Saturday, May 5, 2012

Week of May 7-11, 2012

                                              
Kindergarten News

  This week in Phonics we will be learning the two sounds of digraph oo as in the words hook and tooth.  Please review digraphs ck, sh, and voiced and unvoiced th.  We will not have Show and Tell.  **Word List 24 will be tested on Friday, May 11th.  Practice daily!!

  For Reading we will start a new story titled, Old MacDonald Had a Workshop.   We will discuss characters.   Watch for your new Family Times newsletter!

  In Math we will be Comparing Heights and Lengths of objects, Sharing a Whole by separating it into 2 equal parts, Using objects to represent numbers to 20 and numbers to represent a set of objects, Measuring length using inches, and Identifying halves and fourths.  We will continue to write numbers 11-30 correctly, tell time to the hour, add dots on dominoes, and draw pictures for addition and subtraction story problems.  Please review daily practice pages!

  On Tuesday, May 1st, our local librarians visited Kindergarten as part of the PA One Book: Every Young Child program.  For more information on the program please visit www.paonebook.org.  The featured book this year is Stop Snoring Bernard

  The last Scholastic Book Order is due on Thursday, May 10th for anyone interested in ordering this month.  Sorry for the short ordering time frame, but we want to be sure books are delivered before school ends.  Thank you to all who have participated this year.  Happy Reading!!!

  Anyone who has not yet returned a (blue) field trip permission slip and/or field trip lunch form needs to do so as soon as possible.

Monday, May 7th is Day 1 on the special classes’ schedule.  Students need gym attire and sneakers on Tuesday, May 8th.  Thursday is Library class, so do not forget library books for exchange! (**Last day to check out library books will be 5/10)

UPCOMING DATES:
Sunday, May 13thMother’s Day
Tuesday, May 22nd – Kindergarten Graduation @ HS 6:00 PM
Thursday, May 24th –Kindergarten Field Trip/Circus @ Giant Center, Hershey
Friday, May 25thCarnival Day @ NSE
Monday, May 28thMemorial Day/NO SCHOOL
Thursday, May 31stLast Day of school/Early Dismissal @ 11:45

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