Thank you for joining me for Back to School Night! I'm sorry that I was unable to share some of the news with you through the zoom screen share. Below I posted some important reminders from the presentation. I also put together a PDF document (available on our Google classroom) to show you how to access and edit the Student of the Week & Weekend with Grizzly assignments through Google Classroom. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Communication:
*Classroom page (updated each Sunday)
* Family Envelope (posted each Wednesday)
* Email: Monteleones@stfranciscathedralschool.org
Homework:
* Will begin in October
* Please look for HW sent home in your child's communication folder on the return to school side
Weekend with Grizzly:
* Each weekend, 1 student will take home our "class pet"
* This year we will be using a laminated copy of our stuffed bear
* Students will fill out a Google slide assignment posted to google classroom to share with their classmates. Please note that students will be presenting to both in class students and virtual students. If you have any concerns, please let me know.
* Schedule will be sent home by the end of this week.
*Please look for further directions on our Google Classroom page
Student of the Week:
* Each week students will take turns being our Star Student
* Over the weekend they will fill out a Google slide assignment on Google Classroom to share with the class. Please note that students will be presenting to both in class students and virtual students. If you have any concerns, please let me know.
* Students may also bring in up to 3 pictures of things that are special to them to share with the class (a picture from a vacation, and activity they are a part of, their family, special toy, etc)
Birthdays:
* Students may dress down to celebrate their birthday.
* Please do not send in any goodie bags or birthday treats, they are not permitted. 
Epic:
* Epic is a free resource for parents and children to use at home
* Students have up to 2 hours a week available to search for and read books on different topics after school hours
* This is an optional resource, but if you are interested, please let me know and I will forward a link for you to sign up.
Extra Masks:
* Please make sure to have extra masks avaialbe for your child to change into if needed. Many of the boys and girls feel more comfortable changing their mask if they are wet.

This week we are learning...
+LA:
Stories: Kindergarten Kids & School Bus
Letters: Review: Identifying and forming letters Qq-Zz
Phonogical Awareness skill: identifying rhymes
Sight Word: see
Big idea & Power Words:  clue, mistake, puzzled
+Math:
We will be finishing up our chapter on sorting and begin our new chapter on shapes and patterns. This week we will talk about the difference between a flat and solid shape and look at a sphere, cone, and cylinder.
+Religion: 
This week’s chapter: God Made Us
Good God Choices week 2: You, We, They: How we treat others
+SS/Science
This week we will be discussing community helpers, the tools that they use, and how they provide goods and services to us.


Have a great week!
-Ms. Monteleone

Reminders:
* Please join us for our virtual Back to School Night on Wednesday, September 16. The general HSA meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.. A Zoom Link will be posted through a constant contact. There will be 2 sessons for KA (you only need to come to one). Links will be posted on the google classroom page. We will be discussing things that will be happening in KA this school year. 
 

This week we are Learning:
+LA:
Stories: A Squiggly Story & One Happy Classroom
Letters: Review of identifying and forming letters Gg- Pp
Phonogical Awareness skill: identifying words in a sentence, rhyming
Sight Word: a
Big idea & Power Words: discover, dream, partners, idea, offer, stuck
+Math: We are continuing with sorting. We will start our week with our first progress check. These progress checks allow me to see how the boys and girls are doing after every few lessons. They will be sent home at the end of the chapter. This week we will sort by size, color & shape, shape & size, and sorting two ways. 
+Religion: We will finish up our chapter: God made all People and look at our first lesson in Good God Choices: Me, Myself, and I: Knowing who I am. 
+SS/Science: This week we are learning all about apples! We will complete an apple investigation, discuss the parts of an apple, its life cycle, Johnny Appleseed, and take part in some Apples up on top fun!



We completed our very first directed drawing this week. The boys and girls did a great job using different shapes to make a school bus! Each month we will complete a different one to hang up in our classroom. 

Have a great week!

-Ms. Monteleone

Reminders:
* Scholastic orders are due this week. You can use our classroom code MGKP2 to order online.
* If you have not done so yet, please send in your money for purchased classroom supplies
*Please make sure to join our Google Classroom to access future work. Information was sent home on the first day of school. If you have any questions about joining, please let me know.
*This week the boys and girls will begin their specials classes. They can wear their gym uniform to school on Wednesday and Friday



This week we are learning:
+LA:
Stories: Keisha Ann Can! & School Day!
Letters: Review of identifying and forming letters Aa-Ff
Phonogical Awareness skill: identifying words in a sentence, rhyming
Sight Word: the
Big idea & Power Words: discover, dream, partners, plan, polite, share
+Math: This week we will begin our first chapter on sorting. We will learn how to sort things that are alike/same, identify objects that are different, and make groups of things that are the same color and shape.
+Religion: We will wrap up our first chapter: God Made All Things, and begin our second chapter: God Made All People.
+SS/Science: Our focus this week is on being healthy. We will look at eating healthy foods, getting exercise, washing our hands, and dental health.

Have a great week!
-Ms. Monteleone