Dietzel Diary
News from
Kindergarten ~ Saint Paul School
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Week
of January 8, 2018
Monday and Friday’s Snow Days were quite a
surprise! Even having a couple of surprise
days off, we accomplished a lot this week.
We spent the week discussing the importance of manners and how we can
best show good manners at home and school.
Please keep in mind that when your child is going
to miss school you need to call the office.
When they return they will need a note explaining why they were
absent. If you need to pick your child
up early (except in an emergency), please send a note in advance.
As a reminder, we are no longer taking quiet time
after lunch. This has been a little tough
on a couple of the children this week, as they were tired! Instead, our time is being divided into
silent reading and whole-group read aloud.
Sick
Children:
Unfortunately, it is flu season L. Please remember that as much as we try to
protect the kids by having them wash their hands and we disinfect the classroom
each night, we still need your help. If
your child requires any type of medication to keep a fever down, they should
not be here! Children should go 24 hours
WITHOUT a fever before returning to school in order to minimize the spread of
illnesses. In addition, if your child is
experiencing a cough that can only be controlled by continuously giving them
cough drops, they should not be here! Of
course, if your child has not had a fever in 24 hours, but still requires
medication that can be administered by our nurse, they should certainly attend
school. If your child is not going to
make it to school, please call the office.
Students also need to bring a note the day they return to school stating
why they were absent. A note with a
parent signature or a note from the doctor is required by the State of Ohio.
Religion: This week
we learned about the importance of helping our neighbors and community. We learned that when we help each other we
are showing God’s love. We also talked
about how many people there are in our community that help us every day – like
policemen, firemen, garbage collectors, snowplow drivers, grocery store workers
and teachers.
Language Arts: This week we worked on increasing our
phonemic awareness with the /e/ sound at the beginning and middle of
words. Vowels are difficult to learn,
but key to being able to decode words.
During our journal writing time we are working on writing and recognizing
a complete sentence. Our focus is on
listening to our words and understanding that a complete sentence is a complete
thought. We are also working hard to
remember that a sentence starts with an upper case letter and ends with a
period.
Read
Aloud: The read aloud books are chapter books read by
me and discussed each day by the class.
We will utilize this time as an opportunity to explore reading
strategies suh as inference, comprehension, and making predictions. We are currently reading Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White.
Math: In Unit 5
we will be working with addition, as well as how to use addition to solve a
subtraction problem. To be successful we
first need to have a good understanding of which number in an equation is
greater. By counting on from the
greatest number it is easier to solve addition equations. As you work with your child, help them
recognize that by adding (or putting together) numbers, the sum has to be
greater.
COMING UP:
Fri, January 12 2nd
Quarter Grades close
Mon, January 15 NO
SCHOOL—MLK Day
Wed, January 18 Book
Club
Mon, January 23 Report
Cards
Wed, January 25 MASS—Feast
of the Conversion of St. Paul
Sun, January 28 11:00
MASS; 12:00-1:00 OPEN HOUSE
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