Week of October 5th

 

Welcome to Kindergarten!
Mrs. Nord and Mrs. Maher

We hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed the K-1st grade social on Saturday night! It was the perfect temperature for the pumpkin patch today. Thanks for joining us! Pumpkin patch pics will be in the next blog.

We continue to focus on proper pencil grip and letter formation. When writing their names, we begin with an uppercase letter and the rest are always lowercase. We are proud of the progress they have made so far! Please encourage the same at home:) 

        

Working on our own Johnny Appleseed creations 🍎

ELA: We continue to practice printing our letters, especially the lowercase letters. We listened to poems and stories both fiction and non-fiction. The letters we covered in FUNdations are b, f, t, m, & n (recognizing it,  picture, and sound) "b, bat, /b/"  and "f, fun, /f/". We practiced identifing the main idea in a story and retelling key details. The letter this week is Aa and our sight words are "like & eat."

Math: Practice tests are coming home today for you to sign and return. We will be jumping around in our book so on to Chapter 3: Position Words- below, above, top, middle, bottom, over, under, on, inside, outside, beside, behind, in front, next to, between, left, & right.

Religion: We continue to practice making the sign of the cross as well as saying daily prayers. We learned about the Feast Day of Our Guardian Angel on October 2nd and are learning the prayer. They created an angel craft and prayer that will hang in our room throughout the year.

Science and Social Studies: All about apples! The lifecycle of an apple and Johnny Appleseed. What do plants need to grow? What do animals and we need to grow?

SKS PEP RALLY

Reminders:💙

*Library books are due by Tuesday

*Homework is due by Friday

*Please check and empty your child's folder each night.

*Word Rings "live" in your child's take-home folder. When you are finished practicing the words, please keep them in the folder. 

*Gym on Friday

*All are welcome to join us for mass on Wednesday at 9:00 prepared by the 8th grade.

*Friday is a noon dismissal- Teacher PD in the afternoon

*No School on Monday

*Next Tuesday we begin winter uniforms. It is also school picture day. Order forms are in your child's folder. 

*Please sign and return your child's math "test"

Week of September 28th

 

Welcome to Kindergarten!
Mrs. Nord and Mrs. Maher

We hope you had a nice weekend despite all the rain. Our class is doing a fantastic job of following our morning routines of unpacking, praying and starting their morning work. We are very impressed with how quickly they have adjusted to their new surroundings.

We are really focusing on proper pencil grip and letter formation. When writing their names, we begin with an uppercase letter and the rest are always lowercase. We are proud of the progress they have made so far! Please encourage the same at home:) 

        

Busy completing our morning work!

ELA: We are practicing printing our letters, especially the lowercase letters. We listened to poems and stories. Last week we started "partner reading." We practiced the letters b and f (recognizing it,  picture, and sound) "b, bat, /b/"  and "f, fun, /f/"in FUNdations. This week: we will identify the main idea in a story and retell key details. The letter this week is Mm and our sight word is "I."

Math: We finished Chapter 1- sorting and took our practice tests. They will be sent home this week for you to sign and return. We will be jumping around in our book so on to Chapter 3: Position Words- below, above, top, middle, bottom, over, under, on, inside, outside, beside, behind, in front, next to, between, left, & right.

Religion: We continue to practice making the sign of the cross as well as saying daily prayers. We are finishing Chapter 2- God gave us the gift of light. Next we will learn about God's gift of water.

Science and Social Studies: All about apples! The lifecycle of an apple and Johnny Appleseed. What do plants need to grow? What do animals and we need to grow?

Reminders:💙

*Library books are due by Tuesday

*Homework is due by Friday

*Please check and empty your child's folder each night.

*Word Rings will be coming home this week. Please keep them in your child's take-home folder.

*Gym on Friday- This Friday we will also be having a Pep Rally💙🤍Children can show their school spirit by wearing SKS spirit wear, gym uniform, or blue and white apparel with sneakers:)

*Scholastic book club order forms were sent home last week. A few people have placed their online orders, If anyone else would like to place an order, please submit it by Tuesday night. You can order any books off of the website. I will submit our class order Wednesday morning.

*Next Monday is our field trip to Sugartown Strawberries. If you haven't sent in your child's signed permission form and/or $12 cash please send it in tomorrow. Please send your child to school wearing their gym uniform and sneakers for the field trip as well as a bag for them to carry their pumpkin. If you are joining us, Farmer Bob asks that you pay him the $5 per person fee at the farm. We will eat lunch back at school following the field trip. Please meet us there at 9:45.

Happy Birthday James!🎂

Practicing our new sight word "I"

We love brain breaks!

Back To School 2026- Week of Sept 14th

 Welcome to Kindergarten!
Mrs. Nord and Mrs. Maher

First Day of school smiles😊

We have had the best first week of school! Many thanks for sending in the paperwork, headsets, and supplies. Your help is appreciated!! We met all of our "specials" teachers. The kids are adjusting to their new routines and are already exceeding our expectations. Thank you for sharing them with us!

 In ELA: We are practicing printing our letters, especially the lowercase letters. We listened to stories and practiced "turn and talk" with our neighbors. We practiced the letter t (recognizing it,  picture, and sound) "t, top, /t/" in FUNdations. We also started Heggerty and are reday to start Benchmark on Monday. 

       In Math: We are learning to differentiate between items that are the same, alike, and different as well as sorting.  They also sorted by color and shape. We are practicing our listening and following directions skills as well. 

        In Religion: We celebrated Mary's Birthday and started discussing the wonderful world that God has given us. God loves us so much that he give us our wonderful world. Ask your child about some of the gifts that God gave us. We are practicing making the sign of the cross as well as learning the Our Father.

We met our 6th grade buddies and atteded mass on Wednesday.

Looking ahead 👀

                   Monday: SKS Fall Classic

                         Please return library books 

                

                  Thursday: Spirit Wear Dress Down Day for                          Kindergarten only. Please send in $1 if your 

                  child would like to dress down

                  Friday: Wear your gym uniform

                Monday, October 5th- Field Trip to the Pumpkin                              Patch! More info to follow next week.