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Room 105 2/3/12

Susan Walton — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:24:13 +0000

Our unit about winter, how animals live in winter, and how arctic animals live is finished for this year. We can see how much the children have learned by their answers to questions, by their conversation and by their predictions when we read books about those subjects.

This coming week we will concentrate on Valentine’s Day and all the love and kindness that encourages. Our party will be on Tuesday, February 14. It will be low-key. Please have your child bring in the bag with handles that was described in the newsletter last week. Only 4 children have brought in bags so far and we will begin decorating them on Tuesday of this week. Check last week’s newsletter for specifics.

This has been a very exciting week for the children with many different activities to celebrate Catholic Schools Week.

Next week our letter will be /v/.

We will be attending Mass on Monday this week at 9:00. Please encourage your children to have good behavior in church. I am sure that when you take them to church yourself, you hear them singing some of the responses and saying some of the prayers. They are very proud of their participation.

Thursday, February 16 is a half-day of school. The children will be dismissed at 11:15 at the side door. There will be no after care that day. Parent teacher conferences will be that afternoon and evening. We will be sending home your time on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. I am looking foward to meeting with all of you on 2/16. There will be no school on Friday, February 17 and Monday, February 20.

Have a good weekend.

Room 100 2/3/12

Mary Kate Fitzgerald — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:45:57 +0000

This week we finished up our unit on Winter Animals, Hibernation, Adaptation, and Migration. The students have really enjoyed this unit. We have also finished up our work on the letter R. The students are getting really good at coming up with words starting with r!

Next week we will start talking about the letter V, Vallentines day, sharing, caring and love.

Have a great Weekend!

Important Dates: Monday 2/6 All School Mass 9:00 am

Monday 2/13 and Tuesday 2/14 Class Valentine Day Parties

Thursday 2/16 Half Day of School. NO PM CLASS! Parent Teacher Conferences

NO SCHOOL Friday 2/17 and Mnday 1/20

Room 105 1/27/12

Susan Walton — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:06:22 +0000

Things that animals do in winter has been our theme for this week. The children have learned the difference between hibernation, migration, and adaptation. They have used cut paper to make pictures of bears, geese and foxes. You will be able to see this work, and much more when you come to the Open House on Sunday from 10:30 – 12:30.

Next week we will still be talking about animals – the ones that live where it is very cold – polar bears, seals, and penguins.

Our letter of the week will be /r/.

In religion, we will continue to learn about the miracles of Jesus, specifically when he healed the man who was blind, and when he fed so many people with just a little food.

Our math shelf continues to expand as more and more children begin to work with numbers and quantity.

On February 14 we will celebrate Valentine’s Day in our classroom. It will be a relatively quiet observance. Please send a small bag with handles to school by Feb. 3 so we can begin to decorate them for our party. The bags should be solid in color, preferably brown, white, red or pink. As you think about the valentines that your child will be bringing to school, please remember that we have 20 children in our class. Your c hild (or you) should sign each card, but you should NOT put names on the cards or envelopes. This makes it much easier for the children to distribute them to their classmates.

Looking ahead:

Sunday, Jan. 29 – Catholic Schools Week Mass 9:30

All School Open House 10:30 – 12:30

Tuesday, Jan 31 – All School Mass 10:30

Wednesday, Feb. 1 – All School P.J. Day

Thursday, Feb 16. – Half day of school A.M.

Parent Conferences P.M.

Friday, Feb. 17 – NO SCHOOL

Have a great weekend.

I will see you at Mass on Sunday and at our Open House.

Room 105 1/20/12

Susan Walton — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:49:23 +0000

What a beautiful snow day we have to end this week of talk about all things winter. The children have made a long list of what WINTER IS, and they will continue to add to it for the rest of the month. This week we talked about what we wear in winter, what you need to make a snowman, and what animals do in winter.

This coming week we will be talking about the animals that hibernate, especially bears. On Wednesday, January 25, the children may wear their pajamas to school and they may bring a teddy bear to school. Please remember that the teddy bear must fit in their backpack. Nap time should be very cozy that day.

As happens almost every year after January 1, the children are expanding their interest and doing more and more works in all areas of the room.

Our alphabet letter next week will be /f/.

In religion, we continue to learn the responses to the new liturgy and to study the miracles of Jesus. Our new morning prayer is LORD GOD, FILL THIS ROOM WITH KINDNESS FOR OTHERS, RESPECT FOR OTHERS, AND LOVE FOR JESUS.

The children who have snack next week are: Kaitlin, Sera, Aydan, Abby, and Jama. On Wednesday we will celebrate Aydan Garcia’s birthday.

Looking ahead:

Valentine Party – Tuesday, February 14. The party will be low-key in our classroom. The children should bring enough signed valentines for each child in the room. That is 20. The envelopes should be blank. They should not have the children’s names written on them. We will send more information home as this holiday gets closer.

Parent Teacher Conferences are Thursday, February 16 in the afternoon and evening. We will have conferences with the parents/guardians of all the preschool students this time.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Room 100 News

Mary Kate Fitzgerald — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:07:48 +0000

We have had such a fun week in Preschool. We learned all about the letter S. We talked about polar bears, penguins and some other winter animals. The students really liked using the smartboard to learn about polar bears.

Next week we will work on the letter F. Start talking with your child about different words they know that start with the letter F. It is also important to keep talking about the letters we have already learned about

We will start talking about Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation. In order to make our Hibernation unit a little bit more fun we will be having a PAJAMA DAY on WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25TH. The students may wear their pajamas and bring a teddy bear with them.

Upcoming Events:

Preschool Pajama Day Wednesday Jan. 25th

Open House: Sunday Jan. 29th

Preschool Report Cards out on Feb. 14th and 15th

I hope you have a Warm Weekend!

Room 100 1/13/12

Mary Kate Fitzgerald — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:22:35 +0000

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a wonderful break!

This week we have been learning about Winter and the letter W. The students have been talking about the weather that occurs in winter, what kinds of clothes we should wear, and even what kinds of activities are fun to do in the winter.

Next week we will start talking about different animals in the winter. We will also start working on the letter S!

Have a Wonderful Long Weekend!

**Please remember that if you send your child to school in boots to send an extra pair of shoes to change into**

Reminder: *No School Monday, January 16th

Room 105 1/13/12

Susan Walton — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:27:45 +0000

What a great week this has been for getting back into the routine of school. It was such beautiful weather for the first days and the children were able to play outside everyday. Then, just as we were finishing this first week about WINTER, it snowed. There was so much excitement in the room when the first child saw the first snowflakes, and we often saw one or two children just sitting next to the window watching. We will continue with the same theme of WINTER for the full month of January. On January 25 the preschool classes are going to have a pajama day. That will be during the week when we talk about animals that hibernate. The children may also bring a teddy bear to school with them on that day.

This past week we introduced the letter /w/. Next week the letter will be /s/.

In religion we will be talking about the miracles of Jesus.

Looking ahead:

Monday, January 16 NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, January 17 9:00 ALL SCHOOL MASS

Wednesday, January 25 PRESCHOOL PAJAMA DAY

Sunday, January 29 9:30 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK MASS and OPEN HOUSE

I hope you enjoy this snowy weekend. The children are certainly excited about all the fun things that can be done in the snow.

Room 100

Mary Kate Fitzgerald — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:52:16 +0000

The preschoolers are so excited for Christmas! It has been such a Fun and Exciting first semester!

I want to thank all of you for all of your cards, gifts, and donations to the teacher gift fund. I am so thankful to be working here at St. Cletus with such amazing students and families. It has made this first semster a great one! THANK YOU ALL!

I hope that you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Enjoy the break! See you Janurary 9th!

Miss Fitzgerald

M-F Fun!

Mary Kate Fitzgerald — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:45:41 +0000

M,W,F Class Fun

Mary Kate Fitzgerald — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:28:18 +0000