Our Dr. Seuss Read-In is next Thursday from 12:00-12:30. Students can invite a guest to come and read with them during that half hour. Please sign-in at the office.
Next Friday, March 3 there is no school.
Monday, March 20 at 8:15 am is our Father's Day Mass. Father or father-like figures can join their student for Mass in honor of the Feast of St. Joseph.
Theme: Dr. Seuss
Sight Words: have, one
Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes (February)/ Dr. Seuss (March)
Letter: w
Poem: The Lorax
Word Family: -ag (bag, brag, drag, flag, rag, tag, wag)
VIP: Jaxson
Tricky Vowel: or
Listening Center: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Wonderful Word: glance
Religion: Ash Wednesday
Math: divided items equally
place value (tens and ones)
Writing: non-fiction books
Reading: Verbs in the Past
Science: push and pull
five senses review
Social Studies: presidents
Have a great week!
Friday, February 24, 2017
Friday, May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016
Wow! I can't believe we're to the final days of kindergarten. Thank you for all the support you've given your child this year and all the support you've given me! My favorite thing about teaching kindergarten is how much they grow throughout the year!
My suggestion is to keep working throughout the summer. I believe every kid deserves a break, but kids lose SO much when they are not in school!! My recommendation is to read every day and then work at least 30-40 minutes a week on additional work...10-20 minutes on writing, 10 minutes on phonics, and 10 minutes on math. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Movie Morning- Students may bring pillows, blankets, and a small stuffed animal.
Egg Drop- We'll be doing our Egg Drop in the afternoon (weather permitted).
Wednesday- Field Day! This is the best day of the year to many of these kids. They will be receiving their t-shirt on Tuesday, May 31. Please have them wear that shirt, uniform shorts, and tennis shoes. Lunch is provided, but if your child does not want pizza, please pack a lunch.
Thursday- Last Day of School
Awards Ceremony at 8:15 (Mostly for the older students, but parents are welcome to attend.)
Mass at 9:45
2:00 Dismissal
Have a wonderful summer!
My suggestion is to keep working throughout the summer. I believe every kid deserves a break, but kids lose SO much when they are not in school!! My recommendation is to read every day and then work at least 30-40 minutes a week on additional work...10-20 minutes on writing, 10 minutes on phonics, and 10 minutes on math. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Movie Morning- Students may bring pillows, blankets, and a small stuffed animal.
Egg Drop- We'll be doing our Egg Drop in the afternoon (weather permitted).
Wednesday- Field Day! This is the best day of the year to many of these kids. They will be receiving their t-shirt on Tuesday, May 31. Please have them wear that shirt, uniform shorts, and tennis shoes. Lunch is provided, but if your child does not want pizza, please pack a lunch.
Thursday- Last Day of School
Awards Ceremony at 8:15 (Mostly for the older students, but parents are welcome to attend.)
Mass at 9:45
2:00 Dismissal
Have a wonderful summer!
Friday, May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
DIBELS Testing- The results from our DIBELS reading assessment went home on Thursday. A few helpful notes...
- TRC (Text and Reading Comprehension) is a combination of reading and comprehension levels. Please note this level might differ than the reading level of class leveled books due to the comprehension questions. I also try and challenge the students by moving them up when they are ready to conquer the next level.
- FSF (First Sound Fluency) is not measured at the end of the year.
- LNF (Letter Naming Fluency) is where student name capital and lowercase letters in a random order. They have one minutes to name as many as they can name.
- PSF (Phoneme Segmentation Fluency) is where children must give all the sounds in a word.
- NWF (Nonsense Word Fluency) is where students have one minute to sound out nonsensical CVC words like "mup". They are given points for CLS (correct letter sounds) and points for WWR (whole words read).
- WR (Word Recognition) is a list of sight words. It is recommended that students know all 24 of the sight words on List A by the end of kindergarten.
Please let me know if you have any questions about the assessment results.
We need a few Magic Erasers to help clean up our classroom. If you could send one in, that would be great. I also need 1 dozen eggs for our Egg Drop on Tuesday, May 31. If you can send it in, please email me.
Friday, May 27- Last Meeting with 8th grade buddies
Monday, May 30- No School
Tuesday, May 31- Movie Morning (Students may bring pillows and blankets.)
The Great Egg Drop STEM project in the afternoon
Wednesday, June 1- Field Day
Thursday, June 2- Last Day of School
Theme: Pirates
Sight Words: could, again
Word Families : -ud (bud, mud, spud, thud)
-up (cup, pup)
- us (bus, plus)
Wonderful Word: faithful
Poem: Pirate's ABC Chant
Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin
Religion: We Celebrate that Jesus is Our Friend
Writing Prompt: Tell me about your year in kindergarten.
Language Arts: word ladders (replacing a letter to make a new word)
Math: fact families
addition and subtraction fluency
Have a great week!
- TRC (Text and Reading Comprehension) is a combination of reading and comprehension levels. Please note this level might differ than the reading level of class leveled books due to the comprehension questions. I also try and challenge the students by moving them up when they are ready to conquer the next level.
- FSF (First Sound Fluency) is not measured at the end of the year.
- LNF (Letter Naming Fluency) is where student name capital and lowercase letters in a random order. They have one minutes to name as many as they can name.
- PSF (Phoneme Segmentation Fluency) is where children must give all the sounds in a word.
- NWF (Nonsense Word Fluency) is where students have one minute to sound out nonsensical CVC words like "mup". They are given points for CLS (correct letter sounds) and points for WWR (whole words read).
- WR (Word Recognition) is a list of sight words. It is recommended that students know all 24 of the sight words on List A by the end of kindergarten.
Please let me know if you have any questions about the assessment results.
We need a few Magic Erasers to help clean up our classroom. If you could send one in, that would be great. I also need 1 dozen eggs for our Egg Drop on Tuesday, May 31. If you can send it in, please email me.
Friday, May 27- Last Meeting with 8th grade buddies
Monday, May 30- No School
Tuesday, May 31- Movie Morning (Students may bring pillows and blankets.)
The Great Egg Drop STEM project in the afternoon
Wednesday, June 1- Field Day
Thursday, June 2- Last Day of School
Theme: Pirates
Sight Words: could, again
Word Families : -ud (bud, mud, spud, thud)
-up (cup, pup)
- us (bus, plus)
Wonderful Word: faithful
Poem: Pirate's ABC Chant
Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin
Religion: We Celebrate that Jesus is Our Friend
Writing Prompt: Tell me about your year in kindergarten.
Language Arts: word ladders (replacing a letter to make a new word)
Math: fact families
addition and subtraction fluency
Have a great week!
Friday, May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
Upcoming Dates:
All Library Books Due- May 18
No School- May 30
Field Day- June 1
Last Day of School/2:00 Dismissal- June 2
Theme: Plants
Sight Words: they, where
Poem: Parts of a Plant
Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin
Wonderful Word: deserve
Word Family: -y (by, cry, dry, fly, fry, my, sky, sly, spy, try, why)
Religion: We Care About Others as Jesus Did
Math: addition and subtraction story problems
addition and subtraction fluency
Reading: Magic e Words
Vowel Teams
Science: observing and journaling about plants
Have a great week!
All Library Books Due- May 18
No School- May 30
Field Day- June 1
Last Day of School/2:00 Dismissal- June 2
Theme: Plants
Sight Words: they, where
Poem: Parts of a Plant
Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin
Wonderful Word: deserve
Word Family: -y (by, cry, dry, fly, fry, my, sky, sly, spy, try, why)
Religion: We Care About Others as Jesus Did
Math: addition and subtraction story problems
addition and subtraction fluency
Reading: Magic e Words
Vowel Teams
Science: observing and journaling about plants
Have a great week!
Friday, May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016
Remember that Tuesday, May 10th is at 2:00 Dismissal.
I have started our end of the year Dibels reading assessment. I will let you know when I'll be sending home the results.
Theme: Plants
Sight Words: who, did
Poem: The Parts of a Plant
Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin
Word Family: -old (bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, mold, scold, sold, told)
Wonderful Word: remarkable
Math: greater than, less than, and equal to
how many more make 10
Religion: We Care about Others as Jesus Did
Phonics: short and long vowels
Science: describe and compare living plants
Have a great week!
I have started our end of the year Dibels reading assessment. I will let you know when I'll be sending home the results.
Theme: Plants
Sight Words: who, did
Poem: The Parts of a Plant
Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin
Word Family: -old (bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, mold, scold, sold, told)
Wonderful Word: remarkable
Math: greater than, less than, and equal to
how many more make 10
Religion: We Care about Others as Jesus Did
Phonics: short and long vowels
Science: describe and compare living plants
Have a great week!
Friday, April 29, 2016
April 29, 2016
Mother's Day Mass is Wednesday, May 4 at 8:15 am. Please come to the classroom to drop off your backpack and then head over to the church to get seats.
Friday, May 6th is May Crowning at 2:00 pm. It will be a Dress-Up Day. Please see below for the dress code criteria from the Student Handbook. Students can bring other shoes for recess.
Friday, May 6th is May Crowning at 2:00 pm. It will be a Dress-Up Day. Please see below for the dress code criteria from the Student Handbook. Students can bring other shoes for recess.
"Announced
Dress Up Days
Boys
may wear dress pants, dress shirts, dress shoes and sweaters or vests of any
color. For certain events, a tie may be required. Girls may wear dresses and
skirts, no shorter than three inches above the
knee.
Dress pants may also be worn. Sleeveless and spaghetti strap garments must be
covered at all times. Clothes should be loose fitting
and
appropriate for a Catholic School. Blouses that are low cut or too
short to be tucked in are not considered appropriate. Shoes must not have to
heel more than 1-1/2 inches high for safety reasons. Jeans, cargo pants, either
boys or girls to any of the events that are announced as dress up days may not
wear wind pants, and athletic shoes."
Tuesday, May 10th is a 2:00 Dismissal.
Theme: Plants
Poem: My Garden
Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin
Sight Words: his, as
Word Family: -ake (bake, brake, cake, fake, flake, lake, make, rake, shake, take, wake)
Tricky Vowels: oo
Wonderful Word: shriek
Religion: We Celebrate Jesus' Gift of Himself
Math: Think Math ( Starting with the answer and creating the problem)
Addition and Subtraction Fluency to 5
Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To
Writing: Fiction Stories (characters, setting, events, problem, solution)
Phonics: Magic E Words
To Practice at Home:
- Sight Words
- Counting Money
- Even/Odd Numbers
- Consonants and Vowels
- Long/Short Vowels
Have a great week!
Friday, April 22, 2016
April 22, 2016
The Mother's Day Mass is on Wednesday, May 4th at 8:15 am. Students can invite their mother or a mother-like figure to sit with them at Mass. Please come to the classroom to drop off their backpack and then head immediately to the Church to find a seat.
Theme: Rainforest
Poem: Three Mighty Morpho Butterflies
Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff
Sight Words: show, every
Word Family: ay
VIP: Mia
Tricky Vowel: ea
Wonderful Word: polite
Writing: fiction writing
Religion: We Pray as Jesus Did
Reading: proper nouns, when to capitalize letters
Math: addition/subtraction fluency
think math (starting with the answer and coming up with the problem)
greater than/less than
Have a great week!
Theme: Rainforest
Poem: Three Mighty Morpho Butterflies
Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff
Sight Words: show, every
Word Family: ay
VIP: Mia
Tricky Vowel: ea
Wonderful Word: polite
Writing: fiction writing
Religion: We Pray as Jesus Did
Reading: proper nouns, when to capitalize letters
Math: addition/subtraction fluency
think math (starting with the answer and coming up with the problem)
greater than/less than
Have a great week!
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