Kindergarten 1 – Mrs. Pacchioli
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Monday: Gym. Please be sure your child is wearing their gym uniform. Also, please return your child’s Word Ring. I will be adding 3 new words. Please send in one apple with your child. We are going to be making applesauce on Tuesday for Johnny Appleseed Day.
Tuesday: Please return your child’s Library book.
Thursday: The children will be attending a special program provided by Lehigh Valley Hospital called, “Safety Town.” They will learn many ways to stay safe at home and outside. Wonderful program!
Friday, Sept.29 & Monday, Oct. 2: I will not be in school. Mrs. Hoffman will be in for me. Please be sure to let Mrs. Azzalina know of any changes in transportation home.
October 5: Picture Day. Children are to dress in their uniform.
Homework: Daily 5 Minute Letter/Sound Practice: Make your own alphabet cards. Print each letter on a spearate half index card. Please print the lowercase letters and also the uppercase letters. (52 cards) Show your child a letter: c → letter is (c); sound is /k/. Do this with each letter. Your child will be able to explain this drill, as we do it daily in our classroom. It is so important for your child to be able to identify each letter and its sound. We are now putting sounds together to orally say a word and we are going to begin looking at words and blending each letter sound to read new words. Together, we can work as partners to provide the best education for your child.
Sight Words Practice: Write the words on post-it notes and place them around your house. Go on a “word hunt” with your child and have your child read each word as they find them. Be sure to change the spot for each word on a daily basis so your child does not just memorize where it is. Continue to do this each week and be sure to add the new words.
September 23, 2023
Dear Parents,
We had a great week! We were very excited to have our friend, Dhevan, be able to come into our classroom and stay with us. We had several days with all 23 children in the room. So much joy and love!
Please mark your calendars for October 13th. Our school will be celebrating Grandparents Day beginning with Mass at 8:15. More information will be coming soon. This should be a fun morning!
Friendly reminders: Please be sure to check and empty your child’s school folder every day. Remember to send in a small towel and napkins to be used during snack and lunch. Please read the uniform information below. Some children are still mixing up what goes with what.
Here is what we will be doing next week:
We will now be working with children in differentiated reading groups. This means that we will work with groups on different skills according to their needs. Some children need more time to practice identifying the letters, some children are able to identify most letters and some sounds, some children are ready to begin putting the sounds together to read words. We work with each group for 15-20 minutes/day.
We will also begin to complete “Centers.” Each week, your child will rotate through 8 different Centers Monday-Thursday. Your child will complete 2 Centers/day. Centers reinforce skills which have been taught and the children work in groups of 2 or 3. They learn to work together and become teachers and learners with each other. Mrs. Azzalina and I each have a specific center and then there are 6 other centers in which the children work with their partners. This is always a fun part of our day. It can sometimes get noisy, but there is a lot of learning happening.
RELIGION: We will be learning about the story of Creation. We will read about the story in the Bible, watch a video, and complete a “Creation Booklet.” We will also learn about St. Terese on Thursday.
MATH: We are now working with the numbers 0-10. The children are learning the correct way to form each number, count objects, and identify pictures with the correct number of objects. We have also been practicing how to count to 30. We are now going to begin counting to 50. Please listen carefully to your child as he/she counts through the “teen” numbers, as many children skip some of those.
LANGUAGE ARTS: Our Essential Question for the Week: How can we get along with new friends? This is something we will continuously be discussing throughout the year. Learning to share and cooperate with others is not always easy.
We will be learning our new sight words: I, can, the. It is so important that you practice all the words on your child’s word ring. These words are used when we begin reading in our “small books.” We will continue to add new words on a weekly basis.
We will now be concentrating on one-two letters each week. Next week our letter is Mm. Your child will identify pictures that begin or end with this sound. We will also begin to focus on blending sounds to read “cvc” (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. It would be awesome if you practice these words at home: man, met, mop, ham, gum
CENTERS: 1. Apple Number Towers 2. Letter Stamping 3. Listening to a book 4. Number Counting with pencils and erasers 5. Lowercase apple letters 6. Art: acorn gnome 7. Cube building 8. Color Word puzzles
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be spending a lot of time learning about apples. Of course, the favorite part is eating our homemade applesauce. (We use apples, water, and cinnamon in our recipe.)
Thank you so much for entrusting your child with me. Their smiles and excitement are so contagious! I love listening to their funny stories.
Have an awesome weekend! Never hesitate to be in touch. God bless all of you!
Mrs. Pacchioli
- 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: 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 (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 belts, please.
- 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 belts, please.
- Sneakers may only be worn with gym uniforms.
* More parent information can be found online at www.stjaneschool.com/parents/
*Scholastic Book Code: HBWD3.
Some great practice websites:
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https://www.abcya.com/
https://www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage
https://pbskids.org/