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!