Merry Christmas!!!

We had the most wonderful, joyous day today celebrating Christmas together! True love and peace is in the air!

I pray that each of you and your families has the most blessed Christmas together and that the New Year brings renewed peace and joy to you and yours!  May this Christmas season be a time of thanksgiving, sharing, giving, and enjoyment for all as we travel to and from our family and friends!

I look forward to new learning adventures and experiences when we return to school next year!

Last Stop: United States!

Today we finished our Christmas Around the World trips with the United States!

REMINDERS:

TONIGHT is the Christmas Program!! Please have your child in their classroom by 6:50p.m.

TOMORROW is a half day of school! There is NO lunch and NO ESD!

Africa, Here We Come!!

Today our plane took us to a new continent: Africa!!! We were very intrigued with how different Christmas in Africa was compared to the other countries we have been to!

In light of Advent, we are truly enjoying preparing for Christmas together and recognizing the true meaning of Christmas as Jesus' birthday!

REMINDERS:

Christmas Program is TOMORROW, Thursday, December 19th!!! All students should be in their classroom by 6:50p.m.
Boy dress code: school pants and black shoes with a dress shirt
Girl dress code: Sunday dress, must have sleeves

Christ Child Mass is this Friday, December 20th!

Also, this Friday, December 20th is the beginning of our Christmas Holiday and we have EARLY DISMISSAL at 12 p.m. there is NO lunch and NO ESD!!!

Next Stop: England!

Today we learned about how they celebrate Christmas in England!!

We are working very hard on practicing to prepare for our Christmas Program on Thursday!

REMINDERS:

Christmas Program is next Thursday, December 19th!!! All students should be in their classroom by 6:50p.m.
Boy dress code: school pants and black shoes with a dress shirt
Girl dress code: Sunday dress, must have sleeves

Christ Child Mass is next Friday, December 20th!

Friday, December 20th is the beginning of our Christmas Holiday and we have EARLY DISMISSAL at 12 p.m. there is NO lunch and NO ESD!!!

To Italy We Go!

Today we traveled to Italy and heard quite the interesting story about La Befana! We are enjoying comparing and contrasting the stories and traditions of the countries around the world and how they celebrate Christmas!

This week we are working with reviewing our letters and numbers, working with tree and circle maps, and writing!

REMINDERS:

Christmas Program is next Thursday, December 19th!!! All students should be in their classroom by 6:50p.m.
Boy dress code: school pants and black shoes with a dress shirt
Girl dress code: Sunday dress, must have sleeves

Christ Child Mass is next Friday, December 20th!

Friday, December 20th is the beginning of our Christmas Holiday and we have EARLY DISMISSAL at 12 p.m. there is NO lunch and NO ESD!!!

St. Lucia and Christmas in Sweden!!!

Today we practiced for our Christmas Program which is next Thursday, December 19th!!

Our plane took us to Sweden today! 

REMINDERS:

Christmas Program is next Thursday, December 19th!!! All students should be in their classroom by 6:50p.m.
Boy dress code: school pants and black shoes with a dress shirt
Girl dress code: Sunday dress, must have sleeves

Christ Child Mass is next Friday, December 20th!

Friday, December 20th is the beginning of our Christmas Holiday and we have EARLY DISMISSAL at 12 p.m. there is NO lunch and NO ESD!!!

Destination: Germany!

Today was a beautiful day to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe!!!  It was wonderful to enjoy Mass together and experience the festivities in recognition!

There are festivities tonight for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe from 5:00-9:00p.m.

Today in math we worked with dimes and counting by 10s to identify how much cents we had with a given number of dimes!

Today our plane's destination was: Germany!!!

REMINDERS:

Christmas Program is next Thursday, December 19th!!! All students should be in their classroom by 6:50p.m.
Boy dress code: school pants and black shoes with a dress shirt
Girl dress code: Sunday dress, must have sleeves
Christ Child Mass is next Friday, December 20th!

Friday, December 20th is the beginning of our Christmas Holiday and we have EARLY DISMISSAL at 12 p.m. there is NO lunch and NO ESD!!!

Yule Log Wednesday!

Passengers with a boarding ticket to France: All Aboard!!!!!

Tomorrow is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in which we will attend mass at 8:00 a.m.  Please make sure your child is at school by 7:45 to be ready for Mass!  Reminders: jumpers are to be worn by girls!

Homework tonight is 'Rr' handwriting and reading sight words!

REMINDERS:

Blue wednesday folders come home today!! A LOT of important information to carefully read over!

Christmas Program is next Thursday, December 19th!!! All students should be in their classroom by 6:50p.m.
Boy dress code: school pants and black shoes with a dress shirt
Girl dress code: Sunday dress, must have sleeves

Friday, December 20th is the beginning of our Christmas Holiday and we have EARLY DISMISSAL at 12 p.m. there is NO lunch and NO ESD!!!

Hello Again!!!

Back to school we go!!!

I hope you each stayed safe and warm throughout our time off due to the wintry weather and were able to enjoy restful peace and tranquility!!

I couldn't be MORE excited to be back in school as I have truly missed the kids and have been SO excited to start our new learning adventures together!!!

Since we were snowed in on Friday, which was the Feast of St. Nicholas, he may have visited your homes since he stopped by here and saw that no one was in school!  Thankfully, he knew we were here today and we heard he that he might stop by so we put a shoe outside of our classroom and he so graciously gave us a bag of goodies!! How kind and generous of him! The spirit of giving out of pure love and joy is definitely in the air!

This week is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom we will be learning about, along with St. Juan Diego!

This week, we will work with the letter 'Rr'!

In math, we are working on understanding 10s frames, dimes, counting to 100 by 10s, and number formation for numbers 1-100!

In science, we are continuing our work with animals as we differentiate between birds, reptiles, mammals and more to understand how each moves within their unique habitats!

I'm thrilled to say that we are starting our "Christmas Around the World" studies and scrapbooks!!! Each day, we will 'travel' to a  new country to learn about their Christmas traditions, how they are similar/different from our own, and experience a glimpse of their tradition through activities and taste tests!! Thanks to our class elf, Tinker McJingles, and the other elves from the North Pole, we have luggage to carry our passports, boarding tickets, and souvenirs along the way!!! 

'Flight to Mexico will depart at approximately 1:00 p.m. for St. Luke Kindergarten Class!  Please have your tickets ready to board the plane in order to learn about the Christmas traditions celebrated at your destination!'

Homework tonight includes handwriting numbers 1-20!!

As we now have two candles lit on our Advent wreath, may we all truly reflect on the true miracle that we are awaiting and how we can prepare in all areas of life to be ready to fully receive Him at the celebration of His birth on Christmas!  May the joy, hope, love, and presence of the Lord be present now more than ever for you and your loved ones!!!

REMINDERS:
TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY is our breakfast with Santa!!!

Warm Wednesday!!

It was such a beautiful day today!! We definitely enjoyed the warm weather!

Today in math we worked with our geoboards to learn about line segments!!

We discovered our new sight word: of

For religion, we prayed a prayer to prepare ourselves to be ready for Jesus' birthday!! We also began discussion about St. Nicholas!

In science, we investigated insects more thoroughly to identify the head, thorax, and abdomen of insects!

In social studies we are still learning more about different Native American tribes to compare and contrast them!

FYI:
I will not be present at school tomorrow due to a meeting I will be attending.  There will be a substitute with the Kindergartners who works in ESD and is familiar with the kids! 

REMINDERS:

Blue Wednesday folders come home today!!! PLEASE read over information carefully as there is a lot of upcoming events and news to be aware of!!

Making Connections!

We were very excited to see that Tinker McJingles came back from the North Pole last night as we found him in our math center with our linking cubes! He made an ABB pattern with 22 blocks for us to countdown to Christmas with!

Today was filled with learning and working together to extend our understandings in each subject!!

The kindergartners are doing a marvelous job making connections across all subject areas as they come across new undesrstandings!

Tonight's homework is 'Ff' handwriting.  Please work with your child as they do this in order to encourage correct letter formation of the letters!!

Let us be ever thankful as we continue to count our blessings!

Thankful to be Back!

It's great to be back in school together to learn!! We each had so much to share with one another today!

Today we began work with the consonant 'f'!

In math, we learned about cubes and a dot cube (or dice)!

In science this week, we will be learning more about animals and their characteristics as we investigate insects and bugs!

In social studies, we will be learning about different Native American tribes to answer some of our questions from our K-W-L chart!

To prepare for Christmas, we are learning about Advent in religion this week as the first day of Advent was celebrated yesterday!  Each child is bringing home an Advent calendar for activities for you to do and/or discuss each day to reflect on preparing for Christmas and spreading joy and love everywhere!

Today we were very excited to find out that there is an elf named Tinker McJingles who has been assigned to our classroom from the North pole!  He brought us a bucket of Christmas books and ornaments to decorate our classroom tree!

FYI: Baby pictures are being brought home today! Thank you for allowing your child to share them with us to learn how we grow and change!!

Thanksgiving Mass Tuesday!

Today we had a beautiful Mass to start our day off in which we each put a can up on the alter as an offering!

Today we practiced retelling the story of Thanksgiving, wrote about and drew our own Thanksgiving, imagined what our Thanksgiving would be like using our 5 senses, and worked together to do math and literacy activities!

Our total can collection for the St. Luke Food Pantry is 73!!! It is so encouraging to acknowledge all of the generosity and giving experienced throughout the process!!  Thank you to each of you who contributed!! 

A big round of applause goes out to Pre-K 3 for bringing in 104 cans!! Amazing job!

I pray that each of you and your families have a most blessed Thanksgiving holiday!! There is truly so much to be thankful for!! May your Thanksgiving break be filled with joy, love, and thanks!!

Preparing for Thanksgiving!!

Today we had a prepful and exciting day preparing for Thanksgiving!!

It is so encouraging to acknowledge all of the things that we are thankful for every day because of God's gracious blessings!

Ask your child about the story of Thanksgiving storybead bracelet they are bringing home!!

We are up to 69 cans!!! The giving is more than generous and we are all thankful for that!

FYI: No Bingo Dot sheets are being sent home this week!

Tomorrow we have the Thanksgiving Food Drive Mass at 8:00!!! Please make sure your child is on time to school at 7:45!

REMINDERS:

Our Thanksgiving break is from Wednesday, November 27th-December 1st

Fabulous Friday!

Brrrrrr! What a breathtaking (or take your breath away) chilly Friday!!

In our SecondStep guidance today we learned about accidents and when things happen, but they're not on purpose.  We practiced how to respond to accidents and how to handle them with our friends!

Today we listened to The First Thanksgiving to retell the story in order to learn the relationship between the Indians and Pilgrims!

In math today, we worked with placing objects (our shoes!) on a larger sized graph to read the graph to identify the most and fewest!

We practiced our Christmas song again today in music and our Spanish teachers came for a lesson!!

We had a fantastic day learning together!!

Your child has homework this weekend to build a Tepee!!! The model is on a piece of paper, but you and your family can decorate however you wish to!! Once we all have created one, we will have a tepee village in our classroom! We are truly enjoying learning about the Native Americans and life long ago!

We are still collecting cans!!! We are up to 63!! We will collect cans through next Tuesday!

I hope you each have a warm and safe weekend!! May God's blessings be overflowing for you and your families!!!


FYI: We DO have school next Monday and Tuesday!!! We do NOT have school Wednesday-Friday in order to celebrate Thanksgiving!!

Misting Thursday!!

The mist today was very coincidental as many of us did not know what mist was so we were able to feel it and then work with the word mist since we added it to our word worm today!

We are working on identifying sounds and letters at the beginning and end of words! 

In math today, we continued our work with geoboard shapes!

We learned more about hibernation today and why/how animals hibernate!!

In religion today, we learned more about being thankful, the importance of saying "Thank you!", and discussed the meaning of a 'horn of plenty!'

Today in social studies we started learning about Native Americans!!

We are now up to 62 cans!!!

FYI: We DO have school next Monday and Tuesday!!! We do NOT have school Wednesday-Friday in order to celebrate Thanksgiving!!

Wonderful Wednesday Thanksgiving Luncheon!

What a wonderful Thanksgiving Luncheon Feast we had today!! It was such a special opportunity to share in thanksgiving together!

Today we worked with consonant blends (just like putting two letters and their sounds into a blender to blend them to make one sound)!

In math, we worked with geoboards to work on our shapes!

Fitting in perfectly with giving thanks around a wonderful meal together today, we talked about the 'Grace Before Meals' prayer that we pray every time before we eat to thank God for the food He blesses us with!

In science, we learned about forest animals and hibernation!

We used our imaginations in social studies today to write and draw about if we lived long ago!

Our food collection is now: 59!!! The giving is spreading and is truly amazing!

FYI: There are NO Wednesday folders being sent home today.

Totally Tuesday!

Today at St. Luke Catholic School in kindergarten we:

Worked with making and identifying ABB patterns!

Practiced counting and identifying numbers 1-100!

Blended two and three letters and their sounds to make consonant blends!

Practiced 's' letter and sound work!

Listened to 'The Thankful Man' from our Child's Bible to hear about the story of Jesus healing 10 men and only one returning to say "Thank you!"

Discussed similartities and differences between life long ago to now and the changes related to tasks such as cooking and traveling!

REMINDERS:

TOMORROW is the Thanksgiving Luncheon!!! Twelve Oaks will NOT be serving lunch! This means you must pay for your child to have the Thanksgiving Luncheon or have your child bring their own lunch to school!!

Tomorrow is also picture retakes!!

We are up to 42 cans for our Food Drive!!! We are still collecting to help the St. Luke Food Pantry!!

Magnificent Monday!!!

The sun is shining bright for us today as we learn about the letter 's' and our new keyword is 'sun!'

In science this week, we will be learning about the needs of animals and their relationships within their own habitats!

In social studies, we will be learning about the differences in life long ago to our present time!

'Thanking is Good!' is our theme in religion this week as we acknowledge all that we are thankful for as we near Thanksgiving!!

Our Spanish teachers came today for a lesson with us!!

Our pumpkin sprouts are growing bigger and bigger each day!!  After seeing its growth over the weekend, many of us said, "It looks like a forest!"

REMINDERS:

Please sign and return progress reports if you have not already done so!

WEDNESDAY is our Thanksgiving Luncheon!!! Money for lunch must be sent in for your child, along with any adults that will be present, or your child must bring their own lunch since Twelve Oaks will NOT be serving lunch that day!

Picture retakes are Wednesday!!!

We are still collecting canned and boxed food items that are not expired!! We are up to 19 cans now!!!

Friendly Friday

The gorgeous warmth is back!! I hope you each are able to enjoy the half day off from school!

Today we had Mass and went to music, which reminded us all to be studying our Christmas song for the performance!!!

Through our guidance today, we worked with identifying the same and different feelings that one might experience for the same scenarios!

I would like to send out a big heartfelt "THANK YOU!" to each of you who supported our classroom by buying books on our wish list from the book fair!  Books are the best gift!!!

May God Bless each of you and your loved ones!

REMINDERS:

Thanksgiving Luncheon is this coming WEDNESDAY!!! Twelve Oaks will NOT be providing lunch that day so please send in money for your child to purchase the Thanksgiving lunch or plan to bring their own lunch!!

Picture Retakes are Wednesday!!

We are still collecting our canned food/boxed food items as a class to support the St. Luke Food Pantry!!!  We currently have 15 cans!  The Preschool is doing a marvelous job and has 89 cans----it's all about the giving!!

Thrilling Thursday!!

We had computers, library, and visited the Book Fair today!

In math today we worked with our balance to test our predictions and determine objects that weigh more and less!

For religion, we recalled our Baptism and growing to be more like Jesus as we are Christians--we love the song "They'll Know We are Christians!"

We have been working very hard on our writing to share ideas and write about concepts that we have learned!

In science, we discussed the different habitats for animals and made an illustration for a forest, ocean, farm, and desert!

Tonight your child has Math homework to practice handwriting for the number 6-10!!

THANK YOU for all that you do to support your child, our class, and our school as we all learn and grow together!!!

REMINDERS:

Please SIGN and RETURN Progress Reports if you have not already done so!!!

Don't forget the Thanksgiving Luncheon sign up sheet!!! This is one special opportunity for you and your child to take part in together as we give thanks as a school community! PLEASE fill out the RSVP paper and send back to school with enclosed amount of money!! 

Book Fair is still going on!!!

TONIGHT there is a PTP Meeting at 7:00p.m.

TOMORROW: EARLY DISMISSAL!! There will be lunch and ESD.

We are still collecting our canned food/boxed food items as a class to support the St. Luke Food Pantry!!!

What a Day!

Today we had a very busy day in which we worked with identifying patterns as AB or not AB patterns, identifying nocturnal and diurnal animals, completing our 'Where We Live' books as we finished with the Earth, identified our new sight word 'to,' and started work with a decodable reader called 'Hop on Mom'! 

REMINDERS:

BLUE WEDNESDAY FOLDERS come home today that have very important information inside for you to read over carefully and return necessary items.  PROGRESS REPORTS are coming home today for you to look over, sign, and send back to school with your child by TOMORROW please!!!  If you have any questions/concerns, please feel free to contact me! 

Inside the Wednesday Folders is the Thanksgiving Luncheon sign up sheet!!! This is one special opportunity for you and your child to take part in together as we give thanks as a school community! PLEASE fill out the RSVP paper and send back to school with enclosed amount of money!! 

We will be visiting the Book Fair again tomorrow to purchase books that are on our Wish Lists.  If you would like for your child to purchase books at this time, please send in their Wish List with money for the amount of books they wish to purchase!

TOMORROW there is a PTP Meeting at 7:00p.m.


EARLY DISMISSAL is this FRIDAY!! There will be lunch and ESD.

We are still collecting our canned food/boxed food items as a class to support the St. Luke Food Pantry!!!

Windy Tuesday!!!

Thankfully the sun was shining bright today even though it was so windy!!

Today we continued our work with the two sounds that 'i' makes.  We also began work with a new concept: twin consonants.  We worked with the words hill, inn, and mitt to acknowledge the short 'i' followed by consonants with which we mark with a breve.  We then crossed out the second consonant in each word to remind ourseleves that we only pronounce the consonant once.

We are working very hard in our math and literacy centers!!

Our pumpkin sprouts are growing even bigger, which goes along with what we're learning about in religion: how each of us grows and growing is good to be more like Jesus, growing and living as Christians!!


REMINDERS:

BOOK FAIR is this week!!!

PTP Meeting this Thursday, November 14th at 7:00p.m. in the Parish Hall!!!

Friday is a HALF DAY of school!! There will be lunch and ESD!

During the month of November, we are encouraging each child and family to support the ARK: St. Luke Catholic Food Pantry by bringing in canned/non-perishable food items!! This can include any canned food item such as vegetables, fruit, tuna, peanut butter, etc. or boxed items to include pasta and microwavable meals! Just as God has provided us, we are called to help others in need and to be the giving hands of Jesus! This is such an unique opportunity for you and your family to count your blessings, help others, and join in thanksgiving during this time of year!! Just imagine the impact we could make in others' lives if each day we each brought in at least 1 item for the collection!!! There is no limit to giving!!

The Thanksgiving Luncheon is Wednesday, November 20th!!! This is a very special event to share in and be a part of as a school family!! Please fill out and return the Thanksgiving Luncheon form with money amount to pay for the number of people in attendance!!

We Meet Again, Monday!!!

Today our special class was Computers and we got to visit the Book Fair!!! We each made a list with the prices for the books that we would love to get.  We will be visiting the Book Fair again on Thursday, so if you would like to send money in with your child to purchase the items on their list, please send it with them on THURSDAY!!!

Today we began work with a new vowel: 'i'

We learned about Veteran's Day and why each of us was dressed in red, white, and blue!!  We truly are thankful for all that have served and are serving our country!!

This week in science we will be working with identifying animals, their different characteristics, and their habitats!

In social studies, we are wrapping up our work about 'Where We Live' as we will be discussing the Earth!

In math this week, we will be working with the number 9 and continuing our work with pennies, patterns, and a new concept: weighing to compare weights or more and less!

Your child has a Reading Practice sheet tonight for their homework for you to read with them and work with the words.  Please mark off the words your child can read to you.  Practice with these words is encouraged every day!  This practice can be done through finding/recognizing in books/magazines/lists/etc., writing, and making the words with different objects such as food items or small objects to include buttons.

REMINDERS:

BOOK FAIR is this week!!!

PTP Meeting this Thursday, November 14th at 7:00p.m. in the Parish Hall!!!

Friday is a HALF DAY of school!! There will be lunch and ESD!

During the month of November, we are encouraging each child and family to support the ARK: St. Luke Catholic Food Pantry by bringing in canned/non-perishable food items!! This can include any canned food item such as vegetables, fruit, tuna, peanut butter, etc. or boxed items to include pasta and microwavable meals! Just as God has provided us, we are called to help others in need and to be the giving hands of Jesus! This is such an unique opportunity for you and your family to count your blessings, help others, and join in thanksgiving during this time of year!! Just imagine the impact we could make in others' lives if each day we each brought in at least 1 item for the collection!!! There is no limit to giving!!

The Thanksgiving Luncheon is Wednesday, November 20th!!! This is a very special event to share in and be a part of as a school family!! Please fill out and return the Thanksgiving Luncheon form with money amount to pay for the number of people in attendance!!

What a Gorgeous Friday!

We did such a wonderful job showing reverence and participating in Mass today!! As a class, we received 1 big warm fuzzy!!

We were quick to notice new words on our word worm to include: mop, lamp, ham, and hat!

In our SecondStep guidance lesson today, we worked with identifying the feeling of anger and learned what it means to show empathy!

Today we retold the story of If You Give a Moose a Muffin in order to illustrate and write about something that we would give a moose!! We worked hard to put all of our work together to make a class story!

We are working hard solving problems in math using linking cubes to act out, draw, and explain the process of how we solved the problem!

Our Spanish teachers also came today!!

Our pumpkin seeds/sprouts have been replanted and are now basking in the sunlight in our classroom to see if a pumpkin vine will grow!! We are waiting patiently as we make observations each today in hopes of a blossom from our sprouts!!

We had more students receive their 1st and even 2nd free ice cream treats from Braums as they have been logging the books they have read and brought in their Braums Book Buddy pamphlet to receive their stickers!!!

Our food basket is getting fuller as we are bringing in food items for the Food Pantry!! What a beautiful act of thanking God for our blessings while having a giving hand towards others!

I hope you each have a blessed weekend enjoying the beauty that God has provided us this fall in the company of loved ones!!

REMINDERS:

TONIGHT is MOVIE NIGHT!!! Food concessions will open at 6:00p.m. and the movie will start at 7:00p.m. A fun filled night is to be had by all so come in your pajamas, bring a blanket (chairs for adults), and enjoy the movie 'Epic!' Admission is 1 canned food item (not expired) which will benefit the St. Luke Food Pantry! What a great way to spend quality time together as a family, all while making a positive impact on the community!!

MONDAY is Veteran's Day and in observance of Veteran's Day we will have a dress down day in which red, white, and blue can be worn!!  NO skinny jeans or logos on shirts please!

Please be aware of the changing weather!! Please make sure your child is coming to school with a sweater/sweatshirt and is prepared to be bundled well to stay warm and healthy!

During the month of November, we are encouraging each child and family to support the ARK: St. Luke Catholic Food Pantry by bringing in canned/non-perishable food items!! This can include any canned food item such as vegetables, fruit, tuna, peanut butter, etc. or boxed items to include pasta and microwavable meals! Just as God has provided us, we are called to help others in need and to be the giving hands of Jesus! This is such an unique opportunity for you and your family to count your blessings, help others, and join in thanksgiving during this time of year!! Just imagine the impact we could make in others' lives if each day we each brought in at least 1 item for the collection!!! There is no limit to giving!!


Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!

The Thanksgiving Luncheon is Wednesday, November 20th!!! This is a very special event to share in and be a part of as a school family!! Please fill out and return the Thanksgiving Luncheon form with money amount to pay for the number of people in attendance!!

Yesterday was Wednesday, Today is Thursday, Tomorrow is Friday!

What a gorgeous fall day!!! God is so great to us!

Today we had computers and library!

We continued our work with solving problems in math and working together in our math centers!  We did a rhyme bounce and alphabet roll practice with a partner today-such great effort and team work was present!  We read another circle story by Laura Numeroff, If You Give a Moose a Muffin to discuss the cause and effect events!  In science, we were able to identify many shadows as the sun was shining bright and we made sidewalk chalk shadows!  In social studies, we recalled the state we live in as Texas, and identified it within the whole United States!

As we have been sharing and recognizing all of the ways that God made us each uniquely wonderful, we took part in an "I'm wonderful!" march!

REMINDERS:

Please be aware of the changing weather!! Please make sure your child is coming to school with a sweater/sweatshirt and is prepared to be bundled well to stay warm and healthy!

During the month of November, we are encouraging each child and family to support the ARK: St. Luke Catholic Food Pantry by bringing in canned/non-perishable food items!! This can include any canned food item such as vegetables, fruit, tuna, peanut butter, etc. or boxed items to include pasta and microwavable meals! Just as God has provided us, we are called to help others in need and to be the giving hands of Jesus! This is such an unique opportunity for you and your family to count your blessings, help others, and join in thanksgiving during this time of year!! Just imagine the impact we could make in others' lives if each day we each brought in at least 1 item for the collection!!! There is no limit to giving!!
Movie night is Friday, November 8th!! Food concessions will open at 6:00p.m. and the movie will start at 7:00p.m.  A fun filled night is to be had by all so come in your pajamas, bring a blanket (chairs for adults), and enjoy the movie 'Epic!'   Admission is 1 canned food item (not expired) which will benefit the St. Luke Food Pantry!  What a great way to spend quality time together as a family, all while making a positive impact on the community!!

Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!

The Thanksgiving Luncheon is Wednesday, November 20th!!!  This is a very special event to share in and be a part of as a school family!!  Please fill out and return the Thanksgiving Luncheon form with money amount to pay for the number of people in attendance!!

Welcome Sunny Wednesday!!

Our meteorologist was very excited to be able to change the weather today as the sun came out to shine!!!

Today we worked with identifying vowels and the number of syllables in a word.  We listened to Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash to write and illustrate what we would hang up first, next, and last!

In math, we are learning how to listen to a given problem, act it out using manipulatives such as linking cubes, and then drawing out the problem to show how we solved it!

Unlike the cold weather that has come our way, we are learning about heat from the sun to acknowledge the sun as a source of heat and light!!

Today in social studies we learned about the state we live in: Texas!  We are working on identifying the differences and relationship between our neighborhoods and state!

Tonight your child has number handwriting homework for numbers 1-20!

Please make sure you are logging your reading with your child each night and send to school their Braums Book Buddy card to receive stickers for the books they have read!!

REMINDERS:

Wednesday Folders come home today!! Please read over all papers carefully!

Please be aware of the changing weather!! Please make sure your child is coming to school with a sweater/sweatshirt and is prepared to be bundled well to stay warm and healthy!

During the month of November, we are encouraging each child and family to support the ARK: St. Luke Catholic Food Pantry by bringing in canned/non-perishable food items!! This can include any canned food item such as vegetables, fruit, tuna, peanut butter, etc. or boxed items to include pasta and microwavable meals! Just as God has provided us, we are called to help others in need and to be the giving hands of Jesus! This is such an unique opportunity for you and your family to count your blessings, help others, and join in thanksgiving during this time of year!! Just imagine the impact we could make in others' lives if each day we each brought in at least 1 item for the collection!!! There is no limit to giving!!

Movie night is this coming Friday, November 8th!! Food concessions will open at 6:00p.m. and the movie will start at 7:00p.m. Admission is 1 canned food item (not expired)!

Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!

Another Tuesday in Kindergarten!

Today in math we worked more with identifying shapes according to 3 attributes (color, shape, and size) to choose the shape that did not belong in a group.  We are also working very hard on identifying numbers and rote counting! 

We learned the formation of the upper case ‘M’ and how to identify if a sound is heard at the beginning, end, or in the middle of a word using our letter tiles. 

In social studies, we worked more with identifying the places we live and how they can be different for people around the world.  We talked about transportation, moving from one place to the next in our neighborhoods.

REMINDERS:

Please be aware of the changing weather!! Tomorrow the weather is forecasted to be much colder so please make sure your child is coming to school with a sweater/sweatshirt and is prepared to be bundled well to stay warm and healthy!
During the month of November, we are encouraging each child and family to support the ARK: St. Luke Catholic Food Pantry by bringing in canned/non-perishable food items!! This can include any canned food item such as vegetables, fruit, tuna, peanut butter, etc. or boxed items to include pasta and microwavable meals!  Just as God has provided us, we are called to help others in need and to be the giving hands of Jesus!  This is such an unique opportunity for you and your family to count your blessings, help others, and join in thanksgiving during this time of year!! Just imagine the impact we could make in others' lives if each day we each brought in at least 1 item for the collection!!! There is no limit to giving!!

Movie night is this coming Friday, November 8th!! Food concessions will open at 6:00p.m. and the movie will start at 7:00p.m.  Admission is 1 canned food item (not expired)!

Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!

More Than Amazing Monday!!

Wow! What a marvelous Monday in kindergarten!!  We began our morning by saying the prayer and pledge as a class for the school and did an outstanding job!  We then worked very hard in computers and were proud to say that we stepped up to assist friends when help was needed!

Today we began work with our new letter 'Mm!'  We are so excited about all of the new words we can make using the letter 'm!'

We worked extra hard in math today with money work and addition!

In religion this week, we are learning about how God made us each wonderful in our own ways and how we have special traits and talents that God gave us to use and share!

Even though it was cloudy today and the sun was not out, we are learning about the sun and its ability to make shadows as it is a source of heat and light!

Today our Spanish teachers came for some extra time to do a lesson with us!

There is such a wonderful sense of classroom community in our kindergarten class and today we did such a wonderful job of working and learning together as we helped each other in numerous ways that we reached the 2nd line on our 'Warm Fuzzy Jar!'  The class was able to choose a song to enjoy listening to, and their class choice was 'Mr. Sun!'  We also listened to 'Down by the Bay' and 'Brush Your Teeth' as time allowed :)

IMPORTANT: 

Parents: There is a survey coming home with your child that must be completed TONIGHT and returned TOMORROW!!! Please make sure you take the time to complete the survey and send back to school tomorrow with your child!! Thank you!

Movie night is this coming Friday, November 8th!! Food concessions will open at 6:00p.m. and the movie will start at 7:00p.m.  Admission is 1 canned food item (not expired)!

Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!

Living Like Saints

It was so wonderful seeing so many of you at the Halloween Festival last night!!

Today was such a beautiful day to celebrate All Saints Day and to keep in mind All Souls Day that is tomorrow!  Living like saints and following the Golden Rule is present every day in our classroom!

We had music today which is a reminder to be practicing the Christmas song and lyrics at home with your child!

In math, we worked with a number line and counting bears to identify numbers before, after, and inbetween a given number.

We added 'ant, plant, tan, pan, nap, on, an, not' to our Word Worm!!

Our SecondStep Guidance lesson involved acknowledging the feelings of afraid/scared and interested.

We read The Perfect Nest to identify the beginning, middle, and end story parts, along with predicting what we thought would happen next if the story went on!

Our outreach Spanish teachers also came to do a lesson with us today!

It was a busy, but cheerful and wonderfully sunny day!  I hope you each have a terrific weekend enjoying the many blessings that are all around!

REMINDERS:

For the next two weeks, we will be doing morning prayer and pledge for the school!  We will be leaving our classroom at 7:55a.m. each morning to say the prayer and pledge as a class!

Happy Halloween!

There is definitely Halloween excitement in the air today!!

After reading a festive book, we did a writing prompt to write and illustrate what costume each of us was going to be!

We are working with our digital and analog clocks to identify different times!

We also worked with our word parts, syllables, to identify how many syllables are in words by clapping for each syllable.

In religion today, we learned more about the saints and the celebrations of All Saints Day and All Souls day that will take place tomorrow!!

In social studies, we learned more from Ty the Turtle about maps and rooms within a building, such as our school!

In science, we expanded our learning of the phases of the moon as we worked with Oreos as a group to make the different phases to include new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full!

REMINDERS:

TONIGHT is the Halloween Festival from 5:30-7:30!!! Come out to enjoy fun games, candy, and Halloween fun!! Hope to see you there!

TOMORROW we have Mass and due to it being a Holy Day of Obligation, we will arrive at Mass early so we will leave our classroom promptly at 7:50 a.m.  Please make sure your child is at school and has used the restroom by 7:45a.m.

TOMORROW is All Saints Day in which your child may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!! Your child will wear their Saint's costume OVER THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM as we will be taking the costume dress off after Mass.

PLEASE send back to school the signed permission sheets for the video taping of students learning for the outreach Spanish teachers' lesson!!!

Please make sure you have texted or emailed for the Remind101!!!
Text: 469-518-3975 the message: @stlukeca
Email: Send an email to: stlukeca@mail.remind101.com

Hard Working Wednesday!

As we have been learning about and identifying the differences in day and night, along with the time of day, the weather and dark mornings have created ongoing discussions as we try to better understand what time of day it is and how to differentiate between day and night when observing the weather patterns.

In math today we worked with ordinal positions as we are using the words: first, second, third, fourth.

We have been discussing saints and the saints we are dressing up as to celebrate All Saints Day on Friday! Today we talked about how saints lived and the Golden Rule!

In science, we are working with the different phases of the moon, identifying what a new, full, crescent, and quarter moon look like.

In social studies, as we have been acknowledging the differences in our families and homes, we started work on a foldable to make a demonstration of our own home.

Today we had the special opportunity to view a play/skit put on by Jesuit high schoolers regarding acceptance and standing up for oneself!

Tonight your child has 'Nn' handwriting homework!

Reading with your child every night should be logged on the reading logs!! Remember: Reading with your child is one of the most precious gifts you can give them!

REMINDERS:
PLEASE send back to school the signed permission sheets for the video taping of students learning for the outreach Spanish teachers' lesson!!!

SCHOLASTIC ORDERS are due tomorrow!!! It is very easy to place orders online!

Please make sure you have texted or emailed for the Remind101!!!
Text: 469-518-3975 the message: @stlukeca
Email: Send an email to: stlukeca@mail.remind101.com

Halloween Festival is Thursday, October 31st from 5:30-7:30p.m. It's a great time to dress up and bring the kids for safe and fun family games and treats to celebrate Halloween!

Please remember to talk with your child about All Saints Day on November 1st, THIS FRIDAY, in which they may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!! Your child will wear their Saint's costume OVER THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM as we will be taking the costume dress off after Mass.

Along with All Saints Day, we will be celebrating All Souls Day on FRIDAY in which your child may bring in a picture of a person who has passed with which we would remember specially for All Souls Day. Please put your child's name on the back of the picture.

Windy Tuesday!

Today we began work with telling time using digital and analog clocks, focused on the formation of writing the uppercase 'n' and new words that we can make using the letters we've investiagated thus far,  introduced Ty the Turtle to our kindergarten class as he joined us to help us learn in Social Studies to use maps to discuss the different places we can go and visit within our community, and learned about specific saints as we prepare to celebrate All Saints Day!!

Our hard work and efforts in trying to grow a pumpkin have paid off as we observed a sprout growing today!!! We have been observing our pumpkin ever since we planted it and have been watering it, waiting for a sprout to pop up and it finally did!!  We are now anxious to see if a pumpkin vine and blossom will form!

Tonight your child has their first and last name handwriting homework!! Please discuss with them which name is their first and last name, along with acknowledging uppercase and lowercase letters and their formation on the handwriting papers.


Reading with your child every night should be logged on the reading logs!!  Remember: Reading with your child is one of the most precious gifts you can give them!

REMINDERS:

Please make sure you have texted or emailed for the Remind101!!!
Text: 469-518-3975 the message: @stlukeca
Email: Send an email to: stlukeca@mail.remind101.com

Halloween Festival is Thursday, October 31st from 5:30-7:30p.m. It's a great time to dress up and bring the kids for safe and fun family games and treats to celebrate Halloween!

Please remember to talk with your child about All Saints Day on November 1st, THIS FRIDAY, in which they may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!! Your child will wear their Saint's costume OVER THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM as we will be taking the costume dress off after Mass.

Along with All Saints Day, we will be celebrating All Souls Day on FRIDAY in which your child may bring in a picture of a person who has passed with which we would remember specially for All Souls Day. Please put your child's name on the back of the picture.

Back to school we go!

I hope each of you had an enjoyable and restful long weekend with moments to create special memories!

The kindergartners showed much concern for my hoarse voice today and had to have extra good listening ears to be able to hear and follow directions!!  

We learned the sound and sign language for our new letter 'n,'   and worked on our handwriting formation for the lower case 'n.'  We have been reviewing our previously investigated letters and today we worked on identifying where the 't' sound was heard in words (beginning, middle, or end).  We also worked with new words to include the word 'n' such as nap, pan, and ant!

Tonight, your child has a Reading Practice sheet for homework that includes reading the words we have been working with and sight words.

Today in math we worked with our pennies and penny pockets!!  There is an at home activity that you can keep and use at home with your child to reinforce our penny work!

In religion, we recalled God as our Father and each other as brothers and sisters within our church family.  We discussed the significance of the prayer "Our Father" and practiced praying it together!

In science we are investigating even more into the differences in day and night as we learned about stars and their characteristics!

PLEASE take note of important papers in your child's folder to read over carefully regarding health and wellness!!


Reading with your child every night should be logged on the reading logs!!

REMINDERS:

Halloween Festival is Thursday, October 31st from 5:30-7:30p.m.  It's a great time to dress up and bring the kids for safe and fun family games and treats to celebrate Halloween!

Please remember to talk with your child about All Saints Day on November 1st, THIS FRIDAY, in which they may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!! Your child will wear their Saint's costume OVER THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM as we will be taking the costume dress off after Mass.

Along with All Saints Day, we will be celebrating All Souls Day on FRIDAY in which your child may bring in a picture of a person who has passed with which we would remember specially for All Souls Day. Please put your child's name on the back of the picture.

Busy day!

Today we had a very busy day as we had our school pictures, visited the library to get new books, did matrix work in math, worked with new words for our Word Worm to include tag, gap, hat, lap, and pal, discovered new sight words to include the, a, and at, practiced being nocturnal animals such as bats to sort pictures into day and night on our NOW UP AND RUNNING SMARTBOARD, learned about animals in Spanish, and had Art!! We also got to celebrate how hard work during testing last week with popcorn from Mrs. Carruth!!! THANK YOU Mrs. Carruth for helping us celebrate doing a great job on our testing!

Parents: There are A LOT of germs going around and sickness (stomach, fever, cough, and even strep) is spreading fast.  We are doing our best to clean our room and our hands as often as possible, but germs are inevitably everywhere.  Please be aware of your child's health and how they are feeling so that we can do all that we can to avoid the germs and stay healthy!

REMINDERS:

TOMORROW, Thursday, is Parent Teacher Conferences!! Please be on time as the appointments are limited in their time!!

There is NO school Thursday and Friday this week! Have a restful, wonderful long weekend!

Please remember to talk with your child about All Saints Day on November 1st in which they may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!! Your child will wear their Saint's costume OVER THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM as we will be taking the costume dress off after Mass.

Along with All Saints Day, we will be celebrating All Souls Day in which your child may bring in a picture of a person who has passed with which we would remember specially for All Souls Day. Please put your child's name on the back of the picture.

Terrific Tuesday!

Today was very busy day working with the vowel 'a,'  pennies and number cards, identifying, drawing, and measuring our body parts to discuss their functions and how we've grown since we were babies, going to P.E., demonstrating caring and loving acts as a family does just as the Holy Family did, and working in our math and literacy centers!!

Your child has 'Aa' handwriting homework tonight!!

Also, please be filling out your reading log each night!

REMINDERS:
TOMORROW: Is picture day!!! Your child may be out of uniform and dressed for pictures, but they must be wearing tennis shoes!!!

Thursday is Parent Teacher Conferences and the reminder note regarding your scheduled time was sent home today!!

There is NO school Thursday and Friday this week!

Please remember to talk with your child about All Saints Day on November 1st in which they may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!!  Your child will wear their Saint's costume OVER THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM as we will be taking the costume dress off after Mass.

Along with All Saints Day, we will be celebrating All Souls Day in which your child may bring in a picture of a person who has passed with which we would remember specially for All Souls Day.  Please put your child's name on the back of the picture.

Routine Monday!!

We are back to our normal routine in Kindergarten this week and we were all very glad to have our visual schedule back!

We were very excited that we are learning about another vowel, 'a,' with our password being 'apple!'

In math, we are beginning our work with coins as we started working with pennies today!! Please note your child's math paper and do the activity at the bottom of the page!!

In science, we are comparing and contrasting day and night!

In religion this week, we are learning how we are part of our families and our church family with the Holy family as our role model to love and care for one another!

Your child received a new reading log today, please make sure you are reading with your child for at least 15 minutes each night and logging their activity!

REMINDERS:

Parent Teacher Conferences are this THURSDAY, October 24th!! PLEASE take note of your scheduled time!!

There is NO school Thursday and Friday this week for the students!

Please remember to talk with your child about All Saints Day on November 1st in which they may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!!

Proud Kindergartners!!!

We have worked so hard all week long and can successfully say we are finished with ITBS testing this week!!!

I could not be more proud of the effort shown by the students and the wonderful job they have done this week! 

I also couldn't be more proud of them for the loving classroom community that they have worked so hard to create in our classroom on a daily basis!! They are truly shining Jesus' light and love as they learn and work together!

Today we had an excellent time decorating our own cupcakes with blue frosting and blue and yellow sprinkles all by ourselves for the Feast of St. Luke!! We then enjoyed eating them amongst each other and sharing in such a special time!

We are still observing our pumpkin for any changes and signs of growth as we are watering and caring for it daily!!

 

Our Spanish teachers came today to teach us Spanish through games and activities!

We also had Music today in which we are working on learning our Christmas song for the Christmas pageant!  I will be sending home the lyrics and website for the recording sound of the song next week for you to practice at home with your child to prepare them for the pageant and for you to have the opportunity to take part in their learning process of such a wonderful event!

Please make sure you are reading with your child every night in order to record your reading stories and times on our reading logs!! The students are so excited to come in each day to share the stories they have at home!!

I hope you each have a wonderful and enjoyable weekend!!!

Special Reminders:

Each day is a new day for a miracle to be witnessed!

The light that shines from within a child is the true light of Christ!!

Embrace every moment--for every moment was given especially to you from God to see his beauty in everyone, everything, every where!!!

Please remember to talk with your child about All Saints Day on November 1st in which they may dress up for Mass as the Saint they are named after or a Saint that is special and significant to you and your family!!

Sunshine Thursday!!!!

Oh what a joy to see the sun shining bright and a beautiful day for the students to have time to enjoy the outdoor weather during another testing day!!!

We have been working hard in our literacy and math centers this week as we have been reviewing and extending our learning through hands-on activities!!

Today we used our last and 5th sense to investigate the pumpkin as we tasted the pumpkin seeds!! We finished our descriptions and illustrations of the inside and outside of a pumpkin!!

Nothing has sprouted yet from our experimentation growing of pumpkin seeds inside our class pumpkin!! It is currently soaking up the sun and we are hopeful to see sprouts soon!!

REMINDERS:

Tomorrow we have MASS at 8:00a.m.  Please make sure your child is at school at 7:45a.m. and has used the restroom just before coming to school so that we are ready to go to Mass on time!!

Tomorrow is our last day of ITBS testing, please send in 1 healthy snack for your child to have during testing!!

Oh happy day!!

We see the sunlight again after the refreshing rain!!!

On this Wednesday, we worked hard again to do our best on our ITBS Testing!!

We also had Art today!

Ask your child about our 5 senses dig into the inside of our pumpkin and how we are experimenting to grow pumpkins from the seeds!!

Also, ask your child what Saint we visited today in the church whose feast we will celebrate Friday!!  (**hint: The Saint our church and school community are named after!)


REMINDERS:

Wednesday Blue Folders are sent home today!! PLEASE READ all of the information provided on the bulletins and papers!! 

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE Schedule times were sent home today!! PLEASE make note of your time that you are scheduled for!

SCHOOL PICTURE FORMS were sent home today, please return back to school filled out!

Rainy Rainy Tuesday!

Another rainy day today, but we did get a chance to get outside in-between the rain for Team Relay Races after our hard work on ITBS Testing!!

To prepare for the feast of St. Luke on Friday, we are learning all about him and his wonderous works as a Saint and follower of Jesus this week!

Today we did more work with our pumpkin in our classroom to predict whether it would sink or float, experimenting, and then concluding that the pumpkin did FLOAT, but it turned upside down!! We also measured the height of our pumpkin using linking cubes after predicting how many linking cubes tall it would be.  It measured 17 linking cubes tall!!

REMINDERS:

TONIGHT is the Appreciation Dinner for Fall Festival at 6:00p.m. in the Parish Hall!!! Hope to see you there!!!

Please send in 1 healthy snack with your child each day this week for ITBS Testing!!

Rainy Monday!!

The kindergartners did WONDERFUL on their first day of ITBS testing!!! We worked very hard and remembered our number 1 rule: TRY OUR BEST!

Your child is bringing home their Reading Log which we will use each week!  Please read to your child for at least 15 minutes each night, record the books you read, choose a book to circle for your child to identify if they liked it or not, and then record the number of minutes you read with your initial!!  They will bring their log back to school each day!

REMINDERS:

Please send in 1 healthy snack with your child each day this week for them to have during testing!!

Fall Festival Volunteer Appreciation Dinner is tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.

ITBS Testing!

ITBS Testing will begin next week, Monday, October 14^th and will take place each day of the week in the morning through Friday, October 18th.  It is VERY IMPORTANT that your child is well-rested, has eaten a healthy breakfast before coming to school, and arrives at school on time at 7:45 a.m.

PLEASE send in ONE healthy snack each day next week with your child to have during the test break.  This could include fruits, vegetables, cheese and crackers, granola, etc.  This will ensure that your child is ready to show what they know during the test in the most comfortable environment as they are well-rested and have good energy from the food they have eaten!  THANK YOU!

Another Day in the Life of a Kindergartner!

Yet another busy learning day in Kindergarten!! We began our day with computers, followed by working with our number cards 0-10 to play math Bingo!

 To extend our learning with nursery rhymes and verses, along with rhyming words, we worked with the Five Little Pumpkins verse with actions!

We recalled the lifecycle of a pumpkin and how it grows to make a pop-up Lifecycle of  a Pumpkin sequence card!

We did a practice version of the ITBS testing that will take place next week to prepare ourselves!  We are working hard on remembering that the number 1 rule is to "TRY OUR BEST!"

REMINDERS:

TONIGHT: PTP Meeting at 7:00p.m. in the Parish Hall!!

TOMORROW: HALF-DAY of school!! There will be lunch served and ESD!

TOMORROW: We have Mass at 8:00a.m. so please make sure your child is at school and has already used the restroom by 7:45a.m.

Workful Wednesday!!

Today was a very busy day in Kindergarten!!!

In math we extended our learning with numbering 0-10 and counting forwards and backwards!  In science we are learning how a pumpkin grows and today we learned with Clifford! 

Today we enjoyed making predictions during a picture walk of The Big, BIG Pumpkin and then listening to the story to decide if our predictions were correct or not!

We have been practicing our Test Taking skills required to take a test: trying our best, listening to directions, being quiet, and filling in bubbles to show what we know!  We will continue practicing our Test Taking skills throughout this week to prepare for ITBS testing next week and to reinforce Test Taking skills that we will take with us throughout school!

Today we also enjoyed our time in Art!

Something VERY EXCITING that happened today in our Kindergarten classroom was our installation of the SmartBoard!!! We are waiting patiently for it to be all installed so that we can begin to use it!!!!

REMINDERS:

Wednesday folders and papers come home today with VERY IMPORTANT papers to be read over carefully and some returned to school including the Sign-Up Time Sheet for Progress Reports!! Please send this back to school tomorrow!!!

Included in the Wednesday papers is an updated Snack Schedule!! Please be prepared to provide snack for our classroom of 18 students during your assigned week!!

PTP Meeting Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

Half-Day of school Friday, October 11th!! There WILL be lunch and ESD!

PLEASE send in your child's baby picture to display in our classroom for a short time!!

Beautiful Tuesday!

The beautiful weather allowed us to have extra time outside today during P.E. which we loved!!

Our new letter this week is 'p' and "pig" is our password!  We are working with new word worm words to include: pop, hop, and top!  Today we learned how to unblend consonant sounds using the 'gl' and 'pl' consonant blends.

In math, we are working with how to identify different sized and colored shapes along with using our mathematical terms first, second, third, and fourth correctly!

In science, we are working with a real pumpkin (bigger than the small pumpkins we have in our science center) as we make observations, predictions, experiment, and record our findings!

We are recognizing how each of us has grown and are capable of different activities from when we were a baby to our present time in kindergarten!  We are realizing that we each change and grow in different ways!

Reminders:

PTP Meeting Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

Half-Day of school Friday, October 11th!! There WILL be lunch and ESD!

PLEASE send in your child's baby picture to display in our classroom for a short time by tomorrow, WEDNESDAY!! Thank you!!

Fabulous Friday!!!

What a fun-filled fabulous day in Kindergarten!! We began our day with Mass followed by the Blessing of the Animals (both alive and our stuffed animals)!  Our special class today was music!!

In our SecondStep guidance program today, we learned about being assertive when asking for help, but first trying ourselves, asking a friend, and then asking an adult for assistance!! Along with this, we discussed the respectful way to ask for help!

Today in math we worked with ordering numbers 1-10 using our number cards and identifying the missing number which was removed by our partners! 

We reviewed our learning of the letters we have so far investigated thoroughly and had a spelling test using shaving cream to include our Word Worm Words: log, hog, hot, lot, got, and tot!

We then read a train track poem and identified many consonant blends!!  We then made a Train Track snack to include our shapes of circles, rectangles, and squares!
                                 

The train slowly went down the track slickity slack.

The train shook down the track, shickity shack.

The train traveled down the track, trickity track.

The train chugged down the track,chickity chack.

The train plowed down the track, plicity plack.

The train creaked down the track, crickity crack.

The train whizzed down the track, whickity whack.

 

We had 2 visiting students from the University of Dallas which are part of the Foreign Language Outreach Program come to introduce themselves as they will be with us once a week for the next 10 weeks to teach us Spanish!!

We ended our day with the all-star Show-and-Share experience!!

We are ALL very excited for Fall Festival this weekend and look forward to seeing each other to celebrate the wonderful day in all of our St. Luke School, Church, and Community spirit!!!

**There was a note sent home today to inform you to please allow your child to bring in a picture of themselves as a baby to share with the class and to have posted in the classroom for a time period.  Please put your child's name on the back of the picture!! Thanks :)

Thrilling Thursday!!

In light of a thrilling Thursday, today we began learning about consonant blends!!! Blending two consonants together to produce one sound!  We talked about the process of putting two consonant sounds into a blender (such as th, pl, sl, bl, etc.)!  In math we worked with a new manipulative, different sized, colored, shaped, and number of holes on buttons to sort in all different ways determined by the students!!

We are working hard to complete our Family Circle Trees! 

Today we had computer, library, and had the special opportunity to watch the presentation of 'Cinderella' by Windy City Players!! We made predictions of the play beforehand comparing it to the 'Cinderella' story, participated in being a wonderful audience, and then discussed the differences in the play and the movie/book to decide upon our favorite parts!!

Tonight your child is bringing home 't' homework for them and you to decide what kind of 't' activities to participate in!  This is a great learning activity to do alongside your child as they come back to school and are so excited to share their experiences!!

Reminders:

Friday, October 4th there will be the Blessing for Animals after Mass in which parents may bring their pets to the church to be blessed. ALL pets must be on a leash/contained and will go back home with the parent after the blessing. If your family does NOT have a pet, your child may bring in a stuffed animal small enough to fit inside their backpack which can be blessed!

SELL and return those RAFFLE TICKETS for FALL FESTIVAL this weekend!!!!!

Mid-Week Wednesday

Today in math we worked with making AB patterns using our bodies to make rhythmic patterns such as shoulders, knees, shoulders, knees and stomp, clap, stomp, clap!

In religion, we focused on demonstrating a quiet body in order to have a quiet heart to listen and talk to God with.  We each chose our favorite quiet place to be still and talk with God!

In language, we explored more compound words as we were each a word and the last word had to be taken out (sit down) so that we were able to determine the first word in the compound word!

In science, we explored the wonderful world of gourds to learn with our senses using our sight and touch.  We determined how they were alike/different and then chose two to draw.  We then used our scientific tool: the BALANCE to determine which weighed more and less from the two we chose!!  We always love investigating and using our hands to learn!

We also had art today!!

Homework: Handwriting 'Tt' and complete Family Circles for our Family Circle Trees and return to school by tomorrow please!!

REMINDERS:
Blue Wednesday Folders come home today with Fall Festival sign-up times listed for our Kindergarten booth!! THANK YOU in advance for volunteering your time to work our booth and help make it a success!!


Friday, October 4th there will be the Blessing for Animals after Mass in which parents may bring their pets to the church to be blessed. ALL pets must be on a leash/contained and will go back home with the parent after the blessing. If your family does NOT have a pet, your child may bring in a stuffed animal small enough to fit inside their backpack which can be blessed!

Terrific Tuesday!!

Today was such a terrific day!!  We are all very excited that it is the 1st day of October!

We participated in the Living Rosary and each were able to place a flower in the vase on the alter for Mary!!

In Social Studies we are learning more about the diversity of our families in which your child is coming home with circles cut out for each family member.  Please have your child draw and label the name of each person in their family to return the circles to school for our Family Circle Trees!

There is also a Math lesson that is coming home tonight as homework!!

Reminders:

PLEASE SELL THOSE RAFFLE TICKETS!!!

Fall Festival is THIS COMING WEEKEND!


Friday, October 4th there will be the Blessing for Animals after Mass in which parents may bring their pets to the church to be blessed. ALL pets must be on a leash/contained and will go back home with the parent after the blessing. If your family does NOT have a pet, your child may bring in a stuffed animal small enough to fit inside their backpack which can be blessed.

Amazing Monday!!!

Today we had a most marvelous Monday!!

In math, we are extending our learning with shapes and recognizing similarities and differences between them including rectangle, circle, square, and triangle.

Our new letter we are learning about this week is 'T' and our new password is "TENT!" 

In science, we are falling into deeper investigations with fall and sorting different colored and shaped leaves!  Today we did an interactive sort and then compared leaves with a partner, recording our observations!!

We also practiced the Rosary today as we will be participating in the Living Rosary tomorrow at 9:00a.m.

REMINDERS:

PLEASE SELL THOSE RAFFLE TICKETS!!!

Fall Festival is THIS COMING WEEKEND!

How-To Thursday!

Today we had a lot of learning that included How-To activities!  In math we discovered how to cover already made pattern block designs by manipulating pattern blocks, we demonstrated how to have quiet and peaceful bodies during prayer to listen to and talk with God, and we learned how to make hot homemade hot applesauce!! There was a lot of preparation, measuring tools, and steps to follow in the recipe in which we all worked together to learn how apples turn into applesauce!  We had a tremondous day!!

Reminders:

Tomorrow, Friday is a HALF DAY of school!! School dismisses at 12:00 noon and there will be lunch and ESD.

Tuesday we will have a Living Rosary in which we will all gather to say the Rosary at 9:00 a.m. Families are more than welcome to attend and students may bring a Rosary to school with them.

Friday, October 4th there will be the Blessing for Animals after Mass in which parents may bring their pets to the church to be blessed. ALL pets must be on a leash/contained and will go back home with the parent after the blessing. If your family does NOT have a pet, your child may bring in a stuffed animal small enough to fit inside their backpack which can be blessed.

SELL those raffle tickets to help our class when the party and to support Fall Festival!!!

We are still in need of candy, 2 liter bottles of soda, and toys for prizes for Fall Festival!!! PLEASE bring to the school office to help us out!!!

Oh, what a wonderful Wednesday!!

Today we extended our learning with rhymes, vowel/consonant work, the letter 'h' and our spelling words!  We also worked with math words "First, Second, Third, and Fourth."  We visited the church to practice how we have a quiet heart to be with Jesus and talk to Him through prayer wherein we actually heard Jesus speaking back to us!  In science, we all began as pips (or apple seeds) to find out how we grew into apples and did an apple sequencing activity!  We are acknowledging our new season of fall more and more every day as we observe all of the fallen leaves and acorns!

Reminders:

Wednesday folders come home today! Please return by tomorrow!

Tuesday we will have a Living Rosary in which we will all gather to say the Rosary at 9:00 a.m.  Families are more than welcome to attend and students may bring a Rosary to school with them.

Friday, October 4th there will be the Blessing for Animals after Mass in which parents may bring their pets to the church to be blessed.  ALL pets must be on a leash/contained and will go back home with the parent after the blessing.  If your family does NOT have a pet, your child may bring in a stuffed animal small enough to fit inside their backpack which can be blessed.

SELL those raffle tickets!!!!!!

Tuesday the 24th!

Today we extended our learning with the letter 'h,' a new spelling word: hog, adding and subtracting in math, dressing persons for specific seasons, and practiced having a quiet heart and prayer posture in religion!  We also had PE today!!

Reminders:

Friday is a HALF-DAY of school.  There will be lunch and ESD!

Hello Monday!

Important REMINDERS:

HOMEWORK is being sent home tonight for students to write their first and last names 3 times after tracing their names!!

PLEASE check your child's yellow folder daily!

SET will be held Wednesday at 6:30 in the Family Life Center!!

Sell those raffle tickets for Fall Festival!!

Friday is a half-day of school!! There will be lunch and ESD.


Today we began our work with the letter 'Hh'!

We continued discussing compound words and were each made into a compound word with a partner!

In religion, we are working on having QUIET bodies for God and prayerful postures.

In science this week, we will be discussing apples and the process of their life cycle and how scientists can use their senses and other tools to learn about them! We are also celebrating and working with the new season of fall!

In math, we are extending our work with AB patterns along with adding and subtracting!!

It's going to be a wonderful week!!