Kindergarten News
**This week we will be learning the consonant letter Ff as in fish and feather. Start looking for your Show and Tell for the letter Ff. Be sure to keep practicing blending and reading words from the weekly word lists. *Word List 5 will be tested on Friday, December 9th, so please practice!
**In math we will make shapes on a geoboard, practice paying for items using pennies, identify ordinal position, create, describe, and extend shape patterns, practice telling time to the hour, and solve problems by acting them out. Review the daily practice pages with your child!
**This week in Reading we will begin the story Little Panda, by Joanne Ryder. This is an informational text, and we will be talking about “Animals Grow and Change”. We will focus on the skill—compare and contrast and will work with the letter sounds of /n/ and /b/.
**Please remind your child to keep up with his/her schoolwork and behavior. With the excitement of the holiday approaching, students need to remember school is not finished yet! Thank you for your support.
**Just a reminder: December Scholastic book orders and money are due on Wednesday, December 7th. Make note to Mrs. Potts if any orders are gifts for Christmas!
**Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to be Santa’s helpers for the PTO Santa’s Shop. The students really enjoyed shopping!! If anyone still needs to shop, please send in money on Tuesday, since the shop will be closing next week.
**The Kindergarten through 2nd grade Holiday Music Program will be held in the High School Auditorium on Monday, December 12th beginning promptly at 9:30am. Parents, grandparents, and all are invited!!! Students can dress up —NO HATS, Reindeer antlers, or jingle bells, No Jeans, t-shirts, or high heels!
**The NS High School Rotary Interact Club is sponsoring a Christmas Party for the district’s Kindergarten students on Sunday, December 4th from 2:00-4:00pm @ the cafeteria of St. Catherine’s Medical Center. Please RSVP to Diane Lindenmuth @ 933-9020 or Emily Symons @ 205-7307. Snacks and refreshments will be served, presents & games for everyone, and Santa will visit!!
**Don’t forget to return your letter to Santa by Tuesday, December 6th. The postman will visit on Friday, December 9th to pick up our letters and mail them to Santa!!!
| Students need sneakers on Wed., Dec. 7th and library books on Friday, Dec. 9th! |
