St. Pius X Kindergarten

2011-03-30T18:02:00.000-07:00

DEAR time on Pajama Day!!

Field Trip to the Taylor Sportplex

2011-03-29T17:22:00.001-07:00

Getting off the bus!

Waiting patiently for directions!

Fun with the parachute!

We played soccer!

We played a game called "The Bucket Game" ~ had to put the beanbags into the buckets that were strapped to other children!

Practicing getting up before we went on the ice.

Skating fun!

Reading with our 7th Grade Buddies!

2011-03-29T17:09:00.001-07:00

Reading Month Assembly

2011-03-29T17:01:00.000-07:00

Carey Ann & Mr. Ro, Bella's Nana and Papa, came and performed a super fun assembly for us. They shared the many different reasons we need to know how to read! Mrs. Shook, Bella, Erin, and Sydney helped during the assembly!

March, 2011

2011-03-14T15:27:00.000-07:00

We are now able to read 31 sight words and all short vowel words! The reader we are reading this week is Liz Can Hop.

In math, we have begun learning about solid shapes ~ spheres, cubes, cones and cylinders. We are talking about size, edges, sides, etc.

We have been discussing LENT and are attending "Stations of the Cross" every Friday at 2:15. All parents are welcome to go with us!

In science, we are discussing different "tools" that are used for different jobs. The students knew what tools a cook, an artist, and a race car driver used!

Mix and Match & Crazy Hat Day

2011-02-06T16:56:00.001-08:00

Having fun during Catholic School's Week!

2011-02-02T18:24:00.000-08:00

Pajama Day in Kindergarten to celebrate Catholic
Schools Week

Field Trip to Stevie B's

2011-01-31T02:58:00.000-08:00

We were able to see how the dough was made, manipulate some dough ourselves, go into the big refridgerator, and then make our own pizza!

2011-01-20T11:47:00.000-08:00

WE ARE READING!!
We have been working on sight words and short a words and put them all together to read our first reader ~ Sam the Cat! It is so exciting to see this growth in the students! And they are so proud of themselves!

We worked on making a snowball by wrapping yarn dipped in glue around a balloon. Boy was this hard! Mrs. Shook didn't realize how difficult this would be for the students, but they really had fun trying!!

We read about Martin Luther King, Jr. this week. We discussed the differences in people and made a diversity quilt that is displayed outside our classroom. We also made peace doves and are working on solving disagreements peacefully in school.

Show and Tell is tomorrow and I can't wait to see what exciting items the students bring. We will write about our show and tell in our journal before we show our friends!

January, 2011

2011-01-05T06:33:00.000-08:00

We are back to school after 2 weeks off and we are busy! Today the students are very tired! (And quiet!)

We went to Spanish today and practiced the body part names and the numbers through 100!

In Religion, we have been discussing the signs of God ~ Jesus, the angel, Gabriel, etc.

In math, we are learning about size, shorter & taller! And we will measure things with linking cubes today.

In Social Studies and Science, we are starting new units discussing the weather and seasons. We will make a weather wheel today.

Our field trip to Stevie B's is coming up on Wednesday, January 26. We will see what happens behind the scenes there, we have been talking about where and how different things are made in social studies and this will explain how the pizza is made! The $8.00 per child and permission slip is due on Tuesday, January 11. All parents are welcome to ride the bus and have fun with us on this field trip!

Christmas Morning in Kindergarten

2010-12-18T05:17:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas Morning in Kindergarten! Our 7th grade buddies joined us for breakfast ~ pancakes, sausage and juice! Thanks to all the Mom's and Dad's who helped cook, serve and with crowd control!

2010-12-10T03:07:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving Feast with our 7th Grade Buddies!

November, Turkey Trot

2010-12-10T02:54:00.002-08:00

Warming up for the TURKEY TROT!

YEAH!!! We did it!
The fastest boy in kindergarten was Jeremy Smith
The fastest girl in kindergarten was Erin Truskowski

December

2010-12-10T02:54:00.001-08:00

Wow, time sure flies when you are busy!! And busy we have been in Kindergarten!

October, 2010

2010-10-22T04:43:00.001-07:00

We have been very busy in Kindergarten!

We've learned the sounds and gestures for 11 of the letters of the alphabet and how to write them! We love the games we play in our new reading series FAST! Especially "London Bridge"!

We've practiced the numbers through 5 ~ counting, writing, comparing more and less!

We worked on a fun unit in Religion and Science ~ the Five Senses! Did you know that God gave us our 5 senses? We ended the unit by using an air popper to pop popcorn, we heard it, felt it, smelled it, saw it pop, and tasted it~ what fun!

In Social Studies, we have been discussing fire safety, practiced several fire drills, and practiced several tornado drills! We enjoyed discussing Columbus Day and even got to watch the 2nd graders perform a play about Christopher Columbus!

We are now getting ready for Halloween Week! Watch for some pictures next week!

Apple Day Fun

2010-10-02T06:13:00.000-07:00

APPLE DAY FUN

Jog-a-thon, 2010

2010-10-02T04:50:00.000-07:00

Warming up before we start jogging!

Doing the "Hokey Pokey" and the "Bunny Hop" to earn extra laps!

The Kindergarten Class of 2011

September

2010-10-01T10:49:00.000-07:00

We have had a very busy month!

We have been working with the letters of the alphabet in our new reading program, FAST! We got our new magnet letter boards and have been working with them daily! The students are beginning to learn to make three letter short vowel words and they love it! It is so fun to see them learning the sounds of the letters and how to put them together to make words!

Each day we practice writing the letter that we discussed. We are practicing touching the top line and the bottom line, and forming the letter correctly.

In math, we have been learning how to make a graph and to do simple 1,2 and 1,2,3 patterns! I think their favorite activity was making patterns with stamps!

In religion, we have been discussing that God created the earth and all on it, people and especially ME!! And that God made each of us different! And so very special!

We attended the Farewell to Summer Picnic on Wednesday. It was fun to eat a picnic lunch with our friends! Thank you to the St. Pius Mens Club for the lunch, and to Mrs. Lorenc for the fun games afterward!

Today was our annual JOG-A-THON! The students had so much fun! And another picnic lunch! We are getting spoiled!

Welcome to Kindergarten!

2010-09-14T07:26:00.000-07:00

We are having so much fun in Kindegarten! We have now attended all of our special classes: ART, GYM, LIBRARY, MUSIC, SPANISH AND COMPUTERS! Just a reminder that our Library books are due every Friday!

We are participating in the SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUBS "CLASSROOM CARES" Campaign. They are donating books to kids in need throughout the United States for every book that we read! Our goal is to read 10 books per student! 200 Books! I know we can do it!! When you have read 10 books and written the names on your bookmark, bring it in and you can color a star on our class poster!

We are ordering a special Kindergarten T-shirt! Money and order forms are due on Friday, September 24!