Saturday, September 27, 2014

Week of Sept. 29-October 3, 2014

Kindergarten News

·      We will be starting our 5th story for Reading, Smash! Crash!  Watch for your Family Times newsletter to come home on Monday.  Our focus will be on the story’s character.  We will be working with the consonant letter Mm and the beginning and final sound /m/ in words.  Continue to read at home and practice the high frequency words; I, am, the, to, a, name, out, can, love, and little; practice rhyming and counting syllables in words and identifying the letters from Aa-Zz. Your child should be able to read the little readers that come home on day 2 of the new story!
·      For Math we will finish up with Topic 16; Analyzing, Comparing, and Composing Shapes.  Review the 2 and 3 dimensional shapes circle, square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, cube, cylinder, cone, and sphere.   Continue to review the daily math practice pages as well.  Please review, sign, and return Topic 15 Test.

·      Hearing screens are scheduled for Tuesday, September 30th for grades K-3.  Discuss with your child the importance of being quiet while the testers are working with each student!

·      Mark your calendar; Picture retakes will be held at NSE on Thursday, October 23rd.  Anyone who may have been absent on Picture Day in September is asked to be photographed on re-take day.  Also anyone NOT happy with photos or had a problem may call PSP to get a correction or your child may return the photos and be photographed again on retake day.

·      The PTO school store is now open.  Kindergarten students will be able to shop on a MONDAY from 8:30-8:45.  Students are asked to shop ONLY on this day and at this time.  Please do not put school store money in your child’s folder. (Teachers will NOT see it until after the store closes.)  **Students should keep it separate in book bags where THEY can reach it easily for shopping BEFORE homeroom.

·      FYI:  The last Fall Festival planning meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 30th @ 6:30pm at the Mineshaft in Ashland.  **The Kindergarten Fall Festival will be held at the school on Thursday, October 9th.  Parent and grandparent volunteers who have the necessary clearances are welcome and needed to help with this fun-filled day!  **Anyone who has not yet sent in $4.00 for Fall Festival is asked to do so before 09/30/2014.

·       Mrs. Hull, our guidance counselor, will visit our class on Thursday, October 2nd for a monthly guidance lesson.  Be sure to ask your child about her visit!! 

·       9/29-10/3 is Spartan Homecoming Spirit Week!  **See pink sheet sent earlier
                                    Monday, 9/29 – Construction Day (Construction themed outfits)
                                    Tuesday, 9/30 – Dress up Day (**Since this is our gym day, students can 
                                                              either bring along gym clothes and sneakers to change or 
         just dress for gym class)
                                    Wednesday, 10/1 – Favorite Team Day (Wear jerseys, etc. from favorite team)
                                    Thursday, 10/2 – Opposite Day (Use imaginations to come up with outfits 
       that depict opposites!)
                                    Friday, 10/3 – Spartan Pride Day (Everything red & blue, Spartan shirts, etc.)


Monday, September 29th will be Day 4--Art.  **Students will need gym attire and    sneakers on Tuesday, September 30th and Library books on Friday, October 3rd.  

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