November 15, 2013

I hope everyone is enjoying their day off today!

1) I have 3 spots open for chaperones for our December 5th field trip to see "Christopher's Christmas".  Please email me if you are interested.

2) CKS is collecting items for Ronald McDonald House.  Please send in granola bars, snack items, and pop tarts.

3) If you would like a copy of the music for the Christmas program from Mrs. Fox, please send in a labeled blank CD.

4) Remember that conferences will be held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  If your conference is scheduled after 3:30 pm,  please come to door number 11 in the back of the school by the playground.  I will come out and get you at your scheduled time!  If your conference is scheduled during school hours, please check-in at the office.  Here is a copy of the schedule:

Monday November 18^th

7:30 am- 7:45 am                Vu

11:00 am-11:15 am        Starks

11:15 am- 11:30      Ruszkowski

3:15 pm- 3:30 pm                Penn

3:30 pm- 3:45 pm                Neeser

3:45 pm- 4:00 pm                Walton

4:30 pm- 4:45 pm                Smith

4:45 pm- 5:00 pm                Young

Tuesday November 19^th

7:30 am- 7:45 am                Hill

11:00 am-11:15 am             Diroll

11:15 am- 11:30 am           Parker

3:15 pm- 3:30 pm                Tallman

3:30 pm- 3:45 pm                Kirsch

4:15 pm- 4:30 pm                Sarasin

4:30 pm- 4:45 pm                Horn

4:45 pm- 5:00 pm                Simpson

Wednesday November 20^th

7:30 am- 7:45 am                Patel

11:00 am-11:15 am             Busk

11:15 am- 11:30 am           Kempf

3:15 pm- 3:30 pm                Pavnica

3:30 pm- 3:45 pm                Piwowar

4:30 pm- 4:45 pm                Snyder

4:45 pm- 5:00 pm                Simon

Theme: Thanksgiving

Sight Word: look

Poem: Thanksgiving Feast

Letter Formation: x, l, y

Religion: Ordinary Time

Math: -Copying Patterns

          - Comparing Objects by Weight

          - Naming a Shape Piece Using 2 Attributes

          - Identifying AB and ABB patterns

Reading: - Identifying the Subject of a Sentence

                 - Identifying Action Verbs

Writer's Workshop: adding more details to stories and pictures

Social Studies: retell stories about people who showed responsibility

Science: describe animals in terms of shape, texture, size, weight, color, and the way they move

Spanish: colors, greetings, numbers, and family members

Friday November 8th, 2013

1) We need 3 boxes of tri-colored rotini pasta for a craft on Tuesday.  If you can send in a box, please send me an email.


2) Leveled books to read with your children will be sent home weekly (usually on Monday).  I have worked with your child individually with this book one time.  Please have your children read the books to you making sure that they point to each word. At this point, they should be using the pictures for support!  Please return the book the next day to school.


3) There is no school for students next Friday, November 15.


4) Original Artworks were sent home yesterday.  That project was completed in art class.


5) Scholastic book orders for this month are due on November 14.


6) Our Family Project (Disguise a Turkey) is due on Thursday November 14.


7)  Please remember that our conferences will be held November 18-20.


8) Please send in a snack EVERY Monday-Thursday.  I've had to purchase snacks since some students are forgetting daily.


9) As it gets colder please label all jackets/outerwear with your child's name.



Theme: Thanksgiving


Sight Word: do


Poem: Funny Turkey


Nursury Rhyme: Hot Cross Buns


Math: Identify Numbers 0-10
          Identify Before, After, Between
         Write Money Amount to 10 cents
         Identify an Object that Doesn't Belong


Letter Formation: w and v


Religion: The Church Year


Word Family: -ap


Science: identify the night sky and day sky
              identify animals by size, weight, shape, color


Social Studies: give examples of work activities people do


Reading: identifying a subject


Writer's Workshop: adding more details to pictures and stories


Spanish: colors, numbers, greetings, family members



Have a nice weekend!!

November 1, 2013

Thank you to all the parents who made the Halloween party such a success!!  The kids had so much fun!  I'm grateful to have such supportive parents!


There is a 1:30 Dismissal on Wednesday.  There is no King's Club this day to allow all staff to attend Father Ron's funeral.  Please make arrangements to pick up your children and let me know if it is something different than the usual arrangements.


Theme: Thanksgiving

Sight Word: and

Poem: Thanks at Thanksgiving

Nursery Rhyme: Skip to My Lou

Letter Formation: k and h

Math: Acting Out Story Problems with Pennies
          Identifying Time to the Hour
         Showing Time to the Hour

Religion: God Made the Animals

Science: identifying animals by size, weight, shape, color

Social Studies: give examples of work activities that people do

Daily 5: Syllables
             
Writer's Workshop: Punctuation

Cooking: Rainbow Toast


Have a great weekend!  Go Irish!

October 30, 2013

1) Tomorrow (October 31) students may wear a Halloween shirt with their uniform pants.

2) If you have not returned your Christmas Concert forms from Mrs. Fox, please turn them in tomorrow.

3) I will send home the November Family Project on Friday.  We will do this instead of weekly homework in the month of November.  It is due on Thursday November 14th.

VIP Information

Here is the information for when your child is VIP. 

Monday- Poster

Bring your VIP poster to share with the class (sent home with your child the week before).  There is a sample of the poster on Miss Carey’s blog.  Students can place photos, drawings, pictures from magazines, and other items on their posters.  The categories are

–   My Family

-       My Friends

-       My Favorite Things

-       When I Grow Up

-       My Favorite Place

Tuesday- Show and Tell

Bring in a special item to share during morning meeting (please nothing valuable!). 

Wednesday- Favorite Book

Bring in your favorite book for Miss Carey to read to the class.

Thursday- Guest Reader

Invite a guest reader to come and read to our class from 2:15-2:45.  This can be a parent, sibling, grandparent, neighbor, or friend.  If that time does not work for your guest reader, please let me know so that we can arrange another time.  Guests must check-in at the office before coming to the classroom.  They may bring books from home or read books from our classroom library. 

Friday- Stuffed Animal

Bring in a stuffed animal to keep at your desk throughout the day.  The stuffed animal should be no bigger than a plastic grocery bag. 

Friday October 25

Reminders:

- Our Halloween party is Thursday at 2:00.  Thank you to Katie Neeser and Nicole Simon for organizing everything!!  

- Next week, I'm not assigning homework due to Halloween.

- During the month of November, we are going to be doing a family project instead of our weekly alphabet homework.  

- If your child is bringing a water bottle to school, please make sure it is the smaller size water bottle.  

- There is no Mass next Wednesday.  Mass will be held on Friday November 1st for All Saints Day.  

- We are in need of some pumpkin seeds for a project next week.  As you are carving your pumpkins, please send washed pumpkin seeds in a Ziploc bag.  

- If anyone has any clipboards they can donate to the classroom, I need about 6 more for our Daily Five (Centers).  

- I will send home your parent-teacher conference time on Monday.  

-Our next field trip is to a Christmas play on December 5th at 9:00 am.  I'll need about 5 chaperones to go with us.  Please let me know if you're available.  

Theme: Harvest/Halloween

Sight Word: this

Poem: Could Be Halloween

Nursery Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Math Assessment: Counting Objects in a Set

                              Matching Sets of Objects

                             Using One-to-One Correspondence

Math: Identifying Pennies

          Counting Pennie

          Matching a Number Card to a Set of Objects

          Naming a Shape 

          Identifying a Missing Piece in a Matrix

          Describing the Relative Position of an Object

Religion: God Made the Animals

Spanish: colors, numbers, greetings

Science: living vs. non-living

              identifying animals by the way they move

Social Studies: identifying places in a community 

Letter Formation/Phonics: j and p

Writer's Workshop: punctuation and fluency

Word Work : Sorting Items

                      Syllables

                      -an Word Family

Reading: Adjectives (Color)

Cooking: Apples

                  

                       

October 18, 2013

I sincerely apologize!!  This did not get published when I wrote it on Friday.

We had a fantastic time on our field trip today!  Your kids will certainly be tired tonight!



Next week is Spirit Week at Christ the King.  Here is the schedule:

Monday- Jean Day and Twin Day
We are going to match as a class.  Kindergarteners may wear jeans and any blue shirt for twin day.

Tuesday- Jean Day and Friday Shirts or Uniform Shirts for our Field Trip

Wednesday- Students MUST wear uniforms
                     Crazy Accessory Day (hats, socks, etc that can be removed for Mass)

Thursday- Jean Day and Sports Day (jerseys, team shirts, etc.)
                 Pep Assembly at 2:15

Friday- Jean Day and Any Shirt


Tuesday is our field trip.  Please remember to bring a paper sack lunch on Tuesday.


Theme- Harvest

Sight Work- is

Poem- Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Nursery Rhyme- Five Little Pumpkins

Math- Ordering Numbers
          Identifying Ordinal Position
          Identifying Missing Numbers

Religion- God Made the Animals

Letter Formation- j and p

Writer's Workshop- fluency
                               punctuation

Science- identifying animals by shape, size, weight, color, and the way they move

Social Studies- identifying places in school and community

Cooking- Bats

Spanish-colors, numbers

Reading- retelling stories, adjectives (color)

Word Work- syllables
                   - at word families (bat, cat, hat, etc)
                   - an word families (can, man, fan, etc)