Kindergarten Update

Dear Parents, March 5,2021

We welcome Mrs. Foster back to our classroom on Monday of this next week. She will work on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I will work on Thursdays and Fridays. We are so grateful to have had Mrs. Frankel working with our students and thank her for her wonderful service to our students and school. She will be missed! ( But I’m sure that we will see her again!)

You will receive your child’s report card on Friday March 19th. The purpose of a report card is to inform the child’s parents of his or her academic progress during the school year. Standards based skills assessments are used here at St. Philip Neri School in order to evaluate your child. We hope that these report cards will give you an indication of the skills your child has mastered as well as those that they still are working on.

We will continue with our ESGI testing this week in order to continue our assessment process and to guide our planning process.

Our Language Arts SuperKids lessons will now be called the SuperKids Club. Students will get lots of practice decoding and encoding words as well as recognizing”memory” words. These words are either phonetically irregular or include letter sounds that haven’t been taught yet, so children will need to learn to recognize them by sight. There are also decodable Library books in the SuperKids club which allows students to directly apply their developing reading skills to decodable texts. Students of all levels will read books that match their skill level. Don’t worry if your child is not a reader yet. Added practice of at least 20 minutes a week on the Lexia application will benefit your child as it will advance reading skills and prepare them for 1st grade.

Traditionally here at SPN, Kindergarten has performed the story of “Moses” for the student body and then led in a Seder Meal for the school on Holy Thursday of Holy Week. Since we cannot perform live this year, we will pre-record our production in the next few weeks and then air for all to see. More information to come later.

Don’t forget to have your child work on their March project of writing a story about two friends who have a problem and how they solve it. Books are due on March 26th.Books will be read in class starting on March 29th.

Kai Maekawa is our SuperKid this week.

What’s Happening in Class?

ELA/ Language Arts- ESGI Testing, review

Math.-Bridges- represent addition with objects and drawings, model two dimensional shapes in the world by drawing them,, decompose numbers less than or equal to ten into paris in more than one way

Science and Social Studies- Please turn in Notebooks for grading. Seesaw as assigned.

Religion- Lenten Maze- “We Pray every Day”

Looking Ahead

Monday, March 8th– Mrs. Foster returns to Kindergarten (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays ) Mrs. Halkias ( Thursdays and Fridays)

Wednesday, March 10th- Spirit Day “Crazy Hair Day”

Monday,March 15th– No School-Staff Development

Wednesday, March 17th– St. Patrick’s Day- Green and White Free Dress

Friday, March 12th- End of Second Trimester- Minimum Day- Distance Learning

What Our Families are Saying

"The supportive teachers at SPN played a big role in preparing me for high school and helping me understand what to expect. They encouraged me to ask questions and seek help when needed, which made me more confident in my learning. Thanks to them, I entered freshman year already familiar with many concepts and effective study habits that have helped me stay on top of my work. SPN also taught me valuable life skills that I still use today, helping me succeed academically, build strong friendships, and maintain my overall well-being."

— Tibby Horvath, SPN Class of 2022

"We are very satisfied with the SPN community, something that is important to our family. My children feel safe and comfortable with SPN. Our family feels connected with the SPN community from parents and families to the staff and faculty. My children and we as parents have made healthy and positive relationships with other families from school. We share time outside of school with other families which brings a level of connectedness I don't know if we would have elsewhere"

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"My children are experiencing community in other ways than just friends and playdates. Faith Families is an example of community, interacting with students from all grade levels, and learning and creating for others outside of SPN. Field trips to Kids Against Hunger or the Alameda Food Bank where they work and see firsthand how their efforts help others less fortunate, for those who are in need of support. Community is not just our SPN ‘bubble,’ and that is what SPN demonstrates and provides– opportunity to explore a bigger community."

— SPN Parent since 2016

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