Week of May 15th

 Happy Friday!

What a week we had! From May Procession to Grandparents Day, we had a blast during our last full week of school! Thank you all for coming to our May Procession - the children did an excellent job honoring our Blessed Mother. It is such a beautiful way of sharing our faith together as a community. It was also such a joy to meet all of our grandparents & special friends yesterday!! It is so great to watch all of these happy memories being made 😄 

Congratulations to our 3rd Trimester peacemaker Maggie! 

Where did the year go? Countdown to graduation is 9 days! 

Our read alouds this week were One of Three, Mrs. McBloom Clean Up Your Classroom!, The Crayon Man, and Noah's Ark. When reading One of Three we focused on comparing and contrasting the characters. We continue substituting, segmenting, and blending sounds to create and change words each day. We practiced working as a group to create sentence for our new sight words: have, one, ask, help, every, and walk. We are catching up with our letter person journals writing sentences each day! In math we continued through Chapter 11 by learning about weight, ordering objects from lightest to heaviest, capacity, and ordering objects from holding the least amount to the most. In Religion we crowned Mary each day and say a decade of the rosary. 

We had a ton of fun in centers this week! In the Word Work center, I worked with the students in reading a book and completing a story map! In the Math center, students used string to measure their height and compared their height to objects around the classroom. In the Discovery center students watched an informational video about sea creatures. In the Art center the students made another special surprise for the end of the year :). Students colored, did a puzzle, or played on an iPad during the free center. 

Baby Bottle Service Project - Mother's Home 

Mother's Home is a non-profit organization located in Darby, PA that provides shelter and care for homeless pregnant women and their newborns. Students can bring in spare change from now until the end of the year to fill our baby bottle and support Mother's Home!  

Next Week

• Monday: Kate Hendrickson lesson on Cooperation! Her lesson outline will be included in my email. As always, if you would like to opt your child out of this lesson please email me. 
• Thursday & Friday: Memorial Day Weekend - No School
• Next week's Mary Crowners are Brennan, Grace, and Frankie!

Looking Ahead...

• Friday, June 2nd: Letter Person Day!
• Tuesday, June 6th: Kindergarten Graduation!! 🎊

Hope you have a great weekend!
Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe

Crowning Mary 🌸💛

Grandparents & Special Friends Day💙

Week of May 8th

 Here's to a new week Kindergarten!

Happy Monday! We hope you all had a wonderful time at the Mother's Day Luncheon! 🌼 Also that you had a lovely day yesterday feeling loved & appreciated by all! Countdown to graduation is officially 13 days!

We took our Unit 5 ELA test last week! The children did excellent and test folders will be sent home later this week. After our test we moved into our final unit of the year! In ELA last week when reading Kitten's First Full Moon we focused on conclusions and visualizing while reading as a comprehension strategy. We continue substituting, segmenting, and blending sounds to create and change words. We created sentences with our new sight words: do, went, just, down, little, and only. We have officially met our last letter person - can you believe it?! Our letter of the week was 'Qq'! We met Mr. Q with Questions! We completed our Mr. Q puppet. In math we continued through Chapter 11 by comparing height, measuring length, and measuring distance. In Religion we crowned Mary each day and said a decade of the rosary. We also made a Mary in the grotto activity!

May Procession Information Tuesday, May 16th:

• Students are now to wear their SPRING uniform (it's going to be 81 degrees)! Students are to meet in our classroom by 6:40 PM, we will begin processing down right at 7:00. 
• Dismissal - For safety reasons KG & 1st Grade will be dismissed at the front entrance of the school. 

Grandparents/ Special Friends Day Information Thursday, May 18th:

• Ascension Thursday Mass will begin at 9 AM as usual! After mass the grandparents/ special friends will go to the parish center for a reception until about 10:30 while students have snack/recess. Grandparents will then come over to the school where our student council will direct them to classrooms. After the visit the school will be returning to a normal schedule, however if their grandparents would like to sign them out for the rest of the day please let me know so we can plan accordingly. Thank you!

Baby Bottle Service Project - Mother's Home 

Mother's Home is a non-profit organization located in Darby, PA that provides shelter and care for homeless pregnant women and their newborns. Students can bring in spare change from now until the end of the year to fill our baby bottle and support Mother's Home!  

Looking Ahead & June Dates..

• Monday, May 22nd: Mrs. Hendrickson lesson on cooperation 
• Thursday, May 25th - Monday May 29th: Memorial Day Weekend - No School
• Tuesday, June 6th: Kindergarten Graduation! 10-11 

Here's to a great week!

Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe

Crowing Mary 🌸💛

Week of May 1st

 Happy Friday Kindergarten!

We can't believe it's May already! How did the time fly? The countdown to graduation is now 19 days!

Our read alouds this week were Bread Comes to Life, Pie in the Sky, Wacky Wednesday, I Can Only Imagine: A Friendship With Jesus, Sweet Tooth, and Pajama Day!

                                          

In ELA this week when reading Pie in the Sky we focused on text, graphic features, and summarizing as comprehension skills. We continue substituting, segmenting, and blending sounds to create and change words. We practiced our sight words from Unit 5 through our class favored word wheel! Our letter of the week was 'Yy'! We met our next letter person Ms. Y with a Yodeling Yawn! We completed our Ms. Y puppet. In math we took our Chapter 10 test (they did amazing!!) and began Chapter 11: Measurement. In chapter 11 we have compared by size & length, and ordered by length. In Religion we crowned Mary each day and said a decade of the rosary. After reading I Can Only Imagine: A Friendship With Jesus, students drew pictures of God and themselves! 

Centers were a ton of fun! In the Word Work center we matched pictures to the diagraphs th, ch, and sh. In the math center students matched analog & digital clocks showing the same time. In the discovery center students used playdoh to sculpt the four stages of a butterfly life cycle. In the art center the student's made something special for their Mom's :). Students drew, did a puzzle, or played on the iPad during the free center. 

We let our butterflies fly into nature today! We loved having you Joey, Messi, Nemo, Rainy, and Sunny!

Next Week

• Next week's Mary crowners will be Tate, Ellie, Preston, Henry, and Juliet!
• Monday: $1 Dress Down Day benefiting Catholic Relief Services. 
• Friday: Mother's Day Lunch @ 11:15! Invitations are being sent home today :) 

Looking Ahead ...

• Tuesday, May 16th: May Procession 
• Thursday, May 18th: Grandparents Day! More info to come. 
• Friday, May 19th: Summer Birthday Celebration! 

We hope you have a great weekend!

Best,

Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe

Crowning Mary 🌸💛