Hello Spring! Kindergarten is patiently awaiting the arrival of Spring and the celebration of Easter!
This busy month of March we have been learning our short vowel sounds and are blending and starting to READ our decodable books!! We are starting Subtraction in Math and learning all about the weather in Science. We will be talking about rainbows, right in time for Saint Patrick's day and hoping for those pots of gold! We will be wearing our green too! For Religion we are talking about the season of Lent and are trying really hard to fill our Kindergarten Kindness bucket by doing good deeds, like Jesus taught us. Some of are favorite books this month are from our Read Across America celebration and  Don't Let the Pidgeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems was #1!!I We also learned about the job of an author and illustrator and have some promising future writers and artists!

Important Dates:
March 11 - Teacher Conferences No School
March 16 and 17 - Feast of Saint Patrick- Wear your Green day!
March 31- Half Day Dismissal for Easter Break till April 12th

Our February News

Monday February 1st begins Catholic Schools Week when we celebrate Faith, Excellence and Service! Kindergarten is learning all about faith! We have been talking about the miracles of Jesus. Our favorite is when Jesus calmed the storm! We are learning our short vowel sounds and how to write a sentence. In Science and Social Studies we will be talking about the Presidents, shadows, and hoping for an early Spring! And we can't forget Valentine's Day. We will decorate 100 hearts to celebrate the 100 day of school! That's alot of love!

Upcoming activities for Catholic Schools Week:

Monday 2/1 School Spirit Day ! Children can wear the school colors Red and White with the gym pants.

Tuesday 2/2-We salute our Essential worker by making Thank You cards to show our appreciation!  Dress down day too.

Wednesday 2/3 Favorite sports team day! Children can wear their favorite sports team tshirt or Jersey or hat. Maybe  they can wear their soccer tshirts! Dress down too.

Thursday 2/4 Literary Celebration! We celebrate out favorite books! Children can bring in their favorite book or let me know so I can find it to share on zoom to read aloud. We can start on Monday, so everyone can get a turn! Today is dress down also.

Friday 2/5 Movie Day with snack! Children can dress down and wear a silly hat or crazy socks or both .We will watch a movie after lunch and children can bring 1 small individual snack. 

Looking ahead:
Friday February 12th 100th Day!
Monday February 15th Presidents Day No School
Tuesday February 16th No School
Friday February 19th 11:30 Dismissal Report Cards distributed digitally in the afternoon
 

January 2021  Happy New Year Kindergarten!

Dear Parents, 
  January is here! And a Happy and Healthy New Year to all. A great big thank you too for the generous gift from all of you.! I am so blessed and grateful to have the pleasure of working with all of you and your amazing children! January brings great excitment at Saint Gabriel! We will celebrate the Feast of the Three Kings, Martin Luther King' Jr., and Catholic Schools week. Kindergarten is currently preparing for our short vowel sounds. We will be talking about Jesus as a young boy, in Religion, and reading a great story, The Mitten by Jan Brett! We will learn the difference between fiction and non-fiction and also talk about arctic animals! In science we learned about where snowflakes come from and Willie Bentley the famous snowflake scientist from Vermont. We also read our first biography Snowflake Bentley! I can't wait to share our Catholic Schools week activities. More info to follow.

Important Dates
January 15th- Half Day Session
January 18th- Martin Luther King, Jr.  Holiday- School not in session
January 19- Cohort B returns in person