Updates for the Week of Oct. 19th
The children enjoyed a pumpkin themed STREAM lesson with Mrs. Piel last week. They got to peek inside a carved pumpkin to see the pulp and seeds. Then they watched what happened when she put baking soda inside the pumpkin and then added vinegar. It was a pumpkin volcano!
In Language Arts this week we will learn the proper formation and sounds for the letters s and d. We will read literature selections that will answer our Essential Question, “How do tools help us do things with our hands?”. We will review the High Frequency Words we learned so far. Here is a list of the words:
I, like, the, and
In Math we will identify a number that is one larger using numbers to 10. We will also use ordinal numbers to the tenth to describe the position of an object. Our theme for Religion is Quiet is Good.
Upcoming Events
Halloween Celebration
We will have a Halloween Costume Showing on Friday October 30th.
Please send your child to school already dressed in their costume over their play clothes. We will come out the Bond Ave doors, show off our costumes and recite a few poems then return to our classroom. We will have the children take off as much of their costume as possible so they won’t get dirty for Trick or Treating! Please send a bag marked with your child’s name to put their costume in.
MASKS: All children and any parents attending this event must wear a mask and socially distance from each other. However, the children may not wear a Halloween mask as it may impede their vision. Also, remember there should be NO weapons of any sort coming to school, even as part of a costume.
We will have our Halloween party during our regular snack time. A homeroom mother may contact you to send in treats, etc. Please DO NOT send in any goodies unless you have been contacted by our Homeroom Moms to do so. Thank You!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Pedano____________________________________________________________________________
Updates for the Week of Oct. 12th
Last week we began learning about fire safety and did a great job walking out of the building quietly during our first drill! We also enjoyed the story, Where’s My Mummy and made a mummy craft to go along with it!
This week in Language Arts we will learn the proper formation and sounds for the letters a and g. We will read literature selections that will answer our Essential Question, “What kinds of work do people do?”. We will also learn the High Frequency Word “and: and in Math we will practice writing, counting and comparing the numbers 6 - 10. This week in Religion our topic is God’s World is Good.
Upcoming Events
October 30th - Halloween Festivities - We are planning a morning “Costume Showing” for parents and a party at snack time for the students only. We will be providing more detailed information as the date approaches.
Have a great week!!!
Mrs Pedano
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Updates for the Week of Oct. 5th
We welcomed Fall into Kindergarten this week!!! We took several walks to look at the trees and discuss how they are changing. We also watched squirrels hunt for and bury nuts and food.
In Language Arts this week we will learn the proper formation and sounds for the letters c and o. We will read literature selections that will answer our Essential Question, “Why do people have to take care of their pets?”. We will also learn the High Frequency Word “the.” We have been learning about nouns and that they name people and places. This week we will learn that they also name things and discuss nouns for naming animals. In Math we will practice writing, counting and comparing the numbers 6 - 10. This week in Religion we will learn about the rosary and St Francis.
Upcoming Events
October 30th - Halloween Festivities - We are planning a morning “costume showing” for parents and a party at snack time for the students only. We will be providing more detailed information as the date approaches.
Other Information
The Scholastic book order message for October will be sent.
Thank you for the generous donations of supplies and outdoor activities! We truly appreciate these contributions!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Pedano
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Updates for the Week of September 28
In Language Arts this week we will learn the proper formation and sounds for the letters and i and u. We will read literature selections that will answer our Essential Question, “Why do we have rules at school?”. We will also learn the High Frequency Word “like.” In Math we will learn the concept of one more and review all the concepts learned in Chapter 1 on counting and comparing numbers from 1 - 5. This week’s Religion topic will be Stories Are Good.
Upcoming Events
Wed., Sept 30th - Picture Day - uniforms are required but children must wear sneakers because they will have gym
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Updates for the Week of Sept. 21st
Well we made it through our first FULL week of kindergarten and the kids did great!! Last week we began Centers and the children enjoyed using the various materials and activities to reinforce concepts taught. Check us out in action on ClassDojo! We learned about the Bible and how it teaches us about Jesus and his love for us. We listened to the Bible story, “Let the Children Come to Me” as part of our lesson on welcomes.
In Language Arts this week we will identify our first High Frequency Word “I”, learn the proper formation and sounds for the letters m and n and discuss proper nouns. We will also read several literature selections that will answer our Essential Questions “What is the same about all families ?”. In Math we will continue our lessons on counting and comparing numbers from 1 - 5, identify groups that are greater than, less than and equal to each other . In Religion this week’s topic will be Names Are Good.
Upcoming Events
Tues., Sept. 22nd - Archbishop Perez will visit our school - UNIFORMS REQUIRE
Wed., Sept 30th - Picture Day - uniforms required
Other Information
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to be our Homeroom Parents. And the winners are:
Erin Donahue and Pam McFadden.
We are in need of sanitizing wipes and tissues. Any donations would be greatly appreciated.
As a reminder, anything being sent to school, money, forms, notes, etc. must be placed in the students folders only. There was some confusion on Friday with the money for dress down day and water ice. We check the folders every morning so anything you want us to see must be in there. Thank you!!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Pedano
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Updates for the Week of Sept. 14th
Kindergarten had a great week! We enjoyed many apple activities! We took a virtual trip to an apple orchard, graphed our favorite color apples, made mosaic apples with torn paper and listened to a story about an apple farmer. I won’t be surprised to see lots of apples for lunch this week! ;) In addition we began practicing color word recognition and talked about kindness.
This week in ELA we will practice rhyming and learn the proper formation and sounds of the letter t, f and b. In Math we will continue our lessons on counting and comparing numbers from 1 - 5 and in Religion will begin our Chapter titled “Welcomes Are Good”.
Upcoming Events
Fri., Sept. 18th - Dress Down - send a dollar to participate
Wed., Sept 30th - Picture Day - uniforms required
Have a wonderful week!
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Updates for the Week of September 7
Classes Resume Tuesday, Sept. 8
I truly enjoyed meeting the children last week! They are settling in wonderfully!
Here are some of the activities we enjoyed our first few days in kindergarten. We learned how to use some of our school tools “the kindergarten way.” We practiced using scissors safely to cut straight and wavy lines. We discussed how to color neatly, using more than three colors and choosing realistic colors. We also practiced writing our first names the kindergarten way, which is to use a capital for the first letter and lowercase for the rest. We read a story called Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes, about a mouse with a very long name. This book lends itself nicely to follow up name activities and discussions about kindness and empathy. We began working on a name craft that we will finish next week.
This week we will begin our Fundations lessons. We will practice making the sound for and writing the letter “t.” In Math we will practice writing, counting and comparing the numbers 1 - 5. We will make an apple counting book!
Thank you for sending in classroom supplies! Your contributions and donations are so greatly appreciated!
Other Information:
Check your email this week for a Scholastic book order. Orders are placed online using the class code provided and are due by Sept. 30th. Please contact me with any questions.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful children!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Pedano
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Welcome to St Bernadette of Lourdes Kindergarten. I am so excited to have your child in my class this year and can not wait to get started. Although this year may prove to be a challenging one we will work together to make sure it is a fun and exciting learning experience for your child.
Week of August 31, 2020
Monday, Aug 31 OPEN HOUSE
- Please make sure to attend your scheduled 45 minute time slot
- Due to Social Distancing requirements only one parent per child may
attend, and no siblings
Tuesday, Sept 1 HALF DAY
- Please make sure to send a snack and drink
Wednesday, Sept 2 FULL DAY
- Please make sure to send a snack and lunch today.
Thursday, Sept 3 NO SCHOOL
- Teacher Inservice Day
Classes resume on Tuesday, Sept 8
SBS Teachers make every effort to check email as their schedule allows, but may not be able to respond until after the school day. KathleenPedano can be reached at kpedano@stbl.org.
During the school day you may call the school office at 610-789-7676ext. 202 and leave a message for the teacher and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
If you are sending a note in with your child, please make sure your child knows to hand it to the teacher upon arrival so that it is received in a timely manner.
If your child will be absent, please call the school before 8:30 a.m. at 610-789-7676 ext. 202 and leave a message or email Mrs. Booth in the school office at Mbooth@stbl.org with your child’s name, grade and reason for absence and refer to the school Absence Policyfor further information.
Upon returning to school please send a note in to the teacher with the date(s) and reason for your child's absence
A Homeroom Representative will be reaching out to you to coordinate events on behalf of the classroom teacher and Home & School Association as needed throughout the school year.