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"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

 

Distance Learning Link: meet.google.com/voc-joyw-ehk 
 

Distance Learning:

Students who are absent from school due to trips, appointments or short-term illness will be marked as an excused absence. Teachers will no longer be offering distance learning/live class options for absences or illness unless a student is in extended quarantine. 

All students quarantining following the week of spring break will be given distance learning accommodations.

K-4 students should connect with their homeroom teacher to check-in on daily assignments and 5-8 students should check Google Classroom for posted work, but will not have live lessons.​

Weekly Newsletter 04/09/2021:

It was wonderful to hear about everyone's stories and addventures over Spring and Easter break! 

April 22 is Earth Day.  
We have started working on our T-shirts.
We will be painting our t-shirts on Thursday April 22nd. 

This is where I could you your help. I have sent children home with their space stories that were written in the classroom. During Spring Break, I need you to help your children to recopy their story onto the paper that will be provided. Most children have written two pages which is wonderful and may take some time to complete. Please do not add to your child’s story as we have limited pages for each child. Please have your children use a pencil for this part of the project. Along with writing the story the children will need to illustrate a picture per page. Reread the story so the children know what should be added to the illustrations. Encourage your children to take their time and to work neatly on both written work and illustrations. Please give them 2-3 days or more to work on this project.  I only want their best work! Children should use new markers for their pictures. This project is due April 13th. 
Please email me with any questions. 
Please send the Studentreasures forms to school if you are interested in purchasing this space book

Seven children can tie their shoes - only seven more to go! Once we have all learned how to tie our shoes we will have a shoe tying party! Feel free to continue sending your child in tie shoes and practicing at home. 

June 9th is the last day of school. Summer vacation for the kindergarteners begins after a morning celebration. 

Waite House: Please remember Waite House! Let's start bringing in food for April!

Highlights:  Literacy Cart, Spring, Fabric, Spring and Easter Break Stories, Mother's Day Gifts, Planting, Earth Day T-Shirts

Snacks: please send fruits and veggies

Religion: Promise magazine was: Jesus is Risen.

Communications: We reviewed the letters and sounds Jj, Xx, and Ee. We learned the sight words "said" and "good." We learned and worked with the proper nouns it, they, and I.

High Frequency Words: I, like, you, the, a, and, see, we, to, no, go, come, me, with, my, do, what, are, now, is, how, find, this, will, be, for, make, play, said, good

Leveled Literacy Cart: Books can be returned and checked out everyday of the week.

Believe and Read:  We worked on our letters Zz - Cc. We learned the digraphs sh, ch, and th. We learned the sight words "or" and "for." We love working with our magnet boards and tiles. We are learning how to build words with our tiles. 

Literature we read: I Believe I Can, Kindness Counts, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, Exploring Weather, There is a Bird on your Head!

Math: We reviewed how to tell time, clocks, half-past, and o'clock. We worked on making partner pairs for numbers 2 - 20 and discussed how 10 can always be a partner for teen numbers. We also worked on addition and subtraction.

Challenge Math: Was sent home today. Clock Home Work...make a clock out of recycled materials. This is due April 21. 
 
Art:  Easter Crosses, Flowers for Door Decorating, Project for Mother's Day Gifts, Earth Day T-Shirts

Science: Materials and Motion starting with the Fabric Unit. This week we started a new science unit on Fabric. We explored 10 different types of fabric and shared our discoveries with each other. We noticed similiarities and differences between fabrics, textures, colors, strecthiness, smell, weight, and durability. We used "feely boxes" and described the different types of fabric we felt and talked about how we could match the fabrics together based on how they felt. 
After becoming more familiar with different types of fabric we went on a fabic hunt and labeled fabric that we found around our classroom. The children loved labeling fabric in the classroom and asked for labels to be sent home. They know to ask their grown-ups for permission before labeling fabric around their house, car, and thier beloongings.

We planted some seeds and we are excited to see them grow! You will find out what we planted in May. 

Let's Find Out: Go, Seeds, Go!

Mystery Doug: What's the tallest skyscrapper anyone can build?

Choice Time Activities Were... drawing, coloring, reading, writing, writing table, puzzles, cars and planes, painting, wooden gears, dollhouse,  treehouse

Library: We checked out books on Wednesday. Please return them next Wednesday.

Scholastic Book Orders: Due April 23rd
Class code: WW34Q

FYI

Lost and Found: Please let me know if your child is missing anything and I will check our lost and found for it.

Spanish: Our Spanish Words: hola (hello), adios (goodbye), hasta luego (see you latter), rojo (red), azul (blue), verde (green), amarillo (yellow), the numbers 1 - 10, lapiz (pencil)

Enjoy your child's adventures in kindergarten!

Ms. Kiel

For Your Calendar

4-13-21 Space Stories are due
4-21-21 Homemade clocks are due
4-22-21 Earth Day/Painting Earth Day T-Shirts
4-23-21 Scholastic Book Orders due/Painting Earth Day T-Shirts

Here are some  super important notes for kindergarten parents:

Dismissal Procedures:  A big part of every day is going home.  We have your transportation plans on file and in the classroom.  It is so important to us and to your child that they know where they are going after school. Often there are changes, such as doctor appointments, piano lessons or play plans with friends.  If you have a change in plans, other than what you indicated on forms, we MUST have an Email before 3:00, please copy Holly on to the Email.  

Post the monthly  kindergarten calendars your child brings home. 

If your child has “ kindergarten tummy” (is missing you, which is normal, and often it happens more the 2nd and 3rd week of school) help your child by putting a photo of you in their backpack or pocket.  They can take a peek whenever they want to. 

Sometimes children have food allergies in the kindergarten class, as is becoming the norm in schools.  If a class has a student with allergies, that class will follow allergy awareness procedures and will not bring any food or drink besides water into the classroom. An exception is on days we cannot eat in the cafeteria, safe procedures will be in place on these days as well. To help encourage good hygiene and prevent the spread of germs, the children will wash their hands before starting their day. This will help in reducing illnesses. 

Kindergarteners have an  afternoon snack: fresh fruit or vegetable (parents provide).  You may want to chat with your child about saving that afternoon snack food in their lunchbox. We will supply snack the first week of school. 

Birthday Celebrations:  Out of concern for students’ overall wellness, Carondelet has decided to eliminate birthday treats from the school day. Instead, students will be given an out-of-uniform day on their birthday and will also be invited to lunch with the Principal during their birthday month. Teachers will also have their own classroom traditions.  We celebrate summer birthdays during the last week of school with a classroom piñata. We love Birthdays!!

Communication/Newsletters:  Parents must read the important details from the  Classroom newsletters that are posted online each Friday (end-of-day, around 5:30). The  All-school on-line  newsletter is emailed to parents each Friday. 

It's going to be a GREAT year!!

 

Kindergarten Behavior Plan:

To read the Kindergarten Behavior Plan   click here.