Yesterday we decorated pillowcase and made cards for soldiers recovering at Walter Reed Hospital.
KinderNews 6.18.2012
June 17, 2012
MONDAY: Monday will be Step Up day. At 12pm, the students will go to 1st grade for half an hour. They also have free dress.
WEDNESDAY: There is NO school for the Kindergarten class on Wednesday. They are done on Tuesday.
GRADUATION: The gradation will be on Tuesday, June 19 in O’Ryan Hall at 10am. Students must dress in their finest outfits for Tuesday. The graduation will begin promptly at 10am with the students walking in the school yard for the rest of the school and then processing into O’Ryan hall.
- date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
- time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
- place: O’Ryan Hall at Good Shepherd Catholic School
- Students will be dropped off at school at the regular time: 8:00 am.
- Students will need to bring their snack (no lunch) and back packs to school (in case we find more things that need to go home).
- Students will leave backpacks in the classroom and will be able to pick it up from the classroom when they are leaving after the graduation.
- Students will walk around the school at 10:00 am for the other students in the school to see them in their caps and congratulate them.
- Parents will need to be in O’Ryan Hall by 10:00 am.
- Parents entering after the graduation has started need to enter through the doors by the girls restroom.
- There will be a small reception in O’Ryan Hall following the graduation.
- Girls must have their hair down (with no high pony tails). Students will be wearing graduation hats.
- All siblings of the Kindergarten students are invited to attend the graduation. All teachers are aware of this but please make sure to remind the teachers.
- All students will receive their report card at the end of the graduation. Please make sure to pick up the report cards (from me) before you leave.
- Please try to remain in your seats during the graduation to allow all parents to see/videotape/take pictures of the students.
- Kindergarten students have NO school on Wednesday. We are done on Tuesday.
- Below is the order the students will be standing during the graduation (facing the audience). This will help you decide where you would like to sit during the graduation.
(3rd row) Winston Hughes Phoebe Justin Grace Kiki Sadie Alexandra Avery
(2nd row) Atesa Luke Elle Tyler Isabella M. Spencer Hudson
(1st row) William Abby Rose Giovanna Sofia Isabella K. Michael Harry Jacob
KinderNews 6.11.2012
June 10, 2012
SPELLING TEST: There will be no more spelling tests. The students have been doing a great job on their tests. Please continue to work with them over the summer.
TUESDAY: Olympic Field Day for grades K-7 at Roxbury Park. We will be going to Roxbury park at 10:30am for relay races and lunch. The students are to wear their spirit shirts, athletic bottoms (ex: basketball shorts, soccer shorts. No jeans.) and their school tennis shoes. Students will also eat their lunches at the park. Chef Traynor will be at the park with lunch for those who have prepaid. Permission slips were sent home last week and must be returned in order to participate and walk to the park. Parents are welcome to join and volunteer. Please let me know if you are interested in joining. We will be leaving the park at 2pm.
WEDNESDAY: The students will get a gymnastics demonstration in the afternoon. The demonstration is for an after school class for the next school year.
THURSDAY: The students will be receiving their yearbooks.
FRIDAY: There will be NO spirit dress on Friday. We will be walking to the church for the 8th grade graduation mass at 10:30am. Students must be in their uniform. Boys must wear their long pants and girls must wear their jumpers.
CLASSROOM CLEANUP: The students will be bringing a lot of their work home this week. We will slowly be cleaning out the classroom and taking home journals we have been working on during the school year. Please take the time to look through the work your child is bringing home. It’s great to see all the work they’ve done and the progress they’ve made during the year.
GRADUATION: Graduation is next week!! The students have brought home their lines for the graduation. It will be on Tuesday, June 19 in O’Ryan Hall. Please check the blog regularly under the GRADUATION tab at the top of the site. I have posted the words to some of the songs we will be singing. Students must dress in their finest outfits for Tuesday. The graduation will begin promptly at 10am with the students walking in the school yard for the rest of the school and then processing into O’Ryan hall.
- date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
- time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
- place: O’Ryan Hall at Good Shepherd Catholic School
- Students will be dropped off at school at the regular time: 8:00 am.
- Students will need to bring their snack (no lunch) and back packs to school (in case we find more things that need to go home).
- Students will leave backpacks in the classroom and will be able to pick it up from the classroom when they are leaving after the graduation.
- Students will walk around the school at 10:00 am for the other students in the school to see them in their caps and congratulate them.
- Parents will need to be in O’Ryan Hall by 10:00 am.
- Parents entering after the graduation has started need to enter through the doors by the girls restroom.
- There will be a small reception in O’Ryan Hall following the graduation.
- Girls must have their hair down (with no high pony tails). Students will be wearing graduation hats.
- All siblings of the Kindergarten students are invited to attend the graduation. All teachers are aware of this but please make sure to remind the teachers.
- All students will receive their report card at the end of the graduation. Please make sure to pick up the report cards (from me) before you leave.
- Please try to remain in your seats during the graduation to allow all parents to see/videotape/take pictures of the students.
- Kindergarten students have NO school on Wednesday. We are done on Tuesday.
KinderNews 6.4.2012
June 1, 2012
SPELLING TEST: are, and, come, down, for, here, who, this, two, she
GRADUATION: I can’t believe we have one more month left in Kindergarten! The students are slowing starting to practice for the graduation. It will be on Tuesday, June 19 in O’Ryan Hall. Please check the blog regularly under the GRADUATION tab at the top of the site. I have posted the words to some of the songs we will be singing. I will continue to add more songs to it. Each of the students will have a couple sentences to memorize for the graduation. I will send home their parts. The students must dress in their finest outfits for Tuesday. The graduation will begin promptly at 10am with the students walking in the school yard for the rest of the school and then processing into O’Ryan hall.
TUESDAY: Parent meeting at 8:15 in O’Ryan hall.
WEDNESDAY: We will have mass in O’Ryan hall at 10:15am. Girls must wear their jumpers.
THURSDAY: Meet and Greet. On Thursday at 6pm in O’Ryan hall, you will have the opportunity to meet with 4 new teachers! Please come by and to meet and greet them.
HOMEWORK:
MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.
PHONICS: Complete phonics worksheets your child is bringing home.
READING: Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you.
This week students are learning:
Religion:
promises
Discuss Sunday’s gospel
Math:
Test taking strategies
centers
Language Arts:
Phonological awareness: phoneme isolation, identity, categorization, belnding, segmentation
High frequency word: there
Phonics: Uu, word building
Comprehension: details
Writing: friendly letter
Social Studies:
Our Country
Science:
Summer weather
KinderNews 5.29.2012
May 28, 2012
SPELLING TEST: There will be no spelling test this week.
GRADUATION: I can’t believe we have one more month left in Kindergarten! The students are slowing starting to practice for the graduation. It will be on Tuesday, June 19 in O’Ryan Hall. Please check the blog regularly under the GRADUATION tab at the top of the site. I have posted the words to some of the songs we will be singing. I will continue to add more songs to it.
WINE AND ART RECEPTION: The weekend of June 1, 2, and 3, all the children’s art work from our Gateway to Art Program will be on display in the Good Shepherd Parish Hall. There will be a special wine and art reception on Friday evening from 7-10 pm. It will be $50 per couple to attend. There will also be a silent auction to support the Gateway to Art program.
HOMEWORK:
MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.
PHONICS: Complete phonics worksheets your child is bringing home.
READING: Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you. Mark your May reading calendars.
This week students are learning:
Religion:
promises
Discuss Sunday’s gospel
Math:
Pictographs
Test taking strategies
centers
Language Arts:
Phonological awareness: phoneme isolation, identity, categorization, belnding, segmentation
High frequency word: are, there
Phonics: Uu
Comprehension: details
Writing: friendly letter
Social Studies:
Our Country
Science:
Summer weather
KinderNews 5.21.2012
May 19, 2012
SPELLING TEST: The spelling words for this week are: she, good, they, what, this, you, down, up, are, here.
Please look over the practice test your child is bringing home on Monday. It is important for each student to learn the high frequency words we learn each week. It is important to your child’s reading success. Learning to read is a lot of work. If children have to sound out every word, it becomes so laborious and slow that children might want to give up, or if not, they will have a difficult time comprehending what they are reading. Many words that are used frequently are non decodable (impossible to sound out), so they must be learned by sight. Learning high frequency words by sight, helps children build confidence and fluency in their reading, and thus reading becomes easier and makes more sense.
GRADUATION: I can’t believe we have one more month left in Kindergarten! In preparation for our graduation, our room mom, Missy, is planning a brunch reception immediately after the ceremony. We need some donations to pay for the students’ graduation caps, decorations and food. If anyone has volunteer hours they would like to complete, $10 equals 1 hour of service. If you are interested in helping, please put the money in an envelope and send in your child’s folder. I’ll make sure to get it to Missy. The students are slowing starting to practice for the graduation. It will be on Tuesday, June 19 in O’Ryan Hall.
PROGRESS REPORTS: Progress reports were not sent to Kindergarten students. Please remember that I am available mornings and after school to meet if you’d like.
2012-2013 REGISTRATION: Registration for the 2012-2013 school year is due. Beginning this week, a $25 late fee will be assessed each week.
MOTHER/SON NIGHT: Mother/Son night of laser tang and video game truck will be on Thursday, May 31 from 5-7pm. It is $25 per family. Please RSVP by Friday, May 25th.
WINE AND ART RECEPTION: The weekend of June 1, 2, and 3, all the children’s art work from our Gateway to Art Program will be on display in the Good Shepherd Parish Hall. There will be a special wine and art reception on Friday evening. It will be $50 per couple to attend.
THURSDAY: Coffee with the Principal at 8:15am in O’Ryan hall.
MONDAY:
NO SCHOOL!!!!
HOMEWORK:
MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.
PHONICS: Complete phonics worksheets your child is bringing home.
READING: Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you. Mark your May reading calendars.
This week students are learning:
Religion:
promises
Discuss Sunday’s gospel
Math:
Compare height and length
Separate into equal parts
Measure with inches
Language Arts:
Phonological awareness: phoneme segmentation
High frequency word: review words up, down, we, want, she, good, out, who, are, they
Phonics: Yy, Zz
Comprehension: characters
Writing: story, sentence fluency
Social Studies:
Compare long ago and today
Science:
Summer weather
KinderNews 5.14.2012
May 13, 2012
SPELLING TEST: The spelling words for this week are: one, two, out, down, what, you, this, the, like, want
TUESDAY: Auditions for the Follies will be after school. The Follies is a talent show for the students. It will be on Friday, May 18th at the Good Shepherd Parish Hall at 6pm. Students must audition what they would like to perform. If a student would like to sing a song, they must have a karaoke version of the song available.
WEDNESDAY: May Crowning. We will be walking to church for the May Crowning mass. We will be walking to church at 10:00am. Girls must be in their jumpers and boys must wear their long pants.
HOMEWORK:
MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.
PHONICS: Complete phonics worksheets your child is bringing home.
READING: Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you. Mark your April reading calendars.
This week students are learning:
Religion:
promises
Discuss Sunday’s gospel
Math:
Subtraction stories
Symmetry
Language Arts:
Phonological awareness: phoneme segmentation
High frequency word: she, good
Phonics: word building, phonograms –et, -eg
Comprehension: main idea
Writing: story, ideas
Social Studies:
Compare long ago and today
Science:
Spring weather
KinderNews 5.7.2012
May 6, 2012
SPELLING TEST: The spelling words for this week are: come, for, go, here, look, me, my, out, down, where
WEDNESDAY:
Golf tournament at Pelican Hill Golf Course in Newport Beach.
THURSDAY: Crusader Day. We will be celebrating our school’s birthday with Crusader day. Student council has fun activities planned for the morning. The in-n-out truck will be at school for lunch. Order forms were sent home last week. In-n-out food cannot be bought that day. Orders must be placed before Tuesday. Please let me know if you need a new form. If parents would like to order, please use the same form as your child’s. In the afternoon, the eighth grade and teachers will play their annual volleyball game. Students can wear jeans and a sports shirt/jersey
ART GALLERY: Earlier in the school year, each of the students took a picture of a special spot in school. All of these pictures are on display in the downstairs hallway outside of grades 1-3 and 8. The Kindergarten photographs are currently on display. Please come by and see the beautiful photographs the class has taken.
HOMEWORK:
MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.
PHONICS: Complete phonics worksheets your child is bringing home.
READING: Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you. Mark your April reading calendars.
This week students are learning:
Religion:
New Beginnings
Discuss Sunday’s gospel
Math:
Subtraction stories
Symmetry
Language Arts:
Phonological awareness: phoneme blending
High frequency word: they, she
Phonics: Jj, word building
Comprehension: main idea
Writing: dialogue, word choice
Social Studies:
Compare long ago and today
Science:
Spring weather
KinderNews 4.30.2012
April 29, 2012
SPELLING TEST: The spelling words for this week are: like, we, want, here, down, up, for, out, what, where
TUESDAY:
Parent club meeting in O;Ryan hall at 8:15am.
THURSDAY: Our last art class for the year. Thank you to Jamie Fries (Luke’s mom) for organizing our art program this year. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered for the art program. The students have loved it and have all created beautiful work.
HOMEWORK:
MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.
PHONICS: Complete phonics worksheets your child is bringing home.
READING: Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you. Mark your April reading calendars.
This week students are learning:
Religion:
Learn the Hail Mary prayer
Safeguard the Children
Discuss Sunday’s gospel
Math:
Act out addition stories
Answer survey questions
cone
Language Arts:
Phonological awareness: phoneme blending
High frequency word: out, who
Phonics: word building, phonograms –ed, -en
Comprehension: setting
Writing: description of a place, word choice
Social Studies:
Compare long ago and today
Science:
Weather tools
Spring weather
KinderNews 4.23.2012
April 22, 2012
SPELLING TEST: The spelling words for this week are: one, two, we, want, look, here, this, do, go to
Safeguard the Children: This week all the classes will be teaching the Safeguard the Children lesson. Protecting God’s Children, Touching Safety Program for Children™, is a school-based curriculum. The job of ensuring children’s safety is a challenging undertaking. The prevention of child sexual abuse requires more than adult awareness, education, and training about the nature and scope of the problem. We must also give our children the tools they need to overcome the advances of someone who intends to do them harm. The Touching Safety program guide (Teaching Touching Safety Guide) is a tool designed to assist parents and teachers in this important task. The Touching Safety program is a vehicle through which parents, teachers, catechists, and youth ministers (educators) give children and young people the tools they need to protect themselves from those who might harm them. Permission slips to OPT out of the lesson were sent home. If you choose to have your child opt out, a copy of the lesson will be sent home to be taught at home.
WEDNESDAY: We will have mass aat 10:15am. Girls must wear their jumpers.
THURSDAY:
Field Trip to Natural History Museum – We will be taking a field trip to the Natural History Museum on Thursday, April 26 with grades 1 and 2. We will be leaving school (on a school bus) at 8:30am. Parents who are attending the field trip will need to drive separately and either meet us at the museum or follow the bus to the museum. Once we get to the museum, the students have an hour to explore. We will then meet at the Dino Hall at 10:30am (for 30 minutes). http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/dinosaur-hall. We will then have lunch from 11 – 11:45am. At 12:00pm we will go the Dinosaur Encounters,
a performing arts-based interpretive program that lets visitors get up close and personal with a realistic, life-sized juvenile T. rex. http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/dinosaurs/dinosaur-encounters. After the Encounters, we will head back to school.
Lunch: Students should pack a snack and lunch in a brown disposable bag.
Uniform: Students will wear their spirit shirts with jeans and tennis shoes.
Chaperones: All parents who would like to attend the field trip must be VIRTUS trained.
SPRING CARNIVAL:The carnival is on Sunday! Wristbands can be bought in the office on April 25-27 from 7:30-8:30am.
HOMEWORK:
MATH: Review or complete the math sheet your child is bringing home daily.
PHONICS: Complete phonics worksheets your child is bringing home.
READING: Please read with your child for 10 minutes or let your child read to you. Mark your April reading calendars.
This week students are learning:
Religion:
Learn the Hail Mary prayer
Safeguard the Children
Discuss Sunday’s gospel
Math:
Act out addition stories
Answer survey questions
cone
Language Arts:
Phonological awareness: phoneme blending
High frequency word: out, who
Phonics: word building, phonograms –ed, -en
Comprehension: setting
Writing: description of a place, word choice
Social Studies:
Compare long ago and today
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