Dietzel Diary - Week of April 9, 2018

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News from Kindergarten ~ Saint Paul School

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Week of April 9, 2018

Welcome back from our Easter Break!  We jumped right back into learning new things in math, reading and writing this week.  Our class also worked on the bulletin board by the office by making spring flowers as part of a science experiment about absorption.  We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder with our 1^st and 2^nd grade friends.  Watching the movie helped us appreciate and enjoy the school musical, Wonka, Jr.  Our 4^th – 8^th grade Drama Club did an awesome job!  We are excited to come back over the weekend to see it again AND take a chance at winning a Golden Homework Ticket!

Religion:  We learned that Mass is a prayer of thanks for God’s love.

Language Arts:  This week we worked on identifying words with beginning, middle and ending /m/ sounds.  We also practiced recognizing when the end of a sentence needs a period or an exclamation mark.  As we are writing our sentences we are also working hard at remembering to put space between each word.
Math:  This week we started our new unit focused on 2-dimensional shapes.  We identified and named circles as having a curve, with no straight lines or vertices.  We worked with squares recognizing they have four equal sizes and four vertices.  Triangles we identified as having three sizes and three vertices.
Science:  We finished our ocean unit by learning about the ocean environment.  We explored shells (love listening to the ocean in the conch shells), read about different types of ocean life, and plants.  We loved seeing so many of the things we learned about in Finding Dory!

 

COMING UP:

Language Arts—Our focus will be on P/p sounds at the beginning and end of words.  We will be learning about synonyms and antonyms for “big”.  Our memory word will be:  put.

Math—We will continue learning bout 2 dimensional shapes and how to describe them.  Our focus will be on triangles and rectangles.
Science—We will be learning about dinosaurs and making dioramas.

April 18          Field Trip—Rescheduled Akron Art Museum

April 19          K/1 Book Club
April 20          Walk-a-thon Rewards Day – details to follow!
April 22          Earth Day; FREE activities Kent State University, Stark Campus, N.Canton
April 26          K/1 Book Club

May 1            Field Trip—Main Akron Library – details to follow (cost will be $1.00)

May 3           NO SCHOOL FOR PreK & Kindergarten ONLY
May 9            Field Trip—Cleveland Zoo – details to follow! (cost TBD)

Holy Thursday Retreat

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Reading with our SuperKid Friends

Dietzel Diary - Week of March 26, 2018

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Week of March 26, 2018

This was a quick week but we accomplished a lot.  We finished up our math unit on teen numbers.  We also made great progress with our SuperKids reading books.  We are very focused on comprehension strategies.  This week we worked with using prior knowledge, answering questions about a story, and describing a setting.  We finished our Read Aloud, Charlotte’s Web.  We enjoyed watching the animated movie and then comparing and contrasting the book and movie.  The best part of the week was our Thursday Retreat!

Holy Thursday Retreat:  We participated with PreK-8^th grade students on a Lenten Day Reflection.  We visited four different stations and ended with the entire school participating in a prayer service.

Station 1:  The Last Supper

We saw pictures of the disciplines and Jesus as they sat during the last supper.  We read the scripture readings from Mark 12:12-21.  We discussed who was at the last supper, where it took place, and the meaning behind the bread and wine.  We then shared bread and grape juice together.  We also made table tents for Haven of Rest to use during their Easter Dinner.

Station 2:  Stations of the Cross

We traveled the 14 stations throughout the building.  The Stations of the Cross are a 14-step Catholic devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man. The 14 devotions, or stations, focus on specific events of His last day, beginning with His condemnation. The stations are commonly used as a mini pilgrimage as we moved from station to station. At each station, we read and meditated on a specific event from Christ's last day. Specific prayers were recited, and then we moved to the next station until all 14 were complete.

Station 3:  Easter/Resurrection

This activity was all about symbolism.  We made “empty tomb” rolls.  We took a marshmallow (Jesus), anointed Him in oil (rolled in butter), then covered in spices (cinnamon and sugar).  We wrapped Him up (in a crescent roll) and it was again covered in butter and spices.  Once the rolls were baked we broke them open to find that “Jesus” was gone!  The kids were amazed that the marshmallow was gone.  Of course, they enjoyed eating their rolls too!

Station 4:  Easter/Resurrection, Part 2

We colored, glued and worked together to create a 3D representation of Jesus in the tomb. 

Prayer Service:  We ended our Retreat with a Prayer Service.  We sang songs, prayed together as a school, and Prayed before the cross that has had prayers nailed to it during the Lenten season.

COMING UP:

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, MARCH 29 – MONDAY, APRIL 9

(First day back is Tuesday, April 10)

Thurs, 4/12    NO BOOK CLUB!!

FRIDAY, 4/13 – SUNDAY, 4/15 SCHOOL PLAY:  WONKA, JR.!

Wed, 4/18     FIELD TRIP (rescheduled):  Akron Art Museum

Thurs, 4/19    Book Club

AFTER BREAK WE WILL BE ATTENDING 8:30 MASS EVERY FRIDAY

Dietzel Diary - Week of March 19, 2018

Dietzel Diary

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Week of March 19, 2018

The snow day in the middle of the week threw us off a bit this week.  We will be rescheduling our field trip to the Akron Art Museum for after Spring Break.  Each day we have talked about different ways to be a good person and what types of things we are thankful for.  We have learned that material things (like an xBox, special shoes, or toys) are not what are really important things in our lives.  We have been focused on recognizing that having choices on where we live and go to school, good health, having parents, siblings and grandparents are much more important.

Religion:  This week we learned that prayer flows from thankfulness to God.  Jesus teaches us to thank God for love.

Language Arts:  This week we worked on following directions and locating words, punctuation and sentences within a story.  We learned how to read a rebus story.  A rebus story replaces some words with a picture.  We worked with punctuation – periods, explanation marks, and questions marks.  Our comprehension skill focus was on using prior knowledge, answering questions about a story, compare and contrast, and recognizing idioms.

Math:  This week we focused on reading, writing, and counting numbers 18-19.  We practiced solving problems by using different strategies.  We used draw a picture and used objects to represent numbers.  We are learning to recognize number words 18-19. 

Science:  This week we started learning about ocean life.  We used the book to talk about environments, as well as how good friends share.

COMING UP:

Language Arts:  Beginning sound M/m.  Word families –ent, -ut.

Math—Monday Chapter 7 Test; start Chapter 8 Geometry

Mon, 3/26     Report Cards

Thurs, 3/29    Holy Thursday Retreat; NO BOOK CLUB!!

Fri, 3/30          Good Friday; 1^st Day of Spring Break

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, MARCH 29 – MONDAY, APRIL 9

(First day back is Tuesday, April 10)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thank you Miss Francine for reading to us about St. Patrick's Day.

Magic words appeared when we painted our shamrocks.

Happy Pi Day!

We talked about Pi Day, 3.14, the first three significant digits of pi really being about about the mathematical constant 'pi'.  We decided to celebrate with eating pie was much more fun!