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!
Friday, May 30, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
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!
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!
Friday, May 16, 2014
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!
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!
Friday, May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms! I hope you have a great, relaxing weekend!
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
Friday, May 2, 2014
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!
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!
Friday, April 25, 2014
March 25, 2014
Thanks for helping your students with their presentations. It's been so fun to watch them blossom and teach the class something! Next week is the last week of our rainforest unit. In May, we will start our plant unit.
Please remember that Student Council is collecting pop tabs (or as we call them in Florida "soda tabs") for the Ronald McDonald House. Also please make sure your child has a snack Monday through Thursday.
Theme: Rainforest
Sight Word: had
Wonderful Word: scrumptious
Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill
Poem: Three Talking Toucans
Math:
- Identifying the Relationship between Larger and Smaller Numbers
- Counting Forward and Backward on a Number Line
- Identifying Numbers 11-30
- Identifying a Sphere
- 2D vs 3D shapes
Religion: Jesus Teaches and Helps Us
Writing: Narrative Writing
Word Family: -en
Letter Formation: O and P
Word Work: Real Words vs Silly Words
Have a great week!
Please remember that Student Council is collecting pop tabs (or as we call them in Florida "soda tabs") for the Ronald McDonald House. Also please make sure your child has a snack Monday through Thursday.
Theme: Rainforest
Sight Word: had
Wonderful Word: scrumptious
Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill
Poem: Three Talking Toucans
Math:
- Identifying the Relationship between Larger and Smaller Numbers
- Counting Forward and Backward on a Number Line
- Identifying Numbers 11-30
- Identifying a Sphere
- 2D vs 3D shapes
Religion: Jesus Teaches and Helps Us
Writing: Narrative Writing
Word Family: -en
Letter Formation: O and P
Word Work: Real Words vs Silly Words
Have a great week!
Monday, April 14, 2014
April 14, 2014
I hope everyone had a nice Spring Break! Please remember that there is no school Friday. Enjoy your Easter!
Theme: Rainforest
Sight Word: you
Wonderful Word: appetite
Poem: Three Frolicking Red Eyed Tree Frogs
Nursery Rhyme: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Religion: Holy Week
Daily Five: Middle Sounds, Long and Short Vowels
Math: -making ABBC patterns
- diving by sharing
- 3D shapes
- identifying left and right
- tanagrams
Writing Prompt: What did you do for Spring Break?
Our Students as Teachers projects start this week. Please see the schedule below and let me know if you have any questions.
Theme: Rainforest
Sight Word: you
Wonderful Word: appetite
Poem: Three Frolicking Red Eyed Tree Frogs
Nursery Rhyme: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Religion: Holy Week
Daily Five: Middle Sounds, Long and Short Vowels
Math: -making ABBC patterns
- diving by sharing
- 3D shapes
- identifying left and right
- tanagrams
Writing Prompt: What did you do for Spring Break?
Our Students as Teachers projects start this week. Please see the schedule below and let me know if you have any questions.
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Monday
4/14/14
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Young
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Walton
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Tuesday
4/15/14
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Vu
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Tallman
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Wednesday 4/16/14
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Starks
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Snyder
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Thursday
4/17/14
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Smith
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Simpson
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Monday
4/21/14
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Simon
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Sarasin
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Tuesday
4/22/14
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Ruszkowski
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Piwowar
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Wednesday
4/23/14
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Penn
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Pavnica
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Thursday
4/24/14
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Patel
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Parker
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Friday
4/25/14
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Neeser
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Kloska
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Monday
4/28/14
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Kirsch
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Kempf
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Tuesday
4/29/14
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Horn
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Hill
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Wednesday
4/30/14
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Diroll
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Busk
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