Teacher Pages

Mrs. Hamilton's Kindergarten Class - Let's Learn Site - features tips for parents, songs for kids and videos of many of the activities we have shared this school year.

https://sites.google.com/view/mrs-hamiltons-classroom-lets-l/home

Kindergarten Wish List Link:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1MXHNDVMVACPU?ref_=wl_share

Kindergarten School Supply List for Fall 2022 Link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ZBv0tMWdailFlpK5R4lquZ2b3h9Ta_y/view?usp=sharing

Our Special's Schedule:

Mondays - Library/Computer

Tuesdays - Spanish 

Wednesdays - Gym and Music

Thursdays - Gym

Fridays - Art 

Check Out All of the Wonderful Experiences We Have Shared In Kindergarten 2021/2021!

https://sites.google.com/view/nativityofmaryschool-kindergar/home

                                                                               Weekly Newsletter – Week of March 20th 

Hello Parents! 

I’m sending this newsletter a little early to remind you our Gala is tonight!  It’s not too late to get a ticket but you can also “bid” on items if you are unable to attend.  Here is a link to the page.  There is a link to watch it live and how to set up an account to bid here: nbvmgala.givesmart.com  Mrs. Sahlen and I will both be there tonight.  The children made a beautiful ABC wall hanging that you can try to win.  I just may bid on it too as it would be a beautiful addition to our classroom!

Our outdoor fun day was superb!  Seeing the children enjoying the fresh air and some good old fun was so nice.  We had a few out due to illness, which I’m sure was a disappointment. The snow is always so unpredictable and melts so fast, it is hard to plan ahead for such events and almost impossible to reschedule.  I appreciate you being flexible with my last-minute request for winter clothes and sleds.

The students were also buzzing with excitement with thoughts of leprechauns!  We hoped to catch one.  Thursday morning we broke into groups and cooperatively constructed 4 traps. I was so proud of the teamwork they each demonstrated.  We set them all up at the end of the day and found many special notes, a treasure, and some surprises too on Friday…the leprechaun was tricky though, we didn’t get him. This is my favorite time of year because I love to watch their little faces full of wonder.

I still need a dozen eggs from each family filled with stickers, little toys, peanut-free candy, etc.  Please send them in in the coming weeks for our annual egg hunt! Parents are of course welcome to come to our hunt on Friday, March 31st @ 1:15 PM. We usually have it outdoors…hopefully the weather will cooperate. We can always have it in the gym or cafeteria if need be.

Our new popcorn words for this week will be: ate, do, and please.  I must say, the children are doing amazing with their words.  I’m so proud of them. This arsenal of words under their belts will help them so much as they move on to 1st grade.  Thank you for working with them at home.  

Here are some other things I will focus on this week:

Language Arts – We will continue to work on our little play  “Little Red Hen”.  We have been learning some terms such as, cast and narrator. The skill of following along with the words and “reading” character’s parts is a hard one.  We practiced as a class throughout the week and in our reading groups on Friday.  They are doing a fantastic job!  This week we will add headbands to label our character and hopefully perform “The Little Red Hen” for the little ones later in the week.  We will continue to work on Synonyms; Characters/character traits; Compare/Contrast; Word Families, VOWELS; Beginning, middle, and end.

Math Concepts – We’ll begin a new chapter on  2-dimensional shapes and will also work on “Number of the Day” activities.

Science- This week we will bake some banana bread as a follow-up to the Little Red Hen.  We’ll also create Skittle rainbows as a conclusion to our STREAM unit.  Next week I have promised the children we will explore dinosaurs.  We’ll have great fun with this!

Social Studies – Holidays - Easter

Religion- Lent - The Easter Story; Acts of Love; Loving actions; We’ve been going to the gym as a school Friday morning to read through the stations of the cross. The children sit so well, follow along with their little books, and participate in the singing portions.  I just love this. You would be proud.

God Bless, Sandy