Reading

Our story for this week is On the Go. We will use this story to learn about the skills of identifying parts of a book, classifying, recognizing the sound of O, recognizing beginning and ending sounds, identifying vocabulary words, and recognizing the main idea of a story. Please add the op family to your child's word list.... bop, cop, flop, hop, lop, mop, pop, sop, and top. Look for reading homework two or more afternoons this week.

Math

We are using nonstandard units to measure items in our book and in our classroom. We will begin talking about capacity this week. You can help at home by showing your child a measuring cup, pint, quart, gallon containers and letting them use them at home. Look for math homework every day this week.

Religion

We will learn that the church is the family. Look for homework on Thursday afternoon.

Science

We will discuss the brachiosaurus this week. We will learn about dinosaur digestion and make long necked dinosaurs.

Class News

Our moth came out of its' cocoon this morning. We have the largest moth species in North America. He/She will only live about 14 days. This moth does not have a mouth. It eats all its' nourishment as a caterpillar.  

Reading

We will complete work on prewriting strategies, the sound for the letter d, characteristics of a good listener, and adjectives this week. We will then introduce the story of Migration. We wiill work on the main idea of a story, reading from top to bottom, left to right, the sound for the letter g, recognizing plural nouns and segmenting and blending sounds. Look for homework every evening this week. Please add the am family to your child's word list this week. am, bam, dam, ham, jam, lamb, Pam, Sam, ram, wham, yam

Math

We are practicing counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. We are working on identifying the penny, nickel, dime and quarter. We are practicing counting coins and deciding whether we have enough money to purchase items. Look for math homework all week.

Religion

We will talk about Lent this week. We are still working on the Our Father prayer. Look for homework on Thursday afternoon.

Science

We will talk about another plant eater this week, Triceratops. We will make a triceratops mask, puppet and mobile.

Reading

We will complete work on prewriting strategies, the sound for the letter d, characteristics of a good listener, and adjectives this week. We will then introduce the story of Migration. We wiill work on the main idea of a story, reading from top to bottom, left to right, the sound for the letter g, recognizing plural nouns and segmenting and blending sounds. Look for homework every evening this week. Please add the am family to your child's word list this week. am, bam, dam, ham, jam, lamb, Pam, Sam, ram, wham, yam

Math

We are practicing counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. We are working on identifying the penny, nickel, dime and quarter. We are practicing counting coins and deciding whether we have enough money to purchase items. Look for math homework all week.

Religion

We will talk about Lent this week. We are still working on the Our Father prayer. Look for homework on Thursday afternoon.

Science

We will talk about another plant eater this week, Triceratops. We will make a triceratops mask, puppet and mobile.

Reading

The story for this week is Looking for Crabs. We will use this story to teach the skills of relating literature to real life experiences, make predictions in stories, identify high frequency words, use color words. listen for the sound of the letter L, and recognize setting and plot of a story. Please add the it family to your child's word list. it, bit, fit, lit, mitt, pit, sit, wit. Just a reminder that Six Flags 600 minute reading sheets are due by Friday.

Math

We are identifying and counting pennies, nickels and dimes this week. It would benefit your child if you could count money with them at home.

Religion

We are talking abput Jesus as a teacher and helper of others. Also discussed is the fact that Jesus loves all children and He is their friend that is with them always.

Have a warm week! 

READING

Our story for this week is Raccoons and Ripe Corn. We will use this story to teach the skills of recognizing the letter r, speaking to an audience, identifying high frequency words, blending sounds, setting and plot of the story, writing questions using question marks, and using illustrations to get information. Look for reading homework on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Please add the at work family to your child's vocabulary words.... at, bat, cat, fat, hat , mat, pat, rat, sat, vat.

Math

We will compleete the unit on numbers to 100 tomorrow. The children will take the test on Tuesday. Please have your child practice writing the numbers from 1 to 100 in order at home. They will be tested over that skill also. We will begin a unit on money on Thursday. We will begin with pennies and nickels. Please practice counting real change at home with your child. Look for homework every afternoon this week. 

Religion

Our unit this week is about the Holy Family. Look for homework on Thursday afternoon. Please work at home with your child on the Lord's Prayer.

Social Studies

We will read about Abe Lincoln and George Washington on Monday and Tuesday.

Science

We will continue our study of Stegosaurus on Wednesday.

Class News

Pizza Day is on Thursday. Library day is Thursday also.

Have a happy week!.

Reading

Our story for this week is, Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash. Our letter sound for this week is H. We will be working on words that have the same middle and ending sounds. We will learn how to give directions, and how to use illustrations to gather information. Look for reading homework twice this week. Please continue to work on vocabulary words.

Math

We worked on probability today and will continue to work on numbers to 100. We will also practice counting by 5's and 10's. Look for homework Tuesday through Thursday afternoons.

Religion

We are discussing how Jesus is God's greatest gift to us and the proper way to treat people we care about. We are working hard on the Our Father prayer. Please practice with your child at home.

Science

The dinosaur we will be studying and doing activities for this week is Stegosaurus.

Have a loving week!

READING

We will use the story, No, No, Titus, to teach and reinforce the skills of recognizing the setting of a story, recognizing the author and illustrator and what they do, segment and blend words, identify cause and effect, and distinguish the sound of N. Look for homework this week.

MATH

We will complete our unit on numbers to 20. We are practicing skip counting by 2's in class. Please help your child at home with  this skill. They will be tested on Friday and will need to be able to skip count to 20. Look for homework this week. 

RELIGION

We will talk about how our families help us to discover God's world. We are also working on the Our Father prayer. Please reinforce this at home, as it is a difficult prayer for the children to remember. Look for homework on  Thursday afternoon.

SCIENCE

We will begin our unit on dinosaurs with learning about paleontologists.

CLASS NEWS

This is just a reminder that the children are rollar skating in P.E. It would be awesome if all the children could bring their helmets in case of a fall.

The children are getting lax with doing their homework on time and returning it to school. This is a good time of year to have your child bring their folder to you every evening, go over their homework with them, and have them pack their own folder and book bag for the morning. This is a good habit for them to get into.

Have a blessed week! 

 Since we lost three teaching days because of the plumbing issue, last week newsletter still applies. Please expect homework Monday through Thursday afternoons this week.

  Have a blessed week!!

READING

This week our story is Lily's Plastic Purse. We will use this story to learn about the skills of identifying high frequency words, listen and respond to stories, recognizing cause and effect, and recalling and retelling stories. Our letter sound  for this week is P. Look for homework on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.

MATH

We are working on counting and writing numbers to 20. We will also learn to solve problems by using ilustrations. Look for homework on  Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. It would be helpful if the children practiced counting by 2's to 60 at home.

RELIGION

We will discuss our five senses and how they are a gift from God. Look for Jesus homework on Thursday afternoon.

CLASS NEWS

Kindergarten is in need of snack items. Please send them in at your convenience. Thank you.

 READING

 We will test over book 2 on Monday, December 10th. Then we will begin our first story in book 3, Cat's Colors.We will work with the skills of recalling and retelling details from the story, recognizing words with the same ending sounds, catorgorizing objects that belong together and the letter sound of c, when it makes the hard k sound. Look for homework on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

MATH

We will be testing over the numbers 0 to 10 on Tuesday, December 11th. We will then begin the unit of numbers up to 20. We are counting orally to 180 by 1's, by 5's to 100 and by 10's to 100. After Christmas break, we will add counting by 2's to this list. Look for homework Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings.

RELIGION

We will talk about how God made each one of us special and loves each of us. We will also talk about how we can tell God anything. Look for homework on Thursday afternoon. We will continue to talk about and celebrate Advent.

WEEK OF DECEMBER 17th

I have told Kdg. that if they work hard this week, next week will be all about Christmas. I have a reindeer unit planned, a gingerbread unit we will do with fourth grade, and a Kwanza unit so far. There will be other fun activities. There will not be a new news note next week.

KINDERGARTEN HAS THEIR FIRST MASS ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH.  They will be bringing up offertory and reading the petitions. Fourth grade will do the readings.

Have a blessed Christmas full of peace, love and joy!