Hello! Happy Catholic Schools Week!! We've got lots of fun things planned for this week to celebrate our wonderful school!! It's sure to be an exciting week. The kids have been getting really excited with all the activities we have planned!
Monday:
Dress as your favorite movie/book character day!
For Language Arts, the Kindergarteners are going to focus on Jan Brett's story of 'The Mitten'. We will read through it and point out the beginning, middle and end. We will also be practicing to act this story out. We will have headbands with the different animals and other props to help us. We'll be practicing this all week and finally doing for an audience during the Variety Show on Friday!
The afternoon fun will be gathering together with other classes to watch a movie in the library!
Tuesday:
(will run with Wednesday's normal schedule)
Red & White Day!
Mass with the Bishop at 10 AM...please feel free to join us for this wonderful occasion!
Wednesday:
(will run with Tuesday's normal schedule)
Crazy Hat Day!
Language Arts:
We'll continue to practice 'The Mitten'. We'll also be reviewing our sight words and our word families and writing in our journals.
Religion:
We'll be focusing on learning about Jesus as a storyteller and teacher. We'll listen to many stories from the bible that guide us in learning how Jesus wants us to live our everyday lives. The big lesson this week will be: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR!
Thursday:
Spelling Bee Day!
Happy Groundhog's Day!
We'll be hearing stories of Phil the Groundhog and what the whole meaning behind this day is. The children will pretend that they are groundhogs and decide if they would want to see their shadow or not and write about why they would choose what they did. We'll also do an groundhog art activity in the afternoon to go with this.
In the afternoon, we'll go to the Social Hall to watch the Jr. High students do the Spelling Bee!
Friday:
Favorite Team Sports Day!
We'll have a final practice for 'The Mitten', as we get ready for the Variety Show in the afternoon. The Variety Show is at 1 PM, in the Social Hall. All are welcome to join us...we hope that you can make it!
Saturday:
Home & School Bake Sale
Sunday:
All School Liturgy at 10 AM Mass
Pancake & Sausage Breakfast by the KC's...benefits go to support our school!
That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by!!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
January 23rd - 27th, 2012
Hey All!
Hope the 2012 is treating everyone well! The year is moving right along and we're off to a great start in this new year! The children have really enjoyed a new song I found for our mimio board about the 12 months of the year...ask them to sing it for you...it's a great tune!
Here's what's happening this week:
Language Arts:
We'll meet our new alphafriend for the week: Fifi Fish! She'll teach us all about the letter/sound of Ff! We'll revisit some of our stories that we've been reading - all counting stories! We'll compare/contrast them and talk about what we liked and didn't like. Our strategy focus this week is on asking questions during a story to check for understanding. Our reading comprehension focus will be on recalling the beginning, middle and end of the story.
We'll review our sight words that we've learned so far and we'll also review our word families: -at and -an. The children are really moving right along with their reading progress! I have just completed all of the children's Guided Reading levels and they are all doing so so well...well on the way to being ready for 1st grade!
Math:
We have finished up our section on numbers 0-10 and are taking a break for numbers for awhile to work on GEOMETRY! =) We'll review shapes and then go onto harder ones...sphere, cone, cylinder and explore some other early concepts to geometry.
Religion:
We'll finish up our section on learning about God's wonderful gift of our world and how it is our duty to take care of it. I can't wait to see the posters they will make about caring for God's world. We'll then move onto learning about Jesus as a teacher and how he teaches us many lessons through stories from the bible.
Science/Social Studies:
We'll learn all about the Chinese New Year (celebrated on Monday, Jan. 23rd) and make a dragon puppet during Center times with helpers Mary Jane Grande (on Monday) and Mary Jo Gingras (on Wednesday).
We'll be learning about Polar Animals...focusing on the Polar Bear and the Penguin.
I'll be working with them in Centers to learn about Polar Bears from their National Geographic for Young Explorers magazine.
The 2nd Grade have buddied up with us to learn about Penguins. We'll be doing a penguin book with them on Tuesday and a Heart Shaped Penguin Art Project on Thursday.
Please keep your eyes open for FEBRUARY Snack & Center Calendars and also information concerning Catholic Schools Week.
Last year the Kindergarteners and I decided to to a short little play for the Variety Show and I'm planning on doing that again (different story this year.) Hope you can plan to attend this!
Keep those Movie Themed Items coming! We've got a good start on our basket...thanks for your donations for our Silent Auction basket!
Have a wonderful week!
Thanks for stopping by!
~ Mrs. Westlund =)
Hope the 2012 is treating everyone well! The year is moving right along and we're off to a great start in this new year! The children have really enjoyed a new song I found for our mimio board about the 12 months of the year...ask them to sing it for you...it's a great tune!
Here's what's happening this week:
Language Arts:
We'll meet our new alphafriend for the week: Fifi Fish! She'll teach us all about the letter/sound of Ff! We'll revisit some of our stories that we've been reading - all counting stories! We'll compare/contrast them and talk about what we liked and didn't like. Our strategy focus this week is on asking questions during a story to check for understanding. Our reading comprehension focus will be on recalling the beginning, middle and end of the story.
We'll review our sight words that we've learned so far and we'll also review our word families: -at and -an. The children are really moving right along with their reading progress! I have just completed all of the children's Guided Reading levels and they are all doing so so well...well on the way to being ready for 1st grade!
Math:
We have finished up our section on numbers 0-10 and are taking a break for numbers for awhile to work on GEOMETRY! =) We'll review shapes and then go onto harder ones...sphere, cone, cylinder and explore some other early concepts to geometry.
Religion:
We'll finish up our section on learning about God's wonderful gift of our world and how it is our duty to take care of it. I can't wait to see the posters they will make about caring for God's world. We'll then move onto learning about Jesus as a teacher and how he teaches us many lessons through stories from the bible.
Science/Social Studies:
We'll learn all about the Chinese New Year (celebrated on Monday, Jan. 23rd) and make a dragon puppet during Center times with helpers Mary Jane Grande (on Monday) and Mary Jo Gingras (on Wednesday).
We'll be learning about Polar Animals...focusing on the Polar Bear and the Penguin.
I'll be working with them in Centers to learn about Polar Bears from their National Geographic for Young Explorers magazine.
The 2nd Grade have buddied up with us to learn about Penguins. We'll be doing a penguin book with them on Tuesday and a Heart Shaped Penguin Art Project on Thursday.
Please keep your eyes open for FEBRUARY Snack & Center Calendars and also information concerning Catholic Schools Week.
Last year the Kindergarteners and I decided to to a short little play for the Variety Show and I'm planning on doing that again (different story this year.) Hope you can plan to attend this!
Keep those Movie Themed Items coming! We've got a good start on our basket...thanks for your donations for our Silent Auction basket!
Have a wonderful week!
Thanks for stopping by!
~ Mrs. Westlund =)
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