Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Week of 2/21- Wedding Week! :)

 


Good Afternoon!

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend. We have a VERY

exciting week ahead. :) 


Please read below for important information about our busy, fun, short

week! 

1) A detailed letter went home about our upcoming Wedding of Q & U.

Please read it carefully and let me know if you have any questions. I am

SO excited to finally have you all join us for this special occasion on Friday morning. Doors open for seating in the gym at 8:45 am, ceremony begins promptly at 9:00.


2) Since it is a shortened week, and with the Wedding on Friday,

we will still be having spelling but it will be our SPECIAL sight words

from last month. We will also be taking the test on Thursday.

The words are stapled to the weekly homework packet but will be

God, love, Jesus, mom, dad. Homework is not due back until next

Monday but please still have students practice these words for the test. 


3) Pizza money is due by Thursday, please ensure it is labeled. 


4) St. Judes Math-a-thon books are due by Friday, March 10th.

Our class can win a NUT card (no uniform day) if EVERY student

completes the workbook & earns a minimum of $50 in donations per

student. Please see the STS website for more information. 


Here are our themes/concepts for the week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/Phonics:

  • Spelling Words: God, love, Jesus, mom, dad

  • Sight Words: our, be, black, ride, went 

  • Reading Skill: Plot & Setting 

  • Writer’s Workshop- Simple Sentences, Nouns 

  • Phonemic Skill: “QU” /kw/ sound 

  • Syllables & Blending Sounds- CVC Words (short vowels)


2) Mathematics:

  • Addition Unit 

 

3) Religion:

  • Ash Wednesday

  • Lenten Season


4) Science:

  • Seasons, Weather & Patterns 


5) Social Studies:

  • America Unit- Presidents 


Important Dates Ahead:

-Wednesday, Feb 22nd- Ash Wednesday 8:45 am school mass 

-Friday, Feb. 24th- Wedding of Q & U (detailed letter in folders)


Thank you so much for your time & attention.

Have a Blessed week.

I look forward to seeing our families on Friday morning. 

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi


Monday, February 13, 2023

Week of Feb. 13th :)

 


Good Afternoon!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to this beautiful week.

We have a lot of exciting events coming up this week & next, please see

below for important information. 


1) Tomorrow we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with a small class party

(our big celebration will be next Friday with the Wedding of Q & U). 


Students must bring in their secret valentine’s project that was sent

home last Monday tomorrow. They may also bring their own valentines to

distribute amongst friends (we have 26 students in total). As per school

policy, all valentine goodies must be NON-food. 


2) Tomorrow is also a TAG day, the theme is Valentine’s (red, white, pink).

Please send in the $1 tag donation LABELED TAG DAY in folders tomorrow

if your child is dressing down. 


3) Today we have officially started our first SPELLING unit! We are VERY

excited! Attached to our weekly homework you will see the list of our 5

spelling words, along with the practice sheet to complete this week. Each

week will focus on a similar sound/vowel pattern, and it will increasingly get

more challenging as we progress. We will take our first spelling test on

Friday and it will be sent home to be signed & returned as well. 


4) A letter went home last week regarding the Protecting God’s Children

Safe Touch lesson (age appropriate lesson, stranger danger, etc.) that will

be conducted next week. If you would like to opt-out your child from this

lesson, please return the completed form no later than this

Thursday, 2/16. 


5) There is snack shop tomorrow at lunch, pizza money (labeled please!) is

due by Thursday. 


Here are our themes/concepts for the week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/Phonics:

  • Spelling Words: cat, hat, pan, man, bag (short a word families) 

  • Sight Words: do, he, like, who, will 

  • Reading Skill: Plot & Setting 

  • Writer’s Workshop- Simple Sentences, Nouns 

  • Phonemic Skill: “QU” /kw/ sound 

  • Syllables & Blending Sounds- CVC Words 


2) Mathematics:

  • Addition Unit Begins! 

 

3) Religion:

  • Jesus Teaches Us to Love

  • Preparing for Lent 


4) Science:

  • Seasons, Weather & Patterns 


5) Social Studies:

  • America Unit- Presidents 


Important Dates Ahead:

-Tuesday, Feb. 14th- Class Valentine Celebration & Valentine TAG day

-Monday, Feb. 20th- School Closed for Presidents 

-Wednesday, Feb 22nd- Ash Wednesday 8:30 am mass 

-Friday, Feb. 24th- Wedding of Q & U (detailed letter to come) 


Thank you so much for your time & attention. Have a Blessed week.

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi 


Monday, February 6, 2023

Week of Feb. 6th

 




Good afternoon everyone!

We had a truly fantastic day celebrating our 100th day of Kindergarten, I cannot believe we have less than 80 school days left together. :( I really hope it slows down! I am having so much fun with these amazing students.


We have a very busy & exciting week ahead, please read below for important information:


1) Our top secret & special “Secret Valentines” project went home in

homework folders with a detailed letter and the heart attached behind.

Please have your child take time decorating the valentine, including one kind

sentence they have written about that friend (& cutting out of the original

paper please) over the next few days and return them to school by next

Tuesday, Feb. 14th. :) 


2) Homework folders went home today with our new weekly AND monthly

work. Weekly work may be returned on Monday (since this Friday we have

the Wedding!) 


3) School snack shop will be open for lunch tomorrow. Pizza money is due by

Thursday, please ensure it is labeled in your child’s folder if they will be

ordering pizza. 


4) A detailed reminder letter about our Wedding of Q & U will be going

home tomorrow with all the information about attire, timing, etc. :) I am

SO excited for you all to see this special class performance and to

celebrate as well. 


Here are our themes/concepts for the week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/Phonics:

  • Sight Words: do, he, like, who, will 

  • Reading Skill: Plot

  • Writer’s Workshop- Simple Sentences, Nouns 

  • Phonemic Skill: “QU” /kw/ sound 

  • Syllables & Blending Sounds- CVC Words 


2) Mathematics:

  • Symmetry Unit- Making equal parts (whole, half, fourth) 

 

3) Religion:

  • Jesus Teaches

  • The Miracles of Jesus 


4) Science:

  • Seasons, Weather & Patterns 


5) Social Studies:

  • America Unit- Presidents 


Important Dates Ahead:

-Friday, Feb. 10th- Wedding of Q & U  @ 9:00 

-Tuesday, Feb. 14th- Class Valentine Celebration & Valentine TAG day

-Monday, Feb. 20th- School Closed for Presidents 


Thank you so much for your time & attention. Have a Blessed week.

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi


Monday, January 30, 2023

Week of Jan. 30th- Catholic Schools Week

 



Good Afternoon! Happy Catholic Schools Week!


I am so excited for this wonderful week ahead as we celebrate our

incredible school & students! :) Please refer to my picture sent yesterday

via Dojo to see the daily events. (some are explained more below) 



Tomorrow we are collecting donations for Roxbury Social Services.

They are in need of these items: mayo, mustard, ketchup, chunky peanut

butter, strawberry jelly, kid snack packages, Cup of Soup (beef), sugar

and small canned chicken.


On Wednesday all students who purchased the new 2023 CSW t-shirt

should wear those with their gym uniforms. We will be having a movie

afternoon (we will be watching Curious George in Kindergarten) & our 8th

grade buddies will be bringing the snack shop to our classroom. If you’d like

to send in $ for your child to buy a snack that afternoon, please send it

labeled with them on Wednesday. There is NO snack shop tomorrow. 



Here is more information about our week ahead:

1) Tomorrow afternoon we will be having a class “SNOW PARTY” to

celebrate our class filling up our snowman with SNOW many acts of

kindness, teamwork & respect! :) 


2) Pizza money is due Thursday. Please make sure it is labeled if you are

ordering, this helps tremendously. Thank you! 


3) Our 100th Day Celebration will be on Monday, February 6th. Please send

your child to school that day with their 100th day project that morning, I

cannot wait to see their creations!


4) We are very excited for the upcoming Wedding of Q & U! A signup

genius will be sent to you by tomorrow the latest if you are interested in

donating or volunteering to assist us in making this another amazing &

magical event for our class. 


5) A class list went home today for Valentine’s Day in homework folders.

Students may use these to address valentine’s for our party if they’d like. :) 


Here are our themes/concepts for the week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/Phonics:

  • Sight Words: orange, pink, purple, black, green, white

  • Reading Skill: Setting & Characters

  • Writer’s Workshop- Simple Sentences

  • Syllables & Blending Sounds- CVC Words 


2) Mathematics:

  • Geometry Unit- 2D & 3D Shapes

  • Review of ALL concepts learned thus far before next week’s fun new unit of addition begins! :) 

 

3) Religion:

  • Celebrating Catholic Schools Week

  • We Can Love like Jesus!


4) Science:

  • Groundhog Day!

  • Seasons, Weather & Patterns 


Important Dates Ahead:

-Friday, Feb. 3- Mass @ 8:45 am

-Monday, Feb. 6th- 100th Day celebration & projects due

-Friday, Feb. 10th- Wedding of Q & U  @ 9:00 

-Tuesday, Feb. 14th- Class Valentine Celebration 

-Monday, Feb. 20th- School Closed for Presidents 


Thank you so much for your time & attention. Have a Blessed week.

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi 


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