*Your children have been doing an amazing job sharing their All About Me bags!   If your child has not shared their bag, send it in whenever it is ready.  Thank you.  
*We are learning how to be great listeners.  When we are listening to someone share or talk we do the following:  Look at the person, Listen with our ears, Have silent lips.
*Monday was Talk Like A Pirate Day.  What was your favorite activity?  
*In our ABC Bootcamp, we learned about the letters Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr.  Please review these letters with your child.  Have them practice writing these letters.  What sounds do these letters make?  Can you think of some words that start with these letters?
*We made a first name rocket craft.  How did you decorate your rocket ship?  How many letters do you have in your name?  
*We used our finger flashights to practice our writing our letters.  We had a blast "air writing" with the lights out and the room dark.  What color finger flashlight did you have?  (red, blue, white, green)
 

**Happy 65th Birthday St. Paul School.  We participated in the 65th birthday celebration of our school.  What special treat did Fr. Joe give us to celebrate?  (ice cream)
*In our ABC Bootcamp, we learned about the letters Jj, Kk, Ll, and Mm.  Please review these letters with your child.  What sounds do these letters make?  Practice writing the upper and lower case letters that we have learned about so far.
*Our Superkid Cass is teaching us about categories and how to tell why items belong togeher.  What items belong together - cup, plate, car?  Why do a cup and plate belong together?   What other items can be put in this same category - carrots, broccoli, spinach,...?  What name would you give to this group of items?  (vegetables)
*What items go together, what items can you pair up  - toothbrush, shoe, sock, toothbrush?  
*Cass loves to cook.  Can you think of some other words that start with the letter Cc and the /k/ sound?
*Please practice writing the capital and lower case letter Cc.
*We are learning about the numbers 0 - 5.  Please help your child practice writing these numbers.  Writing the numbers can be a little tricky for some children.  Practice helps make it easier.
*In math, we are comparing groups of items.  Are the number of items in each group the same or equal?

*We continue to learn about our first Superkid, Cass and the letter Cc.  We are focusing on the hard Cc /k/ sound, like you hear in the words - cat, cookie, cake, Cass, corn....  Please help your child practice producing this sound and practice writing the letter Cc.
*In math, we are learning about the numbers 1, 2, and 3.  Please help your child identify and write these numbers.  Also, please encourage your child to count objects (examples - small erasers, a handful of Legos, crayons).  The goal to to give your child practice with the 1-1 coorespondence of numbers (example:  when your child counts 5 of something that means there are 5 objects/items)
*Our Scholastic Let's Find Out focuses on doing our best and concentration.  What does concentration mean?  Can you think of a time when you had to try very hard to concentrate on a task?  
*In our ABC Bootcamp, we learned about the letters Ff, Gg, Hh, and Ii.  Please have your child practice writing these letters.  What sounds do these letters make?  Can you think of some words that start with these letters?
*On Thursday, September 8th, we celebrated our Mother Mary's birthday.  Why is Mary so special to us?  (she is the Mother of Jesus and our Mother in heaven)  
*Mary is always watching over us.  Mary loves listening to our prayers.
*Why do we start at the top when we write the letter Cc? 
*We are learning about the position words - top, middle, bottom.
*Play the top, middle, bottom game with your parents.  Move the items around.  What item is at the middle?  What item is at the bottom?  What item is at the top?  Can you play the game fast?
 

***Happy Summer Birthday to Carmine.  Thank you for sharing a special birthday treat with your classmates.  
*We are doing a great job learning the about the rules and routines of our classroom.  
*We have started our ABC Bootcamp.  We are learned about the letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, and Ee.
*Please have your child practice writing these letters.
*A is for astronaunt and alien.  What did you use to decorate your letter A?
*On Monday, we met Mrs. N (Nesci) our librarian.  She read some wonderful books to us.  DId you have a favorite one?
*On Tuesday, we met Ms. Linsday.  We made a fun fall art project that will be submitted to the Berlin Fair for their art show.
*On Wednesday, we met Senora Cartiera.  We loved counting in Spanish and singing some new songs.
*On Thursday, we had music with Mrs. Hampton.  We enjoyed singing and dancing and playing some music games.  Did you have a favorite?
*On Friday, we had gym class with Coach P.  Coach P. taught us how to play Fire and Ice Tag.  Did you enjoy the game?  How do you play it?
*We started our Superkids Reading program.  Who is our first Superkid?  (Cass)  What does Cass like to do?  (cook with her cat Coconut)
*Can you think of some words that start with the letter Cc and the hard C /c/ sound?  (cat, cake, cookie, casserole, corn,...)