Kindergarten News

Kindergarten Class News

May 10-14, 2010

We had a fantastic week in kindergarten!  Our friends are so much fun!!!

 May 15 – Father Daughter Dance

May 21 – Brown bag day for the school

May 31 – No School Memorial Day

June 1 – New London Fun Day

June 4 – Last Day of School

Plain Red Sweatshirt

I have a plain red sweatshirt that has been left at school.  Our friends are not sure whom it belongs to.  So, if you are missing one, please let me know. 

Food allergies

When preparing snacks or treats to send in for all of our friends, please remember that our allergies include: peanuts, nuts, coconut and shellfish.  Thanks for your help.

Dolch lists

Continue to work on Dolch lists and High Frequency lists as review.

Weekly Wrap Up

Reading–

During reading, we read Cool Wheels.  This was about various types of wheels (scooters, skate boards, bicycles, skates, and wheel chairs).  As we read the story, picking out what made each kind of wheels work helped the students think about their experiences with the different kinds of wheels. 

Finishing the story Vroom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom by Anne Miranda was a fun story.  Picking the winning car for the race was fun as we listened eagerly to the story.   

While listening to the story Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car, we acted out the story.  Our friends had a lot of fun and everyone joined in.  After listening to the story, various situations were presented to students and they had to decide what would happen if certain situations arose.  Their ideas and thoughts were very creative. 

Math-

In math, we used non-standard units to measure objects.  Our friends had fun using the cut out feet to measure items, as they looked for longer, shorter and the same size.  We also acted out a trip to Kings Island with our teddy bear counters, as we learned how many different ways we could divide students up into groups.  Drawing pictures helped us figure out story problems.  Identifying a symmetrical design was fun and neat as we used paint and a butterfly to create our own butterfly.  We read the story A Butterfly is Born by Melvin Berger and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

Science/art-

We worked on our little I See…, zoo books.  All of our friends loved how the book showed the different animals by using the eyes they made for themselves at the back of the story.

Religion with Mrs. Leonhardt  

We continue to learn about celebrate Mary during the month of May!  The children have learned the words to the Hail Mary.  We are saying this prayer at each Religion class.  We read the book “Hail Mary” by Sabrina Bus to understand what each line of the Hail Mary is all about.  We also learned about the rosary as a prayer to Mary and a way to think about moments of Jesus’ life.  The children looked at and touched different kinds of rosaries.  They colored a sheet with the correct colors for each prayer: 1 Our Father and 10 Hail Mary prayers.  The students made rosaries on Wednesday with Mrs. Moulvi.  Children picked their own color for his/her rosary.  These rosaries will be blessed at Mass next Thursday.  Each child made a special thank you card for her.

On Thursday, we also remembered Our Lady of Fatima.  The students watched “The Day the Sun Danced,” and learned the true story of Fatima.

The students have brought home a sheet to practice the Hail Mary each day this week.  They may turn this sheet in next Monday, if they wish.

Library with Mrs. Fryer

Thursday was our last day for students to come to the library.  I read Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!  Thanks for a great year!

Thanks so much for all of your help to make this a team effort.

Enjoy your weekend and we’ll see you on Monday.

Mrs. Crooke

Mrs. Leonhardt

***If you have any question, please fell free to call or email us.

St. Joseph Consolidated School phone number – 863-8758

Mrs. Crooke’s email – tcrooke@sjcshamilton.org

                Mrs. Leonhardt’s email – aleonhardt@sjcshamilton.org