Dietzel Diary
News from
Kindergarten ~ Saint Paul School
http://kindercubs-saintpaul.blogspot.com
Week
of August 29, 2016
This has been a very busy week of school. Over half of the children are taking very restful
quiet (except for the snoring) time. Kindergarten is a lot of work – there are so
many new things to learn! We are still
learning our daily routines and we were able to meet all of our specials
teachers this week. We met…
Mrs. Inglis – Religion Ms.
Hovan - Gym
Mr. Hoskins – Music Mrs.
Schillinger – Computers
We practiced what we do when we have a fire or
tornado drill. I was very proud of the
great job all of the children did leaving the building quickly and quietly when
we had a real fire drill. This week we
started learning about more of our classroom jobs. The children have a lot of
responsibility when it is their turn at a class job. They take their jobs seriously and I am sure
they would love to tell you about it when it is their turn.
Attendance is taken on the SmartBoard by creating an equation
of how many students are in our classroom and subtracting the number of friends
absent.
Calendar work is done on the SmartBoard by selecting what
day of the week it is, what day was yesterday, and what day tomorrow will
be. The calendar person also adds a day
to the monthly calendar and leads us in our days-of-the-week and month songs.
Weather work is done on the SmartBoard by graphing the
weather each day. Next week we will also
be learning how to read a thermometer and how to write the temperature.
Messengers run messages and notes during the day to other
teachers and/or the office.
Paper Distributors
distribute papers and supplies to classmates throughout the day.
Line Leaders lead the way
whenever we leave the classroom.
Cabooses are at the end of the line and are responsible for
turning off the lights.
Librarians help check classroom books in and put them away in
the correct bin each day.
Pet Patrol keeps an eye on Squirtle the turtle, making sure
to talk to him and can read him a book.
Next month they will also be responsible for feeding our turtle each
day.
This week’s jobs were done by:
Calendar: Jordyn
Weather: Christian
Messengers: Macy & Kyle
Paper
Distributors: William & Anthony
Caboose: Olive
Line Leaders: McKayla
Librarian: Sarah
Attendance:
Tayquan
Clean Up: Jonathan
Pet
Patrol: Don
Next week we will begin going to the library
on Thursday afternoons. We will learn
how to check out books. Please remember
to return the school library book on Thursdays.
We cannot check out another book until the first one is returned. Classroom library books can be checked out
every day – as long as the previous book has been returned.
Religion: We are learning about Creation and God’s
wonderful gifts we can find in nature.
Language Arts: Our focus this week has been on the “C”
sound, including how to write a capital and lower case “c”. We have been reading about a new friend named
Cass and her cat, Coconut. Cass likes to
cook. In Language Arts we started
working in our reading and writing skills groups. Our focus is on writing our names correctly,
and recognizing the beginning sounds we hear in words.
Math: We started working with numbers 1-4;
practicing reading, writing and counting.
We are also working on positional words:
above, below, middle. Please keep
practicing counting by one’s.
Social Studies: This week we learned about how children in
our classroom and all around the world are the same and different. We used a repeated reading of Elmer by David McKee to help illustrate
being the same and different. We focused
on vocabulary words: herd, patchwork,
jungle, and helpless. We have also been
practicing self-regulation and conflict resolution.
On-Line Opportunities:
Please be sure to check out our blog
(www.kindercubs-saintpaul.blogspot.com) for the latest pictures and information
about work your child is doing each day.
In addition, there are direct links available by clicking on the area of
interest for information, games and activities.
Information about Flat Stanley will come home next week. Start thinking about who you would like your
child’s Flat Stanley to go visit!
Reminder...The policy of St. Paul School regarding
absences can be found on page 7 of the Parent/Teacher Handbook. The policy requires that a student bring a written note from a parent stating the
reason for the student’s absence. The
written note is required even if your child was reported off by phone.
COMING UP …
Language Arts: Writing our names correctly, beginning
sounds.
Math: Counting to 20, as well as reading, writing
and representing 0-5.
Monday, Sept. 5 – NO SCHOOL, Labor
Day
Monday, Sept. 12 – OPEN HOUSE!
Sunday, Sept. 18 – 11:00 AM
Catechetical Sunday (School Mass)
Tuesday, Sept. 20 – 6:30-7:30 PTO Meeting
Friday, Sept. 23 – 1st
Kindergarten Mass
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