Week of April 8-12, 2013

Kindergarten News   

            This week in Phonics we will continue with digraph ck as in duck and be introducing the digraph sh as in shark and ship. There will be NO Show and Tell!  Word List 22 will be tested on Friday, April 12^th.  Please practice daily!!

            For Reading we will begin our last story in Unit 5 This is the Way We Go to School.  It is a fiction story about children around the world.  The comprehension skill we will focus on with this story is drawing conclusions and we will work with the letter sounds /y/ and /kw/ for the letters Yy and Qq.  A new Family Times newsletter will be sent home on Monday.  Take time to practice sight word flashcards!!!

            In Math, we will be acting out and drawing “some, some more” stories and solving a problem by guessing and checking.  We will identify a cone and sort three-dimensional objects. (cone, cylinder, cube, and sphere)  Students will continue to practice counting from 0-20 and identifying numbers 11-30, and we will be identifying the time of day as day or night, and morning, afternoon, or evening.  We will be counting by 2’s and learning about even and odd numbers, as well as acting out story problems for subtraction.  Please review daily practice pages! 

            ---Don’t forget to send in any loose change you would like to donate for the “Cash for a Cure” Contest going on at NSE.  Money will be collected until Wednesday, April 10th (winners announced on Friday, 4/12).  Students can drop their change into the purple American Cancer Society bucket in our classroom.  **The Kindergarten class with the most change collected will win a prize!  

            Scholastic book orders for this month are due on Wednesday, April 17^th for anyone interested in ordering. 

            Just a reminder:  Parents are asked to sign and return the report cards.  If there are any questions or concerns please contact the teacher. 

            Students in grades 3-6 will be taking the PSSA tests April 8-12, so our special classes will be changed to 9:00-9:40 each day to accommodate the upper grade levels’ schedule.  Please remind your child to be extra quiet when walking through the hallways each day.

            Even though spring has arrived, we do have several weeks of school remaining.  Students need to try and stay focused on their schoolwork and continue to do their best!

**Happy Birthday wishes to Zachary Van Norman!  He will celebrate his 7^th birthday (with his twin brother Josh) on Saturday, April 6^th.

Monday, April 8^th will be Day 2 on the special classes’ schedule. **Students will need sneakers and gym attire on Monday and library books for exchange on Wednesday, April 10^th.