Mrs. McCormick's Kinder Update

This week we completed:

In Morning Calendar we said the days and months in Spanish. We also learned the "blue" song.

“BLUE”

(To the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”)

B-L-U-E, spells blue!

B-L-U-E, spells blue!

Hi Ho, did you know?

B-L-U-E, spells blue!

The big sky is blue!

The ocean is too!

Hi Ho, did you know?

B-L-U-E, spells blue!

In Math we worked in our workbooks on the vocab words alike and different. We learned about sorting attributes and one to one correspondence. We also did eye color graphing. We sorted the whole class in three columns, green, brown and blue. We then got to graph which eye color had more and less.

In Social Studies we continued to learn all about me and read "I'm Gonna Like Me" and discussed how we are different. We also practiced our "I Like Me" chant.

In Reading we reviewed our nursery rhymes. We sequenced the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We read the story of Little Boy Blue and talked about the characters and settings in a story. We worked on writing the letters Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg and Hh in our workbooks. We watched the video "Is Your Mama A Llama?" and discussed all the rhyming words we heard. We read "The Little Engine That Could" and drew a picture of something that we wanted to learn.

In Handwriting we started working in our workbooks on tracing and learned the positional words. Practiced writing from left to right.

In DWP we reviewed the Reason for Rules. We read "David Goes to School" and "David Gets in Trouble". The children illustrated their favorite part of the two stories in journal and tried to write about what they drew.

In Religion we colored creation cards and made a pocket for them that said "God Made All That Is Good". We illustrated Day 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for our creation books. We reminded the students about proper Mass behavior.

Reminders:

• September 1st- Spirit Day
• September 6-7- No School
• Please remind your child where they will be going after school.
• The annual Partners' Breakfast and "State of the School Address" will take place Sept. 18th at 8:30am. All are invited as we celebrate our accomplishments as a school over the past year, share with you where we are headed in the coming year and show you how your support makes a difference to our students. 
• Please let me know if you would like to sign up to be in charge of our Scholastic Book Orders or sharpening our colored pencils.
• We sent home a revised snack calendar this week, please check because your day may of changed.
• My wish list is now updated

http://www.sjbosco.org/academics/pre-k-3rd/mrs-mccormick/wish-list/

Thank You!!

I would like to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend curriculum night. I was very happy to have so many parents stop by. To those who could not make it, you will find all the information that we talked about in your child's Friday Folder. Also thank you for bringing in snack on your child's assigned day.

 

Mrs. M^cCormick’s Kinder Update

The students had a great second week of school.  Miss. Stephanie and I are really enjoying getting to know all of them and it has been lovely to see how well they have settled into their new class.

In Morning Calendar we learned the “Red” song; which could be found on my website under color songs. We also learned our class pledge and introduced how to count by tens on our number chart.

In Math we worked in our workbooks and learned the position words such as above, below and next to. We worked on one to one correspondence and patterns. We also made play dough snakes with a partner and compared lengths.

In Reading/ Language Arts we worked on rhyming activities through the use of nursery rhymes. We read and sequenced Humpty Dumpty, Little Red Riding Hood and Little Red Hen. We worked in our workbooks on writing Aa & Bb. We heard the listening tape of Aladdin. We also read “Franklin Goes to School”.

In Social Studies we continued with "all about me".  The children learned the "I Like Me" chant and illustrated the chant with two items that they liked.  They also shared their homework project and what is special to them.

In Religion we went to the church to practice proper behavior in mass. We read the story of creation.  We sequenced the order of what God created each day.  We made Day 1 & 2 for our creation book. We read “God’s Gift” and we’re also continuing to learn the Guardian Angel Prayer.  Please work with your child at home.

Angel of God, My Guardian Dear, To whom God's love commits me here

Ever this day be at my side to light and guard and rule and guide.

            Amen.

Reminders:

*Curriculum Night is Thursday, August 26th at 6:30.

*Don't forget to check the snack calendar and send a healthy snack on your snack day.

*Please send your child to school each day with a labeled water bottle.

*No school on September 6th & 7th in honor of Labor Day.

*Please work with your child on tucking in their shirts.

Thank you!

*Castaneda Family for donating a Michael's giftcard

*To the parents that have been coming to help with lunch and recess.

Mrs. M^cCormick's Kinder Update

We had a wonderful first few days of Kindergarten. Through our gradual entry I was able to get to know the students in a small group each day and become familiar with their names and personalities. We are working on learning our daily routine, class rules and procedures as well as the DWP (Discipline with Purpose) skills. We were also able to make some new friends and share about ourselves. We will continue to learn about each other in our first unit, "All about ME".

On the first day of class we toured the campus and met all of the teachers. Today the "Gingerbread Man" had us chasing after him as he was visiting our campus. He left notes for us in the technology lab, library, nurses office, front office, music and the art room. We finally caught up to him back in our classroom where he left us some treats. We also read the story of "The Kissing Hand".

Reminders...
*Friday folders were sent home and should be returned on Monday. Look for the snack calendar today.
*Homework folders will go home on Monday and should be returned on Fridays.
Please send a labeled water bottle (filled with water only) with your student each day.
*Return all information sheets to school as soon as possible as this helps me to meet the needs of all students.
*Please work with your child on tucking in their shirt. Belts are not required but shirts must be tucked in at all times when on campus.
*Curriculum Night is August 26th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Denim Dollar Day
Our first denim dollar day of the year will be this Wednesday, August 18th. Students are allowed to wear jean bottoms with a SJB shirt for one dollar. Proceeds benefit Friends of the Orphans or Student Council. Please follow the guidelines in the student handbook.

Hot Lunch Program
Hot lunch will be available beginning on Monday, August 16th. You may add money to your hot lunch account by clicking on the accounting tab on Renweb and then pay now. Lunches are $3.25 a day. You may purchase milk if your child is bringing lunch (.40).

Drop Off Procedures:
Students arriving on campus should report to the classroom to drop their backpack by the door and then proceed to the playground or Library. Students arriving after 8:00 will need a tardy slip from the front office, parents are not permitted to accompany them to the classroom after 8:00 a.m.

Dismissal Procedure:
Students registered for MAP will be escorted to the MPR.
Students using car-pool will be escorted to the car-pool area. Parents can also pick up students in the classroom.

MAP (Multi Age Program)
St. John Bosco provides before and after school care for an hourly charge. For more information click on the MAP registration tab on our webpage.