Good Afternoon Parents, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. It's hard to believe that we are only two weeks away from Christmas break! This week we are focusing on the letter R, sight words my and with, and the -it word family. In math, we are beginning addition within 5. We are learning about the Advent season and story of Christmas in Religion. I … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News 11/25
Good Afternoon Parents, Because we have a very short week this week, no homework was assigned. I encourage you to continue reading nightly with your child and reviewing sight words at home. We will not have PE this week. On Wednesday, school will be dismissed at 12:00pm. No daycare will be available. Save the date, December 5, for our ornament and snack sale after … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News 11/18
Good Afternoon Parents, I first want to say a big thank you to the parents who helped with the first Meet the Masters art lesson last Friday. The kids loved it and are looking forward to the next one! This week our focus letter is G, sight words are come and me, and we will be working with words in the -ig family. On Wednesday, we will wrap up math chapter 4 with a … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News 11/12
Good Afternoon Parents, I hope you all enjoyed a restful weekend! This week we are focusing on the letter I. It is important to remind students that I has two sounds, the short i (like in itchy) and long i (like in ice). Today we completed our sight word assessments for the trimester. In math, we are focusing on comparing and ordering numbers to 10. In Religion, we … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates 11/6
Dear Kindergarten Parents, Yesterday, your child took home the latest Scholastic book order form. I will be submitting the Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, November 13th. Please use our class code: QLQYH or follow this link to our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/QLQYH Tomorrow there will be a book sale at the brown benches before and after school. On … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News 11/4
Good Afternoon Parents, Thank you to all who were able to attend our school family Mass this past Sunday. It was great to see so many families from our kindergarten class there! This week our focus letter is B and sight word is to. We continue to work on mastering the -at, -ap, and -an word families. We have also started our second writing unit, focusing on writing … [Read more...]
Kindergarten STEM Project
Good Afternoon Parents, I hope you are all having a great week so far! I want to take a minute to share how proud I am of our students. Today we completed our second STEM challenge of the year. Students were asked to use popsicle sticks and clothes pins to create a 'gate' for their five little pumpkins. This was a connecting activity to our reading lesson, with the book … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Updates
Good Afternoon Kindergarten Parents, Our students have been hard at work writing their picture stories. We would like to invite you to celebrate our hard work with an informal writing celebration. Please join us in the kindergarten classroom on Monday, October 28th from 3:00pm-3:30pm. This will be a chance for the students to show off their picture books and for families to … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News 10/21
Happy Pumpkin Week! Our class will be celebrating by completing a pumpkin investigation, pumpkin life cycle, and STEM challenge. Our focus letter is N and sight word is a. This week's word family is -an. In math we will continue decomposing and counting number 6-9. As a reminder, please be sure your child has a snack packed each day. There is no school on Friday. Teachers … [Read more...]
Kindergarten News 10/15
Good Afternoon Parents, I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. I want to thank you all for taking the time to meet with me last week. Working together in partnership is truly the key to success! This week we are focusing on the letter P, sight word we, and the -ap word family. We are starting math chapter 3, focusing on numbers 6-9. In Religion, we are practicing our … [Read more...]