Educating Hearts and Minds for
More than Sixty-Five Years
K-1
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Welcome to Mrs. Dowd's Class Page!
2019-2020
K-1 is "write" on point!
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Remind 101 is a one-way messaging system that allows the teacher of your child's class to send you reminders about K-1 in the form of text messages! It is imperative that you sign up as soon as possible!
Just text @mrsdyaned to 81010 to be on the text list.
*Please note that you will not be able to reply through this messaging system. Kindly contact the teacher through a note in your child's folder or email.
My name is Mrs. Dyane Dowd. I am eager to continue my 10th year of teaching at Notre Dame School, and my 12th year of teaching experience. I graduated from Dowling College with a degree in Elementary Education (Grades Birth-6) and received a master's degree in the area of Literacy. I also have certifications in the areas of Student's with Disabilities and Early Childhood. By working together as a team, we will ensure your child’s success inside and outside of the classroom!
On this webpage, you will find important information and great resources.
I am looking forward to helping your child grow in wonderful ways this upcoming school year! Please contact me at ddowd7211@ndsnet.org if you ever need.
ALL ABOUT K-1:
My classroom has a very structured daily routine, which all children will benefit from. Our morning routine consists of un-packing independently, attendance, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, singing God Bless America, Calendar activities, morning message/problem solving activity, and counting/skip-counting to 100. The children will sing the “ABC Chant Chart” and complete letter work to build their awareness of the alphabet. Through fun and engaging activities, the children will learn Phonics, Reading, Poetry, Handwriting, Mathematics, Religion, Science, and Social Studies. The children will enjoy leaving the classroom for their special subjects which include library, technology, gym, music, and art. The children go to Lunch from 11:30-12:20pm. Then they enjoy Center Time, where they play or work in small groups. The children then pack-up independently and dismiss at 2:30pm.
The location for Kindergarten dismissal (parent/guardian pick-up) is the North Gate. During dismissal YOU ARE allowed to step inside the gate. We ask that you congregate with the other K-1 parents, near K-1’s line, in order to make dismissal run smoothly.
If you will be having someone that is not a parent pick up your child, they will need to show identification. You must give me a copy of their license before they pick up your child. If there is no ID on file, they will not be dismissed with the rest of the children. Please be sure to provide the copy/permission in advance in order to make dismissal run smoothly.
If your child is leaving on a bus, they will dismiss accordingly.
If you plan on having your child attend after-care you must provide the necessary paperwork, registration fee, and inform me. Kindly provide a schedule in advance so there is no confusion at dismissal time.
Information regarding holiday/birthday celebrations...
Due to certain dietary restrictions/preferences, we opt not to celebrate with food during any holiday/birthday celebrations. Instead, we are allowed to give small goodie-bags or wrapped treats to be sent home. Children are not to eat candy in school, and if we do celebrate with food (for example Thanksgiving-cornbread) we have to ask for parental consent through a "permission slip" or stating "if you prefer that your child not participate, kindly write a note ASAP". All special treats will be sent home.
**It is important to start and end the day on time. Kindergarten starts at 8:00am, and ends at 2:30pm, so please do your best to be prompt for drop-off as well as pick-up.
*Please note that this year it is posted on street signs that roads surrounding Notre Dame are a "school zone". Be kind, courteous, and safe when you are driving slowly on the roads near our school.
Additional Important Information:- If you are a parent of a child with allergies (mild-severe) please let me know as soon as possible. If your child develops an allergy at any point in the school year, kindly let us know immediately and how it is treated.
- Kindly remember to label EVERYTHING with your child’s name, especially jackets, lunches, snacks/drinks, backpacks. Should you ever need to send in money to the school, please have it in a sealed envelope labeled with your child’s name, K-1, and the reason for the money. Please be sure to give EXACT change.
- If you send in Milk Money (or any other money) please put it inside your child’s folder. DO NOT put any money inside their backpack or lunchbox as it will not be seen.
- Should you plan to pick your child up from school early, kindly write a note and place inside the folder. If a written note is received, there will be no confusion for any party involved. If your child is picked up by a person other than a parent, documented photo-ID is mandatory for the teacher and the office. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Notre Dame School will be closed. You will be given more information from Mrs. Durkin regarding our return to school. We are going to give you the next two weeks of work for Kindergarten in the event that we are not back. If there is a change in our schedule, we will adjust the work if need be. Thank you so much for your support, your kind emails, and your patience as we teachers have continued to navigate the remote learning/teaching approach. We love your children and miss them very much! We hope to see you all again soon.
The children were sent home with a packet of work to complete. We have included math, and ELA. Please have your child complete one math, and ELA Worksheet lesson each day. Moving forward, after the packet is finished, we will be providing work via Remind 101/Email to complete. They should also be logging on to Raz Kids and IXL for 15 minutes daily. Continuity of instruction is extremely important. Below you will find additional lessons for science and religion as well as weekly journal entries. Please email with any questions you may have.
I will not delete any remote learning assignments until the end of the school year so you may complete them when it is convenient for you.
I have provided a few links to some of our morning songs. The children and I love to start our day with some song and movement. Following their school routine may be helpful and comforting for them.
We begin our day with prayer and as a class we have been reciting the Rosary daily. 1 Our Father and 10 Hail Mary’s (these are just suggestions of course).
Here are some links to our morning songs:
Days of the Week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tx0rvuXIRg&list=RD3tx0rvuXIRg&start_radio=1
Months of the Year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA&list=RD3tx0rvuXIRg&index=9
Phonics Workout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFa0b_IIRac
Letter Song: There are different songs for each letter, as well as long and short vowel sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDeUZy_iNT4
Jack Hartman Videos are the children’s favorites:
Letters A-Z songs
Diagraphs
Subitize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib5Gf3GIzAg
Count to 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVwjmC-gpBU
The Money song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXJGNo08v0
The Magic E song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhl6YcrxZQ
Old McDonald had some Vowels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEbaEXf6BqM
Kindergarten Weekly Lessons 3/16- 3/20
ELA: Letter “Zz” Handwriting Practice
Letter “Zz” Handwriting Practice
Letter “Zz” Worksheet
Sight Word Worksheet
Journal Writing – Write a sentence using a Letter Z word. Illustrate your sentence.
Practice sight words and Read each night! Utilize Raz Kids Website.
Math: Lesson 11.5 Subtract 3 from numbers 1-10
Lesson 11.6 Subtract 4 from numbers 1-10
Lesson 11.7 Subtraction Patterns
Lesson 11.8 Use Ten frames to Subtract
Utilize IXL website
Religion: FORMED Website: Brother Francis – The Rosary https://watch.formed.org/brother-francis-1/season:1/videos/the-rosary-a-special-way-to-pray
Brother Francis: Lent- https://watch.formed.org/brother-francis-1/season:1/videos/let-s-learn-about-lent
Science/Social Studies: https://letsfindout.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html
Class Password: lookbook8750 Let’s Find Out Magazine- Have You Seen Green?
Mystery Science: Have you ever watched a storm? / How do plants and trees grow?
https://mysteryscience.com/watching/mystery-1/weather-conditions/107?r=41223545#
https://mysteryscience.com/secrets/mystery-5/plant-needs-light/132?r=41223545
Weekly Lessons 3/23- 3/27
ELA: Letter “Xx” Handwriting Practice (practice upper case and lower-case letters)
Letter “Xx” Handwriting Practice
Sight Word Activity (rainbow writing- use different colored crayons to spell and write sight words from List 5.
Journal Writing – Write a sentence using a Letter X word. Illustrate your sentence.
Practice sight words and Read each night! Utilize Raz Kids Website.
Math: Lesson 11.9 Use a number sentence to solve problems
Review Chapter 11 (use household items to subtract numbers 0-10)
Utilize IXL website
Religion: FORMED: Jesus Stories- https://watch.formed.org/the-jesus-stories/season:1/videos/the-wiseman-and-the-fool
https://watch.formed.org/the-jesus-stories/season:1/videos/the-good-samaritan
Science/Social Studies: Let’s Find Out Magazine: A Frog Grows Up – Please complete back page
https://letsfindout.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html
Mystery Science- Why do we have leap years? / How does hand sanitizer kill germs
- https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/leap-year#slide-id-7959
https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/germs-sanitizer
Free Learning Websites you can visit: ABCya, Storyline Online, Starfall, and Time Kids.
ABC Mouse and Brainpopjr are offering free access currently. Be sure to take advantage.
The children will continue to be sent work via Remind 101/Email. We have included math, phonics and ELA. Please have your child complete the daily activities. They should also be logging on to Raz Kids and IXL for 15 minutes each day. Continuity of instruction is extremely important. Below you will find additional lessons for science and religion as well as weekly journal entries.
*Kindly remember to pace your child appropriately. Please refer to the suggested schedule that we provided. This work is not intended to be completed in one day. If your child completes the work before it was meant to be done, not only will the work be done with little effort but you will need to supplement more time with the additional educational resources we provided.
Kindergarten Weekly Lessons 3/30-4/3
ELA: Letter Review letters A-M Handwriting Practice
Letter Review letters A-M Handwriting Practice
Phonics Long A from Phonics Workbook
Sight Word Reading from Workbook
Journal Writing – Write a sentence using a Long A word. Illustrate your sentence.
Practice sight words and Read each night! Utilize Raz Kids Website.
Math: Lesson Chapter 11 Review
Lesson Chapter 11 Test (Please give your child the test front/back and return to your child’s teacher by emailing a picture of the results. Kindly be sure to have them write their name at the top!)
Lesson 12.1 Count/Write 11 and 12
Lesson 12.2 Compare Numbers up to 12
Utilize IXL website
Religion: FORMED Website: Brother Francis –The Mass: A Life -Giving Prayer https://watch.formed.org/brother-francis-1/season:1/videos/the-mass-a-life-giving-prayer
Science/Social Studies: https://letsfindout.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html
Class Password: lookbook8750 Let’s Find Out Magazine: My Wild Weather Day (listen/read, video, dance break, game, complete the back)
Mystery Science: How do you know what to wear for the weather? https://mysteryscience.com/watching/mystery-4/local-weather-patterns/140?r=72383034
Weekly Lessons 4/6-4/10
ELA: Letter Review N-Z Handwriting Practice
Letter Review N-Z Handwriting Practice
Phonics Long E from Workbook
Sight Word Reading from Workbook
Journal Writing – Write a sentence using a Long E word. Illustrate your sentence.
Practice sight words and Read each night! Utilize Raz Kids Website.
Math: Chapter 12.3 Order Numbers to 12
Chapter 12.4 Count/Write 13 and 14
Chapter 12 Check your progress
Chapter 12.5 Count/Write 15
Utilize IXL website
Religion: FORMED: Jesus Stories- The Little Lost Sheep https://watch.formed.org/the-jesus-stories/season:1/videos/the-little-lost-sheep
Science/Social Studies: : https://letsfindout.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html Class password: lookbook8750 Scholastic Let’s Find Out Magazine: If You See a Spring Flower (listen/read, video, and game, complete the back)
Mystery Science- How Is a Rainbow Made? https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/rainbows#slide-id-8205
Free Learning Websites you can visit: ABCya, StorylineOnline (for read alouds), Starfall, Splash Math, and Time Kids. ABC Mouse and Brainpopjr are currently allowing free access. Be sure to take advantage of the educational websites provided as they have been valuable resources inside our classroom!
Upcoming Important Dates:
4/9/20 Holy Thursday
4/10/20 Good Friday
4/11-4/19 Easter Recess/Spring Break
Have a blessed holiday with your family.
Additional Kindergarten Math and Literacy Activities for Home
At home your child can…..
Count items in the house such as toys, books, or cookies.
Sort objects by size, shape or color.
Put objects into groups/sets and compare how many are in each group/set.
Identify and create patterns in the environment (clothing, music, decorations, packages).
Describe patterns by their repeating unit (AB, ABB, ABC)
Line up toys or draw a picture of family members then tell which comes first, next or last. Explain why.
Choose a house hold object (cereal box) and explain how it can be measured (height, weight and length)
Compare the measurements of two objects using the vocabulary- shorter than, longer than).
Compare the weights of objects. (lighter, heavier).
Describe shapes of objects or food.
Show ways to make a number by using small toys to show ways to make a group of 5. Repeat this for other numbers.
Use stuffed animals to act out a story problem. Three bears are on the bed. Then 1 fell off. How many are on the bed now?
Use flash cards, dice, or playing cards to solve basic addition facts within 5.
Reading Activities
Ways to use magnetic letters:
Spell his/her name or the names of family members.
Sort letters by shapes or characteristics, such as straight lines/curvy lines, circle/no circles, tails/no tails, or uppercase/ lowercase.
Put letters in ABC order (sing the alphabet).
Match uppercase letters with lowercase letters.
Say the name of a letter and have your child find that letter/Say the sound of the letter and have your child find that letter.
Have your child use his/her finger to trace letters in a pile of shaving cream or sand.
Building Words- Use magnetic letters to make 3 letter words (cat). Have your child read the word and use it in a sentence. Change one letter to make a new word (bat, sat, rat, mat, hat, pat). You can also change the middle or last letter (pan, pen, pin, - pat, pal, pad).
Build your child’s vocabulary by: Continuing to read aloud to your child even after he/she can read independently. Chose books above your child’s level because they are likely to contain a broader vocabulary. They will learn new words and how the words are used in context.
Before reading you can do a “picture walk”. Look at the pictures and discuss what the story may be about.
Some Hints for helping your child sound out words:
If a word is a high frequency/sight word (to, the, is, like, little…) say the word and remind them that it needs to be memorized.
Have your child say the first sound in the word and make a guess based on the picture or surrounding words.
Have your child say each sound separately (c, a, t) Then they say the sounds together - cat. I tell them to tap it out, then blend the sounds.
“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.” Jane D. Hull
Thank you parents for your support and partnership in your child’s education!
MRS. ABSHIRE & MRS. DOWD
If you are curious about the NY State Standards, you may peruse them at:
http://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-p-12-common-core-learning-standards.
If you have any questions, please contact me at ddowd7211@ndsnet.org
I am always happy to help you!