January 28, 2016

Happy Catholic Schools Week!

Catholic Schools Week starts Sunday, January 31.  Here is the schedule for the week:

Sunday, January 31- Open House 11:30 am- 2:00 pm

Monday, February 1- No School

Tuesday, February 2- Dress Down Day (jeans, sweatpants, sweatshirts, etc.)

Wednesday, February 3- red, white, or blue shirt, crazy socks, uniform pants

Thursday, February 4- Jersey/Jeans Day 

Friday, February 5- School Spirit (jeans and CKS shirt or sweatshirt)

Invite-a-Friend from 10:15- 10:45 am in the church basement.  Students can invite ONE adult to come to school for a snack and to see our classroom.   Invitations went home last Wednesday.  

Theme: Presidents/Catholic Schools Week

Sight Words: there/down

Letter: s

Poem: February is Here

Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes

Listening Center: Sing a Song a Sixpence

Word Family: -ip (chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, hip, lip, rip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, trip, whip)

VIP: Blayke

Wonderful Word: scrumptious

Math: area
          number bonds
          greater than or less than

Reading: middle sounds
               blends



Have a great week!

January 22, 2016

Our 100th Day is coming up on Thursday, January 28!  All the information went home this week!  Remember that students can dress up like they are 100 years old on Thursday.  If you have any questions, please let me know!  It will be such a fun day!

Catholic Schools Week starts Sunday, January 31.  Here is the schedule for the week:

Sunday, January 31- Open House 11:30 am- 2:00 pm

Monday, February 1- No School

Tuesday, February 2- Dress Down Day (jeans, sweatpants, sweatshirts, etc.)

Wednesday, February 3- red, white, or blue shirt, crazy socks, uniform pants

Thursday, February 4- Jersey/Jeans Day 

Friday, February 5- School Spirit (jeans and CKS shirt or sweatshirt)

Invite-a-Friend from 10:15- 10:45 am in the church basement.  Students can invite ONE adult to come to school for a snack and to see our classroom.  Donations are still needed.  

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Starting the first week of February, we will have Fireside Reading.  Guests can come and read to the class.  There are a few spots left!  If those times don't work for you, please let me know and we can work something out!

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Remember since we're after Christmas, students need to come to school with their shirts tucked in and they need to write their first and last name on all of their work. 

Theme: 100th Day

Author of the Month: David Shannon

Sight Words: little, by

Wonderful Word: curious

Letter: e

VIP: Lily

Word Family: -ub (club, cub, grub, hub, rub, scrub, shrub, stub, sub, tub)

-um (drum, glum, gum, hum, sum)

Poem: Five Snowmen

Listening Center: Little Bo Peep

Religion: Jesus Grew Up in Nazareth

Word Work: middle sounds

Writing: non-fiction books

Science: Life-cycle of a butterfly

Math: capacity, volume

area

To Work on at Home: 

- sight words

- middle sounds

- ending sounds

- odd/even numbers

- counting to 100

- tally marks

- addition/subtraction to 10

-tying shoes :)

Have a great week!

January 15, 2016

Remember there is no school on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Snowmen are due on Tuesday, January 19th.

There are more dates in the post below!



Theme: Arctic Animals

Sight Words: some, he

Wonderful Word: hectic

Word Family: -en ( den, hen, men, pen, ten, when)

Letter: n

Author of the Month: David Shannon

VIP: Cooper

Listening Center: Five Little Pumpkins

Poem: I'm a Little Penguin

Math: measurement
           capacity
           greater than and less than
           tally marks

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

Writing: Non-Fiction Writing

Reading: digraphs
               CVC words
               middle sounds

To Practice at Home:
- sight words!
- counting to 100
- sounding out CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant)
- tally marks
- addition and subtraction to 10 using pictures or a number line
- middle sounds
-short and long vowel sounds


Have a great week!

January 8, 2016

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  Thank you for all of the incredibly thoughtful Christmas presents!

There is a lot going on in kindergarten over the next few weeks!  Please let me know if you have any questions!

January 11- 2:00 Dismissal
January 18- No School
January 19- Snowman Family Project is due.  This is not a "disguise" project, like the turkey.  Instead, you should decorate the snowman together using things you already have at home.
January 28- 100th Day of School We have LOTS of fun things planned for this day, including dressing up like you're 100 years old.  More information will come home in the next few weeks.
January 31- Open House
February 1- No School
February 5- Invite-a-Friend During Catholic Schools Week, students can invite ONE adult to come for a snack and to visit the classroom.  It will be at 10:15 and start in the church basement.  Invitations will go home next week.
February 12- Valentine's Day Party at 2:00.  All parents are invited to attend.
February 15- No School
February 18- 2:00 Dismissal
February 26- End of 2nd Trimester
March 1- Flat Stanley Project due.  Flat Stanley and instructions will go home on Monday.
March 4- Dr. Seuss Day Read-In Students can invite a guest to come to the classroom and read with them from 12:00-12:30.
March 16- 2:00 Dismissal
March 18- Father's Mass at 8:15 am
March 25- No School
March 28- No School

During the month of March, we learn about Community Helpers.  We are looking for a few people to come in to talk to the kindergarteners.  If you know anyone who would be willing to come in and speak to the class about their occupation, please let me know so that we can schedule it.  Thanks!


Theme: Arctic Animals

Sight Words: look, when

Word Family: -it (bit, hit, kit, lit, pit, quit, sit, spit)

Author of the Month: David Shannon

VIP: Gabe

Letter: f

Poem: Little Polar Bear

Listening Center: Five Fast Fishes

Math: subtraction using a number line
           measurement

Reading: ending and middle sounds
               nonsense words

Wonderful Word (Vocabulary): fetch

Religion: Jesus Grew Up in Nazareth


Have a great week!