Mrs Foran's Blog

Dear Kindergarten Families,

With our Nativity Program rapidly approaching, we want to thank you for all your help practicing lines! The kids are doing great! Thank you, too for your patience and beautiful costumes!

If your child is wearing tights, a sweat suit or article of clothing that doesn't slip on easily for the program, they can keep that at home and wear it to school on the days of the play. We think that will make life easier for all of us!! Please remember, that we are performing on both Wednesday, December 17th AND Thursday, December 18th so your child should wear the costume both days. Angels or long gown type of costumes, however, will change in school. We don't think it's safe to wear that all day!

Reminder: Costumes are due Friday! Please write your child's name and what type of costume ( cow, dog,etc.) on the bag.

Thank You! Happy Holidays!

Santa's Kindergarten Helpers

Dear Kindergarten Families,

The kindergarten children are doing such a fabulous job with the Nativity Play! It truly is the highlight of the Christmas season. Thank you for the beautiful costumes! If you have not yet sent your costume, please send it as soon as possible.

Please be aware that older siblings will not be allowed to leave class to attend the parent performance of the play on Wednesday. The entire school will see the play together as a school community on Thursday. We hope you can understand that this policy is necessary to eliminate the disruption caused to other classes.

We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Charge those camera batteries!

Happy Holidays!

*11:30 dismissal on Friday

**Classes resume on January 5

Kindergarten Nativity Program
Wednesday, December 17
1:00 p.m.
St John Fisher Church

Dear Kindergarten Families,

Well, can you guess the theme for December?? Summer fun! Just kidding...it's Christmas, of course! This is absolutely the best time of year to be a kindergarten teacher. The children have been working so hard on the Christmas play. They fill us with the Christmas spirit at each and every practice. ( they also provide some pretty good laughs, too!)

The following are a few things that we have planned for month:

Religion: Christmas play "The First Christmas"
Advent "Waiting for Jesus"

Reading: Review letters: Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss, Pp, and Cc
Introduce letters: Nn, Bb
Review Word Wall Words: I am little to have is the we my like he for a
Introduce Word Wall Words: me with she

Math: Numeral Recognition continued and Measurement introduced

Art: Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!!

Dates to Remember:
Friday, December 5th No School ~ Faculty Retreat

Thursday, December 11th costumes due
Wednesday, December 17th Christmas Play 1:00 church (family and friends)
Thursday, December 18th Christmas Play for school children.
Friday, December 19th 11:30 dismissal Christmas Vacation begins!
Monday, January 5th 2009! Back to school!

*children will bring home costumes on Thursday, December 18th. If your child borrowed a costume from school, please remember to return it to school. Anyone who would like to donate a costume for future ~ THANKS!

Thanks again!
The Kindergarten "Elves"

Dear Parent,

We hope you are not going crazy trying to find a costume for the Christmas program. Oriental Trading is a magazine that has some Nativity costumes at a very reasonable price. (under $9.99) You can go to www.orientaltrading.com. The costumes will be due on Thursday, December 11th. Thanks for all of your hard work!
The Kindergarten Teachers

*Thanksgiving prayer service tomorrow at 10:45 in church. All welcome!

Dear Parent,
Since this is your child's first report card, we would like to fill you in on a few things.

1. The report card is yours to keep! However, we do need you to sign and return the report card envelope TOMORROW.
2. The boys and girls have been working so hard in school and they ALL have received wonderful report cards! If your child has received a 1 in one or more areas, PLEASE know that this is NOT a bad grade, but a grade that tells us this is an area we need to work on. We will discuss some ways in which we can improve these areas at conferences.
3. In the Reading Readiness area, the children have only been graded on the letters that have been covered so far, as will be the case for future marking periods.

Thanks for taking the time to look over your child's report cards and discussing it with them. They should be very proud of themselves - we certainly are!

Sincerely,
The Kindergarten Teachers

Dear Parent,

It is so hard to believe that the first trimester has ended. Your child will be bringing their report card home on Friday, November 14th. All school pictures are also due back to the school office on Friday. Have a great week!

Sincerely,
The Kindergarten Teachers

November News in Kindergarten

Dear Parents,

Thanks for all of the wonderful treats and prizes for our Halloween party! The children had a wonderful time and the teachers were exhausted by the end of the day!
Our theme for the month of November will be Thanksgiving. We have many other activities planned for this month.

Reading = Review the letter name, shape and sound of the letters Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss.
We will be introducing the letters Pp, Cc, and Ii this month.
Review the word wall words I, am, the, little, a, to, have, and is. The new words will be: we, my, like, he and for.

Math – We will continue our work on numbers. Practice writing numbers 0-9.

Religion – Thanksgiving – “Thanking is good”
Bible Stories

Social Studies – The election and “The First Thanksgiving”.

Science – Owls.

Extra Notes
November 14th – Report cards go home
November 24th – Dismiss at 11:30, half day Kindergarten will dismiss at 10:50. Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 25th - Dismiss at 11:30, half day Kindergarten will dismiss at 10:50.
November 26th – No school
Monday, December 1 – Class resumes

*Kindergarten will be putting on a Christmas Play. More details will follow at a later date.

Sincerely,

The Kindergarten Teachers

Halloween Reminders

Dear Parents,
Thank you for all of the prizes for our Halloween party. It is such an exciting day for the children! You may send in a treat for the class if you would like. (Don’t feel like you have to!) The children will be getting plenty during the day and night. Don’t forget to bring your camera on Friday morning. You can come into the classroom to take some spooky pictures of the children! Thanks for all of your help!
Sincerely,
Your Favorite Kindergarten Goblins

SPOOKFEST 2008

Student Council is sponsoring Spookfest. On Thursday October 30th, 2008 there will be a not so spooky spookhouse and many different games in Kane Hall. Spookfest runs from 3:00 to 4:30. The cost is $2.00 per child. All children must be accompanied by an adult. This is for students in Preschool through third grade. Look for the flyer coming home and return it to Mrs. Caffrey by Tuesday, October 21st. Look for the tickets in your child’s bookbag on Monday, October 27th. Looking forward to seeing you at the Fest!!!!!