Week 1

Welcome to TK, we are very excited to start the new year! Your child’s journey at St. I began today. Our goal is for your children to grow towards God and to learn something new each day.

We hope that you had an opportunity to stop by the parish hall this morning to meet other families in our class and throughout the school. If you didn’t have the chance, we encourage you to get to know other families because it makes being a part of St. I even more fun!

To help foster community within the school and especially within our class, the TK classes are seeking room parents, photographers, and parent volunteers (to work both in the classroom and/or do tasks from home.) If you’re interested, please let your child’s teacher know.

This red folder is our daily communication tool. Please be sure that it is brought to school each day. It will be checked for any papers you are sending to school and any flyers or messages will be sent home in it as well. There will be a weekly newsletter placed in the front cover every Tuesday.

For some children, coming to school is easy. For other children, it is a transition and may be difficult. Please know that all is normal and if we feel there is a concern, we will contact you immediately. Our focus this week is mainly on learning rules, routines, and getting to know each other.

We want to reassure you that your children are in good hands and that we’ll take care of them as if they were our own. Thank you for trusting us with your child’s education!

God’s Blessings,

The TK Team

Welcome to the 2018 - 2019 School Year!!

We are all so excited to have you here!  Please visit this website to get the latest news in TK!

Your Teachers,
Ms. Rozak and Mrs. Marshall

Week 13

Hello TK Families!

We had a beautiful Thanksgiving Prayer Service this morning with TK and Kindergarten. Thank you to all volunteers, teachers, family, friends and students who participated in our special service.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 is the last day of TK before the Thanksgiving Break which will be Wednesday, November 22 through Friday, November 24. School will resume on Monday, November 27th.

The past week and a half we have been reviewing our letters and numbers to date, conducting assessments, as well as cover the theme of Thanksgiving. On Monday, November 27, we will restart our curriculum with:

Class Rules
Our Teachers and Friends
Theme: The Five Senses
Story: Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, Smell
Letter: Sound and Writing the Letter Ff
Number: Counting, Number to Quantity and Writing 4
Religion: Unit 3, Jesus is God's Own Son - Chapter 11: Jesus is Born
Review of Rhyming Words
Review of Site Words
Share for the letter "F"
Songs

UPDATE: Since school is still in session for the upper grades and Kindergarten, the park is off limits after TK dismissal. Our Kindergarten class and other classes will be utilizing the playground equipment shortly after TK dismissal. To avoid any confusion, we ask that the playground not be used. Thank you so much for you understanding and cooperation.

Upcoming Events:

Trimester Ends, November 21
#Giving Tuesday, November 28
H.S.A. Dine-out Fundraiser, November 28

We wish everyone a happy, safe and blessed Thanksgiving!

Week 12

Dear TK Families,

In light of report cards coming up, we are reviewing all of the First Trimester lessons and conducting assessments. Although there is a lot of excitement with the holidays we need the students to continue using the Mr. Potato Head Rules, including looking eyes, listening ears and especially, raising their hand when they have a question or something to say during Carpet Time. We would appreciate your support and reinforcement with this.

This week we will be reviewing the following:

Theme:Thanksgiving

Letters Aa through Ee

Sounds for letters Aa through Ee

Writing letters Aa through Ee

Rhyming Words

Review of site words “my” and “a”

Review of Shapes – circle, square, triangle, oval, rectangle and diamond

Counting 0 to 10

Calendar – Days of the week and months of the year

Patterns – Review of AB, ABB and ABC patterns

Colors

Religion – Chapter 9: God Loves Us

Reminders:

H.O.P.E. drive canned food and goods are due Wednesday, November 15. Please place the donated items on the picnic tables outside of the TK classrooms and volunteers will collect the food.

TK and Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast will be Monday, November 20^th at 9:30 am in the Hall. We will need 4 volunteers for each class. If you have already completed your Online Safety and Fingerprinting, please let us know if you are available to volunteer. Otherwise, this is an excellent time to complete your Online Safety and Fingerprint Clearance so that you can volunteer for future holiday celebrations.

Thanksgiving break will be Wednesday, November 22^th through Friday, November 24^th. There will be no school on these days.

We wish everyone a very peaceful and abundant Thanksgiving!

“So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:13

Week 10

October 30, 2017

Dear TK Families,

We are so happy that all of our TK students show so much enthusiasm and spiritedness for our Halloween Parade and Activities. All of the students’ costumes were adorable and very creative! We deeply appreciate all of the help from our Room Parents and volunteers who truly made the day special for everyone!

Red Ribbon Week was also a great success in that students participated in the campaign for a drug-free society.

This coming week, we will focus on the following:

Review of classroom routines and procedures

Review of classroom rules and behavior

Theme: Community

Religion: Unit 2, Chapter 8 - I Help Take Care of the World

ELA - Letter Dd

Phonics: Sound for D

Writing: Dd and Number 2

Rhyming words with “_ad”

Site Word: “a”

Shared Reading: The People in Our Town

Math:Continue practice writing Number 2, Pattern ABB

Calendar: Days, Months, Seasons

Social Studies: Helpers in Our Community

Songs

Reminders:

November 1, Wednesday is All Saints Day. There will be a school mas at 10:30 for parents who would like to attend. Although our TK class will not be attending the mass, it is important to discuss the importance of All Saints Day and what it means to our Catholic faith to have spiritual role models to inspire us as well as honor the memory of those loved ones who have passed on to eternal life.

November 2, Thursday is Picture Make-up day. There is a form that was sent home in your student’s folder on Monday. Please make sure and bring this form if you wish for your child to have a retake of their school picture.

November 4, Friday - No school. Teacher in-service day.

Upcoming Events:

Book Fair - November 7-9, 2017

Blessings,
Ms. Faber and Mrs. Paragas

Week 7

Dear TK Family,

We hope you had a great weekend or for some,
a 3 day weekend.  This week is very busy with
the Color Run this Friday.

This week we will focus on the following:

The learning theme is:  Spiders and Christopher Columbus

*Emergency Procedures
*Religion – We are Kind
*ELA – Letter Aa (phonemic awareness and writing)
*Shared Reading (Literacy) – The Itsy Bitsy Spider
                                           The Very Busy Spider
*Math – Counting to 10 and writing number 1
*Calendar - Months and Days of the Week
*Science: Spider habitat and body parts

Reminders:

1) Color-Run envelopes are due on Tuesdays so that the raffle tickets can be tallied to see if the school earns the incentives on Fridays. Remember to dress your children in their Color-Run shirts on Fridays until the event, which will be on
October 13.

2) Also, any money that is sent to the school must be sealed in an envelope and labeled with the student name, grade and payment information (School Pictures, Color-Run, etc.).

3) Parent/Teacher Conferences – Please login to Sycamore to schedule a time/date for your parent/teacher conference. We look forward to meeting with you
to discuss your child’s progress in our TK program! If you have any questions, feel free to let us know.

Thank you for trusting us with your child’s education!


God’s Blessings,


Mrs. Leslie  Paragas Ms. Carolyn Faber
lparagas@stischoolcypress.org   cfaber@stischoolcypress.org



Looking Ahead:

Friday, Oct. 13 -  Color Run from 3-4
Family Picnic right  after Color Run 4-6

Wednesday, Oct. 18 - Friday, Oct. 20 - Parent Teacher Conference

Wednesday, Oct. 18 - HOPE Food Collection

Friday, Oct. 27 - TK/K Halloween Celebration

Week 6

Dear TK Family,

Last week was such a fun learning-experience for all of our students as we focused on Johnny Appleseed and did many activities to learn about the seasons and life-cycle of apples. We also had our September/October birthday celebration which was a lot of fun and made our students feel special.  Thank you so much for all of the efforts from our Room Moms and Parents who participated in making our week a success for our Tkers!

This week we will focus on the following:

The learning theme is:  We are Unique and Our Body Parts

*Continue review of school/classroom routines
*Our school and class rules
*Behavior expectations
*Emergency procedures
*Our teachers and friends
*Religion – Chapter 5: The Good Shephard
*ELA – Letters V through Z
*Shared Reading (Literacy) – Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
*Math – Counting to 20 and writing the number 1
*Calendar - Months and Days of the Week
*Science: Parts of the body/Skeleton

Reminders:

1) Color-Run envelopes are due on Tuesdays so that the raffle tickets can be tallied to see if the school earns the incentives on Fridays. Remember to dress your children in their Color-Run shirts on Fridays until the event, which will be on
October 13.

2) Also, any money that is sent to the school must be sealed in an envelope and labeled with the student name, grade and payment information (School Pictures, Color-Run, etc.).

3) Scholastic Book Orders are due Friday, October 6.  You may order online or send in the order form to your child’s teacher.  Please mark envelope with your child’s name and “Scholastic Book Order”

4) Parent/Teacher Conferences – Please login to Sycamore to schedule a time/date for your parent/teacher conference. We look forward to meeting with you

to discuss your child’s progress in our TK program! If you have any questions, feel free to let us know.

 

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Thank you for trusting us with your child’s education!

God's Blessings,

Ms. Faber

Mrs. Paragas