Wednesday Envelope

Hi,

Please be sure to find your child's report card in the Wednesday envelope. Please look over and sign and return to school.

Thank you,

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

This week the students have learned that silent magic e can make the long vowel sound i.

The students have learned many new words:

Dive
vine
mice
bike
ice
dime
dice
five
pine


The students also reviewed many short i words

Zip
Dig
Pig
Pin
Bib
Hit
Lid
Lip
Rip
Fin
Pit
Bit

"Learning never exhausts the mind"

—Leonardo da Vinci

Kindergarten students have been learning how to subtract.

Some practice problems:

5-2= 6-4=

4-3= 9-8=

2-0= 6-3=

5-4= 10-2=

The students have been learning many new words and have been improving in their reading skills.

Reading Tips:

Please continue to read aloud to your child at home.

Have your child read to you and sound out the words

Go to the library and have your child select books that they want to read

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

What Sweet Girls!

St. Thomas More Father Daughter Dance

Father-Daughter Dance

Ready to dance!

St. Patrick's Day Fun!

Yesterday we had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day celebration with paper bag leprechaun puppets and green goodies to snack on. We even had Ms. Trout show her St. Patrick's Day spirit by dressing up like a leprechaun! Thanks to all the parents who helped out and we hope you all had a lovely St. Patrick's Day.

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

Miss Spider's Tea Party

We are learning about addition and subtraction in math. A great book that can help students learn about this is Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk. We read this in class and acted out our own tea party. See if you can spot our Miss Spider sipping her tea among all her guests!

Some other recommended literature for math:

Subtraction Action by Loreen Leedy
The M and M Subtraction Book by Barbara McGrath
Arctic Fives Arrive by Elinor Pinczes (counting by 5s)
Spunky Monkeys on Parade by Stuart Murphy (counting by 2s, 3s, and 4s)

Long Vowel Sounds!

Hi,

Today we learned long vowel sounds. The students learned about silent magic "e". When there is a " e" at the end of the words below the "a" makes the long "a" sound.

Example of Words we learned:

make wave
bake cave
cake cape
take tape
lake

Silent magic "e" does its magic and makes the "a" long vowel sound.

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

Pre-registration forms for next year.

Tomorrow pre-registration forms are due. If you have not sent this pink form in yet please bring to school tomorrow.

Saint Patrick's Day Events!

On Wednesday March 17th there is an all school St. Patricks Day celebration at 1:15. Please join us! After the all school event kindergarten will have their classroom party!

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

Selling Shamrocks!

Student Council will be selling shamrock pins for 25 cents tomorrow, Tuesday March 16th. Students will be able to wear these on St. Patricks Day! Please send in money in an envelope with your child's name written on it.

Thank you,

Miss D'Alfonso and Miss Trout

STM Holiday 3/12

Hi Everyone,

Please remember that tomorrow is a school holiday. There is no school tomorrow, Friday, March 12th. Enjoy the long weekend.

Thank you,

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

Computer Time!

The kindergarten students had an opportunity to use the computers last Friday.

They played fun adding games on www.ixl.com
Check this site out for more practice at home.

Thank you,

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

Learning about Lent

Hello,

In religion we have been talking about our Lent promises and becoming better citizens during Lent. We encourage you and your Kindergartener to share your Lent promises with each other.

Thank you!

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso

San Francisco Opera Visits STM Kindergarten!

Last Friday, a representative from the San Francisco Opera came to our class to talk to the students about opera and to tell them the story of the Magic Flute. During the story the students got to act out the different parts and even sing! Here are some pictures of our budding opera stars!

Growing Animals

Last week, the students wrapped up a unit all about animals. In one of the lessons, the students learned about how animals grow and they sculpted scenes of animal babies, animal eggs ready to hatch, and the growth of an animal. Here are some examples of the lovely work our students created!

Letter of the Week: U Uppy Umbrella

Hi,

The students have been learning how to write the letter u and the sound of the letter u. The students have also learned many words that have the u sound.

Some words:

but sun
hut run
nut fun
cut bun

up pup
under cup
us tub
bus bug
Gus hug

A good idea is to create a sentence using one of the words above. ex. The sun was hot.


Thank you,

Miss Trout and Miss D'Alfonso