Kindergarten News from Mrs. Yanoschak and Mrs. Harrell
Week of November 30 - December 4
Dear Parents,
We wish everyone a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving. The children will
return to school on Monday, November 30.
A Scholastic Book order form has been sent home. If you would like to
purchase books for your child for Christmas, then please complete the form.
The money and form should be returned to school by Monday, November 30.
We will continue to assess the children on the following skills for the
first semester report card: recognition of upper case/lower case letters,
letter sounds, blending sounds into words, rhyming words, color words, full
name, birth date, home address, telephone number as well as many other skills.
We will not be assessing the children on many of the math skills for first
semester since we are still learning these skills. The report cards will be
sent home the first week of January.
We will be attending Mass with our kinderbuddies on Friday, December 4.
Friday is also an early dismissal day, 11:45AM.
HASA is offering a Parents' Night Out/Lower School Movie & Pizza Party on
Friday, December 4. The payment and signed permission form needs to be
returned to school by Tuesday December 1.
Please reserve Tuesday, December 15 to watch your child perform in the
annual Kindergarten Christmas Program. It will be held in the Fallon Center
at 9:00AM. We are looking forward to it.
Reading Highlights:
"Dear Juno" and "Jamica's Find"
- discuss character's actions
- introduce word family: -ig
- review word families: -am, -ap, -at, im, -in, -it
- review letters/sounds: Ii (short vowel) and Aa (short vowel)
- review letters/sounds: Ff, Gg, Dd, Nn, Cc, Pp, Mm, Rr, Ss, Tt
- review high-frequency words: on, to, go, we, I, like, a, my, the
Center Activities:
The children will have free choice centers this week.
Birthdays:
We do not have any birthdays this week.
When sending in a birthday snack, please remember the food allergies in our
classroom. (No peanuts)
Star Student:
Our Star Student this week will be Drew Fusarelli. Please bring a picture of
yourself to school on Monday.
Kinder Book Club:
Our Kinder Book Club reader this week will be Chasen Brown. Please
select a book to share with the class on Thursday.
Math:
The children will identify, show, and draw groups of items using the numbers
11 - 14.
Religion:
We will begin to discuss ways families prepare for Christmas. We will also
discuss how the Advent Season is a special time within the Church. A paper
Advent wreath is included in the folder along with a few prayer cards. We
thought that your child would like to have their own Advent wreath to use at
home during this special season.
Thematic Unit:
We will begin a mini economic unit called "Santa's Workshop." The children
will learn terms such as wants, needs, goods, services, producers and
consumers. At the end of the unit, the children will become producers of
Christmas gifts.
Newsbrief:
- Please send a snack for your child EVERYDAY, Monday - Friday. The
children will also need a snack brought to school on early dismissal days.
- Please sign and return your child's Weekly Report each Monday. Weekly
Reports will not be sent home during short school weeks.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Yanoschak and Mrs. Harrell
