Week of February 25th

Good Afternoon!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We are going to have another terrific week in Kindergarten!

Here is some important info for the week ahead:

1) Today officially begins our first “Spelling” unit! A detailed letter is going home in homework folders today along with their spelling homework that is due back on Thursday. We will have our first spelling test on Friday!

2) Tomorrow is a special TAG Day to raise money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Students are asked to dress down and wear orange or green and donate $1.00.

3) We will be having Library this Thursday. Please send in any library books by Thursday morning.

5) This Friday we will be attending First Friday Mass at 11:00 am.

6) This Friday begins March (already!) and March pizza money will be due this week. Please send in your child’s pizza money (labeled please) for March before Friday morning.

7) This Sunday is the day we will be singing at the 10:30 am mass with Pre-K and First Grade. A reminder letter with information regarding timing, attire, etc. is going home today in homework folders.

8) A permission slip and field trip chaperone paperwork is also going home today in homework folders. Please sign and return these to school by March 29^th.

Here are our themes/concepts for this week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/ Phonics:

-Letters- Short Vowel “a” in CVC words

-Sight Words- find, up

-Color Word- gray

-Writing Skill: Sentence Building

-Reading Comprehension- fiction vs. non-fiction, characters

2) Mathematics:

- Measurement- Compare, Contrast, and Explore Various Units

3) Religion-

-Jesus’ Miracles

- Jesus’ Life

-Preparing for Ash Wednesday  

-Daily Prayers

4) Social Studies:

- America Unit- Presidents & U.S. Symbols

5) Science:

-Arctic Animals- Habitats

Have a wonderful week!

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi

Week of February 19th

Good Afternoon,

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend. We had a wonderful day today in Kindergarten.

A few reminders for this week:

1) We added our new three popcorn words to our popcorn booklets today. If your child did not bring in their booklet, please make sure they bring it in tomorrow.

2) A very important letter regarding tardies went home in homework folders today.

3) There is no library this week, we will have library next Thursday February 28^th.

4) Friday is Pizza Lunch and 8^th grade will be running snack shop.

Here are our themes/concepts for this week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/ Phonics:

-Letters- Short Vowels in CVC words

-Sight Words- run, was

-Color Word- brown

-Reading Comprehension- fiction vs. non-fiction, characters

2) Mathematics:

- Measurement- Compare, Contrast, and Explore Various Units

3) Religion-

-Jesus’ Miracles

- Jesus’ Life

-Daily Prayers

4) Social Studies:

- America Unit- Presidents & U.S. Symbols

5) Science:

-Arctic Animals- Habitats

Have a wonderful week!

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi

Week of February 4th

Good Afternoon,

I hope you all had a nice weekend. Here is some important information for the week/month ahead.

1) Reading folders went home today with our new February READO & reading logs. Students who sent back their January work received a class prize coupon along with a coupon for one free ice cream at Cliff’s. If you did not send in your work today, you may send it in anytime this week. We will not be starting our weekly reading/spelling homework until the third week of February, after the Wedding of Q & U.

2) Official report cards will be going home this week, there was an issue with the formatting and it should be resolved and sent home shortly. You received a copy of our report cards during our conferences.

3) On Wednesday we will be having an Open House in the morning from 9:00-11:00 am. Students are asked to wear their CSW Shirts with their gym uniform bottoms. We will be watching Toy Story 3 in the afternoon and 8^th grade will be running the Snack Shop. Please send in any snack shop money with your child on Wednesday morning.

4) We will be celebrating out 100^th Day of School on Friday! Please send in our special mystery projects to school on Friday morning.

5) Our Wedding of Q & U will be next Friday February 15^th at 1:15 pm in the gym. We will also be celebrating our class Valentine’s Day party during our “reception” where students may bring in valentine’s for their classmates.

6) There is no school on Monday February 18^th for President’s Day.

Here are our themes/concepts for this week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/ Phonics:

-Letters- Short Vowels in CVC words

-Sight Words- we, so, love

-Color Word- pink

-Reading Comprehension- fiction vs. non-fiction, characters

2) Mathematics:

- Geometry- 2D & 3D Shapes

-Identifying, sorting, creating, and classifying shapes in real world

3) Religion-

-Jesus’ Miracles

- Jesus’ Life

-Daily Prayers

4) Social Studies:

- Intro to our “America” Unit

5) Science:

-Living vs. Nonliving

-Seasons, Patterns, Weather  

Thank you for your time and attention. I hope you have a blessed week.

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi