Mrs. Bayley's Kindergarten

March 15 – March 19, 2010

Here's a look at the week ahead:

Language Arts:

This week, we will begin Theme 8: Down on the Farm. Our stories this week include: The Story of Half-Chicken, Cows in the Kitchen, and Ice Cream: from Cows to Kids. We’ll work on phoneme substitution (taking away the “r” in “rat” and replacing it with “c”), review rhyming, practice reading 3-letter words with short “o” in the middle, and make a class book about foods we like. There is no new letter this week and no Show-N-Tell on Friday. We will practice reading and recognizing the words on our Word Wall – “I”, “see”, “my”, “like”, “a”, “to”, “and”, “go”, “is”, “here”, “for” and “have” and add “said”.

Math:

We’ll finish Chapter 10: Money. We will have a class store to review the coins we learned and complete a review booklet on Tuesday. The chapter test will be on Wednesday and we’ll have a unit test (on time and money) on Thursday.

Religion:

Chapter 18 is called “Eucharist”. We will learn about the Last Supper and how we remember it at Mass. We will talk about the bread and wine at Mass as Jesus’ body and blood. Please have your child bring in a type of bread for show-n-tell on Thursday. Sister Cathy will be with us Tuesday afternoon. We will have Mass on Friday with our dads to celebrate St. Joseph’s Day.

Science/Social Studies:

This week, we’ll work on a surprise for our dads, read some St. Patrick’s Day stories, and complete a writing prompt about a leprechaun.

Reminders:

-  Our swim day is Tuesday and our Gym day is Thursday.

-  Don’t forget to return Library books on Wednesdays.

-  Monday is spring photo day. The kids can dress up in nicer clothes for their pictures. There is no form to fill out ahead of time. Pictures will be taken, sent home to you in a few weeks and you can decide if you want to purchase them or not.

- Please turn in the permission slip for the Giant Eagle field trip if you haven’t already. Thanks!

-  Friday is JA day. Thanks to Mr. Pritchard and Mr. McGrath for their hard work in preparing for this fun and educational day!

-  Don’t forget to send in some book badges for our “Spring into Reading” program. The kids are very excited to be participating in this here at school! They are doing a great job of reminding me to fill out a form every time we read a book! 

*Please e-mail me with any questions you may have.*