Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to Kindergarten B! This will be an exciting year of learning for all of our students. Kindergarten marks the beginning of your child’s formal academic education, and it will prove to be a milestone in your child’s holistic development. Each day your child will engage in dynamic experiences in reading and writing, mathematics, religion, science, and social studies. Your child will also participate in special classes in art and music, Spanish language classes, gym, and technology class. Most importantly, your child will be part of a class community that celebrates each person as a precious and unique child of God, and encourages cooperation, compassion, and respect for all. I look forward to being a part of your child’s educational experience this school year!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marinelli
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Week of November 23, 2020
Dear Parents,
This week we will work on strenthening phonics skills, and practice reading and
writing CVC words. We will also complete unit 2 of our Wonders program. (We
will have an ELA test on reading comprehension and phonics skills on Monday,
November 30th; we will send home a review sheet for practice before the test.) In
math, we will identify and write numbers 6-9, and we explore different ways to
create sums to 9 using manipulatives. In social studies we will celebrate Native
American Heritage month with a look at the Wampanoag and the Lenape nations.
In our religion class we will talk about being grateful for all that we have, and
offer prayers of thanksgiving to God.
Please be reminded:
1. There is no school Wednesday-Friday, November 25-27th.
2. If you have not done so already, please be sure that the office has your
child’s updated health forms. The deadline for submission is November
30th. Thank you.
I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving day! God bless you all. Enjoy the holiday.
With warm regards,
Mrs. Marinelli
Monday November 23, 2020
1. ELA – Read your leveled readers. Be sure to bring back the Reading folder
everyday.
2. Spelling – Review Worksheet – Handwriting- Trace and write.
3. Math- Workbook page 51
Tuesday November 24, 2020
1. ELA – Unit 2 ELA assessment on Monday Nov.30. Review study guide. Read
your leveled readers. Be sure to bring back the Reading folder everyday.
2. Spelling- Spelling review worksheet. Write the letters in the boxes.
3. Math- Workbook page 52
Week of November 16, 2020
Dear Parents,
I hope your children had a good week last week! I am looking forward to being back in the classroom on Monday. Thank you for your warm wishes!
This week our class will be exploring poetry in our ELA Wonders program. We will identify and use descriptive words, focusing on words describing texture. We will also continue to practice isolating and blending phonemes in words, read and spell CVC words, and write sentences using our high frequency / spelling words. In math we will work on identifying numbers and quantities to 5. We will continue to explore communities in our social studies program. In religion we will celebrate God’s gifts of our five senses. In science we will explore the five senses as part of our Lab Learner’s program. We will also learn about insects that are included in our ELA poems and texts.
Please note that we will have our Religion test (Grace Before Meals test) on Wednesday, November 18th. Our class says this prayer every day before snack and lunch, but I’ve included the prayer below for you to say at home.
Have a great week!
With warm regards,
Mrs. Marinelli
Week of November 16-20th, 2020
Words of the week- want, here, me, this- Test this Friday
Monday November 16, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 104 and 105- Write letter. Read your leveled readers. Be
sure to bring back the Reading folder everyday.
2. Spelling – Worksheet – Handwriting- Trace and write. Test Friday.
3. Math- Workbook page 46- Equalizing Sets
Tuesday November 17, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 110- Circle the verb in each sentence. Read your leveled
readers. Be sure to bring back the Reading folder everyday.
2. Spelling- Spelling worksheet. Write the letters in the boxes. Test Friday.
3. Math- Workbook page 47- Identify and Write 0 and 1 4. Religion Test: Grace Before Meals Wednesday November 18, 2020
1. ELA- Take home story – Read the story and add a page to the story and write We
see a____. Read your leveled readers. Be sure to bring back the Reading
folder everyday.
2. Math – Workbook page 48- Identify and write 2 and 3
3. Spelling – Worksheet. Test Friday.
Thursday November 19, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 111. Complete the sentence with the correct verb. Read
your leveled readers. Be sure to bring back the Reading folder everyday. Test
Friday.
2. Spelling- Spelling- Practice Test. Write the words. Test Tomorrow.
3. Math – Workbook page 49- Identify and write 4 and 5
Friday November 20, 2020
1. ELA – Read your leveled readers. Be sure to bring back the Reading folder
everyday.
2. Math – Workbook page 50. Ordinal: First to Fifth
Week of November 9, 2020
Dear Parents,
This week we will work on Unit 2, Week 2 of our Wonders program. We will write sentences using our high frequency/spelling words, isolate and blend phonemes, identify nouns and verbs in sentences, use comprehension strategies while reading texts, and work on sentence grammar. Beginning this week, your child will bring home his/her leveled readers each night to read to you; please be sure to return the books in the homework folder each day. In math we will be working on identifying equal, more, fewer quantities. In social studies we will continue to learn about communities. In religion we are celebrating how wonderfully God made each one of us. Please be reminded that school will be closed on Wednesday, November 11th, in observance of Veteran’s Day. On Friday we will dismiss at 11:25 for teacher professional development.
Have a wonderful week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marinelli
Words of the week- for, have, they, said (No Test This Week)
Monday November 9, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 92- Identifying pictures with the letter Tt
2. Spelling – Worksheet – Handwriting- Trace and write.
3. Math- Workbook page 42- As Many As
Tuesday November 10, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 98- Circle the verb in each sentence.
Take home story – Read the story and add a page to the story ( I like
the____)
2. Spelling- Spelling worksheet. Write the letters in the boxes
3. Math- Workbook page 43- More
Thursday November 12, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 97. Circle the two pictures in each row that are shapes.
2. Spelling- Spelling- Write the words.
3. Math – Workbook page 44- Fewer
Friday November 13, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 94- Draw a line to match the picture with the correct initial
sound.
2. Spelling- Color the words.
3. Math – Workbook page 45- Fewest, Most
Week of November 2-6, 2020
Dear Parents,
This week we will begin Unit 2 of the Wonders program. We will continue to work on sentence grammar, learn to identify verbs in a sentence, and work on reading comprehension strategies. Your child will bring home a leveled reader at the end of the week to read to you. Please be reminded that we will have a test in ELA for unit 1 on Wednesday, November 4th covering letters a, s, m, sentence grammar, fiction and informational texts, and nouns. We will also have a spelling test on Friday, November 6th. In math we will continue to learn about positions. In social studies we will continue to learn about community helpers, and we will begin working with a new workbook, Living, Learning, and Working Together. In science we will learn about scientific tools. In religion we will celebrate God’s gift of people all over the world. We will also celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day with special prayers.
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marinelli
Words of the week- the, with, was, little
Monday November 2, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 78- Identify pictures with letter Pp. Unit 1 review- due
Wednesday and Test on Wednesday 11/4.
2. Spelling – Worksheet – Handwriting. Test Friday
3. Math- Workbook page 37-Front and Back- Test Monday 11/9
Tuesday November 3, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 82- Fill in the blank. Unit 1 review due and test
tomorrow .
2. Spelling- Spelling worksheet. Test Friday
3. Math- Workbook page 38- Right and Left- Test Monday 11/9
Wednesday November 4, 2020
1. ELA – Take Home Story – Read the story and write another page to the book. ( I
see a __)
2. Spelling- Worksheet. Test Friday
3. Math -Workbook page 39- Left, Between and Right- Test Monday 11/9
Thursday November 4, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 80- Match the picture with the correct initial sound.
2. Spelling- PreTest Worksheet- Write the words. Test Tomorrow.
3. Math – Workbook page 40- Before, between and after. Test Monday 11/9
Friday November 6, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 83- Choose the pictures that would be the same color
2. Math – Chapter 3 Review Sheet- Test Monday 11/9
Week of October 26, 2020
Dear Parents,
This week we will learn to identify key details in informational texts in ELA. We will also practice our spelling/sight words, and will include them in our independent writing assignments. In science we will learn about the five senses. In math we will learn to identify the position of objects. In social studies we will continue to learn about communities and community helpers. In religion we will explore ways we can celebrate God’s love every day, in Ordinary Time. On Friday we will dress up as our favorite book characters! There will not be a spelling test this Friday.
Important Announcements for this week:
- Please note that you will be receiving emails to join our Kindergarten Google Classrooms in each subject in the event that schools have a remote learning period in the future. School is open and in session, and the invitation is a test run to make sure all systems are up and running. Please except the invites and make sure you are able to log into your child’s school email.
- This Friday is Dress Up as Your Favorite Character Day! I’m so excited to see your children in costume!
- We have a half day dismissal on Friday; our class will dismiss at 11:25.
- I want to thank so many of you for your thoughtfulness and generosity in wanting to donate activities or party bags for the children for Halloween. Under normal circumstances this would be so welcome, and I truly appreciate all you want to do for the children. We received guidelines of the strict protocols that are in place in our Catholic schools, and we are unable to accept party bags, craft items, or gifts for the students to distribute to their peers. Thank you so much for understanding.
- Please be sure to check your child’s pencil case each night to make sure pencils are sharpened, your child has at least the basic crayons (red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, black, brown), scissors, and a working glue stick. (The children now keep their dry erase markers in a separate Ziplock bag with their workbooks.) Thank you for your help!
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marinelli
Monday, October 26, 2020
ELA: worksheet
Spelling: worksheet
Math: p.33
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
ELA: worksheet
Spelling: worksheet
Math: p.34
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
ELA: Read booklet and draw a response: write another page for the book
Spelling: worksheet
Math: p. 35
Thursday, October 29, 2020
ELA: worksheet
Spelling: worksheet
Math: p. 36
Friday, October 30, 2020
No Homework
Week of October 19, 2020
Dear Parents,
This week we will read stories about baby animals in our Wonders reading program, and your children will bring home a new book on Friday to read to you. In math we will work with color, shape, and size patterns. We will learn about baby animals in science, and we will explore communities in social studies. In religion we will learn about the church year.
Have a great week!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Marinelli
Homework
Spelling words: go, you, my, are
Monday October 19, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 54- Identify pictures with /a/
2. Spelling – Worksheet – Handwriting ( Test Friday)
3. Math- Workbook page 28- Shape Patterns (Math Test on Monday
10/26)
Tuesday October 20, 2020
1. ELA – Worksheet page 51- Circle the rhyming pictures
2. Spelling- Coloring worksheet ( Test Friday)
3. Math- Workbook page 29-Pattern by size (Math Test on Monday
10/26)
Wednesday October 21, 2020
1. ELA – Take Home Story – Read story and have your child point to
the space between the words.
2. Spelling- Write the words in the boxes
3. Math -Workbook page 30- Making similar patterns (Math Test on
Monday 10/26)
Thursday October 22, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 57- Family words
2. Spelling- Practice Test
3. Math – Workbook page 31- Patterns by color and shape (Math Test
on Monday 10/26)
Spelling Test tomorrow: go, you, my, are
Friday October 23, 2020
1. Math – Practice Test for Chapter 2 page 73 and 74.
Math Test on Monday, October 26, 2020
Week of October 13, 2020
Dear Parents,
This week we will officially begin the first unit of the Wonders reading program! On Friday your child will bring home a decodable reader to share with you. Please have your child send back this reader on Monday for continued school readings. We will also be learning about shapes in math, baby animals in science, and we will discuss ways to be a good friend in social studies. In religion we will celebrate God’s gift of the animals.
Have a great week!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Marinelli
Homework:
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
ELA:
Worksheet: p. 42 Say the name of each picture, and listen for the sound of /m/. Write the letter m.
Spelling/High Frequency Words: Worksheet: like, do, and
Math:
Workbook: p.23
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
ELA:
Worksheet: p.46 Circle the noun in each sentence.
Spelling/High Frequency Words: Worksheet: like, do, and
Math:
Workbook: p. 24
Thursday, October 15, 2020
ELA:
Worksheet: Take home story booklet: The Friends. Read and color the book. Circle the word “the”.
Spelling/High Frequency Words: Practice for test tomorrow: like, do, and
Math:
Workbook: p. 25 and 26
Test Tomorrow: like, do, and
Friday, October 16, 2020
Spelling Test today: and, like, do
ELA:
Worksheet: p. 45 Circle the pictures that show feelings.
Read Leveled Reader booklet and return on Monday.
Math:
Workbook: p. 27
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Week of October 5, 2020
Dear Parents,
During the past two weeks, our ELA program has focused on essential questions about what makes each person unique, and what makes each family special. This week we will be working on a unit in ELA that focuses on the essential question, “What can I do?” We will be reading related stories and informational texts, and working on writing projects that answer these questions. In social studies we will continue this topic, and talk about how we are all connected in our family, neighborhood, and world communities. In religion, we are thanking God for His gifts, and we will focus on the Genesis story of how God made the land. We are also celebrating the Feast of St. Francis (October 4th), and the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7th). In science we will learn about land formations and biomes. In math we are beginning a new unit on geometry and patterns, and will focus on 2D and 3D shapes. Please find the weekly newsletter and homework assignments attached below.
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marinelli
Homework Week of October 5-9, 2020
Words of the week- the, a, see, to
Monday October 5, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 28
2. Spelling- Worksheet ( Test Friday)
3. Math- Workbook page 18
4. Religion- Practice sign of the Cross –Test tomorrow
Tuesday October 6, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 29
2. Spelling- Worksheet ( Test Friday)
3. Math- Workbook page 19
Wednesday October 7, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 35
2. Spelling- Worksheet (Test Friday)
3. Math- Workbook page 20
Thursday October 8, 2020
1. ELA- Worksheet page 36
2. Spelling Worksheet- Test Tomorrow
3. Math- Workbook page 21
Friday October 9, 2020
1. ELA- Read booklet
2. Math- Workbook page 22
3. No School Monday- Columbus Day
Week of September 28, 2020
Dear Parents,
This week we will continue learning about rhymes, work on phonics activities, and explore using key details in pictures and texts to comprehend stories. We will work with our ELA Wonders program, and continue writing stories in our Writers Workshop. In math we will continue a unit on sorting. In science we will learn about water and the season of autumn. In social studies we will talk about what makes our families special. In religion we will talk about God’s gift of water. We will celebrate the feast days of St. Therese (Oct. 1), Guardian Angels (Oct. 2), and St. Francis (Oct. 4). Have a great week!
Homework:
Monday, September 28, 2020
ELA: Worksheet p.16: Graph the words in a sentence
Spelling/High Frequency Words: Worksheet: I, can, we
Math: Workbook: p.14
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
ELA: Worksheet
Spelling/High Frequency Words: Worksheet: I, can, we
Math: Workbook: p.15
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
ELA: Worksheet: Category words p. 23
Spelling/High Frequency Words: Worksheet: I, can, we
Math: Workbook: p.16
Thursday, October 1, 2020
ELA: Worksheet: High Frequency Words: p.24
Spelling/High Frequency Words: Practice for test tomorrow: I, can, we
Math: Workbook p. 17
Friday, October 2, 2020
Spelling Test today: I, can, we
ELA: Worksheet: Take home story: pp.25-26
Math: Practice Test: Study for chapter test pp.33-34 (Worksheet Practice Test)
Math Test on Monday, October 5, 2020: Sorting by color, shape, size
Religion Test on Tuesday, October 6, 2020: Sign of the Cross
Week of September 21, 2020
Dear Parents,
It was wonderful to see all of you at our virtual Open School Night Google Meet last week! I’m looking forward to working with all of you to support your children’s learning this year.
This week we will begin the Wonders ELA program, and a Writers Workshop program. We will also begin working with our Mathematics in Progress program.
Have a great week!
Homework:
Monday, September 21, 2020
ELA: Worksheet: graph the words in a sentence
Math: Worksheet: match numbers to quantities
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
ELA: Worksheet: draw a something that rhymes with the given picture
Math: Circle objects that are alike/same
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
ELA: Worksheet: Phonics
Math: Worksheet: Sort pictures by shape
Thursday, September 24, 2020
ELA: Worksheet: Circle the picture of the children with names on their sweaters
Math: Worksheet: Sort pictures by size
Friday, September 25, 2020
ELA: Booklet with high frequency word, I. Color the pictures. Read to the family.
Math: Worksheet: Sorting
Week of September 14, 2020
Dear Parents,
Our Kindergarten class had a great first day of school! This week begins our first full schedule of classes. Please remember to check your child’s folder each day for notices and homework sheets, and to check your child’s pencil case to sharpen pencils and replenish supplies. Please return the completed Emergency Contact Card and lunch form on Monday. Thank you.
I will see you at our Open School Night Google Meet on Monday, September 14th at 6PM. Please check your email for the link.
Have a great week!
Monday, September 14, 2020
Homework:
ELA: Worksheet. Circle the initial sounds
Math: Worksheet. Identify the number and count/color the pictures
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
ELA: Initial sounds worksheet
Math: Identify numbers and count the pictures
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
ELA: Phonics worksheet
Math: Identify numbers and count the pictures
Thursday, September 17, 2020
ELA/Science: Worksheet: identify and write the seasons
Math: Match the number to the quantities
Friday, September 18, 2020
ELA/Social Studies: My Family worksheet
Math: Match the number to the quantities
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First Day of School
Dear Parents,
I am looking forward to meeting the children in person on Friday September 11th! Here are a few reminders for the first day of school.
~Please arrive at Fr. Dooley Hall by 8:10 am. Your child’s temperature will be checked before entering the building.
~ Please be sure to complete the daily health questionnaire each morning by 7:45 am via email.
~ The first day of school is a half day with an 11:25 dismissal. There will be NO snack on the first day of school.
~ Please be sure your child has his/her supplies. All of your child’s personal belongings should be labeled with his/her name.
~ Your child should wear his/her full school uniform on the first day of school. (An email will be sent by Dr. Zerillo if the gym uniform is permitted to be worn.)
~ Monday September 14th will be the first full day of school. Our class will enter the building (Father Dooley Hall) at 8:10 each morning. We will dismiss at 2:45 each afternoon.
~ Please be sure to check your email regarding virtual open school night. Kindergarten meetings are scheduled for Monday September 14 at 6:00 pm via Google Meet.
I’ll see you on Friday!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marinelli
Kindergarten Supply List
• 1 Pencil case filled with;
• 3 sharpened no. 2 pencils with erasers
• 2 glue sticks
• 1 pair of child safety scissors
• 2 dry erase markers
• 1 cloth for a dry erase board
• 1 box of 24 count crayons ( Everything in the
pencil case needs to be replenished when
depleted)
• Change of clothes in a ziplock bag
• Construction paper
• 4 plastic folders with horizontal pockets (labeled with
child’s name)
• 1 composition notebook
• 1 small individual bottle of hand sanitizer
• 1 pack of tissues that fits in your child pocket
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