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.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
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!!
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!!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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!!
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!!
Friday, October 4, 2013
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!
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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!
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 :)
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!
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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 :)
Thursday, October 3, 2013
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!!!!!
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!!!!!
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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!
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!
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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.
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.
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