Kindergarten

I’m very excited to be your child’s teacher and I look forward to getting to know you and your child.
Our new Kindergarten class is off to a great start!  The children have been adjusting to our daily
routine and tasks that are expected in Kindergarten.  Some of these tasks include the following:
holding pencils correctly, turning pages of their books and finding the correct page, writing their
names on all their papers, following directions, etc. The students are also working hard to listen the
first time they are given a direction, following the rules of the classroom and school as well as
paying attention to personal space a.k.a. staying inside your bubble.   Many of these tasks we take
for granted, but in Kindergarten it does take effort from the children. Especially when they are
learning and demonstrating what they know in a large group and not in a small environment at home.
Kindergarten is an exciting and important year. Your child will be learning reading and math skills
that will provide the basis for future skill development. The children will also show tremendous
growth this year not only academically, but socially, spiritually, and emotionally.

Tweet All About It April and May

Reading/ELA –

*Phonemic Awareness and Phonics: Hh/h/, Uu/u/ & Bb/b/ Rr /r/, Nn /n/, Mm/m/, Pp/p/, Vv/v/, Ww/w/

*Handwriting: Upper and Lowercase  Hh, Uu , Bb,Rr, Nn, Mm, Pp, Vv, Ww

*Writing: Informative/Explanatory & Narrative Writing

*Review of letters, letter-sounds, & Capitalization for names 

*Printing our names with proper letter formation (First letter capitalized and the rest lowercase)

*Proper letter formation (We use the Zaner-Bloser manuscript handwriting style)

*Illustrating a picture and dictating/writing a sentence to go with it

*Story Elements, Drawing Conclusions, Cause and Effect, Ask & Answer questions about a story

*Recognize and produce Rhyming Words.

*Orally blend sounds to form words, e.g., given the sounds /k/. . ./a/ . . ./t/, blend to make cat

*Consonants and Short Vowels sound review. 

*The students should be practicing their knowledge of letter sounds to make, blend and read decodable words.  For example, cot, cat, can, man, mat, etc. 

*Sight Words/Memory Words/Heart Words—-*They must be practiced on a consistent basis at home. Recognizing memory words automatically blending sounds together to read words is the key to becoming a fluent reader.  Doing so will increase reading fluency. .

*We will practice the proper formation of capital and lowercase letters as well as printing the letters the correct way on the primary writing paper.  We use the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting style.

Math - *We will continue to work on (Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10) *Begin concentrating
on  Subtraction and Geometry

*Please continue to reinforce numeral identification as well as counting objects at home.

Religion - *Celebrate the season of Lent- begin to understand that Lent is a time of sacrifice.
*Understand that growth and change take time. *Palm Sunday *Holy Week *Easter  *Mary the Mother of Go

Social Studies  -

*Needs versus Wants  *Symbols and Traditions *Memorial Day *Cultural Day

Science- 

*Earth Day  *Arbor Day  *Plants  *Cow for Now-Farm to Table Program  *Hatching Chicks/Life Cycles

Birthday’s - Jaden April 21st

You may access your child's parent portal https://parentportal.eschooldata.com/buffalodiocese

Ms.  Karla Menchette - Teacher     Ms. Nina Smith - Aide

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The Kindergarten classroom is an exciting place to be. It is a place where children grow spiritually, academically, socially and find that learning is fun.

We have a strong academic program in Kindergarten. Reading, Phonics, Writing and Language take up a big part of our day. The children also have a daily Math and Religion lesson. In addition to our daily lessons, the students will be exposed to Science and Social Studies. We won't forget many special and fun activities throughout the year.  Thanksgiving Feast, Gingerbread Man Unit, Christmas Pageant and Hatching chicks from eggs are just a few of the special times for the Kindergarten class.

Children that are ready for more challenging work are advanced and those that need a little extra help are given individual instruction.

Kindergarten students will also take part in our special subjects.  During the week, the class will participate in Art, Spanish, Physical Education, Computer, Music and Library Class.

This is an important time in a young child's life. We want to provide a secure and happy environment that will promote a love of learning and a classroom where each child will succeed and be proud of their accomplishments.

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http://illuminations.nctm.org 
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