Kindergarten 1 – Mrs. Pacchioli
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Monday: Gym uniforms. All Hawk Walk donations must be sent in today.
Tuesday: Library Books.
Wednesday:
Thursday: Lehigh Valley Zoo Money & Permission Form due.
Friday: Mass 8:15.
Homework:
- Practice word ring words and Home Practice Lesson. Please keep the “Practice Sheet” at home to practice throughout the week. Thank you.
- Subtraction, subtraction, subtraction. I will be checking to see who will get their “Subtraction Whiz” certificate. I hope everyone has been practicing their facts.
If you know of anyone who is interested in sending their child to our school next year, please invite them to come take a tour to see all the wonderful things we do here at St. Jane School!
April 13, 2024
Dear Parents,
We are so grateful for all the monetary and gift donations that are coming in for Hawk Walk. If you know of anyone who would like to donate to this very worthy cause, please ask them to send their donation in by Monday. The team of volunteers working with everything “Hawk Walk” are now going to be busy calculating the amount of money each child has had donated in their name so they receive special “tickets” to try to win the many prizes that have also been donated. Hawk Walk will be on Friday, April 26th. If all of your clearances are on file in the school office, please feel free to volunteer. This is always a very fun day for the children.
This week, we began “Free Flowing Math Centers.” The children have the opportunity to chose between 10 different centers with various number activities. This is something new that I am trying. Up to 3 children may work with a particular center at a time. The children are able to move around and complete any center they want during the 40 minutes of time dedicated to the Math Centers. We have worked on these on Thursday and Friday. The smiles, laughter, and “math language” has been amazing! My goal is to have Math Centers on Wednesdays and Thursdays with Friday being a make-up day. We will be starting our “Free Flowing Literacy Centers” on Monday. (Same concept, 10 Centers, just letters and reading oriented.) We will complete the Literacy Centers on Mondays and Tuesdays. Make-up day will be Friday. The goal of the new form of Centers is to create more independence, choice, and time for Mrs. Azzalina and I to work with small groups on their specific skill needs.
I am hoping the weather will soon be somewhat warmer and sunnier! Unfortunately, we have not been able to go outside very often with all the rain. Please be mindful of the temperature when dressing your child in the morning. Remember, we go outside at 10:30. We play in a shaded area. It is usually a little cooler at this time. During April, the children need a jacket when we go outside. If the weather is warm, the children may take their jackets off. Thank you for your help and understanding.
Here is a look at next week’s activities:
RELIGION: We will compare air, an invisible reality needed for life, to the Holy Spirit. The children will learn that the Holy Spirit will help them live as Christians.
MATH: The children will be learning to read and interpret various types of graphs. These are always fun! We will also be reading and writing numbers to 100.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Our Essential Question for the Week: How can things in nature be used to make new things?
Sound: long /o/: tote, globe, rode (long /o/ with magic e.) boat, soap, float (When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.)
The children are amazing me with their ability to read “long vowel” words. We are having lots of fun learning these new sounds. At this time, we are only introducing them to “long vowels.” First Grade will dig deeper into this skill.
We are spending more time writing in our Journals. The children are so creative! Many children are now trying to write stories on their own. Watching all this growth is AMAZING!
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: This month, we will be discussing Spring, Earth Day, life cycle of a butterfly, and seasons of the year.
Thank you for all you do. I truly appreciate your support and kind words. May God bless you and your family and keep you healthy and safe.
Mrs. Pacchioli
Learning to Read: Children learn to read at various times and rates. One of the most important skills we are working on is “blending.” Please listen carefully as your child blends sounds to form words. I know we want to do it for them, but they need to do it on their own. Remember, you are their first educator. Reading is not an automatic skill children learn. Children need a lot of repetition and practice. Your child will truly benefit from the extra time and practice you give them.
Phonics: Phonics is the connection between sounds and letter symbols. Children begin by learning the individual sounds letters can make. Then the children progress toward looking for patterns within words and how combinations of letters produce various sounds.
Phonemic Awareness. Phonemic awareness is done orally and without print. Phonemic awareness is the knowledge that words are made up of individual sounds. It is also the knowledge of how to manipulate these sounds: blending sounds (putting sounds together to form a word); rhyming; syllables (We like to clap out our syllables in our classroom.); and segmenting sounds (the ability to break up spoken words into their separate sounds.)
- FALL/SPRING UNIFORMS: First day of school through Oct. 31 and April 1 till the end of the school year: It can be somewhat confusing as to which “shirt and shoes” go with which uniform. All uniforms MUST be from Flynn & O’Hara. Please do not have your child wear a belt with their pants. Children may not wear nail polish, hoop/dangle earrings, bracelets, or light-up sneakers.
Gym Uniform for Boys and Girls: Black shorts with school logo, gray t-shirt with school logo, white socks, white sneakers.
Girl Options other than gym days:
- Tan skort or shorts (Flynn & O’Hara), green golf shirt with school logo, white socks, white sneakers, no belts.
- Plaid jumper, white Peter Pan collar short sleeve blouse, dark green knee socks/tights, black or brown leather-like non-skid dress shoes.
- Gym uniform: Black shorts with school logo, gray t-shirt with school logo, white socks, white sneakers.
Boy Options other than gym days:
- Tan shorts (Flynn & O’Hara), green golf shirt with school logo, white socks, white sneakers, no belts.
- Tan dress pants (Flynn & O’Hara), green golf shirt with school logo, brown, dark green, or tan socks, black or dark brown leather-like non-skid dress shoes, no belts.
- Gym uniform: Black shorts with school logo, gray t-shirt with school logo, white socks, white sneakers.
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WINTER UNIFORMS: November 1 through March 31: All uniforms MUST be from Flynn & O’Hara. Children may not wear nail polish, hoop/dangle earrings, bracelets, or light-up sneakers. Kindergarteners should not wear belts.
- Gym Uniform (Boys and Girls): Gray T-shirt with school logo, green sweatpants with school logo, white socks, white sneakers. Gym uniform may be worn everyday in Kindergarten.
- GIRLS: Option 1: Plaid jumper, white Peter Pan collar, long or short sleeve blouse, dark green knee socks/tights, black or brown leather-like non-skid dress shoes (no boots). Option 2: Tan Flynn & O’Hara pants, green golf shirt with school logo, brown, dark green, or tan socks, black or brown leather-like non-skid dress shoes. (no boots)
- BOYS: Tan Flynn & O’Hara pants, green golf shirt with school logo, brown, dark green, or tan socks, black or dark brown leather-like non-skid dress shoes. (no boots)
- Girls and Boys: Only the green sweatshirt with school logo, or 3/4 zip pull-over with school logo may be worn during the day if your child gets cold. (Our classroom is very warm during the colder months.)
* More parent information can be found online at www.stjaneschool.com/parents/
*Scholastic Book Code: HBWD3.
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https://www.abcya.com/
https://www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage