May 30, 2014

Thanks to everyone for the lovely cards, flowers, and gifts for my birthday!  They are so appreciated!!  I love my job!  Your children make my life so interesting and joyful.  I will miss them so much next year!

Testing results (Dibels) will go home in Monday.  Please let me know if you have any questions!

Next Tuesday is Field Day!  Please have your child wear their field day shirt, which will go home today.

Wednesday is the school awards ceremony at 8:15.  Mass is scheduled for the normal time of 1:45 pm on Wednesday as well.

Thursday is the final day of school.  Dismissal is at 1:30 pm.  We will be celebrating the end of the school year with a beach party.  Students can wear school-appropriate beach/summer clothing on Thursday.


Theme: Pirates/Summer

Sight Word: our

Poem: Where's the Pirate's Chest?

Math:
- measuring
- subtraction word problems

Word Work:
-sounding out words
- ABC order

Religion: We Care About Others As Jesus Did

Writing Prompt: What will you do during your summer vacation?

Language Arts: Using Question Words


Have a great week!

May 23, 2014

Hope everyone enjoys the nice long weekend!

Our Hairy Harry plants went home today.  We had so much fun watching them grow!
We got to see two third grade plays, had a picnic with our 8th grade buddies, and went to a Bergamot concert this week!

It's hard to believe we're winding down the end of the school year.  Remember to keep reading each night and throughout the summer!


Theme: Pirates/Summer

Poem: Pirate's ABC Chant

Sight Word: friend

Wonderful Word: suspicious

Math: - measuring distance
- some went away (subtraction)
- identifying and making symmetrical designs
- using indirect comparisons to compare height

Religion: We Celebrate Jesus' Gift of Himself

Word Family: -it, -in, -all

Have a great week!

May 16, 2014

Remember to continue sending in pop tabs.  The students at CKS collected over 2 million pop tabs!  We will be having a recognition assembly next Thursday to celebrate this achievement.

Also remember there is no school on Monday May 26.  The last day of school is June 5 and field day is June 3.

We will be meeting with our 8th grade buddies for the last time on Thursday.  We will have lunch together and then play time.

Theme: Plants

Author of the Month: Mem Fox

Sight Word: nice

Wonderful Word: tremble

Poem: The Parts of a Plant

Math:
- how to record an answer on a chart
- sorting 3D shapes
- identifying time of day
- sequencing
- counting by 2's
- even and odd numbers

Religion: We Pray as Jesus Did

Grammar:
-compound words
- ing and ed endings

Letter Formation: S and T

Word Family: -ell and -ick

Word Work: add or substitute sounds to make new words

Writing: Opinion Writing

Science:
observe and draw physical features of plants
describe and compare living plants in terms of growth, parts, shape, size, color, and texture

Have a great week!

May 9, 2014

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!  I hope you have a great, relaxing weekend!

Mother's Day Mass: The Mother's Day Mass is on Wednesday May 14th at 8:15 am.  Similar to the Father's Day Mass, students may drop off their things in the classroom and then head straight to the church to get seats.  If a guest is not coming to sit with your child, they come to the classroom as normal and sit with me.  

Remember to keep collecting pop tabs and box top labels for our school!

There is no school on Monday May 26 in honor of Memorial Day. 

We are starting to wind down our year in kindergarten!  I'm so proud of everyone's progress.  Next week I will start doing a final reading assessment.  Also, we have started "Star Paper of the Day" in order to encourage neat handwriting and coloring.  Please remember to read with your students each night.   We also have been working with money (coins only) so please practice this as well.

Theme: Plants

Sight Word: some

Wonderful Word: brag

Poem: Parts of a Plant

Author of the Month: Mem Fox

Religion: We Belong to the Church

Math: 

-identifying and matching equivalent, doubles

-acting out some, some more stories

- drawing pictures for some, some more stories

- problem solving

Letter Formation: S and T

Science: plant observation

Word Family: -ub

Grammar: -ing and -ed

Tricky Vowels: -ee, -oa, -ou, -ea, -ai 

May 2, 2014

Theme: Plants

Author of the Month: Mem Fox

Sight Word: on

Wonderful Word: fidget

Poem: My Garden

Math: -sorting coins
          - covering designs with tangrams
          - identifying largest and smallest
          - identifying half shapes
          - paying for items using pennies nickels, dimes, and quarters

Religion: Jesus Wants Us to Love

Science: -plants need water, air, soil, and sunlight to grow
              - living vs non-living things
             - plants provide oxygen
             - plants make their own food in their leaves

Word Family: -ay

Word Work: long and short vowel sounds

Writing: narrative writing

Letter Formation: Q and R


Have a great week!