Thursday, September 30, 2010

Kindergarten week of October 4th - October 8th

Kindergarten News for the week of October 4th – 8th


There will be another fall festival planning meeting on this Monday- October 4th following the PTO meeting in the elementary school cafeteria. Please attend if you are able! Also, please send in your child’s $6.00 party money. This will go towards fall festival, the Halloween party and the Christmas party!
In the upcoming week, we will be learning Tt as in tent, tail, and tie. . Take some time to find items at home that begin with the letter Tt sound! Also, boys and girls are asked to learn their telephone numbers. Please practice at home! They will get a “T”reat if they can tell me!!

Our theme for the upcoming weeks and October will be Fire Safety. We have many activities planned to teach the students about fire safety such as; videos, stories, and art projects. Don’t forget to ask your child what he/she has learned!

In Math we will continue with matching a number card to a set of items 1-5, creating and reading an AB color pattern, acting out story problems, and identifying ordinal number places first through fourth.

The Kindergarten Fall Festival will be held at the school on Thursday, October 14th with a rain date of Friday, October 15th. Parent and grandparent volunteers who have the necessary clearances are welcome and needed to help the homeroom moms with this fun-filled day! Please contact your child’s teacher and show proof of updated clearances, and we will be glad to have you join in the festivities!!!

Parents are encouraged to check out your teacher’s BLOG for homework and important information for the week. You can access each teacher’s blog by going to the NS website at www.northschuylkill.net and clicking on Elementary School; then drop down to Homework Helpline and click on the teacher’s name. This should take you directly to each teacher’s blog. (The blogs will be updated at least once a week on a Monday.)

Monday, October 4thth will be Day 1 on our special classes’ schedule, and students are asked to dress with School Spirit (red and blue) on Friday, Oct. 8thrd. There will be a Pep Rally in the gym for all students. Show your Spartan Spirit!
Hip, Hip, Hooray it’s the weekend!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Kindergarten week of September 27th - October 1st

Kindergarten News for the week of September 27th-October 1st

In the upcoming week we will be learning the letter Hh as in hat, hippo, and horse. Letter Hh is a consonant. As part of our study with the letter Hh we will have a “Hat Day” on Friday, October 1st. Students are asked to wear a favorite hat, a funny hat, or even a homemade hat. You can be creative with this if you want! Students will be able to wear the hat all day—we do just ask that students do not share hats. Show and Tell will be with items that begin with the /h/ sound on Thursday! Watch for your brown bag!
We had a great time learning about “APPLES”. We were sorting, graphing, and tasting all apples that were brought in this week! Our applesauce was delicious!
In Math we will be learning about acting out story problems, identifying, describing and comparing circles and rectangles. We will also be identifying and ordering the numbers 1 – 5 and identifying a missing number.
We have been practicing writing our first names. Please watch your child as he/she is writing. Be sure to check if letters are beginning at the top, not the bottom and also guide him/her to use the lines when forming the letters. Capital letters should only be used at the beginning of your name.
The PTO store will be open on Mondays. Kindergarteners are asked to shop only on a Monday from 8:25-8:45. 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.
Reminders:
There will be a meeting on Monday- September 27th at 6:00 pm at the Dutch Kitchen in Frackville for anyone interested in helping to plan our kindergarten fall festival. We need lots of help to make this day successful for your child!!
Boxtops for education and Campbell’s labels will be collected at any time. If you have any at your home, then please send them to school with your child. The box tops and labels help our school to earn extra money and the homeroom with the most collected each month will receive a treat from PTO!
Monday will be Day 3 on our special classes’ schedule. Please try to follow the schedule I gave you in your child’s yellow folder! Also, labels coats and sweaters your child is wearing to school! I had phone calls this week about missing items and they’re very difficult to find without names in them!
Have a Great weekend!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Kindergarten week of September 20th

Kindergarten news for the week of September 20th – 24th
Anyone interested in helping with the Kindergarten Fall Festival is invited to a meeting in the NSE cafeteria at 2:00 on Monday September 20th. The Fall Festival will be held on Thursday October 14th (rain date will be October 15th.) The meeting MAY run until the end of the school day.
• Next week in Phonics we will be learning the letter Gg and its sound as in goat. To help reinforce the sound of Gg, Please review the sounds and how to write the letters we have already learned. We will have Show & Tell for Gg, so please follow your classroom schedule.
• In math next week we will learn the
• In reading we will continue with the story Fix-It Duck. In this story the children will be introduced to the letters Ff – Nn. Ou next story is about a plaid platypus called Plaidypus Lost. The genre of this book is fiction and we will discuss the comprehension skill of sequence. The children will be introduced to the letters Oo- Ss.

We have already completed three weeks of school and many students are familiar with their bus numbers, however, we are asking that students continue to wear their bus tags or at least be sure to have them handy inside their backpacks. If your child has lost his/her bus tag then please write your child’s name, the teacher’s name, the bus number your child rides to and from school, and any other information you would like to include (address, phone #, child’s destination, etc…) on an index card or piece of paper and place it inside your child’s backpack. This will be very helpful for teachers on bus duty and for any substitute teachers or bus drivers. Thank you for your support!

• Parents, please check folders daily and remove all “KEEP” items. It becomes difficult to handle folders with too many papers inside (both for the students and teachers). Thank you for your cooperation and support!
• Parents- please send in any color apple next week on Monday. We will be doing apple tasting, making applesauce and apple printing activities.

Have an Outstanding Weekend!

Friday, September 17, 2010

Kindergarten week of September 20th

Kindergarten news for the week of September 20th – 24th
Anyone interested in helping with the Kindergarten Fall Festival is invited to a meeting in the NSE cafeteria at 2:00 on Monday September 20th. The Fall Festival will be held on Thursday October 14th (rain date will be October 15th.) The meeting MAY run until the end of the school day.
• Next week in Phonics we will be learning the letter Gg and its sound as in goat. To help reinforce the sound of Gg, Please review the sounds and how to write the letters we have already learned. We will have Show & Tell for Gg, so please follow your classroom schedule.
• In math next week we will learn the
• In reading we will continue with the story Fix-It Duck. In this story the children will be introduced to the letters Ff – Nn. Ou next story is about a plaid platypus called Plaidypus Lost. The genre of this book is fiction and we will discuss the comprehension skill of sequence. The children will be introduced to the letters Oo- Ss.

We have already completed three weeks of school and many students are familiar with their bus numbers, however, we are asking that students continue to wear their bus tags or at least be sure to have them handy inside their backpacks. If your child has lost his/her bus tag then please write your child’s name, the teacher’s name, the bus number your child rides to and from school, and any other information you would like to include (address, phone #, child’s destination, etc…) on an index card or piece of paper and place it inside your child’s backpack. This will be very helpful for teachers on bus duty and for any substitute teachers or bus drivers. Thank you for your support!

• Parents, please check folders daily and remove all “KEEP” items. It becomes difficult to handle folders with too many papers inside (both for the students and teachers). Thank you for your cooperation and support!
• Parents- please send in any color apple next week on Monday. We will be doing apple tasting, making applesauce and apple printing activities.

Have an Outstanding Weekend!