"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."
-St. Francis of Assisi
This Week We Are Learning (11/27/23):
Reading- This week we will blending phonemes, reading with expression, classifying/categorizing shape words, adjectives for size and shape, story structure, understanding characters, and summarizing. We will also review the letters and sounds that we have studied thus far, as well as their corresponding phonemes. Our high frequency word is: and.
Religion- Christmas, our next unit, is divided into four lessons. These lessons parallel the four weeks of the Advent Season. Our main focus will be on the waiting and preparing for Jesus’ birthday celebration.
Math- In math we will begin Topic 6: Addition. We will act-out number stories that involve joining two groups and determine how many there are altogether. We will also learn that a plus sign (+) is used to show that we are joining groups.
Social Studies- This month we will explore how Christmas customs and traditions are celebrated in our homes as well as in some other countries around the world.
Science- We will conclude our Nutrition unit.
Hello, my name is Elizabeth Reyes and I am the Kindergarten Teacher at St. Martin of Tours. This is my twelfth -year teaching here. Previously I taught in another Catholic School. Over the years, I have taught children in Kindergarten, Second, Third, and Fourth grade.
I absolutely love to teach and I feel so blessed to be able to help my students learn and grow. This year, we are going to have a wonderful time making new friends, learning lots of new things, and growing in God’s love.