Oba William King, The Story Teller,
visited us as a preview to The Story Bus, at school on Feb. 23.
Incoming Kindergarten Summer Reading List
Read 5 Out of the 10 books
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
By Dr. Seuss
Swimmy
By Leo Lionni
Froggy Goes to School
By Jonathon London
Corduroy
By Don Freeman
I Like Me
By Nancy Carlson
Is Your Mama a Llama?
By Deborah Guarino
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle
The Napping House
By Audrey Wood
Wemberly Worried
By Kevin Henkes
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten
By Joseph Slate
Book Projects
Have your child pick his/her favorite story from the book list and choose one of the following projects to do. Please bring to school in August to share with the class.
- Character or Story Collage -
Character Collage – Draw your favorite characters from the books you have read and glue to a piece of paper. Title the paper My Favorite Characters.
Story Collage – Draw different items from your favorite story – characters, places in the story, objects related to the story, and glue to a piece of paper. Title the paper My Favorite Story.
2. Change the Ending – Choose a story and change the ending. Write the new ending
and draw a picture.
3. Retell a Story
Retell a story using the following question words:
Who is in the story?
What is the story all about?
Where does the story take place?
Why do you like this book?
Draw a picture
4. Storybook Puppet
Pick a character from a story and draw it on a piece of paper (head, arms, hair,
body…) and glue to a brown bag.
St. Matthias/Transfiguration School
Supply List
2010-2011
Incoming Kindergarten
Two folders
24 pack crayons
4Fl OZ Glue
2 Glue Sticks
Two spiral notebooks (wide rule) 70sheets
8 pack washable markers
2 -#2 pencils
small scissors
1 zipper pencil case
1 container of disinfecting wipes
For Art: 1 box of cotton swabs (Q-Tips) and 1 box of Kleenex Tissue
Please contact Miss Taras at ms.taras@values4life.com.