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    News & Notes   

    It's MAY - our final month of Kindergarten!!!  Lots of fun things going on in May!  See our Calendar page of this Website and the Rainbow note that went home on Monday, April 29!

    If you have any questions, please email me at nseitz@spsangelway.org.

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    Important rules to remember = 1. LISTEN 2. Raise hand to speak 3. Keep hands to yourself!

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    In Reading Class we are reading some great stories. Our stories are about helping our Earth and community!! Continue to practice rhyming with your child. Each letter of the alphabet has a capital and a lowercase partner.  Make sure your child knows the name of each capital letter and lowercase letter.  Start by showing the two partner letters together.  Then, show them seperately.  Make sure your kiddo can name each letter and then find the partner.  This is so important. 

    We have learned the sound of each letter.  Practice the letters/sounds of these letters at the beginning of a word and at the end of a word. Practice printing these  letters (capital and lowercase).  Aa, Ii, Oo, Ee, & Uu are vowels and can come at the beginning of words, but are usually in the middle of words. We have learned all five short vowel sounds( a, i, o, e, & u). We can make many words with these five vowels.  See the Spelling Words Page on this Website! We are learning long vowel words with silent magic e at the end!  Long vowel words have two vowels in them.  The magic silent e at the end of the word make the a say its own name! 

     

    We are trying very hard to remember to write at the top of a page and move from left to right.  Remind us of that too when we do homework or are practicing skills.

     

    In Math Class we are discussing 2D and 3D shapes.  We are looking for shapes in our everyday lives.  A papertowel tube is a cylinder. A tissue box is a rectangular prism. We have finished learning about Money and Time to the hour and half hour!   Please help us at home. The kids did really well with adding and subtracting to and from 10. The K kids have mastered sorting, graphing, and patterning!  They are good at counting, identifying, and writing numbers 0-20! Keep practicing those teen numbers - they are hard for kindergrateners! Practice counting by 2, 5, & 10! This will help us count and write the numbers to 100.

     

    In Religion class we are learning that Jesus was a kind and caring teacher. He wants us to be kind and loving to others too.  We are in the Easter season. We are remebering all that Jesus has taught us and we are trying to live it! We learn Jesus! Love Jesus! Live Jesus!

    Please help your child learn the words and motions to The Sign of the Cross.  We are currently saying Grace Before Meals, Grace After Meals, The Hail Mary, The Angel of God, The Our Father and The Glory Be daily.  The words came home in a little booklet.

    We attend Mass every Friday at 8AM.  Please have your child here at SPS on time so I can get their lunch order in to the cafeteria before Mass.  Going to Mass on Sundays will help your kindergartener understand the parts of the Mass better and help him or her participate more too!    

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    WEDNESDAY is our GYM day! Wear tennis shoes and socks with your St. Philip tee shirt and shorts.

     The kids come to school in these clothes and stay in them all day long - no changing involved!!

    Oct 1 - April 30 is when the kids have to wear sweatpants. No more shorts. August, September, May

    & June are months to wear shorts all day.

    TUESDAY is LIBRARY day! Mrs. Davis will be allowing the kindergarteners to take out a book

    for the week to read at home. She recommends storing it in the book bag and she will collect it

    every Tuesday before a new book can be taken out. Happy Reading!

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    Technology is in full swing in kindergarten. We will use Bee Bots,

    our Smart Baord, iPads, and the OSMO. SPS is so awesome to have

    this great tech stuff!   

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    All K2 kids will be "Student of the Week" one time this year. We will learn all about

    your child during his/her special week. Your student will have special jobs and seats

    during his or her 5 day week. Your student will get to bring something in for a Show

    and Tell Day at the end of their week. More information will come about this special

    week when it is your child's turn.  

     

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    HERE IS SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU TO REFER TO ALL YEAR LONG:    
 
Please PUT YOUR CHILD'S NAME ON ALL coats, sweaters, sweatshirts, lunchboxes, 
lunch tickets, and book bags!  Thank you!  This is a huge help to us all!

SNACKS - We will eat a snack in the morning and afternoon each day!
       - Weekly fee for snacks = $1.50. 
       - You can pay weekly, monthly, or all at once for the entire year.
       - Please use an envelope labeled "Snack Money" & your child's name.
       - You can pay with cash or check made payable to: Nicole Seitz

RED & BLUE FOLDERS 
The RED folder will be our communication folder.  The RED folder comes with 
your child each day!  The children will put their daily work into the RIGHT 
side for you to see each day.  Please empty it daily too!  Any newsletters or 
notes from me or the school will go into the LEFT side of this folder. If you 
have anything for me or the office or the lunch room, please label it as to 
where I should direct it.  Please put it on the LEFT side and I will see it 
in the morning.  I check the contents of the RED folder every morning.  The 
BLUE folder is the homework folder.  (Please see the Homework Page of my 
website.)
 
ABSENT:
Please call the school (412)928-2742 before 8:00 AM if your child is absent.  
ALSO, please send a NOTE EXPLAINING THE ABSENCE the next day back at school.

Kindergarten Dress Code - Please see FAQ page.

Gym Clothes & Day - Please see FAQ page.

School Times - Please see FAQ page.
    
Birthday Treats - Please see FAQ page. 

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Practice the ANGEL Way! St. Philip School encourages our children to follow 
The A.N.G.E.L. Way (Acquiring Natural Goodness in Everyday Life). Our 
children will get to know Jesus and our Catholic Faith. We will learn 
prayers, songs, and participate in many activities that will make us feel
closer to God. Our fourth virtue is Stewardship. We need to be good stewards 
    of the Earth that God has given us. We need to keep His Earth clean.  Keep our 
    lands and waters clean of garbage.  Recycle when you can.  Treat God's creatures 
    (animals and humans) kindly.  Just remember GOD in ALL YOU DO!