October 30, 2013

1) Tomorrow (October 31) students may wear a Halloween shirt with their uniform pants.

2) If you have not returned your Christmas Concert forms from Mrs. Fox, please turn them in tomorrow.

3) I will send home the November Family Project on Friday.  We will do this instead of weekly homework in the month of November.  It is due on Thursday November 14th.

VIP Information

Here is the information for when your child is VIP. 

Monday- Poster

Bring your VIP poster to share with the class (sent home with your child the week before).  There is a sample of the poster on Miss Carey’s blog.  Students can place photos, drawings, pictures from magazines, and other items on their posters.  The categories are

–   My Family

-       My Friends

-       My Favorite Things

-       When I Grow Up

-       My Favorite Place

Tuesday- Show and Tell

Bring in a special item to share during morning meeting (please nothing valuable!). 

Wednesday- Favorite Book

Bring in your favorite book for Miss Carey to read to the class.

Thursday- Guest Reader

Invite a guest reader to come and read to our class from 2:15-2:45.  This can be a parent, sibling, grandparent, neighbor, or friend.  If that time does not work for your guest reader, please let me know so that we can arrange another time.  Guests must check-in at the office before coming to the classroom.  They may bring books from home or read books from our classroom library. 

Friday- Stuffed Animal

Bring in a stuffed animal to keep at your desk throughout the day.  The stuffed animal should be no bigger than a plastic grocery bag. 

Friday October 25

Reminders:

- Our Halloween party is Thursday at 2:00.  Thank you to Katie Neeser and Nicole Simon for organizing everything!!  

- Next week, I'm not assigning homework due to Halloween.

- During the month of November, we are going to be doing a family project instead of our weekly alphabet homework.  

- If your child is bringing a water bottle to school, please make sure it is the smaller size water bottle.  

- There is no Mass next Wednesday.  Mass will be held on Friday November 1st for All Saints Day.  

- We are in need of some pumpkin seeds for a project next week.  As you are carving your pumpkins, please send washed pumpkin seeds in a Ziploc bag.  

- If anyone has any clipboards they can donate to the classroom, I need about 6 more for our Daily Five (Centers).  

- I will send home your parent-teacher conference time on Monday.  

-Our next field trip is to a Christmas play on December 5th at 9:00 am.  I'll need about 5 chaperones to go with us.  Please let me know if you're available.  

Theme: Harvest/Halloween

Sight Word: this

Poem: Could Be Halloween

Nursery Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Math Assessment: Counting Objects in a Set

                              Matching Sets of Objects

                             Using One-to-One Correspondence

Math: Identifying Pennies

          Counting Pennie

          Matching a Number Card to a Set of Objects

          Naming a Shape 

          Identifying a Missing Piece in a Matrix

          Describing the Relative Position of an Object

Religion: God Made the Animals

Spanish: colors, numbers, greetings

Science: living vs. non-living

              identifying animals by the way they move

Social Studies: identifying places in a community 

Letter Formation/Phonics: j and p

Writer's Workshop: punctuation and fluency

Word Work : Sorting Items

                      Syllables

                      -an Word Family

Reading: Adjectives (Color)

Cooking: Apples

                  

                       

October 18, 2013

I sincerely apologize!!  This did not get published when I wrote it on Friday.

We had a fantastic time on our field trip today!  Your kids will certainly be tired tonight!



Next week is Spirit Week at Christ the King.  Here is the schedule:

Monday- Jean Day and Twin Day
We are going to match as a class.  Kindergarteners may wear jeans and any blue shirt for twin day.

Tuesday- Jean Day and Friday Shirts or Uniform Shirts for our Field Trip

Wednesday- Students MUST wear uniforms
                     Crazy Accessory Day (hats, socks, etc that can be removed for Mass)

Thursday- Jean Day and Sports Day (jerseys, team shirts, etc.)
                 Pep Assembly at 2:15

Friday- Jean Day and Any Shirt


Tuesday is our field trip.  Please remember to bring a paper sack lunch on Tuesday.


Theme- Harvest

Sight Work- is

Poem- Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Nursery Rhyme- Five Little Pumpkins

Math- Ordering Numbers
          Identifying Ordinal Position
          Identifying Missing Numbers

Religion- God Made the Animals

Letter Formation- j and p

Writer's Workshop- fluency
                               punctuation

Science- identifying animals by shape, size, weight, color, and the way they move

Social Studies- identifying places in school and community

Cooking- Bats

Spanish-colors, numbers

Reading- retelling stories, adjectives (color)

Word Work- syllables
                   - at word families (bat, cat, hat, etc)
                   - an word families (can, man, fan, etc)

Friday October 11

A few things:

- In March we will be doing a community helpers unit.  We will have a dress-up day: "What You Want to Be When You Grow Up".  Keep this in mind as you are shopping for Halloween costumes and they go on sale after Halloween!

- I sent home Scholastic book orders.  For every book you order, our class earns points to buy books for our classroom library.  Please return these orders by October 18th.  There will be an order form that goes home each month with themed booked as well as kindergarten-appropriate books.  

- We will start our VIP student of the week next week.  There are more details in your child's folder.  See a sample poster below.

- Many students are forgetting to bring a snack for our afternoon snack time.  Please send a snack, labeled with your child's name, Monday-Thursday.  Friday is our cooking lesson and they do not need a snack.  

- Field trip permission slips are due Monday.  Please let Katie Neeser know if you would like to go.  

- Please do not let your students bring toys to school.  During their VIP week, they can bring in items for show and tell.

- The first name of your child's 8th grade buddy went home in the folders today.  That is just for your reference.  

Theme: Harvest

Sight Word: to

Poem: Scarecrow

Listening Center: Do You Know the Muffin Man?

Religon: God Gave Us Land

              Our Father

Writing: creating a class story

              writing more than 1 sentence

              stretching out words

Science: spiders

Reading: fiction vs non-fiction

               syllables

Math: -naming a shape using attributes

          - identifying, creating, and extending AB sound and movement patterns

          - ordering numbers 1-10

          - identifying missing numbers

          - sorting a collection of objects

Letter Formation/Phonics: 

e- pull across, back and around

r- pull down, up and over

Social Studies: sequencing

Cooking: Chocolate Spiders

Have a great weekend!

Field Trip Information

Kindergarten will be taking a field trip with our 8th grade buddies on October 22 to Amazing Acres.  We will leave school at 9:00 and return to school at approximately 12:45.  On this day, your child must bring a sack lunch that we will eat before we return to school.  There is no fee for this field trip as the activity fee you paid at the beginning of the year will cover it.  Students may wear jeans and Friday shirts or uniform shirts.  We will take a bus for transportation.  Unfortunately, there is no room on the bus for parents.  If you'd like to attend, you are welcome to drive yourself.  Please email me if you plan on going.  Signed permission slips are due back to me by Monday October 14.  Please let me know if you have any questions!

October 6, 2013

As the weather gets colder this week, please remember to label all jackets and sweaters that your child brings to school!  Please see below for the handbook policies regarding cold weather gear.

Stockings/Socks

Black,  white,  or navy  blue stocking/crew  socks are   acceptable.      Girls   may   wear   stockings, hosiery or tights.   Leggings are not permitted. Socks  or  hosiery  must  be  worn  at  all  times. Socks must be visible.

Sweatshirts

An approved CKS navy blue sweatshirt may be worn throughout the year on a daily basis.  All sweatshirts   must  have  the  CKS  logo. Sweatshirts are to be worn over a uniform shirt, as described above.

Sweaters

Navy blue sweaters  and sweater vests for girls and boys are an optional part of the dress code ensemble.   These sweaters and vests may be purchased through Schoolbelles or Lands’ End. The sweaters and vests must be solid navy with no embellishments or logos.  Cardigans, crew or v-neck pullovers are all acceptable.

Half-zip   polar   fleece   sweaters   and   zip-front fleece  vests  embroidered  with  the  school  logo are permitted.  All sweaters and vests must be worn over the required dress code shirt.  These items must be purchased from Embroid Me or Creative Promotions.

Theme: Harvest

Sight Word: my

Poem: Five Fast Fishes

Religion: God Made the Land

Spanish: Greeting, Numbers, Colors

Handwriting: d and s

Math: Acting Out Story Problems

          Covering Pattern Blocks

          Identifying, Describing, and Comparing Triangles and Squares

Writer's Workshop: stretching out words to hear a beginning, middle, and end sound

Science: Life-cycle of an apple

              Comparing objects seen during the day and at night

Social Studies: sequencing

                            identifying seasonal weather changes

Homework: M page

Cooking: Moolicious Cows

Tomorrow I will send home the results from our first reading assessment.  The students will also be assessed in December/January and at the end of the year. Please review these results and let me know if you have any questions. 

This week we will be practicing a lock-down drill.  On Thursday we will being having a lock-down drill as an entire school.  

Have a great week!