Saint Paul Kindercubs: November 2016

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Dietzel Diary - Week of November 14, 2016

Dietzel Diary

News from Kindergarten ~ Saint Paul School

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Week of November 14, 2016

Wow! This was a very busy, fast week for us! We have been working hard learning about different ways to measure time. We used a clock, the calendar, and our birthday graph to help us. We learned there are seven days in a week and 12 months in a year. We also learned about time lines by looking at the stories like The Three Bears. This week we have been playing matching games. We are matching color words to color chips and number words to numbers. We completed reading our first long read aloud book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Please ask your child what happened! We will start a new book when we return from Thanksgiving Break.

Canned Food Drive – Thank you to everyone that has sent in canned and boxed goods for the Akron/Canton Food Pantry. We will continue to collect items through next Tuesday.

Christmas Vacation Change!! Please read the flyer coming home about the change to our Christmas break. Our last day has been moved to FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16^TH. Our birthday party for Jesus will be Friday afternoon.

Religion: This week we continued to learn about our senses that are gifts from God. We should appreciate each of our senses and thank God for them.

Language Arts: This week we worked with beginning and ending S/s/ and L/l/. We are continuing to work with blending the first two letters in words as a decoding strategy. We worked with adding missing letters from words to create words that matched a picture. This is the first step in learning how to spell words out of context! Our vocabulary focus was: lullaby, quilt. Our comprehension strategies included: drawing conclusions from pictures.

Math: This week we continued working on representing, counting and writing the numbers 8 and 9. We looking at different ways to represent numbers using a 10-frame chart. We have used cubes, counters and stickers to help us learn what numbers look like. Please keep helping your child read and match number words to numbers.

COMING UP …

BOOK BISTRO is Tuesday!! Please don’t forget to dress UP in your best and bring your favorite book. If you would like to donate food or drinks, or help be a server, please contact our room mom, Danae Williams at 330-631-7337 or DSW1664@yahoo.com

Friday, Nov. 18 – 6:30-9:00 Family Dance ($3 a person or $10 Family)

Monday, Nov. 21 – 8:30 Mass

Tuesday, Nov. 22 – 1:30 Book Bistro

THANKSGIVING BREAK – November 23-27

Sunday, Nov. 27 – Advent Begins

Wednesday, Nov. 30 – FIELD TRIP to Weathervane

Tuesday, Dec. 6 – Secret Santa Shop

Friday, Dec. 9 – Make Gingerbread Houses with 4^th Grade Reading Buddies

Monday, Dec. 12 – 6:30 CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Tuesday, Dec. 13 – Polar Express Day/Pajama Day!

Wednesday, Dec. 16 – Mass; Birthday Party for Jesus

Planting tulip bulbs

Dietzel Diary - Week of November 7, 2016

Dietzel Diary

News from Kindergarten ~ Saint Paul School

http://kindercubs-saintpaul.blogspot.com

Week of November 7, 2016

This week we continued learning about elections. We talked about reasons to vote for each candidate – Duck, Grace, Mrs. Dietzel. I was so pleased that I won the Kindergarten Presidency – although it was a tough race against Duck. We explored Google Earth by looking up everyone’s address and zooming in. It was fun to see how far/close everyone lives. On Thursday afternoon we attended the Pie Throwing Assembly. The student that brought in the most donations for each class had an opportunity to throw a pie in either Fr. Pfeiffer’s or Principal DiBacco’s face. Anthony had the honor of tossing a pie at Father – nice job Anthony!!

Canned Food Drive -- please consider donating canned or boxed goods for the Akron/Canton Food Pantry. This is a good opportunity to teach your child about giving to others less fortunate. We have been talking about ways your child can earn extra money to pay for their donations.

Religion: This week we learned how Hannah shared her feelings with God and others. We discovered that our senses are gifts from God. We should appreciate each of our senses and thank God for them.

Language Arts: This week we worked with beginning and ending S/s/ and L/l/. We worked with rhyming words, creating word family –og and –ot lists. We are working with blending the first two letters in words as a decoding strategy. Our vocabulary focus was: bag and gloves. Our comprehension strategies included: using prior knowledge, associating pictures with words, drawing conclusions, and recognizing plot.

Math: This week we worked on representing, counting and writing the numbers 8 and 9. We are looking at different ways to get to 5-9. We filled up our 100’s chart -- which means we have been in school for over 50 days! We took all the numbers out of the chart and are starting over. When we fill it up again we will celebrate our 100^th day of school.

COMING UP …

Language Arts: We will continue working with the beginning L/l sounds. We will be learning about homophones.

Math: We will continue working on representing, counting and writing numbers 9 & 10.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 – 6:30 PTO Meeting

Wednesday, Nov. 16 – K/1 Book Club

Friday, Nov. 18 – 6:30-9:00 Family Dance ($3 a person or $10 Family)

Tuesday, Nov. 22 – 1:30 Book Bistro

THANKSGIVING BREAK – November 23-27

Wednesday, Nov. 30 – FIELD TRIP to Weathervane

Thursday, Dec. 8 – Polar Express Day/Pajama Day!

Friday, Dec. 9 – LAST SCHOLASTIC ORDERS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Monday, Dec. 12 – 6:30 CHRISTMAS CONCERT