December 11, 2015

1) Our school-wide Advent service project goes through Wednesday, December 16.  Please send in new or gently used children's clothing for the Christ Child Society.
2) The Christmas Concert is Thursday, December 17th at 7:00 pm.  The students need to be there by 6:30.  Please have them meet at the stairs on the left of the entrance.  I will be there to meet them.  Please make sure that you take coats, hats, gloves, etc from them.
3) Friday, December 18 is a 2:00 Dismissal.  We do not have a Christmas party, but do have a small treat in class and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.
4) Letter homework will go home today and will be due next Friday, December 18.
5) We will celebrate half birthdays for the late June, July, and early August birthdays.  Please remember if you'd like to send in a treat, no full size cupcakes.  
6) Thank you for sending hats, gloves, and winter coats every day for recess.  This ensures that our students are safe!

Theme: Advent/Christmas

Sight Words: said, good

Author of the Month: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Letter: b

VIP: Emerson

Poem: A Visit from Santa

Listening Center: Baa Baa Black Sheep

Word Family: -ad (bad, dad, fad, glad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad)

Math: addition and subtraction
one more and one less

Religion: Christmas

Reading: Real and Nonsense Words

Social Studies: Holidays Around the World
Israel (Hanukkah)
Mexico
England
America (Kwanzaa)
Sweden
Greenland

Writing: Would you rather be Santa's elf or Santa's reindeer?  Why?


Have a great week!

December 4, 2015

Reminders:
1) Please send winter coats, hats, and gloves EVERY DAY.  If there is snow on the ground, also send boots and snow pants.  Thanks for your help with this!
2) Our school-wide Advent service project is collecting used/new clothing for Christ Child Society.  Please consider donating.
3) The Christmas Concert is Thursday, December 17th.  We will go to Saint Mary's and practice in the morning.
4) Please review your child's homework before they turn it into me.  If something is wrong or messy, please have them redo it.


Theme: Advent/Christmas

Sight Words: play, for

Letter: u

Poem: Candy Cane

Author of the Month: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Listening Center: I'm a Little Snowman

Word Families: -ot (blot, cot, dot, got, hot, knot, lot, plot, pot, rot, shot, spot, tot)
                           -od (cod, nod, pod, rod, sod)

VIP: Adeline

Religion: God Chooses Mary

Math: plus one, minus one

Math Vocabulary: plus, add, addition, minus, subtract, subtraction

Reading: syllables
               replacing sounds
               ending sounds


Have a great week!

November 20, 2015

There are no new sight words, word families, etc next week.  It will be a review week for us!  Remember that there is a 2:00 Dismissal on Monday and Tuesday.  Report cards are going home today.  We will review those at conferences next week.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Go Irish!

November 13, 2015

It's hard to believe we are a third of a way through kindergarten!

Remember that there is no school on Monday, November 16.

Also, Monday, November 23 and Tuesday, November 24 we have 2:00 Dismissals due to Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Theme: Thanksgiving

Sight Words: this, from

Letter: p

Author of the Month: Tedd Arnold

Poem: Thanksgiving Feast

VIP: Lucas

Word Families:
-un: bun, fun, nun, run, spun, sun
-ug: bug, dug, hug, jug, mug, plug, rug, shrug, slug, snug, tug
-ut: cut, gut, hut, nut, shut

Math: whole and part

Reading: short vowel sounds
                blending words

Writing: stretching out words
              drawing people and animals

Writing Prompt: What are your plans for Thanksgiving?


Have a good week!  Go Irish!

November 6, 2015

Disguise a Turkey project is due Monday, November 9th.
The last day of the trimester is next Friday, November 13th.
There is no school for students on Monday, November 16.
Parent/teacher conferences are November 23 and 24.  If you have a problem with your time, please let me know and we can reschedule.
If you would like a copy of the Christmas Concert music, please send in a blank CD and Mrs. Fox will burn you a copy to practice at home!

Theme: Thanksgiving

Sight Words: my, of

Letter: k

Poem: Thanks at Thanksgiving

Author of the Month: Tedd Arnold (Fly Guy books)

Listening Center: Hickory Dickory Dock

Word Families: -og (dog, fog, frog, hog, job, log, smog)
                          -ob (blob, cob, glob, job, rob, slob, sob)

VIP: Ivey

Reading/Phonics: compare and contrasting
               subject of the sentence
               beginning and ending sounds
               segmenting words
               punctuation

Math: whole and part
           breaking a number in 2 parts

Religion: We Learn about God with Our Families

Science: seasons
       

Have a great week!  Go Irish!

October 30, 2015

Reminders:
-Please remember to send students with coats, hat, and gloves (labeled with their name) as it gets colder.
-Send a snack Monday-Thursday.
- Parent-Teacher Conference schedules will go home soon. Let me know if you cannot make it and we will reschedule.
-Please send back reading books the day after they go home.  Add comments or your signature so that we know it was read at home.


Theme: Thanksgiving

Author of the Month: Tedd Arnold

Sight Words: are, now

Word Family: -ig (big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, twig)

Letter: j

Poem: Funny Turkey

Listening Center: Jack and Jill

VIP: Dawson

Religion: God Helps Us Discover

Math: -how many more make 10
           - whole and part
           - addition

Math Vocabulary: count, ten frame, whole, part

Reading: punctuation
               identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs
               adjectives for size and shape
               syllables

Have a great week!  Happy Halloween!  Go Irish!

October 23, 2015

Our Halloween party will be Friday, October 30 from 2:15-2:45.  Students may wear jeans and a Halloween shirt on that day.  All parents are welcome to attend!

If you would like a copy of the Christmas Concert music, please send in a blank CD labeled with your child's name on it.  The Christmas Concert is December 17th at 7 pm.

Theme: Halloween

Sight Words: you, what

Word Family: -et (bet, fret, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet)

Author of the Month: Mercer Mayer

VIP: Daniel

Letter: Ii

Poem: Could Be Halloween

Listening Center: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Religion: God Made Us

Reading: adjectives
               beginning sounds
               segmenting words

Math: counting strategies
          using a ten frame

Writing Prompt: What are you doing for Halloween?



To Practice at Home:
-writing numbers 1-10
- counting larger numbers
- counting by 5s and 10s
- counting to 100
- sight words
- rhyming words
- letter sounds
- beginning sounds
- writing capital and lowercase letters


Have a good week!

October 16, 2015

Our Halloween party will be Friday, October 30 from 2:15-2:45.  Look for more information to come from our room parents.

We started Daily Five (literacy centers) last week.  You will see a reading book coming home with your child each week.  Please comment or sign so that we know that you read it with your child.  Keep in mind that sometimes the books are "easy" for your child to read.  This is designed to build up their confidence with reading.  I will continue to assess their level and move them up accordingly throughout the year.  The levels start with PC (Print Concepts), AA, A, B, C, D, and so on.  Your child must be at a level C by the end of kindergarten.  If your child is reading at or below a level C, please make sure they are pointing to each word.  Let me know if you have any questions!

Theme: Fall

Author of the Month: Mercer Mayer

Sight Words: with, is

VIP: Noah

Word Family: -ap (cap, clap, flap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, slap, tap, trap, wrap, zap)

Letter: t

Poem: Five Little Pumpkins

Listening Center: Little Miss Muffett

Religion: God Made All People
                Hail Mary

Math: measuring and estimating
          counting strategies
           - count and scoot
           - count and touch
          - count and check/cross out
          - use a ten frame

Math Vocabulary: count, ten frame

Reading: blending words
               adjectives
              syllables

       
Have a great week!  Go Irish!

October 9, 2015

We had a fabulous day with our 8th grade buddies today at the pumpkin patch.  It was a little cold, windy, and rainy, but we survived!

Please remember that next Tuesday is a 2:00 Dismissal.


Theme: Fall

Author of the Month: Mercer Mayer

VIP: Lila

Sight Words: come, me (We will have 2 sight words a week from now on)

Letter: h

Word Family: -an (can, fan, man, pan, plan, ran, scan, tan, than, van)

Poem: Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Listening Center: Humpty Dumpty

Religion: Ordinary Time

Reading: adjectives
               sensory words
               writing descriptive sentences

Math: more and fewer
           measuring
           estimating height

Math Vocabulary: more, fewer, shorter, longer/taller, same estimate


Have a great week!  Go Irish!

October 2, 2015

We've made it 32 days in Kindergarten!  As we enter into the month of October, we begin Daily 5 (literacy centers) and Math Stations.  You may notice the work getting a little more challenging and students making more progress!

Reminders:
DIBELS assessment results went home on Wednesday.  I will be contacting some parents to meet to go over the results.  It is crucial that you are reading to/with your child every night at home.  The experience of reading will help them progress this year.

Also, please review the alphabet awareness assessment.  At this point, your child should be able to identify at least 20 of 26 capital and lowercase letters.  They need to master the letters and the letter sounds before they can read!  Please practice any letters they do not know and then work on letter sounds.  Let me know if you need any help or have any questions.

Thursday, October 8- No School

Friday, October 9- Our field trip to the Dinges Fall Festival pumpkin patch is next Friday.  Students must bring a bag lunch (somthing that can be thrown away not a lunch box) on this day.  They can wear jeans and a Friday shirt or school polo.  If your child is getting picture retakes, they can bring their jeans and Friday shirt to change into after their pictures.  Parents are welcome to drive separately and join us, but keep in mind that this is the students' time to interact with their 8th grade buddy socially.  We'll have other opportunities throughout the year to go on field trips with your child.  However, if you would like to meet us there, please let me know ASAP so I can add it to our numbers.

Tuesday, October 13- 2:00 Dismissal



Theme: Harvest/Fall

Sight Word: to

Letter: Ll

Author of the Month: Mercer Mayer (Little Critters)

Word Family: -at (bat, cat, mat, chat, fat, flat, hat, pat, rat, sat, that)

Poem: Scarecrow

Listening Center: Skip to My Lou

Religion: The Church Year
                Hail Mary

Reading: nouns
               sensory words (adjectives)

Math: more or fewer (use the word fewer when it's something you can count, use the word less when it's something that you can't count, like liquid)

Science: Five Senses


To Practice at Home:
- writing numbers 0-10
- sight word (writing them, recognizing them in books, painting them, etc)
- one-to-one correspondence (touching each item as they count it)
- counting to 100
- shapes
- patterns
- letter identification
- letter sounds


Have a great week!  Go Irish!

September 25, 2015

We are going on a field trip with our 8th grade buddies to Dinges Fall Festival in Three Oaks, Michigan.  The field trip is on October 9th.  This is the same day as picture retakes.  We will take retakes before we leave.  If you want to get retakes, feel free to dress your child however and then bring a change of clothes (jeans and Friday shirt or uniform shirt) for the field trip.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch that day.  Permission slips are going home today.


Theme: Harvest

Sight Word: a

Letter: m

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Poem: Harvest Time

Listening Center: Muffin Man

Religion: God Made the Animals
                Practice the Hail Mary

Math: different ways to make 9
          different ways to make 10
          more and fewer

Math Vocabulary: pair, set, more, fewer, less

Science: 5 senses

Writing Prompt: What's your favorite thing about fall?

Have a good week!  Go Irish!

September 18, 2015

Reminders:
-Scholastic orders are due at the end of each month.  Your orders make it possible to get free books for our classroom library.  You can order online at scholastic.com.  Our class code is MCLHL.
- Please do not send in candy for lunch or snack.
- Letter homework will go home every other Friday.  This will allow you time to work on both sides.   Your student should complete a little of the homework each night.   Don't complete it all in one sitting!  Please help your children with their homework and make sure they properly forming their letters and starting at the right line.
- Alphabet Awareness Assessment results will be going home next week.  Please review the results and start working at home.
-Please label all sweatshirts and jackets with your child's name.


Theme: Apples/Johnny Appleseed

Sight Word: see

Letter: g

Poem: Apples, Apples

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Listening Center: BINGO

Religion: God Gives Us the Land
                Practice Sign of the Cross

Math: 3D shapes
           positional words (beside, above, below, in front of, behind)
           patterns (AB patterns, ABB patterns, AAB patterns)
           Ways to make the number 6
           Ways to make the number 7
            Ways to make the number 8

Science: Lifecycle of an Apple

Reading/Grammar: nouns
                                verbs
                                punctuation
                                beginning sounds
                                synonyms

Writer's Workshop: writing a complete sentence
                                 adding detail to pictures


Have a good week!  Go Irish!

September 11, 2015

Thank you to all of the parents who have signed up to send in donations for our science experiments and cooking projects.  We couldn't do it without you!

Upcoming Dates:
- October 8th No School
- October 9th Picture Retakes

Theme: Apples

Sight Word: and

Letter: d

Poem: Apple Tree

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Listening Center: Hey Diddle Diddle

Reading: verbs
               story sentences
               beginning sounds
               rhyming words

Math: - position words
           - 3D shapes
          - patterning
          - making a graph

Math Vocabulary: triangle, rectangle, square, hexagon, circle, below, next to, beside, in front of, behind, solid, 3D shape, face, corner, edge, cone, cube, cylinder, sphere

Religion: God Gives Us Water
                Practice the Sign of the Cross

Science: using 5 senses to describe apples
             describe in words and pictures changes in weather from month to month and season to season

Social Studies: using words related to location
                        describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes


Have a good week!  Go Irish!

September 4, 2015

Thanks to all of the parents who came to Back to School Night last night!  Let me know if you have any questions about any of the information.  A few reminders:

- Letter Homework will go home every other Friday for the beginning of the year.  Please work with your child a little bit each night and then send in completed homework the following Friday.
- All About Me Bags should be sent in by Tuesday(if you haven't done so yet).  We are sharing a few each day to get to know our classmates!
- Saxon Math practice will go home on Mondays (Tuesday next week with the holiday).  No need to send those back in to be checked!
- Please send a snack every day except Fridays because we will be cooking.
- I will send out 2 signups through Volunteer Spot.  One is for materials for our science experiments.  The other is for our cooking supplies each week.  You will get a reminder email when your supplies are due.  Thank you for your donations!
- Picture Retakes will be October 9th.
- No School on Monday!  Enjoy your day off!

Theme: Apples

Sight Word: the

Letter Formation: a

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Poem: Apples

Listening Center: Jack Be Nimble

Math: exploring 2D shapes
           geoboards

Math Vocabulary: corners, sides, curves, flat, triangle, square, rectangle, circle, hexagon, oval

Reading: examples of nouns

Writer's Workshop: labeling pictures

Science: apple investigation
              identifying objects in the day and night sky


To Work on at Home:
- writing first name
- identifying capital letters
- identifying lowercase letters
- letter sounds
- sight words
- describing 2D shapes
- writing numbers 1-5


Have a great long weekend!   Go IRISH!

August 28, 2015

Upcoming Dates:

September 3rd- Back to School Night at 6:30
September 7th- No School

Reminders:
Please remember to label all outerwear as it gets colder!
Please send a snack in daily.



Theme: All About Me

Sight Word: like

Letter Formation: o

Poem: All About Me

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Religion: God Gives Us Light
                Sign of Cross

Math: sorting shapes by color, shape, and size
          describing shapes by attributes

Math Vocabulary: same, different, sort, count, corners, sides

Reading: identifying beginning sounds
               rhyming words

Writer's Workshop: labeling pictures

Science: describing and comparing objects seen in the night and day sky


To Work on at Home:
- Writing First Name
- Writing Numbers 0-9
- letter identification and sounds
- rhyming words
- recognizing color words
- beginning sounds (What sound does cat start with?)
- following multi-step directions
- sight words (you'll get the list at Back to School Night)

Have a great weekend!

August 24, 2015

Welcome to Kindergarten!  I'm so excited to be your child's teacher this year.  You will be amazed by how much they grow throughout the year!

Back to School Night- CHANGED
September 3rd at 6:30
They event is specifically for parents and not for students.  I will go over any information you might need for the year.

September 7- No School


KC Specials Classes:

Monday- Computer

Tuesday- Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Wednesday- Music

Thursday- P.E.

Friday- Art and Library


Theme: All About Me

Letter of the Week: c

Poem- ME

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Sight Word: I

Religion: God Gave Us the Word
                Practice Sign of the Cross

Math: -same and different
          - how to sort
          - writing numbers

Writer's Workshop: All About My Summer

Listening Center: Hot Cross Buns


To Work on at Home:
-Writing First Name
- Writing numbers 0-9
- Alphabet Recognition and Letter Sounds
- Sign of the Cross
- Colors
- Shapes



Please let me know if you have any questions!  Have a great week!

May 29, 2015

We are quickly finishing up with the last few days of Kindergarten.  If you could please send in 2 magic erasers next week, that will help us clean our tables and chairs.  Remember that Wednesday is Field Day.  Please have your student wear the Field Day shirt that they will receive and comfy shorts and shoes!  Thursday is our field trip to the zoo.  Children may wear comfy clothes and please remember to pack a bag lunch that day.  Monday, June 8 is the last day of school!  It is also a 2:00 Dismissal.  You will receive your report cards on the last day in your child's folder.  Please let me know if you are not going to be here that day.


Upcoming Dates:

June 3- Field Day
June 4- Field Trip to Zoo (10:00am-1:00pm)
June 5- Awards Ceremony 9:30 and Mass 1:45 (Kindergarten doesn't usually receive any awards)
June 8- Last Day of School/2:00 Dismissal

Theme: Pirates/Summer

Word Family: im/id

Poem: Where is Pirate's Chest?

Author of the Month: Oliver Jeffers

Religion: Daniel and the Lions

Math: Fact Families
           Think Math

Have a great week!

May 26, 2015

A few reminders:

- Library books are due immediately!
- We will be taking a field trip on Thursday, June 4 to the zoo.  If you would like to chaperone, please let me know!  Students may wear their own clothes that day and also need to bring a sack lunch.
- Please send in a roll of paper towels for field day.
- Field Day is Wednesday, June 3rd.


Theme: Pirates/Summer

Sight Words: could/again

Wonderful Word: amusing

Poem: Pirate's ABC Chant

Authors of the Month: Mercer Mayer/Robert Munsch

Word Family: -ud/-us/-up

Tricky Vowel: ai

Math: -counting on
          - decomposing numbers
          -fact families
          -2D vs 3D shapes

Writing: -sequence writing
              - How to Plant a Flower

Word Work: -changing one letter to make a new word (Word Ladders)

Science: identify and explain possible uses for an object based on its properties and compare these uses with other students' ideas

Have a great week!

May 15, 2015

We've been busy in kindergarten finishing up everything to get ready for 1st grade!  The school supply list for your students for next year is in the Communication Folder today.  The last day to turn in library books is May 22.

May 19- 2:00 Dismissal
May 25- No School
June 3- Field Day
June 8- Last Day of School

We'll be doing a project over the next two weeks called the Great Egg Drop.  Students will construct contraptions as a team and then we will put an egg in them and see if the egg breaks or not.  I need 2 dozen eggs for this project.  If you can donate a dozen, please email me :)


Theme: Plants

Authors of the Month: Mercer Mayer and Robert Munsch

Sight Words: they/where

Wonderful Word: suspicious

Poem: What Do Plants Need?

Tricky Vowels: oa

Word Family: -y (cry, dry, fly, fry, sky, sly, spy, try, why)

Religion: The Prodigal Son
                  The Rosary

Math: place value
            decomposing numbers
            2D vs 3D shapes

Writing: fiction writing (characters, setting, events, problems)

Science: 
-identify and explain possible uses for an object based on its properties and compare these uses with other students' ideas
-describe and compare living plants in terms of growth, parts, shape, size, color, and texture

Have a great week!

May 8, 2015

Happy Mother's Day to all!  Hope you have a great weekend!

We started our Plants Unit this week.  We planted our own plants,"Hairy Harrys", on Thursday.

Upcoming Dates:

May 19- 2:00 Dismissal
May 25- No School
June 3- Field Day
June 8- Last Day of School


Theme: Plants

Authors of the Month: Mercer Mayer and Robert Munsch

Sight Words: love/friend

Wonderful Word: tremble

Tricky Vowels: ea

Word Family: -old (bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, mold, scold, sold, told)

Poems: Plants

Religion: The Rosary
                 The Prodigal Son

Math: 2D vs 3D shapes
           greater than, less than, equal to


Word Work: long and short vowels sounds
                      sounding out magic e words

Writing: narratives

Science: describe and compare living plants in terms of growth, parts, shapes, size, color, and texture


Have a great week!

May 1, 2015

Remember that next Wednesday, May 6, is our school-wide Mother's Mass.  Students can invite their mothers or mother-figures to join us for Mass at 8:15.  Please have your student drop off their backpack in the classroom and then go immediately with you over to the church to get seats.  If your student does not have anyone coming as their guest, they are welcome to sit with me.


Theme: Plants

Authors of the Month: Mercer Mayer and Robert Munsch

Sight Words: his/as

Wonderful Word: brag

Word Family: -ake (bake, cake, fake, lake, make, rake, shake, take, wake)

Letter: ck

Poem: My Garden

Math: -2D/3D shapes (faces, corners, sides)
          - creating 3D shapes
          - measurement

Religion: The Good Samaritan

Reading: Sounding out words with a magic e

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

Writing: narrative writing and fiction writing

April 24, 2015

We are still in need of baby wipes and newspaper donations!  Please send them in if you can!

Upcoming Dates:
May 1- Adoration
May 6- Mother's Mass at 8:45
(*Students can invite their moms or mother-figures to join us for Mass)
May 8- May Crowning and Rosary
May 25- No School
June 3- Field Day
June 5- Awards Ceremony and Mass
June 8- Last Day of School/2:00 Dismissal

Theme: Rainforest

Sight Words: show/here

Wonderful Word: fidget

Word Family: -ay (bay, day, gray, hay, lay, may, pay, play, ray, say, stay, tray, way)

Letter: ph

Poem: Three Mighty Morpho Butterflies

Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff

Religion: Jesus and His Miracles

Reading: -ed and -ing words

Math: decompose numbers less than or equal to 10
          time
           compose simple geometric shapes to form larger shapes

Science: comparing and contrasting animals

April 17, 2015

We are out of baby wipes.  If anyone has a package of baby wipes, please send them in with your child.

Also, we need a few newspapers for a science project.  If you get the newspaper, please send it in for our project!

Theme: Rainforest

Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff

Sight Words: day/too

Wonderful Word: scrumptious

Letter: qu

Poem: Three Frolicking Tree Frogs

Nursery Rhyme: Quentin's Duck

Word Family: -ing (bring, cling, ding, fling, king, ring, sing, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, thing, wing)

Religion: We Celebrate that Jesus is Our Friend

Math: decomposing numbers, counting on, ways to show a number, counting money

Social Studies/Science:
- Earth Day
- identifying maps and globes
- recommend ways that people can improve the environment

Writing: fiction


Have a great week!

April 13, 2015

I hope everyone had a nice Spring Break!  Only 39 days left of school!

Students are now allowed to wear shorts.

Remember, our Students as Teachers project starts this week.  Below are the dates that your child will present:

Tuesday 4/14/14	Young	Yergler
Wednesday 4/15/14	Wiginton	Vu
Thursday 4/16/14	Vangel	Skwarcan
Friday 4/17/14	Simpson	Schoenle
Monday 4/20/14	Santucci	Pursell
Tuesday 4/21/14	Picking	Pendergrass
Wednesday 4/22/14	Myers	Morin
Thursday 4/23/14	Martinez	Larkin
Friday 4/24/14	Hurley	Helmen
Monday 4/27/14	Glenn	Gerard
Tuesday 4/28/14	Gasper	Barnett
Wednesday 4/29/14	Appleton

Theme: Rainforest

Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff

Sight Words: take/our

Poem: Colors of the Rainforest

Wonderful Word: curious

Word Family: -ack (back, black, crack, jack, pack, quack, rack, sack, shack, smack, snack, stack, tack, track)

Letter: th

Religion: Easter

Math: -ones and tens
- decomposing numbers (number bonds)


Have a nice week!

March 27, 2015

Remember that Thursday, April 2 is a 2:00 Dismissal and Spring Break is April 3-12.

Theme: Easter

Sight Words: put/off

Word Family: -ar (car, far, guitar, jar, scar, star, tar)

Letter Formation: z

Poem: Happy Easter

Nursery Rhyme: Zip-a-dee-doo-da

Wonderful Word: appetite

Author of the Month: Dr Seuss (March)/ Laura Numeroff (April)

Religion: The Three Days (Holy Week)

Math: -place value (ones and tens)

Reading: genres (fantasy)

Writing: What I Like about Spring


Have a nice Spring Break!

March 20, 2015

Community Helper Day: Tuesday students may dress up as the community helper of their choice.  Again, this does not have to be what they want to be when they grow up!

Tuesday, March 24 is also a 2:00 Dismissal.

Spring pictures will take place on Thursday.  This is only if you would like Spring pictures.  Forms are available in the office.

Jean Week: A notice went home if your child is able to wear jeans next week because you bought the extra booklets from the You Can Lend a Hand fundraiser.  Everyone else must be in uniform.  If you have any questions, please contact me or the office.


Theme: Community Helpers

Sight Words: their/saw

Letter: x

Poem: Community Helpers

Author of the Month: Dr Seuss

Word Family: -and (band, brand, grand, hand, land, sand, stand)

Wonderful Word: pleasant

Religion: We Care about Others as Jesus Did

Math: -dividing numbers equally
          - items that have 10
          - tens and ones

Reading: subject/verb agreement
               substituting phonemes
               short and long vowel sounds

Science: comparing and describing animals by size


Things to Practice at Home:
-counting money
- how many more make 10
-substituting phonemes (first sound)- fan- van
- proper formation of letters and numbers
- odd and even numbers
- short and long vowel sounds

Have a good week!

March 13, 2015

St Joseph's Mass- Next Thursday, we will celebrate the feast of St. Joseph.  We invite all dads, grandpas, and father-figures (or moms!) to attend our school Mass with your child.  Please have your child drop off their stuff in the classroom and then head immediately over to the church with their guest to get seats.  Mass starts at 8:15.  If your child is not going to have anyone to sit with, please let me know so they can sit with me.  Our Mother's Day Mass will be in May.

Lenten Service Project- Our school-wide Lenten service project is for Our Lady of the Road.  Kindergarten is responsible for collecting winter gloves.  If you cannot find winter gloves, please feel free to bring in items that are assigned to other grades.

Community Helper Day-  We've begun our Community Helper unit.  On Tuesday, March 24, students can dress up as the community helper of their choice.  A letter will go home next week.  Please keep in mind that this is not necessarily what your child wants to be when they grow up.  Instead, it is a celebration of people who help out the community!  This day is also a 2:00 dismissal.

Auction Items- We are still collecting culinary items to make up our auction baskets.  Please send them in with your child!


Theme- St. Patrick's Day

Sight Words- out/very

Word Family- ick (brick, chick, click, kick, lick, pick, quick, sick, stick)

Letter: v

Poem: Lucky Leprechaun

Author of the Month: Dr Seuss

Wonderful Word: wander

Religion: We Celebrate Jesus' Gift to Himself

Math: number bonds
           3D shapes
           subtraction

Science: describe and compare animals by size



Have a great week!

March 6, 2015

Now that we are in the 3rd Trimester of Kindergarten, please encourage your children to write neatly, erase completely if needed, be aware of letter size, and take their time.  You may have heard your child talk about a star paper of the day.  We'll pick a paper each day in order to encourage neatness.

Reminders:

- Report cards go home today in your child's folder.  If you would like to set up a conference to discuss it, please let me know.

-Please send in winter gloves for our school-wide Lenten service project.

- Please send in cooking supplies for the auction basket

- As the temperatures get a little warmer, please remember to send your children with hats and gloves so that they can go outside to play.  They need snow pants and boots if they are going to play in the snow.

- 2:00 Dismissal March 24

- 2:00 Dismissal April 2

- Spring Break April 3-12


Theme: Community Helpers

Sight Words: walk/look

Letter: y

Author of the Month: Dr Seuss

Word Family: -all (ball, call, fall, hall, mall, small, tall, wall)

Poem: How to Help

Nursery Rhyme: Yams are Yummy

Wonderful Word: interfere

Religion: We Celebrate Jesus' Gift to Himself

Reading: singular/plural
               substituting phonemes (bag - replace the g with a t makes bat)

Math: - area of a room
          - creating different shapes that have the same area
          - using geometric shapes to graph
          - using number bonds to tell a story

Math Vocabulary: area, more, fewer, same, less, number bond


Have a good week!

February 27, 2015

On Monday my mom, Dr. Carey, came to visit our class and she gave a presentation for dental health month.

To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, our Read-In is next Friday, March 6th from 12:00-12:30.  Students can have a guest or guests come and read with them during this time.  You may bring in books from home or they can read books from our classroom.

Our school Lenten Service Project is collecting items for Our Lady of the Road.  Kindergarten is collecting donations of winter gloves.

Report cards will go home next Friday (March 6).  If you have any questions regarding the report card or your child's progress, please contact me to set up a conference.


Theme: Dr. Seuss

Sight Words: every/ask

Letter: wh (digraph)

Poem: The Lorax

Author of the Month: Dr Seuss

Word Family: -ell (bell, cell, fell, sell, shell, smell, spell, swell, tell, well, yell)

Wonderful Word: spice

Religion: We Pray as Jesus Did

Writing: writing and illustrating non-fiction texts

Word Work: middle sounds

Math: measuring how much something can hold

Math Vocabulary: capacity, volume, area, perimeter

Science: 5 senses


Things to Work on at Home:

- Money
- Odd or Even
- Writing Capital or Lowercase Letters
- Writing and Counting to 100
- Addition and Subtraction Problem Solving
- Middle Sounds
- How Many More to Make 10



Have a good week!

February 23, 2015

Upcoming Dates:
February 27- End of 2nd Trimester/Stations of the Cross

March 6- Dr Seuss Read-in/Stations of the Cross

March 24- 2:00 Dismissal

April 2- 2:00 Dismissal

April 3-12- Spring Break


Sight Words: have/one

Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes

Word Family: -in (bin, chin, fin, grin, kin, pin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, tin)

Wonderful Word: urgent

Letter: w

Poem: Nature's Valentine

Nursery Rhyme: Twinkle, Twinkle

Religion: We Belong to the Church

Writing: Non-fiction texts

Math: comparing the weight of items
           measuring

Math Vocabulary: heavier, lighter, same as, estimate, longer/taller, shorter

Science: 5 Senses

Reading: Question Words


Have a good week!

February 13, 2015

Upcoming Dates:

Monday, February 16- No School

Wednesday, February 18- Ash Wednesday

Friday, February 20- Stations of the Cross at 2:15

Friday, February 27- End of 2nd Trimester and Stations of the Cross at 2:15

Friday, March 6- Dr. Seuss Read-In from 12:00-12:30
Students can have guests come in and read with them in the classroom to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.


Theme: Presidents

Sight Words: has/help

Word Family: -in (bin, chin, fin, grin, kin, pin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, win)

Letter: th

Wonderful Word: observe

Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes

Poem: If I Were President...

Math: comparing objects with a scale
          estimating
          addition and subtraction word problems

Math Vocabulary: heavier, lighter, estimate, same as

Religion: Lent

Writing Prompt: If I Were President of the United States

Science: 5 senses



Things to Work on at Home:

- Letter/Number Reversal
- Writing First and Last Name (with appropriate capital and lowercase letters)
- identifying nouns, adjectives, and verbs
- odd and even numbers
- replacing a letter to make a new word (ex. cat-hat)
- recognizing punctuation
- capitalizing the first word when writing and including punctuation at the end


Have a great week!