We had a wonderful Halloween parade and party! Many thanks to Jack's mom, Emer O'Shea and Ben's mom Chrissy Burek for a great party! The kids had a lot of fun!
Friday, October 29, 2021
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Silly hair day and digital citizenship
We had some great silly hair in our class!! Mohawks, colored spray, and silly styles! On the same day, the boys and girls got to listen to a story about taking a break from technology called Unplugged. Mrs. Farrahar (our librarian) and Mrs. Foley (technology integration specialist) talked to them about the effects of staying on devices too long and how it is good to unplug and take a break!
Friday, October 1, 2021
October news
It's hard to believe it's already October! The kids are getting into the swing of things....learning the rules, expectations and the layout of the building! We have been working hard learning new letters each week (t,f,b,m,n,i, and u) so far! We're working on the formation (refer to the Fundations sheets that come home each week to help your child practice) and the sounds. We've been working on fine motor skills each day (cutting, gluing, holding a pencil). The 1st Fundation sheet that went home shows the proper pencil grasp for reference. In addition to learning letters we are also learning to print numbers, count, and one to one correspondence. I've shown the kids that they can use a "system" when they're counting (crossing off items as they count) to make sure they don't skip or count one twice. We will start comparing numbers and quantities soon.
We've also been working on being a good friend, a good listener, and showing respect (like Ryan the Respectful mouse does). Please continue to reinforce these concepts at home. :)
I am putting together a contact information sheet. If you prefer not to be on this list, just let me know.
Stay tuned for more information regarding Halloween, our parade will be on 10/29 at 9:15. 🎃
Here is a note from our art teacher, Mrs. Foley...
Dear K Families,
My name is Tricia Foley and I am your child's art teacher this year! Our artists have learned that their finished work will live in their portfolios, here at school, until the end of the school year. As you can imagine, this is a little tricky for our hard-working Kindergarteners! If you'd like to see a sneak peek of the projects your artists are creating, please visit my website, Art with Mrs. Foley. Here you can learn more about me as well as our "Awesome Artist Award". Later in the year there will be updates posted regarding our spring art show. Please feel free to connect with me directly if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you and enjoy!
Warmly,
Tricia Foley
Even during indoor recess on Monday we still had smiles under our masks!!
Monday, August 30, 2021
Friday, December 11, 2020
December news
The months are going by fast, 2021 will soon be here! As the weather gets colder please remember to send warm outer wear for you child (we also go out twice a day for our mask breaks).
We are rolling along with our letters and sight words, the kids continue to amaze me with all they are taking in! We have 22 sight words on our word wall and 4 more letters to learn!
We will have our winter class parties on December 21st and 22nd (reminder Cohort B will come to school on Tuesday, December 22).
Next week your child will bring home information about a special "note" for you to write and include in his/her snack bag for the party. Be on the lookout for it, you will put the special note in the snack bag that's brought to school.
I hope you have a wonderful winter vacation week with your child. We all have a lot to be grateful for even under these "circumstances". I am grateful for the 2 great groups of kids I have and all their patient, understanding families. Enjoy the together time (hopefully there's a little quiet time mixed in as well). :)
Happy New Year! 2021!
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
November news
We continue to learn new letters each week! So far we have learned t,b,f,m,n,i,o,c,u,a,g,d, and s. We practice printing them on our whiteboards and say the "letter, picture and sound".
We've worked on rhyming and syllables (those are always great to revisit at home.) Say 2 words and see if your child can tell you if they rhyme or not, you can also say a word and see if your child can produce a rhyme. Clapping parts out in a word can be practiced in the car, the bathtub etc
We're also learning number poems to help us with the formation of the numbers. Ask your child to share the poems with you as s/he prints the numbers. We are constantly counting objects/pictures and I always remind them to use a "system" to help them. I model crossing out the pictures as I count so I don't count one twice or skip one.
Our Wednesday zoom meetings have been used for SEL (Social emotional learning), we talk about the theme of the month (November is kindness) and also for science. We have been talking about weather/trees. On Oct 28th we did a "candy corn" experiment. I put a piece of candy corn in 4 different liquids to see what would happen. The kids drew pictures of their predictions. I dropped the candy in the cups in front of the children and then took pictures 6 hours later. This is what happened...
Pretty cool! The kids made some great predictions!
The weather is getting chillier please remember to send your child with a warm coat, hat, gloves for our outdoor mask breaks, recess, and for days they have gym.
Monday, October 26, 2020
October news
We've been busy with learning 2 new letters a week, printing them and practicing their sounds. We've also been counting, using number poems to help us form the numbers and discussing the concepts equal, greater than and less than. Everyone is also doing a great job on the virtual notebooks!
Here we are taking advantage of the beautiful weather! Cohort A
Cohort B
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