TK Parent Conferences

Dear TK Parents,

I have closed the Parent-Teacher Conference scheduling on Sycamore.  TK does not participate in the SLE Portfolio Conferences.  Instead, if I feel there is a need to schedule a Parent Conference, I will contact you directly.  

Thank you,
Mrs. Paragas

Week 32 Newsletter

I posted this on the Shutterfly Site but forgot to share it here:

Dear TK Families,

Welcome back!  I hope you enjoyed the Easter holiday.  I was able to spend Easter with my family and my daughter was able to actually be a part of the Easter celebration.  During the season of Easter, let us remember the loving sacrifice that Jesus did for all of us.  I remind the students to always keep Jesus in our hearts especially when we have to make tough choices. 

This week we are learning the following:

*Religion - Easter season, Jesus has risen

*Math - graphing and reviewing of previous math skills

*Reading/Language - alphabet review, writing letters Mm, Nn, Oo; sight words review

*Science - Planet Earth

*Social Studies - Earth Day

Upcoming:

*Celebrate April birthdays - Friday, April 28 at snack time

* The 3 Piggy Opera - Friday, May 12 at 10:30

Have a super week!

Mrs. Paragas

Week 31 Newsletter

Dear Parents,

This week is Holy Week.  The TK kids have been working hard to understand the meaning of Lent and Jesus' sacrifice for us.  As an in home extension, I encourage you to discuss Lent with your child.  

This week's learning goals are as follows:

Religion - Holy Week; Palm Sunday and Last Supper

Reading - Letter Review, Bible readings

Math - Graphing; addition and subtraction review

Sight Words- go, at

On Thursday, we will reenact Jesus walking into Jerusalem with the donkeys (Palm Sunday) and the Last Supper.  

HOPE COLLECTION will be tomorrow.  We forgot to send home the bag today (some daycare children received their bag).  Please donate what you can as there is a shortage of food at the moment.  We hope you can help our community!  

Just a reminder, the Three Piggy Opera will be on Friday, May 12!  We have been practicing our songs!  We can't wait to perform it in front of you.

On Good Friday, we will have no school as our Easter Break begins.  School will resume on April 24.

Have a good week!

Mrs. Paragas

Week 30 Newsletter

Dear TK Parents,

April is here!  The last part of the school year will go by really fast.  I sent home the song sheets for your child's role in the TK Play, The Three Piggy Opera.  Please use this to help them memorize their parts.  Our TK play will be on May 12 during our class time.  We hope you can join us!

Last week we focused on Living and Non-living things.  We are taking it one step further to discuss plant life.  We will be growing our very own seed!  Eventually we will discuss various types of animals such as mammals, reptiles, and marine animals.

Please continue to help your child with writing and making strokes from top to bottom.  We have focused on writing letters Aa to Jj.  This week's letter writing focus will be Kk and Ll.

We are focusing on sight words.  Please be sure that your child is familiar with some of the words, and if possible, all of the 20 words on the TK Must Know Sight Words List.  You can find that list on the back of your child's folder.

In Math, we are focusing on addition and subtraction.  We use vocabulary words like "in all", "take away", "minus", "plus", "all together", "number sentence". "difference".  Also, this week, we will be graphing and working with pictographs to compare quantities.

We have been focusing on Lent in religion, but we will also begin to discuss the Last Supper and Holy Week.  In addition, we are going to begin to work on memorizing the Hail Mary.

We are busy learning in TK!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Paragas