Kindergarten News
Kindergarten participated in Sister Jeanne’s food drive. We had a friendly competition with the Third Grade to see who would bring in the most canned goods. The real winners are the people we are helping to have a good Thanksgiving meal. Kindergarten’s total was 101 cans or boxes of food and 4 turkeys! Third Grade’s total was 125 cans or boxes and 1 turkey! The total for both grades was 226 nonperishable items and 5 turkeys!
We had fun each morning comparing our totals and cheering for each other. We thank God for all our blessings.
We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving break. We are grateful for all the children and families, teachers and staff at Assumption School. Happy Thanksgiving!
Kindergarten participated in Sister Jeanne’s food drive. We had a friendly competition with the Third Grade to see who would bring in the most canned goods. The real winners are the people we are helping to have a good Thanksgiving meal. Kindergarten’s total was 101 cans or boxes of food and 4 turkeys! Third Grade’s total was 125 cans or boxes and 1 turkey! The total for both grades was 226 nonperishable items and 5 turkeys!
We had fun each morning comparing our totals and cheering for each other. We thank God for all our blessings.
We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving break. We are grateful for all the children and families, teachers and staff at Assumption School. Happy Thanksgiving!
Kindergarten First Quarter Newsletter
Dear Kindergarten Parents:
During this season of Thankfulness, we can reflect on how very much progress Kindergarteners have made. Since the very first day children entered the classroom they have grown in stature, academics and social skills. Gone are their first days of nervousness and uncertainty. In the blink of an eye, months have passed. Now children come into school independently; they place snacks, water bottles, homework, notes, lunch/milk money, and coats into their proper places without help. They are very proud of themselves.
One of the most exciting things happening in Kindergarten is the very beginning of reading! During the months of September and October students review the names of the upper and lower case letters. In November, we begin to learn the sounds associated with those letters. As Kindergarteners begin to blend these sounds together, they are starting to read! This is a very exciting and fragile process. We will practice our new and emerging skills repeatedly, as we continue to review letter names, as well as rhyming words, clapping out syllables and developing spoken language. Interdisciplinary themes include aspects of Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and Religion. We are studying: Going to School, Apples, Animals, Autumn, and Patterns.
In Mathematics students are learning math readiness skills. These include counting by heart to 100, counting by 10s, counting individual objects with one to one correspondence, recognizing and creating patterns, sequencing events, naming and using positional and ordinal words, such as first, second, and third.
Kindergarten scientists observe and record observations and conduct modest experiments. We study apples, pumpkins, leaves, autumn, animals and the night sky. We observe, compare, record and chop and cook apples. Soon we will dissect our classroom pumpkin and allow it to quietly compost in the woods just beyond the playground fence. Kindergarteners observe it daily and delight in reporting to us its increasingly black and gooey deterioration.
Kindergarteners have a beautiful and open faith in God. We learn about God’s love and love of family, friends and pets. Students know a morning prayer, two grace-before-meal prayers and are learning a close-of-the-day prayer. We attend Mass with the Assumption School Community. We hear Bible stories, including the stories of Creation and of Noah’s Ark.
Socially the children are working and playing well together with old and new friends. They can go to lunch and open things by themselves or know how to ask for help. They are learning to solve Kindergarten friendship concerns and how to seek help as needed. They are learning to share, to cooperate, to continue to take turns, to listen to each other and to give encouragement. As a group we are so impressed with your children in how polite and kind they are, as well as eager to help others.
In the coming weeks we will begin our study of Advent, The Christmas Story, preparation for our Christmas Concert, continue learning to read, improve handwriting, and study measurement and numbers.
It has been an exciting beginning for all of us. We look forward to the next set of challenges. A special thank you to all of you for the many ways you support us in our endeavors to teach your children. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Legg and Mrs. Holland
Dear Kindergarten Parents:
During this season of Thankfulness, we can reflect on how very much progress Kindergarteners have made. Since the very first day children entered the classroom they have grown in stature, academics and social skills. Gone are their first days of nervousness and uncertainty. In the blink of an eye, months have passed. Now children come into school independently; they place snacks, water bottles, homework, notes, lunch/milk money, and coats into their proper places without help. They are very proud of themselves.
One of the most exciting things happening in Kindergarten is the very beginning of reading! During the months of September and October students review the names of the upper and lower case letters. In November, we begin to learn the sounds associated with those letters. As Kindergarteners begin to blend these sounds together, they are starting to read! This is a very exciting and fragile process. We will practice our new and emerging skills repeatedly, as we continue to review letter names, as well as rhyming words, clapping out syllables and developing spoken language. Interdisciplinary themes include aspects of Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and Religion. We are studying: Going to School, Apples, Animals, Autumn, and Patterns.
In Mathematics students are learning math readiness skills. These include counting by heart to 100, counting by 10s, counting individual objects with one to one correspondence, recognizing and creating patterns, sequencing events, naming and using positional and ordinal words, such as first, second, and third.
Kindergarten scientists observe and record observations and conduct modest experiments. We study apples, pumpkins, leaves, autumn, animals and the night sky. We observe, compare, record and chop and cook apples. Soon we will dissect our classroom pumpkin and allow it to quietly compost in the woods just beyond the playground fence. Kindergarteners observe it daily and delight in reporting to us its increasingly black and gooey deterioration.
Kindergarteners have a beautiful and open faith in God. We learn about God’s love and love of family, friends and pets. Students know a morning prayer, two grace-before-meal prayers and are learning a close-of-the-day prayer. We attend Mass with the Assumption School Community. We hear Bible stories, including the stories of Creation and of Noah’s Ark.
Socially the children are working and playing well together with old and new friends. They can go to lunch and open things by themselves or know how to ask for help. They are learning to solve Kindergarten friendship concerns and how to seek help as needed. They are learning to share, to cooperate, to continue to take turns, to listen to each other and to give encouragement. As a group we are so impressed with your children in how polite and kind they are, as well as eager to help others.
In the coming weeks we will begin our study of Advent, The Christmas Story, preparation for our Christmas Concert, continue learning to read, improve handwriting, and study measurement and numbers.
It has been an exciting beginning for all of us. We look forward to the next set of challenges. A special thank you to all of you for the many ways you support us in our endeavors to teach your children. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Legg and Mrs. Holland
