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!