Mark Your Calendar

It is Catholic School’s Week!  Check the school website for the full list of events this week!

Week of January 29>  Review Week>  Sight Words, Listening Comprehension and Writing Assessments will be done this week.

Tuesday, January 30>  Grandparent Mass at 8:15 (we will meet you in the church): breakfast to follow in the auditorium

**We will be attending Mass that morning.  Please have your child in the classroom by the 8:00 bell.  I will be opening the doors around 7:40 in order to get the children checked in and to use the bathroom.  If your child is tardy, you will need to check them into the office and walk them to the church to meet us.  They wear their Regular School Uniform.

Thursday, February 1> 

‘Give food to the poor and Drink to the thirsty’

*School Spirit / Jean’s Day -$2 minimum donation. The money will go to Fr. Mark and Sister Mary Jennifer’s School and Orphanage in Tanzania to feed the students and provide clean drinking water.

February 5>  New Homework Packet goes home and is due February 23:  Included with this packet is a Presidents’ Day Research Report that is due on Tuesday February 20th.

February 6>  100th Day Of School>  baggie of 100 pennies due today

February, 12 and 14>  Health Screenings

Friday, February 9> Quick Check Assessment

Tuesday, February 13>   Valentine Card DUE today

Wednesday, February, 14>  Valentine Card Exchange (not a party); Ash Wednesday Mass at 1:30

Thursday, February 15>  Quick Check Assessment

No School>>>Friday, February 16-19th

Tuesday, February 20>  return to school; Presidents’ Day Report Due

 

 

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Groundhog Day

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; Rhyming; Making Predictions and Inferences

Word Study:   Introduction to Blends; -en word family introduction, *ESGI for lower case letter sound identification

Writing:  Shared Writing>  Working on helping the children gain confidence in stretching out the sounds they hear when writing.  Extra practice at home is needed.

Sight Words: Review Week

Math Block:  share a whole by separating it into two equal parts;compare sets of objects and numbers through 6;weigh objects using nonstandard units and order objects by weight

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Groundhog Day; Shadows

Religion:  The Apostles; Our Lady of Guadalupe

Enrichment   

Mad Scientist:  Shadow Art

Foodie Fun:  

Provocation Station Question:  Can you make a rock tower?  How many rocks did you use? Draw a picture of your rock tower.

To Work On At Home:

writing their first and last name

blending sounds together to read words>reading and writing simple sentences

memorize phone number and address

tie their shoes

100 Days and 100 Pennies

In celebration of our 100^th Day of Kindergarten, starting today, each child is asked to collect 100 pennies and practice counting them (one by one, all the way to $1.00) each night until February 6th.  On February 6^th, we ask that you bring the baggie filled with the 100 pennies to school. (Don’t forget to write your name on your baggie!)  During math, we will use them to count to 100 ($1.00) as a class. After our special math activity, we will donate the pennies to our class charity:  St. Vincent de Paul, to help feed the hungry.

We thought this would be a fun way to “pay it forward” as we celebrate the 100^th day of school on February 6th.

Thank you for your support.  A Reminder Note will be going home on Monday for you to reference.

Mark Your Calendar:

Thursday, January 25>  Quick Check due to Fun Run on Friday

Friday, January 26>  HW Packet is DUE;    Fun Run>>>  Wear PE clothes and Tennis Shoes:  A special Energy Snack will be served after the run.  1/2 Day  Noon Dismissal

Week of January 28>  Catholic School’s Week Activities (check website for more information)  Review Week:  Listening, Writing and Sight Word Assessments take place all week.  Please have your child in school on time everyday unless sick.

Wednesday, January 30>  Grandparent Mass at 8:15 (we will meet you in the church): breakfast to follow in the auditorium; Invitations went home last Friday

 

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Artic Animals

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

 

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; Rhyming; Making Predictions and Inferences

Word Study:   Introduction to Blends; -word family review

Writing:  Sneezy the Snowman and What Snowmen do at Night:  sequencing stories and creative writing

Sight Words: they    make    soon    play

Math Block:  identify dimes, trade 10 pennies for a dime, compare events according to duration of time, and count by 10’s; identify, create and extend ABB sound and movement patterns; estimate collections and count by 10’s.

Science/Social Studies/Art: Polar Bear Research and crafts

Religion:  The Mass

Enrichment  

Provocation Station: What can you make with snow?  continued 

Mad Scientist:  Polar Bear Shaving Cream Art

Foodie Fun Day:  

To Work On At Home:

writing their first and last name

blending sounds together to read words>reading and writing simple sentences

memorize phone number and address

tie their shoes

 

Ringing in the New Year!

Starting this month, I will be assessing your child on their phone number.  Memorizing an emergency contact number is an important life skill.  Please email me now with the phone number you are teaching to your child.  I will start “calling” them over to tell me their phone number starting the week of January 15th.

**I have only received about half of the students’ emergency numbers.  Please email me ASAP so that I can add their number to my list.  Thank you.

Mark Your Calendar:

Monday, January 15>  No School; Phone Number Check to begin this week…

Friday, January 19>  Quick Check Assessment

Thursday, January 25>  Quick Check Assessment due to Booster-thon/Jog-a-thon tomorrow

Friday, January 26>  1/2 Day 12:00 Dismissal; HW packet DUE today;  Booster-thon/Jog-a-thon (information to go/went home week of January 15th)

Week of January 28>  Sight Word Review week; Listening and Writing Assessments; Catholic Schools Week

Tuesday, January 30>  Grandparent Mass @ 8:15 (information to come)

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; Rhyming; Questions;

Word Study:   Introduction to Blends;

Writing:  Learning about important figures in American History.

Sight Words: that    who    your    here

Math Block:  introduction and exploration of geoboards; match number to number card; identify a cube;identify ordinal position and pay for items using pennies 

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other important figures in American History; Polar Bears; begin memorizing our phone number

Religion:  Review

Enrichment:

Mad Scientist:  Polar Bear Craft

Foodie Fun Day: National Popcorn Day (January 19th)

To Work On At Home:

writing their first and last name

blending sounds together to read words>reading and writing simple sentences

memorize phone number and address

Ringing in the New Year!

Starting this month, I will be assessing your child on their phone number.  Memorizing an emergency contact number is an important life skill.  Please email me by Friday, January 12th with the phone number you are teaching to your child.  I will start “calling” them over to tell me their phone number starting the week of January 16th.

 

During the break it will be helpful for you to continue to review past sight words and start introducing the new words that we will be doing the first week of January: on   be   will   into.  Encourage them to write their numbers and letters, as well as, count as much as possible.  Play games and allow them to be the score keeper.  Painting and playing with clay/play dough are also some fun ways to express their creativity while on break.  They will always enjoy reading with you.  So I encourage you to pick up a good book and read with them as much as you can while on vacation.

Also, please give your child opportunities to write sentences at home.  I find that many are still struggling with putting a finger space between words and forgetting to start with a capital letter/end with a period.  Having them write a simple “thank you” note for each of their gifts will be a great way for them to practice this skill.  Here is an example:

Dear_______,

Thank you for the ________.

Love,

______

If your child is able, they can add another sentence about the gift.  Helping them to stretch out the words, hearing the letter sounds within the word, will give them confidence.

Mark Your Calendar:

Monday, January 8>  Students Return; HW packet goes home and is due Friday, January 26

Friday, January 12>  Quick Check Assessment

Monday, January 15>  No School; Phone Number Check to begin…

Friday, January 19>  Quick Check Assessment

Thursday, January 25> Quick Check due to Jog-a-thon on Friday

Friday, January 26>  HW Packet Due; 1/2 day Noon Dismissal; Jog-a-thon:  keep an eye out for information regarding this fundraiser

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Happy New Year!

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; Rhyming; Questions

Word Study: 

Writing:  New Year Themes all week:  Class New Year Promise; New Year Poem…

Sight Words: on    will    be    into

Math Block:  placing an item on a real graph; identify ordinal position and pay for items using pennies; identify a cube and count one-to-one correspondence; match a number card to a set

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Review of classroom rules and expectations; begin memorizing our phone number; Artic Animals (Penguin Research) and Snow

Religion:  Introduction to the Bible

Enrichment  

Mad Scientist:  Soda Science

Foodie Fun Day: 

To Work On At Home:

writing their first and last name

blending sounds together to read words>reading and writing simple sentences

memorize phone number and address

tie shoelaces

correct letter and number formation (top to bottom, left to right)>Many are still struggling with this.

cutting with scissors and gluing neatly