We had a fun week celebrating Johnny Appleseed Day and the beginning of Fall! Ask your child about our apple taste test, graphing our favorite apples, and making applesauce! Remember that Tuesday is a 2:00 Dismissal. Please let me know if your pick-up plans change on early dismissal days. Wednesday we will be celebrating the Feast of the Guardian Angels. Friday are picture re-takes. If your child is getting picture re-takes, they may wear their own clothes for the day. Everyone else must be in uniform. We will be going on a field trip to a pumpkin patch with our 8th grade buddies at the end of October. I will let you know when we finalize the date.
October Theme: Harvest
Sight Word: can
Poem: Harvest Time
Five Little Fish
Math: graphs
naming shape by color and size
matching a number card to a set of objects
creating and describing an AB pattern
Letter Formation: a and g
Religion: God Gives Us Light/Water
Spanish: greetings, numbers, colors
Science: leaves, life-cycle of a pumpkin, describe and compare objects seen in the night and day sky
Social Studies: identify and order events that take place in a sequence
Friday Cooking: Moo Milkshakes
Homework (due Friday): Letter F
To Practice At Home:
-writing name (with capital letter and then lowercase letters)
- counting 1-100
- identifying shapes
- letter formation t, b, f, n, m, i, u , o, c, a, g
- Sign of the Cross
- Our Father
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Friday September 20th
We are wrapping up our all about me unit and will begin our harvest unit next week. The first day of fall is Sunday and Johnny Appleseed Day is Thursday. We need one bag of yellow apples, one bag of red apples, and one bag of green apples for a lesson next Wednesday. If anyone can donate a bag to the class, please email me!
Important Dates:
Monday September 23- No School
Tuesday October 1- 2:00 Dismissal
Friday October 4- Picture Retakes
Theme: Harvest
Sight Word: like
Poetry: Apples
Math: acting out story problems
identifying, describing, and comparing circles and rectangles
Letter Formation: c and o
Science: apple life cycle
weighing apples
using our five senses
Religion: God Gave Us Water
Cooking: Applesauce
Spanish: colors, numbers, greetings
Have a nice weekend! Go Irish!
Important Dates:
Monday September 23- No School
Tuesday October 1- 2:00 Dismissal
Friday October 4- Picture Retakes
Theme: Harvest
Sight Word: like
Poetry: Apples
Math: acting out story problems
identifying, describing, and comparing circles and rectangles
Letter Formation: c and o
Science: apple life cycle
weighing apples
using our five senses
Religion: God Gave Us Water
Cooking: Applesauce
Spanish: colors, numbers, greetings
Have a nice weekend! Go Irish!
Monday, September 16, 2013
Monday September 16th
Reminder:
There will be a 2:00 Dismissal on Thursday!! Please make plans accordingly. If your child will be doing something different than normal, please send in a note or send me an email.
Also, ask your kids about our cool science experiment today and what we observed!
Finally, please make sure your children are going to the bathroom before school. Many children are asking to go as soon as they get here. Thanks!
There will be a 2:00 Dismissal on Thursday!! Please make plans accordingly. If your child will be doing something different than normal, please send in a note or send me an email.
Also, ask your kids about our cool science experiment today and what we observed!
Finally, please make sure your children are going to the bathroom before school. Many children are asking to go as soon as they get here. Thanks!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Friday September 13th, 2013
Another week finished! We accomplished a lot in kindergarten this week! We need 24 empty baby food jars (with lids) by next Friday. Please send them in if you have them! Also, if anyone has clipboards to donate to the classroom, we would love to have them! Finally, please remember to read with your children every night!
September Theme: All About Me
Weekly Sight Word: the
Math: Sorting by Color, Shape
Religion: Practice Sign of Cross
God Gives Us Light
Letter Formation: i and u
Poem: Little Miss Muffet
Cooking: Bear Butter
Spanish: Greetings, Colors, Numbers
September Theme: All About Me
Weekly Sight Word: the
Math: Sorting by Color, Shape
Religion: Practice Sign of Cross
God Gives Us Light
Letter Formation: i and u
Poem: Little Miss Muffet
Cooking: Bear Butter
Spanish: Greetings, Colors, Numbers
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Wednesday September 11th
Behavior Chart
You might have noticed a different behavior chart in your child's folder tonight in addition to their monthly behavior calendar. Every child received a behavior chart today that was kept at their seat. They earned stamps on it according to the lessons throughout the day (morning meeting, calendar, writer's workshop, etc.) ;hence earning stickers on their sticker chart. The purpose of these charts is to get each child on track behaviorally and to inform the parents if there are problems at specific times throughout the day. Please sign and return tomorrow. It will be placed in their communication logs. We will continue this for a few days and then reassess. It went well today and the students loved earning lots of stickers! Please review these daily behavior charts each night with your child.
Homework
Homework was sent home with your children on Tuesday. In the future, you will receive the homework on Monday. Please return the completed form as well as one completed letter-based project on Friday. Some students will have an opportunity to share their homework. The purpose of this homework is to practice letter formation, letter sounds, as well as association of letter with items. This will reinforce what we are working on in class.
Conferences
Just a head's up that our class (and only our class) will not be having conference on November 25 and 26. I'm presenting at a national teacher conference in Florida and will be out of town. We will have our conferences November 18, 19, and 20. I'm available before school, at lunch (11:00), and after school. I'll be sending more information out as it gets closer.
Things to Practice at Home
- name writing (capital letters and lowercase)
- writing numbers 0-9
- Sign of the Cross
- letters t, b, n, m
- tying their shoelaces
You might have noticed a different behavior chart in your child's folder tonight in addition to their monthly behavior calendar. Every child received a behavior chart today that was kept at their seat. They earned stamps on it according to the lessons throughout the day (morning meeting, calendar, writer's workshop, etc.) ;hence earning stickers on their sticker chart. The purpose of these charts is to get each child on track behaviorally and to inform the parents if there are problems at specific times throughout the day. Please sign and return tomorrow. It will be placed in their communication logs. We will continue this for a few days and then reassess. It went well today and the students loved earning lots of stickers! Please review these daily behavior charts each night with your child.
Homework
Homework was sent home with your children on Tuesday. In the future, you will receive the homework on Monday. Please return the completed form as well as one completed letter-based project on Friday. Some students will have an opportunity to share their homework. The purpose of this homework is to practice letter formation, letter sounds, as well as association of letter with items. This will reinforce what we are working on in class.
Conferences
Just a head's up that our class (and only our class) will not be having conference on November 25 and 26. I'm presenting at a national teacher conference in Florida and will be out of town. We will have our conferences November 18, 19, and 20. I'm available before school, at lunch (11:00), and after school. I'll be sending more information out as it gets closer.
Things to Practice at Home
- name writing (capital letters and lowercase)
- writing numbers 0-9
- Sign of the Cross
- letters t, b, n, m
- tying their shoelaces
Friday, September 6, 2013
Friday September 6th
We had a wonderful day in kindergarten today. Many students were really putting effort into their work and behavior. The class was rewarded with an episode of VeggieTales at the end of the day!
In the red folder today is a general overview of things we've been working on in class. I've also provided areas of strength and areas of improvement for each child. After 12 days in school, I have a better understanding of academics and behavior within the classroom and wanted to communicate it with you. Please know that if there is a major issue, I will contact you directly. Most of these issues are minor or typical 5 year old behavior. Everyone is transitioning back to school mode and I want to make it as smooth as possible for each child!! If you have any specific questions, please feel free to email me!
We made Inchworms as our cooking project today. Remember that there is no need to send in a snack on Fridays because of our cooking lesson.
Next week:
September Theme- All About Me
Poem- Baa, baa black sheep
Religion- Practice Sign of the Cross
God Made Everything
Math- Patterning
Letter Formations and Sounds- m, n, i, u
Social Studies/Science- Weather (Clouds)
Cooking- Friendship Fruit
Have a fantastic weekend!!
In the red folder today is a general overview of things we've been working on in class. I've also provided areas of strength and areas of improvement for each child. After 12 days in school, I have a better understanding of academics and behavior within the classroom and wanted to communicate it with you. Please know that if there is a major issue, I will contact you directly. Most of these issues are minor or typical 5 year old behavior. Everyone is transitioning back to school mode and I want to make it as smooth as possible for each child!! If you have any specific questions, please feel free to email me!
We made Inchworms as our cooking project today. Remember that there is no need to send in a snack on Fridays because of our cooking lesson.
Next week:
September Theme- All About Me
Poem- Baa, baa black sheep
Religion- Practice Sign of the Cross
God Made Everything
Math- Patterning
Letter Formations and Sounds- m, n, i, u
Social Studies/Science- Weather (Clouds)
Cooking- Friendship Fruit
Have a fantastic weekend!!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Wednesday September 4th
I hope everyone had a nice weekend!
Just a reminder that each child needs to bring in a labeled snack Monday-Thursday.
Also, if you have not sent in a separate pair of P.E. shoes, please do so by tomorrow.
We had a few issues with behavior in Mass today. Please speak to your children about their behavior in Mass. They need to listen to their 8th grade buddies! If there was an issue, there was a note on their behavior calendar.
Finally, we've been speaking a lot about the difference between play time and work time and what types of voices we should use in the classroom (quiet voice, play voice, no voice). Please reinforce this concept with your children at home!
Just a reminder that each child needs to bring in a labeled snack Monday-Thursday.
Also, if you have not sent in a separate pair of P.E. shoes, please do so by tomorrow.
We had a few issues with behavior in Mass today. Please speak to your children about their behavior in Mass. They need to listen to their 8th grade buddies! If there was an issue, there was a note on their behavior calendar.
Finally, we've been speaking a lot about the difference between play time and work time and what types of voices we should use in the classroom (quiet voice, play voice, no voice). Please reinforce this concept with your children at home!
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