Week of April 30-May 4, 2012

Kindergarten News 

~This week we will be focusing on the two sounds of digraph th.  It makes a voiced (vibrating) sound as in feather and an unvoiced sound as in thimble.  This is difficult so going over daily worksheets to review would be helpful!  Please continue to practice writing and reviewing sounds with your child at home.  There will be NO Show and Tell.

**Word List 23 will be tested on Friday, May 4^th.  Practice daily!!!

~For Reading we will begin Unit 6:  Building Our Homes.  The first story will be titled, “Homes Around the World”.  We will be talking about different homes around the world.  We will be reviewing phonics skills and the comprehension skill, compare and contrast.  Watch for your new Family Times newsletter on Monday.

~We will continue in Math with drawing pictures for “Some, Some Went Away” stories, identifying and making symmetrical designs, counting pennies to pay for items that together cost less than 30 cents and writing numerals through 30 to label sets.  Please review identifying the solid shapes: cone, sphere, cube, and cylinder.

~We are approaching the end of the year testing for Kindergarten and the Reading teachers will test each child.  Children will need to write a dictated sentence or two, recognize, write, and give the sound of every letter of the alphabet, be able to provide a word that begins with every letter of the alphabet, and be able to write as many words correctly in 10 minutes.  (HINT:  word families provide lots of words)  Please try at home to work on some of the areas to be tested to ensure that your child is fully prepared. 

~Blue field trip permission slips and optional lunch order form were sent home in your child’s folder on Wednesday, April 25^th.  Please complete, sign, and return the permission slip form as soon as possible. 

--Approved chaperones have a separate green note about ticket cost and transportation.  Please be sure to respond as soon as possible.  **Also if a chaperone would like to order a school lunch for the field trip, then please add that information to your child’s blue lunch order form.

Just a few reminders:

--Entries for the Ashland Borough’s Mothers Day Contest are due by Tuesday, May 1^st.  Winning entries will be read at the ceremony on May 13^th at the Mothers Memorial in Ashland.

--Yearbook orders/money are due ASAP for anyone interested in ordering a 2011-2012 NSE Yearbook.  Cost per yearbook is $16.00.

Monday, April 30^th will be Day 1 – Be sure to wear gym attire and sneakers on Tuesday, Day 2!  Don’t forget library books for exchange on Thursday, May 3^rd.