Transitional Kindergarten Weekly News

Week of 3/20 – 3/24

Upcoming Events
·  School Mass – 3/22 @ 1:50pm
·  Lenten Penance Service – 3/22 @ 7pm
·  Snack Sale // Family Units Cereal Drive – 3/24
·  Station of the Cross – 3/24
·  Jog-A-Thon – 3/28 / At Home Practice
(I encourage parents to review the following at home)
Notebooks: Trace first name
Tracing numbers 11– 30
Tracing uppercase and lowercase A - Z
(1 line each // 1 number and letter a day)
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This week we will be focusing on:
Phonics
·  S, A, T, I, P, N, C, K and E
·  Site Words: at, sat, it, sit, pit, pat, tap, tip, nap, ant, pan, tin, cat, kit, pick, sack, set, pet, tent, neck
Math
·  Identifying numbers 11-30
·  Covering designs using tangrams
·  Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters
·  Identifying and matching equivalent sets with dominoes
·  Identifying largest and smallest
Language Arts
·  Unit 5 – Our Neighborhood (community workers, important places in our neighborhood)
Reminders
·  We will begin “student of the week” this week. Please check red folders for info on our take home project.
·  Students who attend the Lenten Penance service on Wednesday will not have homework.
·  If you and your child attends stations of the cross on 3/24, 3/31, or 4/7, they may wear free dress the following Monday with a free dress coupon. To get your coupon, look for the teacher that is sponsoring the stations of the cross.
·  Please pack two snacks for Fridays!
·  Please do not forget to pack utensils in your child’s lunches!
·  Don’t forget to place Scholastic orders online to help the TK class gain points for classroom freebies!
·  For quick updates please add our TK class on the “Remind” app! Our class link is https://remind.com/join/ssfptk / Useful Links
YouTube Channels: The children are really enjoying Super Simple Songs! Lots of fun sing-a-longs!
Wedolisten.org – short video clips on good behavior
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SCHOLASTIC ORDERS WILL NOW BE TAKING PLACE!
If you will be placing scholastic orders, please submit order online!
https://orders.scholastic.com/LZKTG
Every time you buy your child a book online, our class will receive bonus points and coupons to receive free books for our TK class! To order online follow the link above.
Our parent code is
LZKTG
Parents, thank you for your continued support!