Week of March 5-9,2012

Kindergarten News

**This week we will be learning about the consonant letter Jj and its sound as in jump and jar. Instead of the usual Show & Tell we are asking that students tell a joke to the class rather than show a Jj item. If you do not know a joke, you could do an internet search for kids’ jokes and riddles, look for a joke book at the library or local bookstore, or check out the Mini page jokes in the newspaper. Be prepared to laugh your way through the week! **WordList 16 will be tested on Thursday and/or Friday, March 8-9. Please practice daily!!!

**For Reading we will begin Abuela, by Arthur Dorros. This will be the last of our “adventure” stories in Unit 4. It will be a fiction story about a city adventure. We will focus on the comprehension skill, setting. We will review the sound of short /e/. Watch for the new Family Times newsletter in your child’s folder.

**In Math we will be working on paying for items to 50 cents using nickels, counting by 5’s to 100, identifying a cylinder and ordering objects by height, and identifying, creating, and extending ABC patterns. Take some time to practice at home and review daily practice worksheets.

**Starting sometime next week and/or the following week we will begin testing for the 3^rd marking period. Please help your child 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, identify coins;penny, nickel, and dime, and know each coin’s value, and tell time to the hour.

**Scholastic Book orders are due by Tuesday, March 13^th for anyone interested in ordering this month. Orders can be given to the teacher or placed online at scholastic.com.

**Newspaper in Education Week will begin on Monday, March 5^th and end on Friday, March 9^th. Check for Mrs. Potts’ ad in the classified section of the Republican and Herald newspaper. Ads can be sent to school during the week for treats. The “I’m a Reader” forms, for those who participated, should be returned to the teacher the next week (March 12-16) with a parent’s signature and initial for each day of the week.

**Kindergarten registration for the 2012-2013 school year, will be held during the upcoming week, March 5-9. Registration is open to all residents of the NS School District. Please pass along this information to anyone with children ready to begin Kindergarten in the fall. Appointments should be scheduled with the office.

**Boys and girls really enjoyed our celebration of Dr. Seuss this week. We had many visitors share Read Across America Day with us. Students from Bloomsburg University, Mr. Neall Jones, the school principal, and Mrs. Selgrade’s third grade class. Be sure to ask your child about the stories and activities our guest shared with the class. . Hats off to Dr. Seuss! If you would like to follow up with more fun with Dr. Seuss go to www.seusville.com .

Monday, March 5^th is Day 1 on the special classes’ schedule. *Boys and girls will need sneakers and gym attire on Tuesday, March 6^thand library books on Thursday, March 8^th.