Kinder News – 11.9.2009

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TUESDAY-Parent/Teacher Conference: Tuesday is parent/teacher conferences. There is NO school for the students. A schedule of appointments was sent home with the students on Friday. Please review your time. If there are issues with the scheduled time, please come talk to me about rescheduling.

WEDNESDAY-Veteran’s Day: There is NO school on Wednesday for Veteran’s Day. Enjoy your day off!

FRIDAY-Kindergarten retreat: The Kindergarten class will have a retreat at the Good Shepherd parish center. A letter explaining the day was sent home on Friday. Students will be dropped off at the church and picked up by 12:30 at the church. If your child goes to after care, please make arrangements with another parent to have your child dropped off at church. Students will wear their spirit unifrom and will need to bring a snack. If there are any questions, please ask our room mom, Ms Ciccarello, or myself.

Thanksgiving-Red Bucket Drive: Our room mom has sent out an email regarding the Red Bucket Food Drive. Each family was assigned a food item to donate and $2 to go towards a turkey. You are welcome to drop off the items in the morning before school or send it to school with your child. All the itmes will need to be collected by next Monday, November 16.

Report cards: The students in the school were schedule to receive report cards this week. Kindergarten has a different schedule for report cards. The students will receive report cards in January and in June. We will discuss student progress during the parent/teacher conferences.

Norm’s uniform: Norm’s uniform will be at the church on Friday, November 19^th from 2:30-5:00pm.

Book fair: book fair information We will have our annual Scholastic book fair December 4, 5 and 6. A letter was sent home last week explaining the event. If there are any questions please ask Maria Sebastiani (Vanessa’s mom) or myself.

Homework

MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.

Bring: Bring items that begin with letter “Ii” on Monday and Thursday (long and short sounds).

READING: Don’t forget to mark the Reading Calendar. Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you..

In Class We Are Learning

Phonics                         

Letter Ii

Word wall word: and            

Math

Pennies

Identifying time to the hour

Religion

Citizenship

Discuss Sunday’s gospel

Social Studies

Following rules and traffic signs

Language Arts

Identifying capital and lowercase letters

 

Smart Board/Spirit Dress

 

All the classes got SMART boards this week!

Here are some pictures of us playing a missing number game for the 50th day of school!

 

REMINDER: FRIDAY IS SPIRIT DRESS.  WEAR YOUR PURPLE SPIRIT SHIRTS WITH BLUE/BLACK JEANS.

 

Kinder News – 11.2.2009

Halloween: Thank you to all the parents for coming to our Halloween/All Saints Day celebration. All your help and presence was greatly appreciated. All the students had a great time!  Pictures are below. 

Book Order: Monday is the last day to turn in your book order for November.

Reading Calendar: Don’t forget to turn in the October reading calendars.

Homework

MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.

Minibook: The letter “Dd” minibook will be sent home on Monday and will be due on Thursday. The letter “Ii” minibook will be sent home on Thursday and due next Monday.

Bring: Bring items that begin with letter “Dd” on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Bring in items that begin with letter “Ii” (long sound) on Thursday and Friday.

READING: Don’t forget to mark the Reading Calendar. Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you..

In Class We Are Learning

Phonics                         

Letter Dd, Ii

Word wall word: the, and            

Math

Identify and order numbers 1-10

50^th day of school

Pennies

Name shape pieces using 3 attributes (shape, color, size)

Religion

Identify their own and others’ feelings

saints

Science

volcanoes

Social Studies

Following rules and traffic signs

Language Arts

Identifying capital and lowercase letters

 

Kinder News – 10.26.2009

Halloween Candy Grams

The student council is selling candy grams during lunch time. They are $0.25 each. Students can purchase the grams and have them sent to anyone in the school. The student council will pass them out to the students on Friday.

All Saints Day

All students in Pre-School, Kindergarten, First, Second and Third grade will dress up as their patron saint. The students will be given their saint names on Monday. We request that each child wear their Halloween costume to school and bring their saints costume. Before the saints parade, eighth grade students will help the students change into their saint’s costume. Every student is expected to be a part of the activity however it is not necessary for you to purchase expensive items. You are encouraged to be creative and use items that you already have at home. (Suggestion for a saint costume: an angel costume)

This is a fun activity and we welcome the parents to come and watch the younger students parade around the school yard dressed as their patron saint.

The parade will begin at 10:00 A.M. Dismissal will be at the usual time, 12:30.

Last year’s Halloween costumes and Saints day costumes have been posted to provide ideas.

Don’t forget your cameras!

Halloween

Students are to wear their Halloween costume to school. Every student is expected to be a part of this activity: however it is not necessary for you to purchase expensive items. Costumes should be in good taste, meaning no weapons, masks, graphic violence, immodest dress or inappropriate slogans. After the saints parade, the students will change back into their Halloween costumes. The eight graders will again help the students change into their costumes.

Students are welcome to bring in treats for their classmates. We will pass them out after the Saints Parade. There are 24 students in the classroom. Please be sure to have enough treats for each student.

Don’t forget your cameras!

Schedule:

8:00 Halloween costume parade

8:30 classroom activities

9:00 snack/recess

9:30 change for Saints parade

10:00 Saints parade

11:00 buddy activity

Homework

MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.

Minibook: The letter “Rr” minibook will be sent home on Tuesday and will be due on Friday.

Bring: Bring items that begin with letter “Rr” on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

READING: Don’t forget to mark the Reading Calendar. Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you. Please return the October calendar by the end of the week.

In Class We Are Learning

Phonics                         

Letter Mm, Rr

Word wall word: the            

Math

Identify and order numbers 1-10

Ordinal position to fourth

Religion

Identify their own and others’ feelings

Trustworthiness

Science

Characteristics of geographic features

Social Studies

Describe characteristics of leaders at home and at school

Language Arts

Oral comprehension

 

Last year’s Halloween pictures

I am posting last year’s Halloween pictures.  These pictures can give you ideas for Halloween costumes and Saint’s Day costumes. 

 

Kinder News – 10.19.2009

Character counts week: This week the school will be celebrating character counts week. Below is the schedule for the week. We will have special activities each day.

    Monday: Character counts week will be introduced at the morning assembly by student council. Students will recite the Character Counts pledge.

    Tuesday: Rainbow Day – students will write a goal/pledge relating to the pillar of Caring. All students’ cards will be used to create a large rainbow.

    Wednesday: Buddy Day – Students will wear accessories in the color of red. (ex: jewelry, socks, hats, scarves, sweaters). Students will work with their buddy class to create a pillar representing

the pillar of Caring

    Thursday: Students will write a secret message to their buddy thanking them for their help or relate it to one of the pillars (trustworthiness, caring, fairness, citizenship, respect, responsibility).

The notes will be placed into a balloon and sent to their buddy. The Kindergarten students will receive a balloon/note from their buddy and will get to pop their balloon in order to read the note.

    Friday: Popsicle Day – Students may purchase a multicolored popsicle for $1.00 at recess and have extra recess time. The money collected will be donated to UNICEF.

Friday:

Spirit Dress – There will be spirit dress on Friday. Students will wear their purple Kindergarten shirts with blue or black jeans.

    VIRTUS Training – VIRTUS training will be available at school on Friday, October 23^rd from 8:30-11:30 in the 7^th grade classroom. Parents who want to volunteer at school will need to complete

this training. More information can be found at www.virtus.org.

Halloween & Saints Day Parade: A letter explaining Halloween and All Saints Day parade procedures were sent home on Friday. Please look over this carefully. I will be assigning students their designated saint soon. Please let me know if there are any requests. Students will be designated a saint with the same name or similar name as their own.

Curriculum map: The curriculum map for the first quarter has been posted on its own page on the blog. I will be updating this each quarter.

Reading Activity: I will post a reading activity that can be done at home each week. The activities are from 101 Reading
Activities by Suzanne I Barchers, Ed.D., Marilee Robin Burton, and Beth Alley Wise. I have also added a “Reading Activity” page on this blog. This page will have all the activities I have posted. These are activities that make reading fun for the students and parents. These activities can be altered accordingly. I would appreciate any feedback after each activity.

1. Alphabet Eating: What you will need – alphabet book that deals with food. Read the alphabet book together. Then read the book again, but this time have the child point to and read the words. Next list all the foods illustrated and organize them from A to Z. Some letters will have more than one food, other letters will have none, but include all of them. Now plan what foods to eat over the course of a week, with the intention of eating through the alphabet. Use the letters with several choices to provide a series of menus that are balanced and interesting. Write up a menu for each meal, and have the child read the food words. At the end of the week evaluate the process. Was it fun? Did the child learn some new words and try some new foods?
   

Homework

MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.

Minibook: The letter “Hh” minibook will be sent home on Monday and will be due on Wednesday. The letter “Mm” minibook will be sent home on Thursday and be due next Monday.

Bring: Bring items that begin with letter “Hh” on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Bring items that begin with letter “Mm” on Thursday, and Friday.

READING: Don’t forget to mark the Reading Calendar. Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you.

In Class We Are Learning

Phonics                         

Letter Hh, Mm

Word wall word: the            

Math

40^th day of school!

Different attributes to describe shapes

Identify and order numbers 1-10

AB pattern

Religion

Be aware that God creates and loves all people

Identify their own and others’ feelings

Trustworthiness

Science

Characteristics of geographic features

Social Studies

Describe characteristics of leaders at home and at school

Language Arts

Match lowercase and uppercase letters

 

Class Picture Retakes

LifeTouch will be returning to school on Monday for picture retakes.  Students will be able to retake their photos if you’d like.  The Kindergarten class will also be retaking our class picture.  It is important that all the students are at school on time and wearing the proper uniform.

GIRLS: jumper, white sailor blouse, white ankle socks, black mary janes, and tie

BOYS: long pants, gray short sleeve polo, belt and black tennis shoes

 

Kinder News – 10.12.2009

Hearing/Vision Testing:

All the students in the Kindergarten class will receive a hearing and vision screening at school on Tuesday. This test is not diagnostic but only a screening process to assess any potential problems. If a problem is noted a letter will be sent home in the mail to the noted address on file in the school office encouraging a follow-up with their physician and/or eye care provider.

Rainy Day Dismissal

In case it rains tomorrow, here is the rainy day dismissal procedure: All the students will be waiting in the hallway downstairs.  Parents are to either 1) park their car and walk into school pick up their child or 2) drive by on Linden and students will be brought to the car.  Students will be dismissed from the front door on Linden Drive.  Please be sure the bus tag with your last name is visible.  Parents CANNOT park on Linden Drive.  The street is reserved for PreSchool parents. 

Friday: There will be spirit dress on Friday. Students will wear the spirit shirts that went home last Friday. Students will wear their purple Kindergarten shirts with blue or black jeans.

Email: Our room mom sent out an email last week about events that are happening in October. If you did not receive, please make sure you provide an email address that is checked often.

Homework

MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.

Letter Bb Minibook: The letter Bb minibook will be sent home on Wednesday and will be due on Friday. 
Bring: Bring items that begin with letter “Bb” on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

READING: Don’t forget to mark the Reading Calendar. Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you.

In Class We Are Learning

Phonics                         

Letter Bb    

Word wall word: see            

Math

Story problems

Trianges

squares

ordinal position to fourth

Religion

Be aware that God creates and loves all people

Trustworthiness

Science

Characteristics of geographic features

Social Studies

Describe jobs of adults and children in school

Language Arts

Match lowercase and uppercase letters

 

Field Trip Pictures

Here are some pictures from our field trip. The kids had a great time! Thank you to all the parents who came with us!!!!! 

 

REMINDER: No school on Monday, October 12.

 

Kinder News – 10.5.2009

Field Trip: Kindergarten will be going on a field trip to the Long Beach Aquarium on Wednesday, October 7^th with grades 1 and 2. Our room mom, Robyn Medina, sent out an email to the parents with all the information about the field trip but here it is again.

All students need to bring a snack for the bus ride and their own lunches in paper bags with disposable wrappings.

Students will wear their school uniforms to the field trip.

Schedule

8:30: Bus departs Good Shepherd school

9:30: Estimated time arrival at the Long Beach Aquarium

9:45: All groups and parents will meet at entrance/will call

10:00-12:00: Chaperones and students will proceed to the exhibits. Chaperone/student groups will have the opportunity to explore the aquarium in any order they’d like.

12:15: All Good Shepherd students will meet for lunch in designated area

1:00: bus departs for school

2:00: Estimated time arrival at school

Reading Calendar

Please turn in the September reading calendar on Wednesday. I will be sending home the October reading calendar on Wednesday.

Friday: There will be spirit dress on Friday. Student council will decide Monday afternoon what the students will wear. Ice cream will be sold at snack time on Friday.

We will also have a buddy activity with our 5^th grade buddy class. We will be creating Halloween costumes for our paper dolls. We would appreciate some supplies for this project (fabric scraps, ribbon, buttons, gift wrap, colored yarn, and old magazines or catalogs).

Homework

MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.

Bring: Bring items that begin with letter “Aa” (long A sound) on Monday and Tuesday.

READING: Don’t forget to mark the Reading Calendar. Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you.

In Class We Are Learning

Phonics

Letter Aa

Letter Cc, Ll, Nn, Pp, Tt, Aa review

Word wall word: see

Math

AB color pattern

30^th day of school!

Numbers 1-5

Religion

Be aware that God creates and loves all people

Trustworthiness