Good Afternoon Kindergarten Families, I hope you all had a restful weekend. Please read the updates below for important information. CURRICULUM The kindergarten curriculum map is available on the school website found here. It is our yearly guide, but can change slightly throughout the year as needed.This week's focuses are: Word Study: Letters S-WSight Word: … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates 9/13
Good Afternoon Kindergarten Families, This week we are hard at work. We continue our alphabet with letters N-R and are working toward mastering the sight words like, I, see, and. In Math we are focusing on showing ways to make 5, ordering numbers to 5 and will have our first chapter test on Friday. In reading we are focusing on identifying characters and setting. Today we … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates 8/27
Good Afternoon Kindergarten Families, Happy Friday! Today was our last day of noon dismissal. Beginning Monday, dismissal will be at 3:00pm, except Wednesdays, which will be at 1:30pm. DISMISSALPick up will continue from the classroom. Parents may enter through the 163rd St. gate or park on campus and use the crosswalk. Please note you may park in the small lot, or the … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News 8/23
Good Afternoon Kindergarten Families, Happy Monday! I hope you all had a restful weekend. Today we introduced the Alphafriends, practiced identifying and writing the letter Aa, and did a practice run of our center rotations. We continue to practice attentive listening. This week 12:00pm dismissal continues for kindergarten only. Please enter through … [Read more...]
Week of April 26
Dear Kindergarten Families, Please find the schedule for next week attached. Please note that on Fridays we begin at 8:00am on our regular kinder Zoom. This is when we take attendance for the day. Students who arrive after 8:00am are considered tardy. We like to give a three minute grace period while we're logging on. If your child does not attend the Zoom they are … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates 9/17
Yesterday our class made it to the top of our thermometer! Mrs. Doughty and I are so impressed with their hard work! As a prize, tomorrow will be wacky hat/hair day and students may wear free dress! Today is picture day on campus. The photographers are in rooms 6 and 7. Students should wear their formal Mass uniforms for picture day so that they can be featured in the … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News – 8/31
Hello Kinder Parents, We are entering our first full week of school tomorrow! Please review the attached weekly schedule as well as our small groups. We will begin using our handwriting book, Writing Our Catholic Faith. Please mark the page for your student in the handwriting book (40-41), so it will be easier for them to find. We are also using the Go Math … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates 6/8
Good Morning Parents, It's hard to believe it is the last full week of the school year! This week we will focus on words with the long vowel with the silent e. We will also be reviewing sight words and reading the story "Jabari Jumps". For the writing journal, students will have free choice, meaning they can choose to write an opinion, persuasive, how-to, or fiction story. … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates 5/26
Dear Kinder Parents, Happy Tuesday! I hope you all enjoyed the long holiday weekend. This week we are focusing on the long o with silent e and sight words look, out, very, their, saw, put. We will be practicing persuasive writing and wrapping up math chapter 12 by focusing on graphs and tally charts. In Religion we will learn about Pentecost. Science will focus on the life … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates 5/18
Good Afternoon Kinder Parents, I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. This week we will continue to focus on the long i with silent e. Our sight words are help, have, one, every, ask, walk. In math we began chapter 12 today, focusing on classifying and sorting data. We will be working on how-to writing this week. Thursday we will celebrate the Feast of the … [Read more...]