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Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 November 13th Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello Everyone!  It was a short week packed full of learning.  We have learned a lot about Community Helpers and all about magnets.  We are continuing to journal about Pumpkin Jack.  He is starting to decompose, and we have lots of sprouts.  Feel free to check him out in our window whenever you have time.  This week our Star of the Week will be Makaylyn Luyster.  We look forward to learning more about her.   Happy Veteran’s Day to all who have served our country.  I am sending home permission slips for our Clay Center field trip on Friday, November 17th.  Please return on Monday.  I am also including a special Life-Skills Note in their Friday folders!

I hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend!

Learning Focus

Our new theme is Community Helpers.  We will be learning lots of fun and exciting things about the people in our community.

Letter Review Ii

Numbers 1-20

Shapes – 2D

Religion – Lesson 7 Thanksgiving

Life Skills – Jackets & Coats (unassisted)

Reminders & Notes

 

•Return sheet, blanket and Friday folder on Monday
•Return library books– Wednesday
•Send in a jacket/coat for playground daily.
•Clay Center Field Trip – Nov 17th
•Letter Ii Show-n-tell due Thursday
•Star of the Week – Makaylyn

Contact Information

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 November 13th Newsletter2023-11-13T08:56:15-05:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Nov 6th Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello Everyone!  It’s been a busy week for sure.  We finished up all the Halloween festivities and we are ready to learn about Community Helpers.  We have a field trip planned on the Nov. 17th to the Clay Center to go with our theme. Special thank you to the parents/grandparents that came out to the parade and handed out candy.  I would also like to thank Taran and Marisa for all their help this week.  Thank you to the Bond Family for sending in the letter ”H” snack this week.  This past week we celebrated our Star of the Weeks  Birthday.  Happy Birthday Sophia!  We will not have a Letter of the Week or Star of the Week this week, because it’s a four-day week.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Learning Focus

Our new theme is Community Helpers.  We will be learning lots of fun and exciting things about the people in our community.

Letter Review Aa-Hh

Numbers 1-20

Shapes – 2D

Religion – Lesson 9 God’s Gift of Water

Reminders & Notes

•Return sheet, blanket and Friday folder on Monday
•Return library books– Wednesday
•Send in a jacket/coat for playground daily.
•Nov 10th – No school (Veterans Day)
•Clay Center Field Trip – Nov 17th
•No letter bags this week
•No Star of the Week this week

Contact Information

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Nov 6th Newsletter2023-11-03T11:22:59-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Oct 30th Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello everyone!  It’s been a fun week.  We have finished up our pumpkin study and moved into Halloween fun.  The students have been working a lot on writing letters and numbers.  I am very proud of their hard work.  We did several directed drawing projects this week, and the students did such a wonderful job following directions.  Thank you to the Luysterfamily for sending in the ”G” snack this week.  This week our Star of the Week will be Sophia W.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Learning Focus

This week we are finishing up Halloween and beginning our Community Helper theme.  Lots of fun and engaging activities planned for this theme, including a field trip to Clay Center.

Letter – Hh

Shape – 2 D Shapes

Color – Gold

Number – 10-20

Religion – Lesson 8 The Sign of the Cross

Reminders & Notes

•Return sheet, blanket and Friday folder on Monday
•Return library books– Wednesday
•Send in a light jacket for playground daily.
•Star of the Week – Sophia W.
•Oct 31st Halloween Parade @ 8:15am on the blacktop.  Students can wear costumes to school, but bring a change of clothes for after party.
•Nov 10th – No school (Veterans Day)
•Clay Center Field Trip – Nov 17th

Contact Informatio

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Oct 30th Newsletter2023-10-30T08:36:18-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 October 23rd Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello everyone!  We finished up our pumpkin/fall theme with a wonderful field trip to the Farmer’s Market on Friday.  Thank you volunteers for helping out.  The kiddos seem to really enjoy the trip.  This upcoming week we will not be having a Star of the Week due to half day on Monday.  Thank you to the Martin Family for the letter “F” snack this week! As always, I appreciate your support!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Learning Focus

his week we are moving into our Halloween theme.  We will have some fun props and activities that go along with the theme.

Letter – Gg

Shape – Diamond

Color – Purple

Number – 1-15

Religion – Halloween

Reminders & Notes

•Return sheet, blanket and Friday folder on Monday
•Return library books– Wednesday
•Oct 23rd Early Dismissal! (11:00am)
•Send in a light jacket for playground daily.
•Oct 31st Halloween Parade @ 8:15am on the blacktop.  Students can wear costumes to school, but bring a change of clothes for after party.

Contact Information

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 October 23rd Newsletter2023-10-23T11:28:07-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 October 16th Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello everyone! The students have enjoyed learning about pumpkins and fall.  They have really enjoyed hammering golf tees into the pumpkin and playing in our pretend pumpkin patch.  Thank you to the Wolford Family for the ”E” snack this week!  Our Star of the Week will be Livy Johns.  We look forward to getting to know her a little bit more.   I am sending home permission slips for the field trip on Friday.  Please send back asap.  Also, you will find enclosed their school pictures.  I am biased for sure, but they look adorable!!!!

Have a blessed weekend!

Learning Focus

This week we are continuing our pumpkin/fall theme.  We will be investigating the inside of a pumpkin and picking our own pumpkins at Farmers Market.

Letter – Ff

Shape – Oval

Color – Brown

Number – 1-10

Reminders and Notes

•Star of the Week – Livy Johns
•Return sheet, blanket and Friday folder on Monday
•Return library books– Wednesday
•Oct. 20th – Capital Market field trip to get pumpkins!

Informatio

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 October 16th Newsletter2023-10-15T20:23:58-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Oct 9th Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello everyone! This past week we finished up our apple theme with some yummy apple sauce.  Thank you everyone for sending in all the apples.  Also, thank you to Doug & Marisa Skaff for sending in the Letter D snacks!  This week our Star of the Week will be Lulu.  We are looking forward to learning more about her and her family.

I hope everyone enjoys the nice fall weather this weekend!

Learning Focus

This week our theme will be Pumpkins & Fall.  We will investigate pumpkins, play in a pumpkin patch, and lots of fun, engaging activities.

Letter – Ee

Shape – Rectangle

Color – Orange

Religion – Belonging to My Family

Reminder and Notes

•Star of the Week – Lulu
•Return sheet, blanket and Friday folder on Monday
•Return library books– Wednesday
•Oct. 20th – Capital Market field trip to get pumpkins!

Contact Informatio

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Oct 9th Newsletter2023-10-08T19:18:42-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Oct 2nd Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello everyone! This week has been full of apple fun.  We have learned the parts of an apple, we have weighed apples, investigated and painted with apples.  The students have enjoyed playing in our apple orchard & market.  We will be doing apple taste testing and making applesauce next week.  Thank you, Annie Cardell, for sending in the letter “C” snack.  We also said goodbye to our sweet friend Olivia H.  Best wishes to her and her family.  We will miss them.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Learning Focus

We will be continuing with our apple and fall unit this week.  We will be making our applesauce Thursday.

Letter – Dd

Shape – Triangle

Color – Purple

Religion – Learning & Discovering

Reminders & Notes

•Star of the Week – Hartley
•Return sheet, blanket and Friday folder on Monday
•Return library books– Wednesday
•Oct. 20th – Capital Market field trip to get pumpkins!

Contact Informatio

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Oct 2nd Newsletter2023-10-01T20:16:53-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Sept 25th Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello everyone!  This week we finished up our birthday theme with a classroom birthday party.  It was lots of fun.  We also celebrated Olivia H. birthday this week.  Our Star of the Week will be Aiden.  We can’t wait to see what all he shares with us.  This week we will be learning about apples and fall.  We are asking that each student bring in 3 apples by Tuesday.  We are going to do several activities with them, including making applesauce.  Thank you – Amanda W. for sending in the letter B snack last week.  Please don’t forget to go to our classroom Scholastic Book Club and order books for your child, if you want.  The orders are due Sept. 27th.  Our class earns points for every order that go towards classroom books.   I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Learning Focus

This week we our theme is Fall & Apples.  We will learn about parts of an apple and lots of fall things. Below is our learning focus;

•  Letter – Cc
•Number – 2 Two
•Shape – Square
•Color – Green
•Religion – Helping

Reminders & Notes

•Sept. 25th – Star of the Week is Aiden
•Letter ”C” show-n-tell bags are due Thursday
•Scholastic Book Orders are due Sept 27th
•Please return Friday Folders and sheet w/blankets on Mondays.

Contact Informatio

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Sept 25th Newsletter2023-09-22T11:10:52-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Sept 18th Newsletter

Note from the Teacher

Hello everyone!  We’ve had another wonderful week.  We have learned a lot about the letter A.  Thank you to Hartley’s family for sending in the Letter A Snack this week. We celebrated Aiden’s 5th birthday and enjoyed Evelyn being Star of the Week.  Next week our Star of the Week will be Olivia H.  We had our school pictures taken and enjoyed some fall weather outside on the playground.  We will be having our classroom birthday party on the 22nd to wrap up our birthday theme.  The students have really been enjoying this theme.  It’s one of my favorites too.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Learning Focu

We have one more week of Birthday theme.  We still have more fun activities ahead.  I will continue to complete student assessments this week. Below is our learning focus;

•  Letter – Bb
•Number – 1 One
•Shape – Triangle
•Color – Blue
•Religion – Lesson 4 Loving

Reminders and Note

•Sept. 18th – Star of the Week is Olivia H.
•Letter ”B” show-n-tell bags are due Thursday
•Scholastic Book Orders are due Sept 27th
•Please return Friday Folders and sheet w/blankets on Mondays.
Contact InformationI can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

 

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Sept 18th Newsletter2023-09-17T14:52:01-04:00

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Sept 11th Newsletter

Note From the Teacher

Hello Everyone! It has been a short but fun week.  We have talked about our families and our classroom family.  We celebrated Alexander’s birthday, we learned our classroom jobs and learned about weather too.  This week we will be starting our letter bags.  We will be starting with letter Aa.  The letter bag will be your child’s show-n-tell for the week. They are due by Thursdays.  Our Star of the Week will be Evelyn.  Don’t forget the deadline to order books from our Scholastic Book Club is Sept 27th.  Each time you order books, our classroom receives points that will be used towards books for our class.  Also, picture day is Wednesday, September 13th for Pre-K.  Taran Woldford, Homeroom Coordinator, will be reaching out to you about Read Aloud and letter bag snack sign ups.

Enjoy your weekend!!!

Learning Focus

Our theme this week is Birthdays.  This is always a fun theme.  We will be decorating for a party in the Pretend area and lot of other birthday related activities throughout the week.

•Letter – Aa
•Number – 0 Zero
•Shape – Circle
•Color – Red
•Religion – Happy Birthday

Reminders & Notes

•Sept. 11th – Star of the Week is Evelyn
•Sept. 13th – Picture Day
•Scholastic Book Orders are due Sept 27th
•Please return Friday Folders and sheet w/blankets on Mondays.
•Letter Bags due Thursdays

Contact Informatio

I can be contacted through the Remind app or through my email at asigman@sacredheartgradeschool.org  Feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern.  I am happy to help!

Ms. Sigman’s Pre-K1 Sept 11th Newsletter2023-09-10T17:49:56-04:00
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