Sunday, October 23, 2011

Week of October 24-28, 2011

Kindergarten News

· This week in Phonics we will be continuing with the vowel letter Aa as in apple and acorn and reviewing previously learned letters. We will focus on the short vowel sound. There will be NO Show & Tell again. We will not begin a new letter until next week. A note with an attached Word List #1 is coming home for practice. The list of words will be tested the week of the 31st. Take some time to practice at home with the blending of sounds to read words. **This list is to be kept at home.

· Since the end of the marking period is approaching we will begin testing of the 7 letters and 9 sounds (short and long Aa and Oo) learned in phonics (Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, and Aa), the high frequency words learned in Reading and in class (I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is, my, and of), Recognizing and producing rhyming words, copying, extending, and creating patterns, identifying the 4 basic shapes (square, triangle, circle, and rectangle), identifying and writing the numerals 0-10 and counting orally from 1-100.

· For Reading we will be begin the story Armadillo’s Orange by Jim Arnosky. We will be talking about orange groves and learning about the letter Ss and the /s/ sound. We will focus on learning the setting of a story and will practice the learned high frequency words.

· In Math we will be sorting a collection of objects, ordering the numbers 1-10, counting backward from 10, identifying ordinal position to fourth, and identifying a missing number. Please take some time at home to review these skills and concepts.

· This week the students and teachers will be recognizing Red Ribbon Week with the theme, “It’s up to me to be drug free”. We will support the event by wearing the following: Monday—“Turn your back on drugs” (Wear your clothes backwards); Tuesday—“Sock it to drugs day” (Wear crazy socks); Wednesday—“Put a cap on drugs day”(Wear crazy hats); Thursday—“Drugs will turn you inside out” (Wear shirts inside out); and Friday—“Red spirit day” (Wear red school spirit shirts)

· Friday, October 28th will be our classroom Halloween parade and party from 1:45-3:00. The parade will begin at 2:15pm. Students will parade in the upper bus loop. All are welcome to come to see the children parade. Parents who are PTO members and have clearances on file will be able to enter the building for 1:45. Parties will end by 3:00pm. Your child should NOT wear his/her costume to school! Please send the costume to school in a bag with your child’s name on the outside. Students will get dressed in costumes with the help of teachers and homeroom helpers. Keep in mind students will be dressing at school, so keep the costumes as simple as possible; (No spraying hair at school, or a face full of make-up at school)

· With trick-or-treat approaching, we ask that students do not bring candy for snacks at school and limit extra candy in lunch boxes too. Thanks for your cooperation!

· Thank you to all the parents and/or grandparents who helped with the Kindergarten Fall Festival. Your time and efforts are GREATLY appreciated!! It was a fun filled day for all!

FYI: Parent conferences will be held on Tuesday, November 1st for grades K-3. More information was enclosed in your child’s folder. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Potts: apotts@northschuylkill.net or 874-3661 Ext. 3245.

Monday will be Day 4-Library Book Exchange. Do NOT forget library books!! Students will need sneakers and gym attire on Day 2-Thursday, Oct. 27th.