September 25th-29th

 

Mrs. Kaber's Kindergarten News
September 25th-29th

Our Focus for the Week:

Student of the Week- Everett Schmoll

Character Formation:  

Twelve Spies

Virtue: courage

Jesus Time:

The Birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-7)

Math:
Lesson 26-29, 31

Creating and Reading AB Patterns

Acting Out Story Problems

Identifying Ordinal Positions to the Fourth

Arranging Pattern Blocks in a Design

Identifying and Describing Triangles and Squares

Writing

Letters: L, U, V, W

Language Art

ABC Sound Chart

Letters: L, F, B

Mystery Letter L, F, B bags

Being a Reader: What Is Round?

Making Meaning: Friends at School

Vocabulary: enjoy, gooey, container, delicious

Heggerty: Week 6

Read Aloud: 

Johnny Appleseed, Ten Red Apples, Apple Farmer Annie, Secrets of the Apple Tree, Apples

Poem: 

Johnny Appleseed

Science

I like Apples (book)

Apple Taste Test and make a graph

Apple Window Catcher

Make Applesauce

Scholastic News: I <3 My Neighborhood

Specials

M- STEAM Cart

T- P.E & Library 

W- P.E

Th- STEAM Cart, Art & Music

Fri- Choir & Spanish

Dates to Remember:

September 25th- Kindergarten Wheel-a-thon 9:30-10:30 am (Uganda fundraiser)

October 11-13th- No School

October 20th- Harvest Parties

October 23rd- Field trip to Stuckmeyer's Farm

October 26th- 1/2 day- Parent Teacher Conferences

October 27th- No School- PTC

A Note from Mrs. Kaber: 

Wheel-a-Thon- Our Kindergarten classes will be hosting our annual Wheel-a-thon on Monday, September 25th from 9:30-10:30 am. Each child can bring a bike, scooter, roller-skates or anything with wheels to help raise money to sponsor a child to go to school. With your help, we are trying to raise over $250 per class. We sent home information with a money envelope for people to sponsor your child in the wheel-a-thon. Our goal is at least $10 per child to reach our sponsor goal. Ask grandparents, coworkers, family, and friends and see how many people can help with our kindergarten project! If you would like to come and cheer on our kindergarteners as we make laps around the parking lot, feel free to help make signs and assist with pulling bikes etc. out to the parking lot. We can't wait! 

**Please bring your students "wheels" around the back of the building behind our classroom windows. We do not want students bringing these items in through the front doors. Thank you for understanding! After the event, please take your students wheels home with you. If you are unable to make the event, the items will be behind our classroom in back of the building at the end of the day. We will not be bringing the items out to carline as it will hold everyone up. 

End of the Day/Car Line- While I enjoy speaking face to face with parents and talking with parents about their student's day, please be mindful that I am unable to stand and chat for the safety of the students and for the goal of keeping the pick-up line moving. My priority is making sure I am watching my class and getting the students in the correct vehicle and in a timely manner. If your student has a day that I need to speak with you about, I will either call home during the day or email you about the situation. If you absolutely need to talk with me, email me, and we can set up an appointment to chat. Thank you for your cooperation and respecting the time of other families and myself. 

Friday Fun Days- Every Friday your student may bring a stuffed animal to school for quiet reading/Flashlight Friday. This needs to be a soft plush type of animal and not a hard toy. We are having students bring toys to school when it is not for Mystery letter bag time or Fun Friday. We do not want students to be upset if items are lost or broken. 

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out!

In Him,

Mrs. Kaber

September 18th-22nd

 

Mrs. Kaber's Kindergarten News
September 18th-22nd

Our Focus for the Week:

Student of the Week- Beckett Schow

Character Formation:  

Building the Tabernacle

Virtue: diligence

Jesus Time:

The Call of Abram

Math:
Lesson 22-25

Naming a Shape Piece Using Three Attributes

Describing the Relative Position of Objects

Matching a Number Card 1-5 to a Set of Objects

AB Patterns

Writing

Frog Jump Letters: B, R

#3

H, K

Language Art

ABC Sound Chart

Letters: D, G, K

Mystery Letter D, G, K bags

Being a Reader: Hands Can

Making Meaning: Flower Garden

Vocabulary: pedestrian, passenger, eager, assortment

Heggerty: Week 5

Read Aloud: 

Bad Apple, The Biggest Apple Ever, Fall Apples, Apple Trouble, 10 Apples Up on Top

Poem: 

Apples

Science

Leaf Walk

Leaf Press 

Sort Leaves

Science Journal: What Shape are leaves? 

Scholastic News: Can You Be Kind?

Specials

M- STEAM Cart

T- P.E & Library 

W- P.E

Th- STEAM Cart, Art & Music

Fri- Choir & Spanish

Dates to Remember:

September 22nd-24th- Homecoming Weekend

September 25th- Kindergarten Wheel-a-thon 9:30-10:30 am (Uganda fundraiser)

October 11-13th- No School

October 20th- Harvest Parties

October 23rd- Field trip to Stuckmeyer's Farm

October 26th- 1/2 day- Parent Teacher Conferences

October 27th- No School- PTC

A Note from Mrs. Kaber: 

Decade Days- 

In honor of CCLS' 50th Anniversary, the week leading up to the Carnival (September 18-22) will be themed dress days! Students may choose to wear their school uniforms or items with the decade in mind. Here is what the week will look like:

• Monday: 1970s
• Tuesday: 1980s
• Wednesday: 1990s
• Thursday: 2000s
• Friday: 2010s or wear your favorite CCLS Carnival t-shirt!

Wheel-a-Thon- Our Kindergarten classes will be hosting our annual Wheel-a-thon on September 25th from 9:30-10:30 am. Each child can bring a bike, scooter, roller-skates or anything with wheels to help raise money to sponsor a child to go to school. With your help, we are trying to raise over $250 per class. We sent home information with a money envelope for people to sponsor your child in the wheel-a-thon. Our goal is at least $10 per child to reach our sponsor goal. Ask grandparents, coworkers, family, and friends and see how many people can help with our kindergarten project! If you would like to come and cheer on our kindergarteners as we make laps around the parking lot, feel free to help make signs and assist with pulling bikes etc out to the parking lot. We can't wait!

Friday Fun Days- Every Friday your student may bring a stuffed animal to school for quiet reading/Flashlight Friday. This needs to be a soft plush type of animal and not a hard toy. We are having students bring toys to school when it is not for Mystery letter bag time or Fun Friday. We do not want students to be upset if items are lost or broken. Thanks for understanding!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out!

In Him,

Mrs. Kaber

A Note from PE:

Kindergarten PE is off to a great start! It’s hard to believe we finished our 5^th week of school already.  The students are learning what is expected in class and seem to be enjoying learning new activities and exercises.  The first quarter we talk a lot about ‘bubble space’ (personal space) and practice keeping it as we move in class. They use It while running laps, and practicing locomotor skills and creative movements while moving where they choose. After they mastered keeping bubble space, we played our first tag game called “Here comes the Fox”.  They loved this game. We also worked on Tempo and moving in different speeds.  Using this, they are working on endurance in running.  Sometimes I roll a die to see how may laps they will run for warm-up, if it is a high number, they’ve learned to pace themselves by running slow at first, then medium speed, and saving their fast for last.  They are doing so well – many can run all 6 laps without walking by pacing themselves! They have also learned jumping jacks, sit-ups, and another abdominal exercise called Floor touches.  In the upcoming weeks, I will teach more strengthening exercises, tag games, cooperative activities, and kicking skills.  

If you have any questions, or your student needs to be dismissed from PE for any reason, please reach out to me at nknost@ccls-stlouis.org.

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September 11-15th

 

Mrs. Kaber's Kindergarten News
September 11-15th

Our Focus for the Week:

Student of the Week- June Sinclair

Character Formation:  

The Ten Commandments

Virtue: justice

Jesus Time:

The Flood

Math:
Lesson 16-19, 21

Sorting by Color

Creating a Real Graph

Comparing Sets of Objects

Acting out Story Problems

Identifying and Describing Circles and Rectangles

Identifying and Ordering Numbers 1-5

Writing

Frog Jump Letters: N, M

Frog Jump Review

Language Arts:

ABC Sound Chart

Letters: H, R, M

Mystery Letter H, R, M bags

Being a Reader: Focus on Peter H. Reynolds books and activities

Making Meaning: Focus on Peter H. Reynolds books and activities

Heggerty: Week 4

Read Aloud: 

Be You, Sky Color, Word Collector, Ish, The Dot

Poem: 

A Sticky Situation

Science

Q Tip tree Art

Sci-show Kids: Life as a Tree

Tree Poster Stories

What Do Plants Need?

Science Journal Labeling

Science Spin: She Climbs Trees

Specials

M- STEAM Cart

T- P.E & Library 

W- P.E

Th- STEAM Cart, Art & Music

Fri- Choir & Spanish

Dates to Remember:

September 15th- Mad Science Assembly and Dot Day

September 22nd-24th- Homecoming Weekend

September 25th- Kindergarten Wheel-a-thon 9:30-10:30 am (Uganda fundraiser)

October 11-13th- No School

October 20th- Harvest Parties

October 23rd- Field trip to Stuckmeyer's Farm

October 26th- 1/2 day- Parent Teacher Conferences

October 27th- No School- PTC

A Note from Mrs. Kaber: 

Dot Day- 

Friday, September 15th, is International Dot Day! This is a special day to celebrate the character, Vashti, in the story “The Dot.” Peter H. Reynolds, the author and illustrator, released this book on September 15, 2013. 

Vashti is a young girl who didn’t think she was a good artist. Her art teacher encouraged her to just make a mark. This story has inspired millions of children and teachers. The story is used by teachers to instill creativity and confidence in their students. 

CCLS Kindergarten will wear polka dots on Friday to celebrate Dot Day. Listed below are a few guidelines.

1. Your child can wear polka dot shirts, sweaters or skirts.

2. Your child can wear polka dot socks or hair accessories. 

3. Your child’s polka dot items must be school appropriate (ex. No pajamas, costumes, etc).

We will be reading different Peter H. Reynolds books all week and will be doing fun activities to celebrate creativity and confidence!

 

Wheel-a-Thon- Our Kindergarten classes will be hosting our annual Wheel-a-thon on September 25th from 9:30-10:30 am. Each child can bring a bike, scooter, roller-skates or anything with wheels to help raise money to sponsor a child to go to school. With your help, we are trying to raise over $250 per class. We will be sending home information with a money envelope for people to sponsor your child in the wheel-a-thon. Our goal is at least $10 per child to reach our sponsor goal. Ask grandparents, coworkers, family, and friends and see how many people can help with our kindergarten project! If you would like to come and cheer on our kindergarteners as we make laps around the parking lot, feel free to help make signs and assist with pulling bikes etc out to the parking lot. We can't wait!

Optional Homework- Each week your student will start receiving some optional work with heart words or flash words and some fluency passages etc. If you would like to complete the work with your child, they can earn punches on their punch cards. I don't have a deadline for the homework. Your child can work at their own pace. Your child will also receive a reading log. Each night your child looks at books, gets read to, or reads to themselves, they can color in a picture (1 per night). At the end of the month, they can turn it in for a prize!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out!

In Him,

Mrs. Kaber

September 5-8th

 

Mrs. Kaber's Kindergarten News
September 5th-8th

Our Focus for the Week:

Student of the Week- Henry Smith

Character Formation:  

God Sends Quail and Manna

Virtue: responsibility

Jesus Time:

Day 1-3 Character Formation (no school Monday)

Math:
Lesson 12-15

Using Positional Words

Counting to 10 with one-to-one Correspondence

Creating Pattern Block Designs

Covering Designs Using Pattern Blocks

Writing

#2 (makeup work)

Write about our weekend.

Write about our friends.

Language Arts:

ABC Sound Chart

Letters: C, P, O

Mystery Letter C, P, O bags

Being a Reader: I Went Walking

Making Meaning: Cat's Colors

Heggerty: Week 3

Read Aloud: 

How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends, Do Unto Otters, The Rainbow Fish, Kindness is my Superpower, Meesha Makes Friends

Poem: 

The More We Get Together

Science

Schoolyard Tree Observations (walk and draw in journals)

Tree Poster with Labels for parts. Label trees in journals

Sort Trees with similar shapes activity

Scholastic News: I Can't Wait to Go to School

Specials

M- STEAM Cart (next week!)

T- P.E & Library 

W- P.E

Th- STEAM Cart, Art & Music

Fri- Choir & Spanish

Dates to Remember:

September 5th- Author visit

September 15th- Dot Day!

September 22nd-24th- Homecoming Weekend

September 25th- Kindergarten Wheel-a-thon 9:30-10:30 am (Uganda fundraiser)

October 11-13th- No School

October 20th- Harvest Parties

October 23rd- Field trip to the Pumpkin Patch (info coming soon)

October 26th- 1/2 day- Parent Teacher Conferences

October 27th- No School- PTC

A Note from Mrs. Kaber: 

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend full of Restoration. We have some exciting events happening in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out for more information coming soon! Mrs. Ogden and I are working on securing dates for our Field Trips. Once we know the rest of the dates, we will let you know! We usually send out a form a couple weeks before the date asking for volunteers to come help with groups. Keep an eye out for those!

Author Visit- We are so excited to be able to bring Jared Chapman to school on Tuesday, September 5th! If you would like to order one of his books, click the order form below. 

ONLINE ORDER FORM

Wheel-a-Thon- Our Kindergarten classes will be hosting our annual Wheel-a-thon on September 25th from 9:30-10:30 am. Each child can bring a bike, scooter, roller-skates or anything with wheels to help raise money to sponsor a child to go to school. With your help, we are trying to raise over $250 per class. We will be sending home information with a money envelope for people to sponsor your child in the wheel-a-thon. Our goal is at least $10 per child to reach our sponsor goal. Ask grandparents, coworkers, family, and friends and see how many people can help with our kindergarten project! If you would like to come and cheer on our kindergarteners as we make laps around the parking lot, feel free to help make signs and assist with pulling bikes etc out to the parking lot. We can't wait!

Optional Homework- Each week your student will start receiving some optional work with heart words or flash words and some fluency passages etc. If you would like to complete the work with your child, they can earn punches on their punch cards. I don't have a deadline for the homework. Your child can work at their own pace. Your child will also receive a reading log. Each night your child looks at books, gets read to, or reads to themselves, they can color in a picture (1 per night). At the end of the month, they can turn it in for a prize!

All About Me Poster and Family pictures- Please get these in as soon as possible. Thanks!

Chapel Offering Envelopes- Every week a white envelope is sent home in your child's folder. If you would like to bring in a chapel offering on Wednesdays, the money received goes to CCLS Uganda. 

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out!

In Him,

Mrs. Kaber