Saturday, March 5, 2016

Week of March 7-11, 2016

Kindergarten News
               In Reading we will finish with the classic fairytale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Valeri Gorbachev and will begin an informational text titled If You Could Go to Antarctica, by author Fay Robinson.  We will work with short and long /e/ sounds and the letter Ee and practice the comprehension skill, classify and categorize.  Please practice high frequency word cards.  We will be adding the new cards, here, go, and from this week.
               For Math we will finish with Topic 8; Understanding Subtraction and move on to Topic 9 – Composing and Decomposing Numbers to 10.  Students will learn different ways to make 4 through 10 and write number sentences to show these different ways.   Students will act out and solve subtraction word problems, will use the minus sign to represent take away situations when recording subtraction, will use the equal sign, subtract, and write the difference.  Review practice pages as they come home in the folder. 
               Newspaper in Education Week is a program sponsored by the Pottsville Republican & Herald to promote interest in the newspaper in our schools.  It will be starting on Monday, March 7th and continue through Friday, March 11th.  Check for Mrs. Potts’ ad in the CLASSIFIED section of the newspaper.  Ads can be sent to school during the week for treats.  The I’m a Reader forms, for those who participate, should be returned t the teacher by the following Tuesday (March 15) with a parent’s signature and initial for each day of the week.
               Scholastic book orders for March are due on or by Tuesday, March 8th for anyone interested in ordering.  Orders can be given to the teacher or placed online at scholastic.com. 
               Kindergarten registration for the upcoming, 2016-2017 school year will be held the week of March 14- 18.  Registration is open to all residents of the NS School District.  Please pass along this information to anyone with children ready to begin Kindergarten in the fall.  Appointments should be scheduled with the office.
               The PTO Spring Fling Chinese Auction will be held on April 16th and 17th.  Our class’ theme basket will be “A Night With the Family”. Donations are due to the teacher by Friday, April 1st.    If a family would rather not shop for a donation, monetary donations will be accepted and Mrs. Potts will shop for items for the basket.  There is no value set and you can be creative!!  You can refer to the note sent home previously with suggestions and ideas!!  Thank you in advance for your support!!
               Boys and girls enjoyed our celebration of Dr. Seuss this week.  Students from Bloomsburg University, Mrs. Selgrade’s 3rd grade class, our 4th grade Reading Buddies, Mrs. Tarantelli, Mrs. Bernosky (retired Kindergarten teacher), and Mrs. Christina Hale (parent and magisterial district judge) visited to read stories and complete Dr. Seuss activities.  Be sure to ask your child about the stories and activities our guests shared with the class.  Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!! (If you would like to follow up with more fun with Dr. Seuss go to www.seussville.com)

Monday (3/7/16) will be DAY 6--Computers on the special classes’ schedule.  **Boys and girls will need gym attire and sneakers on Thursday, March 10th.

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