indergarten News

Last updated January 17, 2011

 

 Our 100th day of school is Friday, January 28th.  We will celebrate our 100th day with many activities.  (More information will come next week.)  One of our traditions is to wear 100th day shirts.  So you have some homework to do over the next few weeks!  J  Students (of course parents should help) should create a shirt with 100 items on it.  In the past, students have put 100 buttons, ribbons, jewels, etc. on their shirts.  Please be as creative as you can be!  The one item I ask that you do not use is stickers.  They fall off of the shirts throughout the day and are almost impossible to get off of the floor.  On January 28th we will all wear our 100th day shirts to school!

        I have a few house keeping items.  With the wonderful snow we have received, many students have been wearing boots to school.  If your child wears boots to school, please be sure that they have tennis shoes to change into wear they get to the classroom. 

Also, I know the snow has made getting to school some days difficult, but please be on time to school.  As a reminder, after 7:50 your child is considered tardy.  Last quarter Kindergarten had a very large number of tardies.  Being on time to school helps to ensure that your child begins their day on a positive note!  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation on these matters and please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions.   

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What’s Happening This Week?

 

Reading/Spelling/Phonics

This week we have spent a lot of time talking about the characters in stories we read and working on making predictions.  I’ve also been working on Reading Assessments.  These are taking much longer than expected, so next week we will focus primarily on getting these assessments finished so that we can make the most of our instructional time.

 

Sight Words:  We will be reviewing the following sight words: the, to, and, a, I, you, it, me, in, said, for, up, look, is, go, little, down.

 

Math

        This week we began talking about addition.  Students have worked with connecting cubes and bears to begin to understand that adding is taking two groups of objects or numbers and putting them together.  This week, we will continue working with connecting cubes and bears but we will begin to look at numbers with addition instead of just objects.

  

Writing

        This week students will work to write the letters Ww and Zz; learn their sounds and Tucker signs, and recognize words that begin with the /w/ sound and end with the /z/ sound.  These are the last two letters we need to learn to write!

 

Specials’ Schedule

Monday:            Music (1:30-2:15)

Tuesday:            Art (12:05-12:45)

Wednesday:       P.E. (12:05-12:45)      

                         Computer (12:50-1:35)

Thursday:          Music (1:30-2:15)

Friday:               P.E. (1:30-2:15)

 

Daily Schedule

Our mornings are consistent from day to day, but the afternoons very greatly.  For this reason you will find a schedule for each day.

 

Monday                                                                      Tuesday

8:00-8:20       Morning Meeting                                                  8:00-8:20       Morning Meeting

8:20-9:00       Writing                                                               8:20-9:00       Writing

9:00-10:30      Reading                                                              9:00-10:30      Reading

10:30-11:00     Recess                                                               10:30-11:00     Recess

11:00-11:30     Lunch                                                                 11:00-11:30     Lunch

11:30-11:50     Calendar                                                             11:30-11:50     Calendar

11:50-12:30    Math                                                                   11:50-12:05     Religion

12:30-1:00      Religion                                                               12:05-12:50    Art

1:00-1:30        Centers                                                               12:50-1:30      Math

1:30-2:15        Music                                                                 1:30-2:15        Centers

2:15-2:40       Spanish                                                               2:15-2:40        Sign Language

2:40               Prep for Home                                                    2:40                Prep for Home

 

Wednesday                                                                Thursday

8:00-8:20      Morning Meeting                                                   8:00-8:20      Morning Meeting

8:20-9:00      Writing                                                                8:20-9:00      Writing

9:00-10:30     Reading                                                               9:00-10:30     Reading

10:30-11:00    Recess                                                                10:30-11:00    Recess

11:00-11:30    Lunch                                                                  11:00-11:30    Lunch

11:30-11:50    Calendar                                                              11:30-11:50    Calendar

11:50-12:05    Religion                                                               11:50-12:30    Math

12:05-12:50   P.E.                                                                      12:30-1:00      Religion

12:50-1:35     Computer                                                             1:00-1:30        Centers

1:35-2:15       Math                                                                   1:30-2:15        Music

2:15               Prep for Home                                                     2:15-2:40       Sign Language

** Wednesday is a 2:30 Dismissal**                         2:40               Prep for Home

                                                                                               

 

Friday

8:00-8:20      Morning Meeting

8:30-9:30      Mass

9:30-10:00    Snack and Calendar

10:00-10:30   Library

10:30-11:00   Recess

11:00-11:30    Lunch

11:30-12:15    Math

12:15-1:30     Reading/Writing

1:30-2:15       Music

2:15-2:40      Spanish

2:40              Prep for Home

 

 

Dates to Remember

Jan. 17:  No School- Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 28: 100th day of School

 

 

Miss Denni’s Contact Information

Email:  kdenni@littleflowerparish.org

Phone: 353-2282 (school)