KA

Ms. Holleran

Specials:   ✨

Monday: Spanish  and Health

Tuesday: Computer

Wednesday: Gym

Thursday: Mass (beginning in October) and Art

Friday: Music

High Frequency Words:  👀

I
can
the
we

Homework:   😎

I will periodically be sending home decodable readers.  Please read these booklets with your child to practice high frequency word recognition.  

Homework packets will be coming home soon. 😊 Packets are for practice and enrichment at home to let you know what skills we are focusing on in class.  They do not need to be returned to school.  


Ms. Holleran

mholleran@archangelgabrielpgh.org



 Fall is here! We have been learning about the change of season and observing the changes we can see, feel, and smell.  We ventured outside to gather leaves and art work for the hallway.  We learned about Johnny Appleseed, various parts of apples, and even made an apple craft incorporating number identification. We will be learning about spiders and made a spiderweb paint project to display for October. 

We have been discussing being responsible in school and at home as well as being a good citizen. 


Language Arts


Science and Social Studies


Letter sounds we have learned: Aa /a/, and Mm /m/

Handwriting:  

Your child should be using these lowercase letters when appropriate.  (Ex: when writing first names) Students will only be expected to write the lowercase letters in their names once we have learned them.  


Begin tracking text from left to right when reading with your child.  After reading, ask your child 3-5 questions about the story to check for understanding.  


We are counting words in sentences and listening for first sounds in words.  

We practice onset rime daily during our morning meeting.  This is simply isolating the first sound then the rest of the word.  Ex: cat, C – AT, bus, B – US.  Continue to practice this skill at home as we will be building upon this skill as we move forward.  


Religion



We are good, We are special, 

God loves us. 

We know that God loves us and created the world and everything in it for us. We are learning to recognize and respect these wonderful gifts from God. 

We are also practicing our prayers and discussing parts of the mass.  Kindergarten will begin going to the school mass on September 29th.  


Math


       Numbers, Numbers Everywhere!!!

We are concentrating on learning to form our numbers correctly. We have been busy rainbow writing, numbercising, and counting groups of each number. We are working on the concept of one more and one less. (Ex: 2 is one more than 1. 3 is one more than 2. 5 is one less than 6, etc.) 

We are also working on concepts of sorting items according to their attributes; color, shape, and size. 

We are practicing calendar concepts everyday! Yesterday was, today is, and tomorrow will be. Please continue to use these phrases in your daily talks with your children at home. Discuss activities that you did last night, and what you 

will do tomorrow or the upcoming weekend. 


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