Week of May 12-16, 2014

Kindergarten News

In Phonics we will continue learning the long vowel rule for a vowel consonant silent e pattern as in the words hose and kite. We refer to the silent e as a “sneaky e” which makes the vowel says its name. We also will begin working on digraph ch as in cheese and digraph ee as in sheep.  Continue to practice all digraphs, combinations, and letters learned. We will not have Show and Tell!! **Word List 25 will be tested on Thursday, May 15^th.

For Math we will be finishing up Topic 13; Sorting, Classifying, Counting, & Categorizing Data.  Please review daily work mats!

We will read our last Reading story in Unit 5. It is 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.  Watch for your new Family Times newsletter!

This week the Reading teachers will begin the end-of-the-year testing with each Kindergarten 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 sound, and be able to write as many words correctly in 10 min.  Please review at home!!

The Book Fair will continue through Monday, May 12^th for students interested in shopping at school, but parents can shop online until May 20^th at the following web address: http://onlinebookfairs.scholastic.com/default.aspx?f=3328395 or at the Book Fair night @ NSE library from 4-7 PM.  Online orders will be delivered sometime after the 20^th. 

All library books need to be returned ASAP.  The library is now closed for borrowing new books. 

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

Monday, May 12^th is the last PTO meeting in the cafeteria @ 6:30 pm.  All are welcome, and if a parent needs to meet the required points for PTO he/she is encouraged to attend.

On Wednesday, May 14^th the NSE Band and Chorus in grades 4,5, & 6 will perform their Spring Concert for all NSE students.  Students will be transported to the High School Auditorium for the morning.

The last delivery for the Weekender backpack food program will be Thursday, May 15^th.

Kindergarten will practice for graduation on Friday, May 16^th  (PM), Monday, May 19^th (AM), and Tuesday, May 20^th (AM) at the high school.  **Please try to have your child at school for the practices so he/she will know what to do for the evening ceremony on May 20^th.  Students may be walking to the high school, so please dress your child in shoes for walking.

**Monday, May 12^th is Day 5.  Students will need sneakers and gym attire on Monday.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Upcoming Dates:                                                                                                                                          Sunday, May 11^th – Mother’s Day                                                                                                            Tuesday, May 20^th  – Kindergarten Graduation @ 6:00 pm @ High School Auditorium **Students will be wearing caps and gowns and will NEED to wear a white collared shirt for the evening (not school).                                                                                                                                              Friday- May 23^rd – Carnival Day!                                                                                                                 Monday, May 26^th – NO SCHOOL/Memorial Day                                                                              Wednesday- May 28th -- Field Trip- Pioneer Tunnel in Ashland.  (Rain date: Thursday, May 29^th)                                  **Just a reminder, students will need to wear their red NSE shirts (that were given to them from the PTO) on the field trip—so have it ready!                                                                                                                   Monday, June 2^nd – Last day of school (Early Dismissal @ 11:15)