Thursday, March 10, 2011

Week of March 14-18, 2011

Kindergarten News

This week we will be learning the letter Xx as in fox and x-ray. Students will go on a treasure hunt throughout the building to find the “X” that marks the spot of their hidden treasure! How exciting!!! There will be NO Show and Tell. **Word List 17 test will be Thursday, March 17th. Please practice daily!

In Reading we will begin the classic traditional tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, as retold by Valeri Gorbachev. We will review the comprehension skill, character and the letter sound /g/. Watch for your new Family Times newsletter!

For Math we will make ABBC patterns, divide by sharing, compare numbers through 10 using playing cards, identify right and left, and explore tangrams. Boys and girls should practice writing numbers 1-20 correctly and continue to practice counting by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s. Take some time each day to review practice worksheets!!!

Thursday, March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day—Don’t forget to wear something green. It could be your lucky day!!!

Starting sometime next week and/or the following week we will begin testing for the 3rd marking period. Please help your child prepare by reviewing all the letters and sounds learned in phonics, blending sounds to read words, practice high frequency words and sight words, practice rhyming words, practice counting to 100, identifying numbers 0-30, identifying coins; penny, nickel, and dime, and know each coin’s value, and tell time to the hour.

Students in grades 3-6 will be taking the PSSA tests March 15, 16, & 17, so please remind your child to be extra quiet when walking through the hallways each day.

Newspaper in Education Week ends on Friday, March 11th. The “I’m a Reader” forms, for those who participated, should be returned to the teacher next week with a parent’s signature and initial for each day of the week.

Anyone interested in ordering a yearbook should send in the order and money by Monday, March 14th. The cost is $16.00 and Checks or Money Orders need to be made payable to NSE PTO.

Monday (3/14/10) will be DAY 2 on the special classes’ schedule. **Boys and girls will need sneakers and gym attire on Tuesday, March 15th – DAY 3, and library books for exchange on Thursday, March 17th.

***Just a reminder—Daylight Savings Time takes place this weekend. Don’t forget to set your clocks one hour ahead! Spring forward!!!