafts, including colorful placemats, Native American vests, Indian headbands, and bead necklaces to wear at First Academy’s 2025 Thanksgiving Feast on November 20. In math, the kindergarteners have been exploring calendars and reviewing their addition skills. In language arts, they’re studying letters C, Z, E, and U. One way Mrs. Ashley teaches the children letters is by using a catchy cat-themed alphabet song, which makes learning exciting and engaging. During snack time, the children enjoy listening to Mrs. Ashley’s helper, Mrs. Elizabeth, read the book Dinosaur Rumpus, filling the room with laughter and imagination. Mrs. Ashley is especially proud of how her students are being excellent and quiet as they line up for Bible class, showing kindness, patience, and respect in the classroom.

Last week in Bible class, Kindergarten read about God speaking to Moses from a burning bush from Exodus 3.🔥

October🎃

Dairy Trip 10.6.25

What a great experience! FA Kindergarten went to Barrington and Highbrighton Daries in Montezuma, GA. With 36,000 cows, and 13,000 milked three times daily, this is the largest milk producing dairy in Georgia. Thanks to Mr. Pete Gilber and wife, Elizabeth, for everything!