Dear Kindergarten Families, Read to and with your child each night. Look for sight words, they should be known in a snap! Ask your child about ‘snap word power’, sound out simple consonant-vowel-consonant words using ‘sound power’ and always track each word with finger. So many families are using Reading Glue, but it is fine […]
Today the fourth grade class invited kindergarten to their owl pellet dissection lab. An owl pellet dissection lab is an interesting and fun way to learn about the eating habits of birds of prey— birds such as owls that eat rodents and small birds. This life science lab captured the interest of all students! Lab […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving Day and enjoyed a nice long weekend! A peek at our week: The Saint Vincent de Paul food drive begins Monday through Friday this week. Your child will be bringing home a paper bag with a suggested list of non-perishable food items. Please be generous […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, Happy Thanksgiving !! Hoping everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving Holiday! We have so much to be thankful for. Thank you for allowing me to spend time each day teaching and enjoying your children! They are truly a blessing! A reminder to bring in teddy bears or other plush for Teddy Bear Day on […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, I hope everyone gets a chance to see the super moon Sunday night and early Monday morning! A look at our week: *vision screening on Monday morning *art lesson with Nancy Spooner on Tuesday *Friday Flag retirement at 11:00 -dismissal at 2:45 Academics: Religion – understanding how precious we are! Our lesson […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, Since this is a holiday weekend, homework will be due on Monday, November 21. Enjoy your long weekend! Next week spend 20 minutes each night reading. Use reading log or Reading Glue to list books. Find a favorite book to report on with one of the forms below: reading-log family-book-report non-fiction-book-response We […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, After the Saint’s Parade we went outside for free time on the playground. Kinders were happy and proud of their part as saints and letting all see and hear them. With some running around they then decided to make a sunflower, complete with flower, stem and leaves! Your children did an amazing […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, We had much so fun creating our Jack-O-Lanterns for Primary Centers. Thank you to all parents who were able to help in class and for those who helped get us ready for this center. Our week starts freely dressed on Halloween, ends beautifully dressed as Saint’s! Tuesday we return ready to […]
Dear Kindergarten families, Your child is bringing home their Young Explorer magazine and a non-fiction response paper. As you read together ask your child about ‘pointer power’. Have them point to each word as they read, noting sight words and other words they have begun to know. Tracking each work is an important skill we […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, Happy that cooler days are ahead and rain in the forecast! October we have been spending time learning prayers for saying the Rosary; Hail Mary, Glory Be and the Lord’s Prayer. Your children will be attending the Living Rosary on Wednesday at 2:00 – parents are welcome to attend- eighth grade students […]