Friday, September 25, 2015

September 25, 2015


We are going on a field trip with our 8th grade buddies to Dinges Fall Festival in Three Oaks, Michigan.  The field trip is on October 9th.  This is the same day as picture retakes.  We will take retakes before we leave.  If you want to get retakes, feel free to dress your child however and then bring a change of clothes (jeans and Friday shirt or uniform shirt) for the field trip.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch that day.  Permission slips are going home today.


Theme: Harvest

Sight Word: a

Letter: m

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Poem: Harvest Time

Listening Center: Muffin Man

Religion: God Made the Animals
                Practice the Hail Mary

Math: different ways to make 9
          different ways to make 10
          more and fewer

Math Vocabulary: pair, set, more, fewer, less

Science: 5 senses

Writing Prompt: What's your favorite thing about fall?

Have a good week!  Go Irish!

Friday, September 18, 2015

September 18, 2015

Reminders:
-Scholastic orders are due at the end of each month.  Your orders make it possible to get free books for our classroom library.  You can order online at scholastic.com.  Our class code is MCLHL.
- Please do not send in candy for lunch or snack.
- Letter homework will go home every other Friday.  This will allow you time to work on both sides.   Your student should complete a little of the homework each night.   Don't complete it all in one sitting!  Please help your children with their homework and make sure they properly forming their letters and starting at the right line.
- Alphabet Awareness Assessment results will be going home next week.  Please review the results and start working at home.
-Please label all sweatshirts and jackets with your child's name.


Theme: Apples/Johnny Appleseed

Sight Word: see

Letter: g

Poem: Apples, Apples

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Listening Center: BINGO

Religion: God Gives Us the Land
                Practice Sign of the Cross

Math: 3D shapes
           positional words (beside, above, below, in front of, behind)
           patterns (AB patterns, ABB patterns, AAB patterns)
           Ways to make the number 6
           Ways to make the number 7
            Ways to make the number 8

Science: Lifecycle of an Apple

Reading/Grammar: nouns
                                verbs
                                punctuation
                                beginning sounds
                                synonyms

Writer's Workshop: writing a complete sentence
                                 adding detail to pictures


Have a good week!  Go Irish!




Friday, September 11, 2015

September 11, 2015

Thank you to all of the parents who have signed up to send in donations for our science experiments and cooking projects.  We couldn't do it without you!

Upcoming Dates:
- October 8th No School
- October 9th Picture Retakes

Theme: Apples

Sight Word: and

Letter: d

Poem: Apple Tree

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Listening Center: Hey Diddle Diddle

Reading: verbs
               story sentences
               beginning sounds
               rhyming words

Math: - position words
           - 3D shapes
          - patterning
          - making a graph

Math Vocabulary: triangle, rectangle, square, hexagon, circle, below, next to, beside, in front of, behind, solid, 3D shape, face, corner, edge, cone, cube, cylinder, sphere

Religion: God Gives Us Water
                Practice the Sign of the Cross

Science: using 5 senses to describe apples
             describe in words and pictures changes in weather from month to month and season to season

Social Studies: using words related to location
                        describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes


Have a good week!  Go Irish!

Friday, September 4, 2015

September 4, 2015

Thanks to all of the parents who came to Back to School Night last night!  Let me know if you have any questions about any of the information.  A few reminders:

- Letter Homework will go home every other Friday for the beginning of the year.  Please work with your child a little bit each night and then send in completed homework the following Friday.
- All About Me Bags should be sent in by Tuesday(if you haven't done so yet).  We are sharing a few each day to get to know our classmates!
- Saxon Math practice will go home on Mondays (Tuesday next week with the holiday).  No need to send those back in to be checked!
- Please send a snack every day except Fridays because we will be cooking.
- I will send out 2 signups through Volunteer Spot.  One is for materials for our science experiments.  The other is for our cooking supplies each week.  You will get a reminder email when your supplies are due.  Thank you for your donations!
- Picture Retakes will be October 9th.
- No School on Monday!  Enjoy your day off!

Theme: Apples

Sight Word: the

Letter Formation: a

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Poem: Apples

Listening Center: Jack Be Nimble

Math: exploring 2D shapes
           geoboards

Math Vocabulary: corners, sides, curves, flat, triangle, square, rectangle, circle, hexagon, oval

Reading: examples of nouns

Writer's Workshop: labeling pictures

Science: apple investigation
              identifying objects in the day and night sky


To Work on at Home:
- writing first name
- identifying capital letters
- identifying lowercase letters
- letter sounds
- sight words
- describing 2D shapes
- writing numbers 1-5


Have a great long weekend!   Go IRISH!

Friday, August 28, 2015

August 28, 2015

Upcoming Dates:

September 3rd- Back to School Night at 6:30
September 7th- No School

Reminders:
Please remember to label all outerwear as it gets colder!
Please send a snack in daily.



Theme: All About Me

Sight Word: like

Letter Formation: o

Poem: All About Me

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Religion: God Gives Us Light
                Sign of Cross

Math: sorting shapes by color, shape, and size
          describing shapes by attributes

Math Vocabulary: same, different, sort, count, corners, sides

Reading: identifying beginning sounds
               rhyming words

Writer's Workshop: labeling pictures

Science: describing and comparing objects seen in the night and day sky


To Work on at Home:
- Writing First Name
- Writing Numbers 0-9
- letter identification and sounds
- rhyming words
- recognizing color words
- beginning sounds (What sound does cat start with?)
- following multi-step directions
- sight words (you'll get the list at Back to School Night)

Have a great weekend!

Monday, August 24, 2015

August 24, 2015

Welcome to Kindergarten!  I'm so excited to be your child's teacher this year.  You will be amazed by how much they grow throughout the year!

Back to School Night- CHANGED
September 3rd at 6:30
They event is specifically for parents and not for students.  I will go over any information you might need for the year.

September 7- No School


KC Specials Classes:

Monday- Computer

Tuesday- Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Wednesday- Music

Thursday- P.E.

Friday- Art and Library


Theme: All About Me

Letter of the Week: c

Poem- ME

Author of the Month: Eric Carle

Sight Word: I

Religion: God Gave Us the Word
                Practice Sign of the Cross

Math: -same and different
          - how to sort
          - writing numbers

Writer's Workshop: All About My Summer

Listening Center: Hot Cross Buns


To Work on at Home:
-Writing First Name
- Writing numbers 0-9
- Alphabet Recognition and Letter Sounds
- Sign of the Cross
- Colors
- Shapes



Please let me know if you have any questions!  Have a great week!


Friday, May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

We are quickly finishing up with the last few days of Kindergarten.  If you could please send in 2 magic erasers next week, that will help us clean our tables and chairs.  Remember that Wednesday is Field Day.  Please have your student wear the Field Day shirt that they will receive and comfy shorts and shoes!  Thursday is our field trip to the zoo.  Children may wear comfy clothes and please remember to pack a bag lunch that day.  Monday, June 8 is the last day of school!  It is also a 2:00 Dismissal.  You will receive your report cards on the last day in your child's folder.  Please let me know if you are not going to be here that day.


Upcoming Dates:

June 3- Field Day
June 4- Field Trip to Zoo (10:00am-1:00pm)
June 5- Awards Ceremony 9:30 and Mass 1:45 (Kindergarten doesn't usually receive any awards)
June 8- Last Day of School/2:00 Dismissal

Theme: Pirates/Summer

Word Family: im/id

Poem: Where is Pirate's Chest?

Author of the Month: Oliver Jeffers

Religion: Daniel and the Lions

Math: Fact Families
           Think Math

Have a great week!