Week 28 Newsletter

Dear TK Parents,

Your child's Student Learning Assessment will be going home tomorrow.  I have to say that as I was working on their assessments, I saw all kinds of growth in your children - socially, academically and spiritually.  Thank you for your hard work with your child's success!

The focus in the third trimester will be on writing.  I want all TK students to enter Kindergarten knowing to how to write ALL letters and numbers correctly.  We will continue to review sounds, however my goal is for all to learn to write and read (appropriate to each student's ability/age). 

We will be practicing a play called The Three Piggy Opera which we will perform for you on May 12.  Please reserve that morning for us!

This week:

*Religion - What does "repent" mean?

*Math - Number 20, subtraction concept/vocabulary

*ELA - The 3 Piggy Opera, Sight words (look/have), writing letter b vs. d; Ii and Jj

*Science - Living/Non-Living Things

Have a great week!

Mrs. Paragas 

Week 27 Newsletter

Dear TK Families,

Last Friday was the last day of the 2nd Trimester.  Can you believe it? We are in the last leg of TK.  During the last trimester, I will be focusing on the following concepts: reading for comprehension, writing letters and numbers correctly, beginning and ending sounds, addition and subtraction, graphing, and measurement.  Many of what we are doing in the last trimester is more like Kindergarten work rather than preschool.  However, will still be doing a lot of review work on letter recognition and sounds as well as counting and matching quantity to numerals.

This week is a review week.  Our theme is St. Patrick's Day.  We will be working on the following:

*Religion - Lenten Theme/St. Patrick

*Math - Review of concepts: numbers, counting

*English/Language Arts - Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, comprehension and vocabulary, sight words, and letter sound/recognition review

I have been assessing your children since last week for the end of the trimester.  I have to admit, I am super proud.  There are so many things that your children did not know at the beginning of the year that I can now say, "YES! We've finally got this!"  Most students know all their letters and sounds.  Many know their sight words.  We all know how to read a ten frame for math!  Can you tell?  I'm so proud of your kids!

We forgot to send home the HOPE bags for the food collection.  If you have any nonperishable food that you would like to donate, please send it to school.  Those receiving HOPE assistance will be grateful.

Don't forget, we do not have school on Friday.  I hope your child enjoys their extra day off...  an extra bonus if you can enjoy that day off with your child.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Paragas

Week 26 Newsletter

Dear TK Families,

We began Lent last week with Ash Wednesday.  On Ash Wednesday, Fr. Rudy came by our classroom and distributed ashed.  The children were receptive of the ashes, but some were surprisingly afraid.  Our class religion focus for the next few weeks will be Lent and family. Please talk with your child about Lent - prayer, fasting, and alms-giving.

The Second Trimester is coming to a close this Friday.  I will be assessing your children this week and next week and will provide more feedback on the SLAs.  Overall, I am very proud of your children.  Almost all the students know all 52 letter characters and numbers 0-10.  I will ask your child to orally recite the following prayers: Sign of the Cross (and make the sign), Glory Be, and the Our Father.  

My goal for the Third Trimester is to focus on writing letters, numbers, beginning and ending sounds, and reading (sight words).  I will also be continuing the addition concept but also introduce subtraction.  

This week's Goals:

Theme - Plants

Religion: Lenten Season Lesson

Math: Number 18, counting to 30 and to 100; ten frames, addition

English/Language: Letter Gg and Hh; Storys about Plants

Science: Plant Life

Looking Ahead:

In case you want to look through your pantry for donations over the weekend, next Wednesday is the HOPE food drive. 

Have a great week!

Mrs. Paragas