January 24, 2019

Hello!

Because of snow days, we will be having our unit 3 test next week instead! Make sure to help your children practice sight words!

Our 100th Day Celebration will be pushed back because of snow days, but please be sure to send back your child's "100 Mystery Bag".

Next week is Catholic Schools Week! Be sure to read this post carefully so you know all about the plans and activities in this exciting week!

Sunday, January 27th - Special Liturgy/Lunch- There will be a special Catholic School's Week liturgy at Holy Spirit Church at the 9 am mass. A brunch provided by the PTO will follow the service.

Monday, January 28th- Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day- This day teachers will enjoy lunch away from school. STUDENTS NEED TO BRING A SACK LUNCH THIS DAY! Milk will be provided. Students will eat lunch with their advent angel.

The dress-up theme for Monday is: wear St. Malachy Colors- blue & yellow!

Tuesday, January 29th- Student Appreciation Day- A Teachers vs. Students Competition will occur.

The dress-up theme for Tuesday is dress like twins or famous duos!! Contact a St. Malachy friend (any grade level) and dress alike!

Wednesday. January 30th- Class Theme Day- In the afternoon, we will work with our Advent Angels to make valentine cards for servicemen and women

The kindergarten dress-up theme for Wednesday is COMMUNITY HELPERS! Students can come dressed to school as their favorite community helper: doctor, nurse, construction worker, firefighter, police officer, etc. 

Thursday, January 31st- Pajamas/Sweatpants Day- In the afternoon, we will watch a movie in the gym! Students may bring a pillow and blanket to lay on while they watch the movie. We will have lunch in our room this day. Lunch this day will be a sack lunch provided by the school.

The dress-up theme for Thursday is: wear pajamas! Be sure your child's pajamas are appropriate for school. We will still be going outside for recess if the weather allows us to. 

Friday, February 1st- Grandparents/Special Guest Mass- Mass will begin at 1:30 at Holy Spirit Church. Please have your child's grandparent or special guest meet your child at the church. Students will be bussed to the church by 1:15. Be sure to return the Field Trip permission form completed and signed so your child can ride the bus to the church!

The dress-up theme for Friday is: Dress Up Day! Students are encouraged to wear their "Sunday best" to school since this is such a special day. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know! Thank you. :) 

January 17th, 2019

Important Information: 

Grandparent/Special Guest Mass

Catholic School’s Week is fast approaching.  One of the special days during that week is Grandparent/Special guest day.  It is currently scheduled for Friday, February 1 and will be at Holy Spirit Church.  Help your child invite someone to join them at mass and a short reception in the church hall on that day.  It really is meaningful for all if your child has a special guest on that day. And yes, we are encouraging the grandparent/special guest to take the child home after the mass/reception.  So please, begin working on the arrangements for this very special day. Let me know if you have any questions. 

100th Day of School

In the folder this week, I sent home information about the 100th Day of School. It is looking like it will be Thursday, January 31st. If there are snow days, it will be moved back. I'm asking that you help your child fill their 100th Day Mystery Bag with 100 items. The items must fit in the brown paper bag and be kindergarten friendly (nothing breakable!). Anything can be in the brown paper bag such as marbles, stickers, pennies, buttons, etc. On the 100th day, the class will guess what item is in your child's bag based on the clues they give. Please send the bag filled sometime before the 100th day of school, Thursday, January 31st.  

Sight Words

We are finishing up our reading unit this coming week. Be sure to practice the following sight words with your child, as they will be assessed on them next Friday. Come, Me, You, What, With, Are, My, Now

A Peek Into Our Learning: 

Reading- Where do different animals make their homes? 

Writing- Narrative Story Writing 

Math- Represent, Count, and Write to 11 to 19

Science- Plants/ Animals 

Religion-We Belong to the Catholic Church/ Baptism 

January 10th, 2019

It has been great to be back from break!

Reminders:

I added new pictures on the blog. Be sure to check these out!

No School Monday, January 14th.

Kindergarten will be attending mass January 16th.

If you have not sent back the paper from the newspaper, be sure to fill this out and send it back by January 16th. If I have not gotten one back yet, I sent another copy home in the take-home folder this week.

The Week in Review:

In reading, we have been talking about animal bodies. Our sight words are what and you.

In math, we have been practicing subtraction. On Tuesday, we will start our unit on numbers 11-19.

In Science, we have been talking about animals and plants.

In Religion, we have been talking about how Jesus has friends and how we have a church family.