Friday, December 14, 2018

December 17-20th

December 17-20th


REMINDERS: 

~Children may bring in chap-stick for their chapped/dry lips.  They will keep it in their lockers and can apply as necessary throughout the day!

~ PLEASE send in your child's snowpants, boots, hat and mittens every day!   

~Friday Mass- they need to dress up for church.  No t-shirts, no jeans and no words on their clothing.  Boys need a collared shirt.  If you do not want/ or your child does not want to wear their dressy church clothes all day, please send a change of clothes. They will change right after mass. 


Reading: We are working in small groups on short easy to follow stories.  And matching the pictures with the words.  

When reading at home it here are some things to help your child grow in their reading skills. Ask questions after a story...
Who was this story about? or Who is the main character?
Where did this story take place? or What was the setting?
What was the problem?
How did he/she solve this problem? or What was the solutions?
This will really help with their reading comprehension.

Fundations / Spelling:We have finished introducing all the lower case letters and sounds.  We will continue to make letter sound associations as this is HUGE to reading and writing.  We will also be working on sentence structure.  Capital letters for the beginning of a sentence as well as for names and using punctuation at the end of each sentence.

Writing: We are continuing to work on labeling our drawings!  Sounding out each word!  And we will be focusing on writing sentences and making sure that we use the lessons learned in Fundations and have the first letter in each sentence is a capital letter and that we finish with the appropriate punctuation.

Math: We are working on following directions, addition and subtraction 0-5 and counting on from a 5 group! We are learning to write teen numbers.  We starting sorting as well!

Religion: We are learning all about Advent and how we can prepare our hearts for Christmas!  Please follow along with the Advent Calendar we sent home in the Wednesday folders!

Social Studies/Science: We will be learning about the difference between Needs and Wants.  This is a perfect unit to have right before Christmas!

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
December

19th-WEDNESDAY School Mass 8:15am
20th- Christmas Program 9:30am and 6pm
21st-January 1st-No School 

Have a Wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

Monday, December 3, 2018

December 3rd-14th

December 3-14th


REMINDERS: 

~ PLEASE send in your child's snowpants, boots, hat and mittens every day!   

~Friday Mass- they need to dress up for church.  No tshirts, no jeans and no words on their clothing.  Boys need a collared shirt.  If you do not want/ or your child does not want to wear their dressy church clothes all day, please send a change of clothes. They will change right after mass. 


Reading: We are working in small groups on short easy to follow stories.  And matching the pictures with the words.  

When reading at home it here are some things to help your child grow in their reading skillsAsk questions after a story...
Who was this story about? or Who is the main character?
Where did this story take place? or What was the setting?
What was the problem?
How did he/she solve this problem? or What was the solutions?
This will really help with their reading comprehension.

Fundations / Spelling:We have finished introducing all the lower case letters and sounds.  We will continue to make letter sound associations as this is HUGE to reading and writing.  We will also be working on sentence structure.  Capital letters for the beginning of a sentence as well as for names and using punctuation at the end of each sentence.

Writing: We are continuing to work on labeling our drawings!  Sounding out each word!  And we will be focusing on writing sentences and making sure that we use the lessons learned in Fundations and have the first letter in each sentence is a capital letter and that we finish with the appropriate punctuation.

Math: We are working on following directions, addition and subtraction 0-5 and counting on from a 5 group! We are learning to write teen numbers.  We starting sorting as well!

Religion: We are learning all about Advent and how we can prepare our hearts for Christmas!  Please follow along with the Advent Calendar we sent home in the Wednesday folders!

Social Studies/Science: We will be learning about the difference between Needs and Wants.  This is a perfect unit to have right before Christmas!

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
December

7th- School Mass- 8:15am
14th- School Mass- 8:15am
19th-WEDNESDAY School Mass 8:15am
20th- Christmas Program 9:30am and 6pm
21st-January 1st-No School 

Have a Wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thursday, October 4, 2018

October 1-12th

October 1-12th


REMINDERS: 
Please check out our 150th Jubilee video on our school Facebook page!  It turned out super cute! #GB150JUBILEE and #JOYFULNOISE2018

~ PLEASE send in your child's spare clothes (church appropriate), if you have not already.  Even if your child doesn't typically have accidents, we may need it if they spill at snack or lunch... there are a number of reasons as to why they may need a change of clothes!!!!
~If you would like, you may send a HEALTHY snack along with your child each day!  Please no candy, cookies or rice crispy treats etc.  

~Friday is Mass- they need to dress up for church.  No shorts, tshirts, no jeans and no words on their clothing.  Boys need a collared shirt.  If you do not want/ or your child does not want to wear their dressy church clothes all day, please send a change of clothes. They will change right after mass. 


Reading: We will be continuing to meet in small reading groups.  We are learning some of the more frequent sight words that they will need to know! Some of these words include: the, a, is, in, it, was, as, of, I etc.  When you are reading with your child, pointing out these sight words will help!  I am sure you have seen some sight word work come home already!  We have already learned "the, of, and, and a." 

Also a big help is to ask questions after a story...
Who was this story about? or Who is the main character?
Where did this story take place? or What was the setting?
What was the problem?
How did he/she solve this problem? or What was the solutions?
This will really help with their reading comprehension.

Fundations / Spelling:We are working on lower case letters and their sounds! We have started with b, f, t, n, m, i, u, o, c and will be adding  a and g. 

Writing: We are working on labeling our drawings!  Sounding out each word!  

Math: We are working on following directions, addition and subtraction 0-5 and counting on from a 5 group!  We are working in Unit 2!  Their Unit 1 test should have come home!  They all did pretty good! Please let me know if you have any questions.  Unit 2 starts out with recognizing groups of numbers and writing numbers 6-10. We are off to a great start in Math!  

Religion: We will continue to learn about mass and how that all works.  We are learning about the rosary and learning the prayers that are said during the rosary!  Please practice the Hail Mary and the Our Father with your child at home!  We will be learning about St. Edward and Mary as well this month!

Social Studies/Science: We transitioned from our 5 senses to Apples and Fall!  We are learning all about our 4 seasons!

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
October
5th-NO MASS this morning we went on Wednesday
10th- Fire Department Visit
12- 8:15am School Mass
17th- K and 1st grade go to Mulberry Lanes (wear appropriate clothing for weather, pack a fully disposable sack lunch, and a pillowcase for a pumpkin)
19th- 8:15am School Mass 
20th- Harvest Moon 5pm! I hope to see all of you there!
24th- 8:15am School Mass (WEDNESDAY) Field Trip to Xavier for a play
25th- 1/2 Day Early release at 11:30am-NO AFTER CARE
26th- NO SCHOOL
31- Halloween


Thursday, September 20, 2018

September 17-28th


REMINDERS: 
~ PLEASE send in your child's spare clothes (church appropriate), if you have not already.  Even if your child doesn't typically have accidents, we may need it if they spill at snack or lunch... there are a number of reasons as to why they may need a change of clothes!!!!
~If you would like, you may send a HEALTHY snack along with your child each day!  Please no fruit snacks or cookies or rice crispy treats etc.  

~Friday is Mass- they need to dress up for church.  No shorts, tshirts, no jeans and no words on their clothing.  Boys need a collared shirt.  If you do not want/ or your child does not want to wear their dressy church clothes all day, please send a change of clothes. They will change right after mass. 


Reading: We will be continuing to meet in small reading groups these next few weeks.  We will be learning some of the more frequent sight words that they will need to know! Some of these words include: the, a, is, in, it, was, as, of, I etc.  When you are reading with your child, pointing out these sight words will help!  I am sure you have seen some sight word work come home already!  We have already learned "the" and "of." 

Also a big help is asking questions after a story...
Who was this story about?
Where did this story take place?
What was the problem?
How did he/she solve this problem?
This will really help with their reading comprehension.

Fundations / Spelling:We are working on lower case letters and their sounds! We have started with b, f, t, n, m and will be adding i and u. 

Writing: We are working on labeling our drawings!  Sounding out each word!  

Math: We are working on following directions, addition and subtraction 0-5!  We will be finishing Unit 1 next week and will have a test.  Then move on to Unit 2!  We are off to a great start in Math!  

Religion: We will continue to learn about mass and how that all works.  We are learning about God and Jesus.  We have finished our Creation Unit and will be moving into Adam and Eve!

Social Studies/Science:  Last week we talked about the Human Body.  We talked about the parts of our bodies that are private and should stay private.  What to do if our Underpants Rule is broken.  I used the book My Underpants Rule by Kate and Rod Power.  If you have any questions or concerns about this please let me know!

This week we expanded the Human Body talk to learn about our 5 senses. We will extend these senses into our next unit on Apples! 

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
September
20th- School Pictures & Back to School Night 5:30 Dinner 6pm Meeting/ classrooms until 7:15pm
21st- School Mass 8:15am/ Fox Cities Kids Run
28th- Early Dismissal 11:30am 

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Welcome! September 4-14

September 4-14th


REMINDERS: 
~If you would like, you may send a HEALTHY snack along with your child each day!  We have snack at 9:45am and they will get milk and can then eat a small healthy snack before recess.  Please no fruit snacks or cookies etc.

~Gym Shoes... If your child has tie shoes as their gym shoes, they should be able to tie them all by themselves.  Most of the time they will wear their shoes they already have on.  I normally only have them change if their shoes are dirty or wet.  

~Friday is Mass- they need to dress up for church.  No shorts, tshirts, no jeans and no words on their clothing.  Boys need a collared shirt.  If you do not want/ or your child does not want to wear their dressy church clothes all day, please send a change of clothes. They will change right after mass.  I am sorry if your child came home in their spare "accident" clothes on Friday, they thought they all needed to change.... we are all learning!



Reading: We will be starting to meet in small reading groups this week.  We will be starting with learning some of the more frequent sight words that they will need to know! Some of these words include: the, a, is, in, it, was, as, of, I etc.  When you are reading with your child, pointing out these sight words will help!  Also a big help is asking questions after a story...
Who was this story about?
Where did this story take place?
What was the problem?
How did he/she solve this problem?
This will really help with their reading comprehension.


Fundations / Spelling:We are working on lower case letters and their sounds! We have started with b, f, and now t!  And adding n, m, i, and u. 

Writing:We are working on labeling our drawings!  Sounding out each word!  

Math: We are working on following directions and shapes!  We have talked about circles, rectangles, and squares.  

ReligionWe will be learning about mass and how that all works.  We are learning about God and Jesus.  We will be starting our Creation Unit on the 10th-ish!

Social Studies/Science:  This week we will be talking about the Human Body.  We will also be going into Safe Environment talks.  We are talking about the parts of our bodies that are private and should stay private.  And what to do if our Underpants Rule is broken.  I will be using the book My Underpants Rule by Kate and Rod Power.  If you have any questions or concerns about this please let me know!

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
September
7th- School Mass 8:15am
8th- Father Walters Birthday
12th- Greenville Zoo Field Trip
14th- School Mass 8:15am
20th- School Pictures & Back to School Night 5:30 Dinner 6pm Meeting/ classrooms until 7:15pm
21st- School Mass 8:15am/ Fox Cities Kids Run
28th- Early Dismissal 11:30am 

Friday, May 11, 2018

May 11-June 1

May 11-June 1st

Reading: We will continue guided reading for the next 2 weeks.  No guided reading the last week of school!  I will be testing you students reading level during that week!


Fundations / Spelling:We are working on sentence structure and sounding out words!  

Writing:We are finishing our bird stories and will be displaying them in the hallway next week!  

Math: We are working on our partners of 10 and teen numbers.  We are in our last unit for the year!

ReligionWe will be learning about Baptism and Ascension during these last couple weeks.

Social Studies/Science:  These last weeks we will be learning about the life cycle of a butterfly!

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
May/June:
11- Bloomin Bonanza- Bring $10 
       8:15am Mass
12- Bloomin Bonanza
14- Music Day
15- Necktie Day
16- Oh No Who is my teacher day
17- iRun 1-2pm Participation Day
18- Quiet Day- Movie
       8:15 Mass
21- RootBeer Float Day
22- Stripes & Sunglasses Day
23- Tiger Day- Going to see Calico Tiger at Xavier
24- Unbelievable Fun- Field Day
25- Volunteer Appreciation Day
       8:15 Mass
28- No School- Memorial Day
29- Wildlife Day- Field Trip to Wildlife Sanctuary (Mrs. Lowe will not be here, Ms. Wagner will be subbing)
30- X marks the spot- Scavenger Hunt 
31- Yellow and Yearbook Day- Wear yellow and sign yearbooks
1st-Last Day- Graduation Mass 8:15am 10:30am Dismissal 
Have a WONDERFUL summer break!  

Friday, February 9, 2018

February 12-23rd

February 12th-23rd

Reading:This week we will be back to normal.  I will be meeting with guided reading groups and sending home a new book for your child to read to you.  When they are done reading please ask them some questions relating to the story they just read.  For example:  What was this story about, where did it take place, what was your favorite part, etc.  This will really help with comprehension and boost their reading skills.  Asking these questions after all books, whether you read them or they read them, is very important and helpful!

Fundations / Spelling:We are learning our upper case letters.  We have learned A-O we will be working on P-U.  Remind them when writing we form our letters top to bottom and left to right.  

Writing:We will be writing about Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday!  We will be sounding out words and making sure we have spaces between  our words!  

Math: We are continuing adding and subtracting and also sorting in this unit!  This is a great age to play war with a deck of cards to enhance number knowledge as well as greater than/less than.  You could also work on adding and subtracting using m&m's or cheerios or anything like that!  I will be working on a list of math games to send home for you to play with your child to make math facts/adding/subtracting fun!  

Religion: We will be learning about St. Valentine this week and Jesus choosing his disciples the next week.

Social Studies/Science:  We will be doing candy heart experiments this week and talking about germs next week!

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
February:
13th: Valentines Day Party!  Please send a Valentine for every student in the class!
14th: Ash Wednesday- Mass 8:45am
15th: Get Active for 4K-2nd grade
16th: Mass 8:15am
20th: Parent teacher coferences- only if you or I feel there is a need to meet!
21st: Wednesday Mass-8:15am (conferences)
22nd: Get Active for 4k-2nd grade (conferences)
23rd: NO SCHOOL  (FISH FRY 4:30-7pm)

Monday, January 29, 2018

January 29-February 9th

Catholic Schools Week/ 100th Day of School

Reading:This week we will be focusing on tricky sight words.  But with all the fun activities this week we will not be doing Guided Reading (so no reading homework this week!)

Fundations / Spelling:We are learning our upper case letters.  We have learned A-H and will be working on I-Q the next couple weeks.  Remind them when writing we form our letters top to bottom and left to right.  

Writing:We will be writing about Grandparents this week and next week we will be writing about the 100th Day of School.  Focusing on sentence structure, Upper case letters and punctuation.  We will be sounding out words on our own too!

Math: We are continuing adding and subtracting and also sorting in this unit!

ReligionWe will be focusing on Catholic Schools week this week then next week we will be talking about Jesus as a boy in the temple.

Social Studies/Science:  This week we will be finishing up our Ocean Unit and next week we will be focusing on the 100th Day of School! 


Calendar/Important Dates:

January:
29th: Wild About Jesus:Dress as a wild animal
30th: Jesus is the light of our lives-wear neon colors (bowling trip)
31st: Jesus is calling us to read!- Dress as your favorite book character! Read in in the gym!  May bring pillows and blankets to snuggle up in while they read!
February:
1st: Jesus makes everything FUN-Family night at FUNSET4pm-8pm
2nd: Grandparents Day- Dress your best for mass with Gramps and Granny!  11am Dismissal
5th:  100th DAY OF SCHOOL-Dress like you are 100 years old.  Parents come also dresses as 100 years old for an Old Timer Party (secret)  come between 1:55 and 2:10 so I can sneak you in while they are in music!
7th: Early release

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Welcome Back!

Reading: This week I will be doing running records to see where each students reading levels are at.  This way I can group them and give each group guided reading books at their reading level!  So, no book bags this week!  They will start up again next week!

Fundations / Spelling:We are reviewing our letters and how to write them correctly.  I will also be working on sentence structure and rhyming words.

Writing:We will be writing sentences with names in it to encourage using upper case letters.  

Math: We will be starting Unit 3 and focusing on adding and subtracting.

Religion: We will be learning about Joshua and the Walls of Jericho.

Social Studies/Science:  This week we will be doing candy cane experiments.  And I will also be starting with addresses! 


Calendar/Important Dates:

January:
2- Welcome Back!
5- 8:15am Mass 
9- Home and School Mtg. 7pm
12- 8:15am Mass
19- End of 2nd Quarter
       8:15am Mass (Choir Sings) 
26- 8:15am Mass
28-Catholic Schools Week (8:45am Mass for ALL Students) 
      breakfast to follow