Week of April 29-May 3, 2019

Kindergarten News

For Reading we will begin Unit 6:  Building Our Homes.  The first story will be titled, “Building with Dad”.  We will be talking about how a school is built.  We will review the short vowel sounds and will finish our work with the sounds /y/ and /kw/ for the letters Y and Q. On Wednesday, 5/1, the girls will finally get to be Queens for a Day!

            For Math, we will continue with Unit 8- Coins and Financial Literacy.   We will be identifying coins; penny, nickel, dime, and quarter by name and talk about earning income, and understanding the difference between spending and saving.

Students in Grades 3-6 will be taking the PSSA tests again next week.  Kindergarten’s schedule will be switched around M-T, 4/29-4/30.  Special classes will be 9:00-9:40 instead of 1:50-2:30. Please talk to your child about being quiet while in the hallways during testing days!!

         New AR/”Book Buddy” recording sheets for May will be sent home on Tuesday, April 30^th.  **APRIL RECORDING SHEETS are due Tuesday, 4/30.  Students who read 15+ books in April will receive some Knoebels tickets as a reward!!  Check your child’s folder Tuesday, 4/30, if he/she met the goal for the month!!!

On Monday, May 6^th, 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 minutes.  Please review at home!

         NSE will be having a Scholastic Book Fair from Mon, May 13 -Friday, May 17.  Students will be able to shop at school and there will also be a Mrs. Potts’ class will shop during Library on Thursday, May 16^th.

            DIBELS testing for Math will be held May 16^th for Kindergarten.  Please practice comparing quantities, naming numbers 0-100, and naming the next number when given a number.  **DIBELS testing for Reading will be held May 21^st for Kindergarten.

            Kindergarten Graduation will be held on Tuesday, May 28^th at 1:00 pm in the NS High School Auditorium.  Specific details about parking, seating, etc. will be sent home closer to the date.  Due to limited seating, each Kindergarten student will be limited to 5 tickets.  **If a small child (non-school age) is going to sit on an adult’s lap, they will not need a ticket.  **Your Kindergarten child is not part of the count.  No one will be admitted to Graduation without a ticket.  Graduation tickets will be sent home closer to Graduation.  **If tickets are misplaced, we will not be able to replace them. 

Monday, April 29^th will be Day 5 –ART.   Students will need library books on Thursday, May 2^nd and sneakers & gym attire on Friday, May 3^rd.