Happy Friday!

Hi Kindergarten Families!!

We had an awesome third week in Kindergarten! It's hard to believe that we are already at the end of September! The students seem very adjusted to our days & routines. We are so proud of the progress we see each week! This week we read Pizza at Sally's, Everyone Works, Fall Leaves, and I See Rain. 

In ELA this week we talked about jobs and different workers in our communities! We continued reviewing, spelling, and writing our sight words "I" "like" "the" & "and". We identified the beginning sounds in words, and learned about verbs! Our letter of the week was 'Ss'! We met our next letter person Ms. S with Super Socks! The kids loved listening to Ms. S's song and story and talking about words that begin with the letter 's'. We wrote about things we could do in Super Socks in our Letter Journals! The kids also made the Ms. S puppet! In math we took our Chapter 1 Test! The children did so well at listening to directions and working on their own papers! In Religion we finished up our study of God's gift of the Sun & Moon, learned about the gift of water, and watched "Veggie Tales: Noah's Arc"! The students really enjoyed continuing learning the colors and greetings in Spanish. They learned how to take care of books in Library, personal space in Gym, and read Maisy's Rainbow Dream in Art!

This week the entire Kindergarten received a lesson from our school counselor Mrs. Hendrickson about personal space. We spoke about our personal bubbles and giving each other space when playing! The students were then given a personal space booklet & bubbles to take home! 

This week we also continued our center rotations! In the Word Work center the students spelled CVC words using letter dice. The Art & Discovery centers worked with Mrs. Lowe creating a fall tree painting with corks & used oil & paint in a bag to paint a fall leaf. Students sorted manipulatives in the Math center, and played on the iPads in the Free center! 

Reminders!:

• Sight word rings: Please keep your child's sight word rings in their take home folder as the new words will be added to be sent home on Tuesday! 
• Please check your email for an update from the office about our field trip. Unfortunately due to the weather the trip will be moved to Wednesday, October 5th. All of the other details remain the same and we are hoping for better weather! :) 
• Please check your students take home folder for their completed Ms. S puppet sent home today. They turned out amazing! We are very proud of their coloring and cutting skills!!

We had an awesome week and hope you all have a wonderful weekend! :)

Best,

Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe

Second Week in Kindergarten!

 

 Happy Friday!

Hi Kindergarten Families!

We had an awesome second week in Kindergarten! The children are really getting adjusted to the routine of full school days! They enjoy going over our schedule and love checking off tasks on our to-do list! The first few weeks will be the hardest, but Mrs. Lowe and I are so proud of the continued progress they have made this week. This week we read We Don't Eat Our Classmates; Please, Puppy, Please; and I Like to Munch. 

We had a fun and busy week in ELA learning about our sight words "I" "like" "the" & "and", identifying the beginning sounds in words, and our letter of the week 'Mm'! We met our first letter person Mr. M with a Munching Mouth! The kids loved listening to Mr. M's song and story and talking about words that begin with the letter 'm'. We wrote about foods we enjoy munching in our Letter Journals! The kids also made the Mr. M puppet! In math we finished our first chapter and became experts in sorting by size, shape, and color. In Religion we listened to the story of Adam and Eve, and spoke about God's gifts of the sun and the moon. The students really enjoyed learning the colors in Spanish along with balloons! They learned how to take care of books in Library, personal space in Gym, and read The King of Kindergarten in Art!

This week we also began our center rotations! The students were placed randomly into 5 groups and were able to work in a center each day. In the Word Work center the students unscrambled letters to spell their name, in the Art center the students created 3D apples with Mrs. Lowe, in the Discovery center they designed their own apple, counted apples in the Math center, and read or did puzzles in the Free center! 

We would very much appreciate if you could take some time this weekend to discuss the importance of listening to and following directions, listening when the teacher is talking, keeping our hands to ourselves, and participating. We appreciate your partnership at home!!

Reminders!:

• Sight word rings: Please keep your child's sight word rings in their take home folder as the new words will be added to be sent home on Tuesday! 
• Please send in $15 cash for the field trip to Sugartown Strawberries pumpkin patch. Our field trip is October 3rd & parents are welcome to join us at the farm! It will be lots of fun :) 
• Please check your students take home folder for their completed Mr. M puppet sent home today. They turned out amazing! We are very proud of their coloring and cutting skills!!

We had an awesome week and hope you all have a wonderful weekend! :)

Best,

Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe

 

Our First Week in Kindergarten!

 Happy Friday!

Hi Kindergarten Families!

We had a very successful first week in Kindergarten : )  The kids are really adapting well to an all day schedule and transitioning from one thing to another with more ease each day. The first few weeks will be the hardest, but Mrs. Lowe and I are so proud of the progress they have made this week. This week we read First Day Jitters, Our Class Is A Family, and Under the Apple Tree. 

We had a fun and busy week with ELA learning about our upper case/lower case letters, the sight words I and like , rhyming words and middle/ending sounds. In math we learned how to sort objects by size, shape, and color. We used the words "alike" "the same" and "different" to describe our groups! In Religion we listened to the story of creation, spoke about God's wonderful gifts, and took a nature walk through the grotto identifying gifts from God! The students really enjoyed learning different greetings in Spanish class, drawing in art class, getting to pick out library books, and learning new songs and how to be music conductors in music class! 

The students were able to participate today in an activity that involved the whole school. The Summer reading book for our school (grades 1-8 only) was Encanto. We read the book this morning before meeting with our 6th grade buddies! We were able to do a fun craft with them as well!  It was so nice to meet and connect with our buddies! 

Reminders for Next Week!

Please send in a pair of headphones in a plastic baggy for your child! We will begin work on the iPads next week :) The headphones that go over the head are the most comfortable for them. Thank you!!

Sight word rings!: Keep a look out for the sight word ring book to come home this coming week.  It will have the sight words we are learning each week.  Please go over them with your child on a nightly basis to review. You can keep these at home throughout the week, however please send back in on Friday so that we are able to add the words for the next week!

Stationary Fee: If you have not sent back the stationary fee please do that ASAP. 

Pretzel Money/Snack: Please remember to put your child's morning pretzel money in their take home folder and their lunch snack money in their lunchbox.

Monday- DRESS DOWN DAY!  If your child would like to participate in the dress down day, please send in $1.00 which will go to CHOP for pediatric cancer research and the upcoming parkway run/walk.  Whenever we have dress down days, the $1.00 donation is always given to a good cause.  On dress down days, students do not have to wear SKS clothes.  They can choose what they would like to wear, within reason.

Wednesday- Our school mass is at 9:00am that will be presented by the 8th grade! The students will be sitting with their sixth grade buddies:) The youtube link is on the parish website if you would like to watch virtually. You are welcome to join us in person too!

Star of the Week- Mrs. Lowe and I will be splitting Star of the Week next week! I will be in contact with our first student's Star of the Week family soon!

Thursday- Please return library books as Thursday is our Library day. The kids can not take out another book unless they have brought back the one from the week before.  Thanks!

Friday- On Friday we are celebrating our September birthdays!! This month we are celebrating Trinity and Bruce's birthdays!! 

Upcoming Info: We are going on a field trip to Sugartown Strawberries pumpkin patch on October 3rd!  We will send all of the information home next week in the take home folder.  CASH ONLY FOR PAYMENT PLEASE!

 We had such an amazing week getting to know each other! It's going to be an incredible year! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend :) 

Best,

Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe