September 19, 2014

Please remember that students do not have school on Tuesday September 23rd.  Enjoy your day off!

Theme: Harvest

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Sight Word: see

Letter Formation: g

Poem: The Apple Tree

Nursery Rhyme: B-I-N-G-O

Math: -graphing
          - triangles
          - rectangles and squares
          - circles and hexagons

Math Vocabulary: corners, sides, triangle, rectangle, square, circle, hexagon

Science: -apple taste test and graphing
              - using senses to describe apples
              - describe and compare objects seen in the night and day sky
              - describe weather changes from season to season

Religion: God Give Us Land
                Practice Prayers

September 12, 2014

Hope everyone had a great week!  We had fun celebrating Mrs. Crawford's birthday yesterday!

On Monday you receive the results for our first assessment.  The assessment is an alphabet awareness assessment.  Please practice letter recognition as well as letter sounds and writing capital and lowercase letters at home.  Also, make sure your child is writing their name with a capital letter to start and then all lowercase letters.

Theme: All About Me/Harvest

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Sight Word: and

Letter Formation: d

Poem: My Garden

Nursery Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle

Religion: God Gives Us Water

Science: -Apple Investigation
              - Object in the day sky and night sky
              - Weather

Math: -counting and matching numbers
          -sorting
          -exploring shapes
          -graphing real objects

Math Vocabulary: corners
                             sides

September 5, 2014

Remember that next Thursday is a 2:00 Dismissal.  Please plan accordingly and let me know where your child needs to go if it is something different!

We are starting our science and math unit on apples.  I need 1 bag of red apples, 1 bag of yellow apples, and 1 bag of green apples.  If you can send in one bag, please send me an email.

Have a great weekend!  Go Irish!

Theme: All About Me

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Sight Word: the

Poem: Apples

Nursery Rhyme: Jack Be Nimble

Letter Formation: a

Math: -sorting shapes
          - matching items that are the same

Math Vocabulary: same, different, sort, count

Science: -weather
              - apple investigation
              - sink or float

Writing: how to label

Religion: God Gives Light
               Practice Prayers

Reading: beginning sounds

Cooking Supplies

Thank you to those parents who generously signed-up to bring in cooking supplies.  We do cooking every Friday!  There are still some open weeks if you would like to sign-up to bring in the materials.

August 29- Ladybugs                                

supplies: box of vanilla wafers, can of vanilla frosting, bag of mini-M&Ms

Last Name Morin

September 5- Inchworms                                  

supplies: 13 bananas, bag of thin licorice

Last Name Picking

                     

September 12- Fine Motor Fishing

supplies: thin carrot sticks, bag of thick pretzel sticks, hummus, goldfish

Last Name Skwarcan

      

September 19- Bear S’mores

supplies: 1 box of graham crackers, 1 bag of large marshmallows, 1 bag of small marshmallows, mini chocolate chips, large chocolate chips, nutella

Last Name Santucci

September 26- Applesauce                         

supplies: bag of red apples, crock pot, sugar, cinnamon, plastic spoons

Last Name Wiginton

October 3-Moo Milkshakes                         

supplies: skim milk, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, plastic spoons, paper cups

Last Name Gerard

October 10- Moolicious Cow                        

supplies: box of graham crackers, box of oval cracker, bag of chocolate chips, bag of candy corn, bag of M&Ms, can of vanilla frosting

Last Name Simpson

October 17- Chocolate Spiders                     

supplies: 2 cans of Chow Mein Noodles, bag of chocolate chips, bag of mini M&Ms, wax paper

Last Name Larkin

October 24- Oreo Bats                             

supplies: box of oreos, bag of candy corn, bag of mini-M&Ms, bag of red licorice, box of triangle crackers

Last Name Larkin

November 7- Carmel Apple Slices                  

supplies- apple slices, carmel, sprinkles

Last Name Pendergrass

November 14- Rainbow Toast                       

supplies: 2 loaves of bread, paper cups, ½ gallon of milk, stick of butter, cup of sugar

Last Name Schoenle

November 21- Turkey Roll-Ups              

supplies: Flour tortillas, turkey slices, ranch dressing

Last Name Helman

December 5- Tortilla Snowflakes                  

supplies: tortillas, butter, cinnamon, sugar

Last Name Larkin

December 13-Reindeer                              

supplies: 2 loaves of bread, marraschino cherries, block of cream cheese, bag of pretzels, bag of chocolate chips

Last Name Vangel

January 9- Perfect Penguins

supplies: 1 box of Oreos, candy corn*, 1 bag of chocolate chips

Last Name Gasper

January 16- Mini Pizzas

supplies: English muffins, American cheese, pizza sauce, toaster oven

Last Name Skwarcan

January 23- Teddy Bear Bubble Baths

supplies: small marshmallows, 1 box of teddy grahams, brownie bites

Last Name Pursell

February 6- Apple Mouths

60 apples slices (any type), 1 bag of mini marshmallows, 1 jar of vanilla frosting

Last Name_____________________________     Email____________________________

February 20- Washington’s Cherry Surprise

supplies: box of graham crackers, cupcake liners, 2 cans cherry pie filling, can of whip cream

Last Name Vangel

February 27- Trail Mix Cones

supplies: 28 wafer ice cream cones, 3 cups of Cheerios, 4 cups of popped popcorn, 1 bag of yogurt covered raisins

Last Name_____________________________     Email____________________________

March 6- Dr Seuss Hats

supplies: 1 box of Oreos, 3 bags of Lifesaver gummies (red variety), vanilla icing

Last Name Pursell

March 13- Ritz Crabs

supplies: box of Ritz crackers, pretzel sticks, can of vanilla frosting, mini M&Ms

Last Name Myers

March 20- Strawberry Mice

supplies- 28 strawberries, box of Triscuts, 28 small squares of white cheese, 10 string cheeses, 1 small bag of sliced almonds

Last Name_____________________________     Email____________________________

March 27- Eggs in a Nest

supplies: 1 box of vanilla, can of vanilla frosting, bag of jellybeans, bag of coconut

Last Name Vangel

April 17- Veggie Flowers

supplies: 2 large bags of baby carrots, green grapes, celery sticks, graham crackers

Last Name Hurley

April 24- Apple Octopus

supplies: 14 small green apples, green grapes, bag of chocolate chips, can of vanilla frosting

Last Name Morin

May 1- Friendship Fruit                       

supplies: fruit cut into chunks, wooden skewers

Last Name Skwarcan

May 8- Butterflies

supplies: Bananas, bag of pretzel twists, raisins, apple slices

Last Name Helman

May 15- S’mores Trail Mix

supplies: teddy grahams, chocolate chips, marshmallows

Last Name Glenn

May 22- Banana Tacos

supplies: flour tortillas, banana, jar of chocolate frosting, bag of chocolate chips

Last Name Barnett

May 29- Fruit Flowers

supplies: bananas, strawberries, celery sticks, graham cracker

Last Name Schoenle

Science Supplies

Thank you to all the parent who have been so generous in their donations for science.  Below is a list of what you signed up for in case you have not sent it in.

cotton swabs (30)                                          Schoenle

2 L Sprite                                                         Skwarcan

                                               

1 bag of raisins                                               Vangel

bag of small marshmallows                            Glenn

can of shaving cream (not gel type)               Larkin

medium bag of M&Ms                                      Gerard

white vinegar                                                  Schoenle

white vinegar                                                  Gerard

2 L Coke (regular, not diet)                             Skwarcan

1 c flour (label in Ziploc bag)                          Santucci

1 c white sugar (label in Ziploc bag)              Gasper

1 c brown sugar (label in Ziploc bag)             Barnett

1 c rolled oats (label in Ziploc bag)                 Barnett

1 c orzo (label in Ziploc bag)                          Santucci

Alka Seltzer tablets                                         Pursell

baking soda                                                     Glenn

food coloring                                                   Pendergrass

Powerade (purple)                                          Wiginton

Club soda (small)                                            Simpson

1 bag of Gummy Bears                                   Pursell

empty 2 L plastic bottle                                   Vangel

½ gallon whole milk (September 8)                 Picking

5 white carnations (September 22)                Helman

2 hard-boiled eggs (November 3)                   Glenn

½ gallon 2% milk (December 1)                      Picking

August 29, 2014

We had a wonderful first week in kindergarten!  Thanks to all of the parents who have already sent in our science experiment supplies.  Remember that there is no school on Monday in observance of Labor Day.

I will try and post every Friday so that you have what we will be working on the next week.  Please reinforce the concepts at home as well.

The Saxon math sheets that will be going home are for additional practice.  There is no need to return them to school.  Additionally, if your child is absent, there is no need to return the make up work.

I'm still missing 4 composition notebooks.  If you haven't sent it in or if you have an extra at home, please send it in.

Finally, if you were not at back-to-school night and would like to sign-up to bring in cooking and science supplies, please email me.

Have a great week!

Miss Carey


Theme: All About Me

Sight Word: like

Poem: All of Me

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Letter Formation: "o"

Word Family: -at (cat, hat, mat, rat, etc.)

Math: AB patterns
          sorting shapes

Reading: beginning sounds
               rhyming

Science/Social Studies: describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes
                                     describe and compare objects seen in the night and day sky

Religion: practice Prayer Before Meals
Bless us Oh Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive, from thy bounty, through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.


Additional Ideas for Practice at Home:
-writing name
-writing and identifying numbers 0-10
- identifying capital and lowercase letters
- producing letter sounds

Welcome

Welcome to Kindergarten!  I was thrilled to meet so many of you last night at Back-to-School night!  I loved your energy and your willingness to help.  I will post on my blog on Fridays any information you need to know for the next week as well as what we will be learning so you can reinforce the concepts at home.  Please email me if you have any questions!

Miss Carey