Remember that Flat Stanleys are due March 1st. Please send in the pictures as you get them! We're having so much fun seeing all of Flat Stanleys adventures!
Our Read-In for Dr. Seuss' birthday is next Friday, March 4th from 12:00-12:30. Students can invite a guest to come to the classroom and read with them. You can bring books of your own or they can read our classroom books.
In order to encourage neatness, I am now picking a star paper each day. Students should be coloring and writing neatly (letters/numbers formed top to bottom) by this point in kindergarten. Please encourage this at home too!
Theme: Dr. Seuss
Sight Words: ask, away
Author of the Month: Dr. Seuss
Poem: The Lorax
Digraph: wh
Word Family: -ell (bell, cell, fell, sell, shell, smell, swell, tell, well, yell)
Wonderful Word: pleasant
VIP: Caden
Tricky Vowel: -er
Science: 5 Senses
Social Studies: improving the environment (using The Lorax)
Reading: short/long vowel sounds
ending sounds
verbs (past, present, future)
blends
Math: place value
tens and ones
greater than, less than, equal to
Religion: Jesus Wants Us to Love
Have a great week!
Friday, February 26, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016
Upcoming Dates:
February 26: End of 2nd Trimester
March 1: Flat Stanley Due
March 4: Read-In 12:00-12:30
Report Cards Go Home
March 25: No School
March 28: No School
April 4-8: Spring Break
Sight Words: have, one
Word Family: -in (bin, chin, fin, grin, kin, pin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, win)
VIP: Sophia
Tricky Vowel: ou
Letter: w
Poem: Nature's Valentine
Author: Kevin Henkes
Listening Center: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Wonderful Word: brag
Religion: Jesus Teaches Us and Helps Us
Math: groups of 10
place value
tens and ones
greater than or less than
Writing: non-fiction
Science: 5 Senses
Please continue to practice sight words at home. This will help your student become a stronger reader!
Have a great week!
February 26: End of 2nd Trimester
March 1: Flat Stanley Due
March 4: Read-In 12:00-12:30
Report Cards Go Home
March 25: No School
March 28: No School
April 4-8: Spring Break
Sight Words: have, one
Word Family: -in (bin, chin, fin, grin, kin, pin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, win)
VIP: Sophia
Tricky Vowel: ou
Letter: w
Poem: Nature's Valentine
Author: Kevin Henkes
Listening Center: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Wonderful Word: brag
Religion: Jesus Teaches Us and Helps Us
Math: groups of 10
place value
tens and ones
greater than or less than
Writing: non-fiction
Science: 5 Senses
Please continue to practice sight words at home. This will help your student become a stronger reader!
Have a great week!
Friday, February 12, 2016
February 12, 2016
Thanks to our room parents for planning our Valentine's Day party! The kids had a great time!
Next week, Dibels testing results will be going home. If your child is in the red or yellow overall, please contact me with a time to meet with you to go over the results. I'm available before school, at lunch (11:00), or after school on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Additionally, if you have any other questions, please let me know.
There is no school on Monday and a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday.
On Friday, March 4th, we will be having a Read-In to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. Students can invite a guest to come to the class and read with them in the classroom from 12:00-12:30.
Remember that Flat Stanleys are due on March 1st. If you've received any pictures from your host, please send them to me!
Yearbook forms will go home today for those who haven't purchased one yet. If you'd like to purchase a yearbook, please submit form and payment by Tuesday.
Theme: Presidents' Day
Sight Words: has, help
Wonderful Word: wander
Digraph (letter): th
Word Family: -ed (bed, bled, fed, fled, led, red, shed, sled, wed)
VIP: Amelia
Poem: If I Were President
Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes
Reading: Nouns and Verbs
Short and Long Vowel Sounds
Blends
Math: dividing equally
Have a great week!
Next week, Dibels testing results will be going home. If your child is in the red or yellow overall, please contact me with a time to meet with you to go over the results. I'm available before school, at lunch (11:00), or after school on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Additionally, if you have any other questions, please let me know.
There is no school on Monday and a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday.
On Friday, March 4th, we will be having a Read-In to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. Students can invite a guest to come to the class and read with them in the classroom from 12:00-12:30.
Remember that Flat Stanleys are due on March 1st. If you've received any pictures from your host, please send them to me!
Yearbook forms will go home today for those who haven't purchased one yet. If you'd like to purchase a yearbook, please submit form and payment by Tuesday.
Theme: Presidents' Day
Sight Words: has, help
Wonderful Word: wander
Digraph (letter): th
Word Family: -ed (bed, bled, fed, fled, led, red, shed, sled, wed)
VIP: Amelia
Poem: If I Were President
Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes
Reading: Nouns and Verbs
Short and Long Vowel Sounds
Blends
Math: dividing equally
Have a great week!
Friday, February 5, 2016
February 5, 2016
Wow! We've been so busy! Thanks to all of you that made our 100th Day and Invite-a-Friend a success!
Our Valentine's Day Party will be Thursday, February 11 from 2:00-2:45. Parents are welcome to attend! We will be exchanging cards with our classmates. Please do not address them to individual students! Thanks for your help with this!
Remember that there is no school on February 15 and there is a 2:00 Dismissal on February 18.
Homework that is coming home today will look a little different, because we are working on digraphs the next two weeks.
Theme: Valentine's Day
Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes
Sight Words: do, here
VIP: Carlo
Wonderful Word: nibble
Poem: My Valentine
Letter (digraph): sh
Word Family: -ag (bag, brag, drag, flag, rag, tag, wag)
Religion: Jesus Teaches and Helps Us
Ash Wednesday
Stations of the Cross
Reading: blends
nouns and verbs
Math: decomposing numbers
Math Vocabulary: number bond
Have a great week!
Our Valentine's Day Party will be Thursday, February 11 from 2:00-2:45. Parents are welcome to attend! We will be exchanging cards with our classmates. Please do not address them to individual students! Thanks for your help with this!
Remember that there is no school on February 15 and there is a 2:00 Dismissal on February 18.
Homework that is coming home today will look a little different, because we are working on digraphs the next two weeks.
Theme: Valentine's Day
Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes
Sight Words: do, here
VIP: Carlo
Wonderful Word: nibble
Poem: My Valentine
Letter (digraph): sh
Word Family: -ag (bag, brag, drag, flag, rag, tag, wag)
Religion: Jesus Teaches and Helps Us
Ash Wednesday
Stations of the Cross
Reading: blends
nouns and verbs
Math: decomposing numbers
Math Vocabulary: number bond
Have a great week!
Thursday, January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016
Happy Catholic Schools Week!
Theme: Presidents/Catholic Schools Week
Sight Words: there/down
Letter: s
Poem: February is Here
Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes
Listening Center: Sing a Song a Sixpence
Word Family: -ip (chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, hip, lip, rip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, trip, whip)
VIP: Blayke
Wonderful Word: scrumptious
Math: area
number bonds
greater than or less than
Reading: middle sounds
blends
Have a great week!
Catholic Schools Week starts Sunday, January 31. Here is the schedule for the week:
Sunday, January 31- Open House 11:30 am- 2:00 pm
Monday, February 1- No School
Tuesday, February 2- Dress Down Day (jeans, sweatpants, sweatshirts, etc.)
Wednesday, February 3- red, white, or blue shirt, crazy socks, uniform pants
Thursday, February 4- Jersey/Jeans Day
Friday, February 5- School Spirit (jeans and CKS shirt or sweatshirt)
Invite-a-Friend from 10:15- 10:45 am in the church basement. Students can invite ONE adult to come to school for a snack and to see our classroom. Invitations went home last Wednesday.
Theme: Presidents/Catholic Schools Week
Sight Words: there/down
Letter: s
Poem: February is Here
Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes
Listening Center: Sing a Song a Sixpence
Word Family: -ip (chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, hip, lip, rip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, trip, whip)
VIP: Blayke
Wonderful Word: scrumptious
Math: area
number bonds
greater than or less than
Reading: middle sounds
blends
Have a great week!
Friday, January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016
Our 100th Day is coming up on Thursday, January 28! All the information went home this week! Remember that students can dress up like they are 100 years old on Thursday. If you have any questions, please let me know! It will be such a fun day!
Catholic Schools Week starts Sunday, January 31. Here is the schedule for the week:
Sunday, January 31- Open House 11:30 am- 2:00 pm
Monday, February 1- No School
Tuesday, February 2- Dress Down Day (jeans, sweatpants, sweatshirts, etc.)
Wednesday, February 3- red, white, or blue shirt, crazy socks, uniform pants
Thursday, February 4- Jersey/Jeans Day
Friday, February 5- School Spirit (jeans and CKS shirt or sweatshirt)
Invite-a-Friend from 10:15- 10:45 am in the church basement. Students can invite ONE adult to come to school for a snack and to see our classroom. Donations are still needed.
Starting the first week of February, we will have Fireside Reading. Guests can come and read to the class. There are a few spots left! If those times don't work for you, please let me know and we can work something out!
Remember since we're after Christmas, students need to come to school with their shirts tucked in and they need to write their first and last name on all of their work.
Theme: 100th Day
Author of the Month: David Shannon
Sight Words: little, by
Wonderful Word: curious
Wonderful Word: curious
Letter: e
VIP: Lily
Word Family: -ub (club, cub, grub, hub, rub, scrub, shrub, stub, sub, tub)
-um (drum, glum, gum, hum, sum)
Poem: Five Snowmen
Listening Center: Little Bo Peep
Religion: Jesus Grew Up in Nazareth
Word Work: middle sounds
Writing: non-fiction books
Science: Life-cycle of a butterfly
Math: capacity, volume
area
To Work on at Home:
- sight words
- middle sounds
- ending sounds
- odd/even numbers
- counting to 100
- tally marks
- addition/subtraction to 10
-tying shoes :)
Have a great week!
Friday, January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016
Remember there is no school on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Snowmen are due on Tuesday, January 19th.
There are more dates in the post below!
Theme: Arctic Animals
Sight Words: some, he
Wonderful Word: hectic
Word Family: -en ( den, hen, men, pen, ten, when)
Letter: n
Author of the Month: David Shannon
VIP: Cooper
Listening Center: Five Little Pumpkins
Poem: I'm a Little Penguin
Math: measurement
capacity
greater than and less than
tally marks
Math Vocabulary: heavier, lighter, estimate, same as, longer/taller, shorter
Writing: Non-Fiction Writing
Reading: digraphs
CVC words
middle sounds
To Practice at Home:
- sight words!
- counting to 100
- sounding out CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant)
- tally marks
- addition and subtraction to 10 using pictures or a number line
- middle sounds
-short and long vowel sounds
Have a great week!
Snowmen are due on Tuesday, January 19th.
There are more dates in the post below!
Theme: Arctic Animals
Sight Words: some, he
Wonderful Word: hectic
Word Family: -en ( den, hen, men, pen, ten, when)
Letter: n
Author of the Month: David Shannon
VIP: Cooper
Listening Center: Five Little Pumpkins
Poem: I'm a Little Penguin
Math: measurement
capacity
greater than and less than
tally marks
Math Vocabulary: heavier, lighter, estimate, same as, longer/taller, shorter
Writing: Non-Fiction Writing
Reading: digraphs
CVC words
middle sounds
To Practice at Home:
- sight words!
- counting to 100
- sounding out CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant)
- tally marks
- addition and subtraction to 10 using pictures or a number line
- middle sounds
-short and long vowel sounds
Have a great week!
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