Upcoming Events/Mark your calendars:
- Tuesday, November 4: 8am Mass
- Tuesday, November 4: McTeacher’s Night at McDonalds in Countryside from 4-6pm. 20% of all food sales and 100% of all apple pie sales will benefit the school!
- Wednesday, November 5: Picture retake day for anyone who wants a retake or was absent on picture day in October!
- Friday, October 7: No School, Teacher PD
- Friday, October 7: Vendor fair from 5:30-8
Looking even further ahead: 🙂
- Christmas: I want to make sure our busy families mark FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19TH on their calendars. This will be the kindergarten Christmas Mass and song performance. We will be partnering with our 8th grade buddies to be in charge of the different Mass parts, and then after Mass, the kindergartners will stand on the altar and share their Christmas song presentation with you. The Mass will begin at 9:30 and will end with the song presentation close to 11:00. Keep in mind, this is a 2pm early dismissal day.
What’s Due:
- Hot lunch orders: Order now!
- Virtus training: In order to volunteer in our classroom or go on a field trip, you must be VIRTUS TRAINED: https://stcletusschool.com/volunteering/; Please be sure to get this completed! We’d LOVE to have you in our classroom! 🙂 Please reach out to Ms. Krieger in the office with ANY questions about virtus training: mkrieger@stcletusparish.com . We LOVE volunteers and are happy to help you with any questions. A BIG thanks to all that have gotten these requirements completed. We are so grateful to our volunteers!!
- Boom cards: Boom card links will expire this weekend. Be sure to check them out! I’ll upload new ones by Monday!
- Halloween candy sort: Please use the weekend to sort through the Halloween candy, complete the tally page and then send it in for a sticker! I sent the page out a while ago, so if it’s gotten misplaced, here is an extra copy or shoot me an email and I’d be happy print and send home with your child: Halloween sort page
Next Week:
Language Arts:
- Fundations: So far, I’ve introduced:
t, top, /t/
b, bat, /b/
f, fun, /f/
n, nut, /n/
m, man, /m/,
i, itch, /i/
u, up, /u/
c, cat, /c/
o, octopus, /o/
a, apple /a/
g, game, /g/
d, dog, /d/
s, snake, /s/
e, Ed, /e/
r, rat, /r/
p, pan, /p/
j, jug, /j/
l, lamp, /l/
h, hat, /h/
Next week, I’ll introduce: k, kite, /k/
- Journal writing: Journal writing will now progress to students generating their own topics and writing about that topic by streeeetching their words and using the word wall.
- Listening center: Thanksgiving books are out at the listening center for the month of November!
- Poetry journal: We will learn a new song in our pocket chart: November!
- High frequency words: I have introduced: the, I, we, go, yes, no, will, to, see, like, is, a, my,do, have. Next week, I will introduce our final October words: YOU, AND. The goal is for children to be able to quickly identify these words and write them correctly in their writing.
- Decodable books: We will read a new decodable book during reading group next week. Students are working on left to right tracking, quickly reading word wall words and tapping out CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words.
- Birthdays: When calling the kids to get their snacks, I’m focusing on calling by birthday months and then students have to give the date. At home, ask your child to say his/her birthday.
- Read alouds: We will continue to work on identifying story elements, retelling stories (beginning, middle and end) and comparing and contrasting stories. Story elements are the characters, setting, problem and solution. When reading fiction stories, the students help me fill out a chart with those 4 different story elements. Characters are defined as people, animals or things in story. The setting is where and when the story takes place. The problem is what is wrong in the story. The solution is how the characters solve the problem. At home, when reading with your child, please ask about the characters, setting, problem and solution in stories.
Math:
We will continue modules 7-9 (we will go back to modules 4-6 right after) which is all about representing numbers 6-10.
- Teen numbers: We are practicing reading and writing our tricky teen numbers. Students will tackle another Halloween “count the room” clipboard activity next week.
- Counting to 50. We will now practice counting to 80. At home, please practice counting to 80 (or beyond)! The goal by the end of kindergarten is to count to 100 (or beyond)!
- Greater than/less than: we will continue to practice comparing numbers within 20.
- One more/one less: students will practice naming “1 more” and “1 less” for numbers within 10.
- Counting order: students will practice putting a group of numbers in “counting order,” with a set of numbers not including “1”.
- Counting by 10s: We will begin to practice skip counting by 10s to 100. The kids are already picking up on it quickly! At home, in the car–please practice counting by 10s!
Religion
- We will continue to attend 8am Mass each Tuesday. Remember, doors open 5 minutes early, at 7:45.
- Next week’s “Peter story” in religion will be about feeling ANGRY. God cares how we feel and asks us to care about others’ feelings.