Welcome to our Kindergarten web page.  Here you will find  information about what has been happening in our classroom.  Happy reading!

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Schedule for

"Catholic Schools Week"

January 31-February 5

Sunday, January 31

The 9:30 a.m. Sunday Mass will be celebrated for the families of Christ the King School.

A reception in the school gym will follow the Mass.

Please let me know if your child attends the Mass.

Monday, February 1

 A classroom "Open House" for parents will take place between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, February 3

Students will attend the 9:00 a.m. Mass in honor of the feast of St. Blaise.

Thursday, February 4

An assembly featuring the "Magical Musical Martins" will take place at 12:45 p.m.

Friday, February 5

Students will attend the 9:00 a.m. First Friday Mass.

A breakfast for all students will follow the Mass.

Dismissal will be at 1:00 p.m.

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  Kindergarten's "Reading Week Challenge"

Was held the week of JANUARY 25th - 29th

How many books did 

WE read??

Our reading chain now stretches across three sides of our classroom!

Our goal went from reading at least 150 books for the week to at least 200 books.

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED  ????

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***  By FRIDAY, we had read 235 books!  ***

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Reading rewards were given each day.  We received pencils, bookmarks, mini-basketballs, bumper stickers and magnets!  Because we reached our goal, we received a NEW BOOK to bring home on FRIDAY!

  READING SURE IS FUN !!!

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We loved having our fifth grade buddies read to us on Tuesday!

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Our special "GUEST READER" was

 MIKE WALCZEWSKI

the announcer for the NY KNICKS !

Mike Walczewski with Mrs. W's former St. Matthew's Kindergarten students  

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IT'S  SNACK TIME!!

In order to facilitate the daily snack routine, this year there will be  a monthly snack fee of

          $7.00.

This fee will be used to purchase the daily snacks and supplies as well as items and snacks for special activities (e.g. cereal necklaces).

The fee for the month of February is now due. Please send your snack fee in CASH, in an envelope labeled with your child's name, in order to facilitate the purchasing.

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 We had LOTS OF FUN  making our

Candy Houses!!

We couldn't wait to take them home and EAT them!!!

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In class, we are learning...  

...   alphabet letters and their use as initial consonant sounds.

...  to recognize end sounds

...  sight words

...  words that rhyme

... to read simple sentences

...  numbers and number values

... to create number sets from 1 - 10

... how to identify and create sets that are greater than, less than and equal to other sets

... place value

...ordinal numbers

... how to write our first and last names

... seasonal poems and songs

...about the changes we will observe during the winter

...about animals that hibernate

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Introducing "Lily" the black bear...

 

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UPDATE -- January 22

 

We are so excited!!

Lily gave birth today at about 12:40 p.m. and we were online when it happened!  We heard the new cub's cries and even saw a tiny arm pass by the camera.  Lily is busy protecting the cubs so we cannot actually see how many there are, but we can hear them crying and making sucking noises. Their cries sound just like a human baby's.

We will continue to follow Lily and her cubs as they grow.

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As part of our Science lesson on hibernation, we have been watching Lily, a three-year-old black bear, "live" via web cam on our classroom computers.

 

Lily has made her den under some logs in Ely, Minnesota and is expected to give birth to cubs sometime in January.  Watching her  has been a very interesting experience.

We will continue to track her in class on a daily basis, but if you want to see her from home, you can log onto www.bear.org. 

You might also like to watch the feature story on Lily from the "Today" show at www.msnbc.com.

 

 Announcing Lily's Journal!!

 

We have been following Lily's daily progress by writing about and drawing what we have observed on the web cam. 

Each night, one student is chosen to update the entry in our class journal.  We share what we have written the next morning during "Circle Time".  Each student is eagerly anticipating his/her turn to complete the evening report!

Specific instructions for completing the log have been sent home and are also listed inside the front cover of the journal. 

 

Happy viewing!

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PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

On the first Friday of every month dismissal  will be at 12:55 p.m.

Kindergarten students WILL NEED TO BRING LUNCH ON THESE DAYS.

On days scheduled as HALF DAYS, the dismissal time will be at 11:25 a.m.

Students WILL NOT NEED LUNCH ON THESE DAYS.

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Monday --  ART

Wednesday  --  GYM

(Please be sure to wear gym sweat suits/shorts/T shirt and sneakers with laces or Velcro.  Children will not be permitted to participate without sneakers.)

and       SPANISH

Thursday --  LIBRARY

(All borrowed books must be returned each week in order to take out another book during Library time.)

Friday  --  MUSIC

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