WELCOME
TO MRS. ORTIZ’S WEB PAGE
Homework will be given 3-4 nights per week.
February 13
Catholic Charities Dress Down Day
February 14 –
Valentine’s Day party
February
20-24 No School Mid-Winter Break
Specials
Monday:
Music
Tuesday: Gym
Wednesday: Computer/Library
Thursday:
Computer/Library
Friday: Art
ABOUT THE
TEACHER 
I worked for the U.S. Customs service as a student
for 4 years. Upon graduation from Canisius
College I taught at the Diocesan Educational Campus
in Buffalo as a 4th grade teacher.
Within
six months I left my teaching position and returned to the U.S. Customs
Service to pursue a career in
law enforcement. I spent 10 years
on the border between Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
and the Thousand Islands as an Inspector and Supervisory Inspector. I then spent 3 years as an
Entry Officer.
I left the government in 2000 to raise my family. In 2005 I returned to teaching
as the Kindergarten teacher at St. Stephen’s School. I have held that position since then and can
truly say that I am in a job I love!
My husband of 25 years and I have lived on Grand
Island for the past 17 years and have made
St. Stephen’s our parish and school. We have a daughter, currently a sophomore
attending
Canisius College, a son, a freshman attending Grand Island High School, both
alumni of
St. Stephen’s School. We also have a son currently in
4th grade at St. Stephen’s.
I was honored in April of 2011 to receive the Grand
Island Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the
Year in Education for 2010.
SIGHT WORDS we will learn
this year:
We are writing our
sight words and keeping a list in the reading homework folder to review each
night as part of the reading homework.
I is see not do
am we look Exit that
me like they on of
the my you little a
have he and no at
to for can are she
with in big did it if
please black blue
one two three four five
green
yellow red yes
play
here
as was his
said help
will by what
jump up this
come
where from down
be
pretty
all ate be
eat good
must
our out ride saw
say so soon under
well
went
away find funny
find
down
pretty away find
make
all
ate be eat good
must
news now our out
under
well want went
WAYS TO PRACTICE
SIGHT WORDS AT HOME:
Magazine
words: Use an old magazine or newspaper
and find your words.
Making words: make
words out of pretzels, Twizzlers, gummy worms, sour
snakes, and other long skinny candies.
Make flash cards
using our sight words and store them in a sealed bag. Encourage your child to review the words
often.
What’s Missing? - child places 3-4 words on the table, identifies words, and
then closes eyes while parent removes one word.
Child identifies missing word.
Then parent closes eyes, and lets child remove a word.
Other practice at
home:
-Rhyming with words
– play rhyming games such as “I’m thinking of a word that rhymes with “cat” and
begins with /b/. (bat)
-Tying
-Correctly making
the sign of the cross
-Reciting the Our
Father
-Reciting the Hail
Mary
-learning complete
address
-learning phone
number
-learning birth
date
-printing #’s 0-10
-find the first
letter of your child’s name at home or in the car
-point our words
you see every day, on signs and at the store
WEBSITES for children: