We LEAD by example in K-1!

Week of: May 16, 2022

Last week was another productive week in our Kindergarten class. Everyone worked hard; we are still moving and grooving as we finish our last month of school together.

During religion, we worked in our religion workbooks and focused on how seeds are good for growth, butterflies are good for nature, and light is good because Jesus is the light of the world. We enjoy reading and discussing these pages together in the reading corner, then highlighting the sight words when we go back to our desks. We conclude our lessons when we work on the last activity together on the third page.
We also prayed to Mother Mary and reviewed the Hail Mary prayer line by line. May is the month where we honor Mary and pray to her.

In reading, we continued in our Unit 8 readers! This week we worked on week 2 and discussed our country - the U.S.A! The children listened to a story titled, Ana Goes to Washington, D.C. The story was informative and it had real photographs of different buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C., our nation's capital.

In math, we continued learning about position words. We focused on "Next To and Beside". The children completed position packets at home. They did a great job!
Next week, the children will be introduced to Chapter 11 - Two-Dimensional Shapes. This is another fun chapter! 

During Spanish, Ms. Boss reviewed colors with the children, sang the colors song, and read them a story in Spanish!
Ms. Boss has previously taught: My Body (mi cuerpo). They learned eyes (el ojo), mouth (la boca), the hand (la mano), and the foot (el pie).
The children have learned many colors: green (verde), yellow (amarillo), orange (anaranjado), red (rojo), blue (azul), and purple (morado).

Thanks, Ms. Boss!

Throughout the week, we also learned about a butterfly's life cycle! The children created hands-on, large butterfly life cycles. They did an awesome job!
We ordered our caterpillars, too. Once they arrive, we will start our observation journals and watch and record the journey from caterpillar to butterfly!

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This week, we are looking forward to:

Fundations - Xx 

UNIT 8 - From Here to There
Reading: Unit 8 - Week 3 
The Big Idea: Where can you go that is near and far?

Weekly Concept: Look to the Sky

Essential Question: What do you see in the sky?

Phonics: review - u, g, w, x, v, j, qu, y, z
TEST ON FRIDAY, 5/20

Sight Words: review - for, have, they, of, said, want, here, me, this, what
TEST ON THURSDAY, 5/19

Story: Up! Up! Up!

Listening Comprehension: Bringing Down the Moon.

Math: 
Lesson 1 - Squares and Rectangles
Lesson 2 - Circles and Triangles
Lesson 3 - Squares, Rectangles, Triangles, and Circles
Lesson 4 - Hexagons
Check My Progress

Religion:
Chapter 22 - Celebrating is Good
Chapter 23 - Air is Good
Chapter 24 - Joy is Good 
Chapter 25 - Life is Good


IMPORTANT DATES THIS WEEK:

IT'S SPIRIT WEEK!

Monday, 5/16 -
SPORTS DAY: Sports shirt with SEAS gym shorts or gym pants
Band concert rehearsal for the school to watch: 1:15 p.m.
Band concert at night: 7:00 p.m. in Thomas Reynolds Gymnasium
No FAST Athletics this week!


Tuesday, 5/17 -
BOOK CHARACTER DAY: Dress as your favorite book character and bring a new or used book to donate
library books due

Wednesday, 5/18 - 
HERITAGE DAY: Wear clothes or colors representing your ancestry

Thursday, 5/19 - 
WALK-A-THON DAY: SEAS WEAR Day - wear any SEAS WEAR with SEAS gym shorts or pants (we are walking @10:23 a.m.!)
$1.00 for ice cream during lunch!
 
Friday, 5/20 -
LEADER/COLLEGE SHIRT DAY: Dress as your future profession or in a college shirt
9:30 a.m. Band - Dominic, Vincent, Molly
FIELD DAY T-SHIRT MONEY DUE - $15.00 :)
math packet due
Unit 8 readers due
7:00 p.m. SEAS Talent Show in the Thomas Reynolds Gymnasium - buy tickets!

Note: If you are not participating in a particular day, then you must wear your school uniform. These are NOT dress down days; these are theme based days.

Remember that the children can wear gym uniforms to school on Tuesdays (health) and Fridays (gym).

LABEL EVERYTHING! :)

Any questions, just ask!

Thank you!