WEEK OF MARCH 29-APRIL 1, 2010

ATTENTION PARENTS!

IN AN EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PARENTS, KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE DAYTIME TO THE EVENING! THE NEW DATE AND TIME IS TUESDAY, MAY 25TH @ 6:30 IN THE NORTH SCHUYLKILL AUDITORIUM. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE, BUT, IT HAD TO BE DONE.

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE CONSONANT LETTER Ww AND ITS SOUND AS IN WAGON AND WATERMELON. WE WILL PRACTICE THE LETTER IN PHONICS AND HANDWRITING. THERE WILL BE NO SHOW 'N TELL DUE TO EASTER VACATION/GOOD FRIDAY ON APRIL 2ND.

TO GO ALONG WITH OUR LETTER Ww, WE WILL HAVE WACKY HAIR DAY, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 30TH. START THINKING ABOUT A WACKY HAIRSTYLE FOR THE DAY. REMEMBER-BOYS AND GIRLS WITH SHORT HAIR CAN ALWAYS WEAR WIGS-THEY'RE WACKY TOO!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31ST, WILL BE WATERY WEDNESDAY!! WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WATER AND COMPLETING DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING WATER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT WILL BE WONDERFUL!!

IN READING WE WILL BE ASSESSED ON OUR SKILLS FOR ALL OF UNIT 3. THEN WE WILL BEGIN UNIT 4-"LET'S EXPLORE!" THE THEME IS "WHERE WILL OUR ADVENTURES TAKE US?" WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN ANIMAL FANTASY STORY, "BUNNY DAY" (JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER).

IN MATH WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE END OF THE CHAPTER ON MEASUREMENT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOTTER/COLDER TEMPERATURES. THEN WE WILL REVIEW AND TEST. OUR NEXT CHAPTER IS ON DATA, GRAPHING AND PROBABILITY. INFORMATION WILL COME HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER.

INSTEAD OF AN END-OF-THE-YEAR PARTY, KINDERGARTEN HAS DECIDED TO DO AN EASTER EGG HUNT/PARTY. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST FROM 10:00 TO 11:15.

KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION PICTURES WILL BE TAKEN IN THE MORNING ON APRIL 20 AND 21 ST. OUR CLASS WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21ST.

ENVELOPES WERE SENT HOME FRIDAY IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER WITH PORTRAIT PACKAGE INFORMATION. IF INTERESTED IN PURCHASING PICTURES, PLEASE RETURN THE MONEY BEFORE OR ON THE DAY OF PICTURES. CASH OR MONEY ORDERS ONLY!!! EACH CHILD WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHED AS PART OF A CLASS PHOTO EVEN IF A PACKAGE IS NOT PURCHASED, SO PLEASE PLAN ON YOUR CHILD WEARING A WHITE, COLLARED SHIRT AND, GIRLS, NO HAIRSTYLES ON TOP OF YOUR HEADS, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE WEARING GRADUATION CAPS AND GOWNS! GIRLS WILL BE WEARING RED GOWNS WITH BLUE HATS AND BOYS WILL BE WEARING BLUE GOWNS WITH RED HATS.

FINALLY-MONDAY, MARCH 29TH IS DAY 6 AND WE WILL HAVE MUSIC.

HOMEWORK

MONDAY---FINISH MATH REVIEW BOOKLET, "LOOK IN THE GARDEN"

AND NEW READING WORD LIST 14 WILL BE COMING HOME, TESTING WILL BE AFTER EASTER, APRIL 7TH,8TH. REMEMBER TOMORROW IS WACKY HAIR DAY!!!

TUESDAY---READ "FAMILY TIMES" FOR NEW STORY, "BUNNY DAY."

STUDY READING WORD LIST.

WEDNESDAY THRU SUNDAY- READ EACH DAY AND STUDY READING WORD LIST 14!!

WEEK OF MARCH 22-25, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

****VERY IMPORTANT****SCHOOL STORE REOPENS MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 22ND AND KINDERGARTEN GETS TO SHOP FIRST. CHILDREN HAVE TO SHOP AS SOON AS THEY ENTER THE LOBBY OF OUR SCHOOL (BEFORE THEY COME TO OUR CLASSROOM).

MONDAY IS DAY 1-PLEASE REMEMBER TO DRESS FOR GYM CLASS!

PARENTS---WE WILL SOON BE TESTING FOR THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT CARDS. PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING WITH YOUR CHILD: LETTERS/SOUNDS LEARNED, NUMBERS TO 30, THE PENNY, NICKEL AND DIME. CHILDREN WILL NEED TO BLEND LETTERS TO READ WORDS.

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE LEARNING THE CONSONANT Jj AS IN JAR. WE WILL PRACTICE OUR LETTER IN PHONICS AND HANDWRITING. WE WILL NOT HAVE SHOW 'N TELL THIS WEEK. INSTEAD EACH CHILD WILL BE ASKED TO TELL THE CLASS A JOKE. PLEASE HAVE THEM PRACTICE AT HOME AND BE PREPARED TO TELL THEIR JOKE ON FRIDAY.

WE WILL ALSO TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE "JELLY BELLY" FACTORY O OUR SMARTBOARD. THEN YOUR CHILD WILL GET TO SAMPLE SOME UNUSUAL JELLY BEAN FLAVORS. BE SURE TO ASK THEM WHICH WERE THEIR FAVORITES. SINCE IT IS SO CLOSE TO EASTER, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME TRADITIONAL FLAVORS TOO.

IN MATH WE WILL CONTINUE MEASURING OBJECTS. WE WILL MEASURE WITH CUBES, PAPER CLIPS, AS WELL AS RULERS AND YARD STICKS. WE WILL COMPARE VOLUMES AND WEIGHTS, AS WELL AS TEMPERATURES.

THE BOOK OF THE WEEK IS A SCIENCE BOOK (FICTION), "HIDE CLYDE!" ABOUT A CHAMELEON. WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW CHAMELEONS CHANGE. WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS WHERE ANIMALS HIDE AND WHERE YOUR CHILD LIKES TO HIDE AT HOME. AGAIN, WE WILL REVIEW THE SHORT O SOUND AND DISCUSS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY.

LAST WEDNESDAY (3-17-10) ALL OF THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON THE NEW READING SERIES. THE TRAINER WANTED TO DO A SAMPLE LESSON IN ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS AND SHE DECIDED TO TEACH OUR CLASS. THE CHILDREN WERE EXCEPTIONALLY COOPERATIVE AND WELL-BEHAVED. I WANTED TO PASS ALONG THAT GOOD NEWS. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD-I KNOW I AM!

WEEK OF MARCH 15-19, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

A GENTLE REMINDER-ON SATURDAY, MARCH 13TH TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR. YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR CHILD TO BE LATE FOR SCHOOL ON MONDAY!!

MONDAY, MARCH 15TH IS DAY 2. WE WILL HAVE READING BUDDIES IN THE MORNING AND LIBRARY CLASS WITH MR. DEMSKO IN THE AFTERNOON.

ALL THIS WEEK WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THE CONSONANT Vv AS IN VEST AND VIOLIN. SHOW 'N TELL BAGS WILL COME HOME ON MONDAY. WE WILL STUDY Vv IN PHONICS AND HANDWRITING LESSONS. ON WEDNESDAY(ST. PATRICK'S DAY) WE WILL BE SAMPLING GREEN VEGGIES. YOU CAN ASK YOUR CHILD WHICH VEGGIES WERE THE BEST. WE ALL NEED TO EAT MORE VEGGIES EACH DAY(INCLUDING MYSELF). WE WILL ALSO HAVE GREEN DIP FOR OUR VEGGIES.

BESIDES CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY(YES-WE CAN ALL TRY TO WEAR SOME GREEN), WE ALSO HAVE SPRING PHOTO DAY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH. ALL CHILDREN WILL HAVE THEIR PHOTOS TAKEN THAT DAY, THE THE PHOTOS ARE SENT HOME(ABOUT 7-10 DAYS LATER) AND YOU HAVE OPTION TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY. CHILDREN DO NEED TO DRESS ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL DRESS CODE AND THEY CAN WEAR A NORTH SCHUYLKILL T-SHIRT.

WE BEGAN THE DINOSAUR REPORTS ON FRIDAY; WE WILL CONTINUE PRESENTING THE REPORTS ON MONDAY AND. PROBABLY, TUESDAY, AS WELL. I WILL SEND AN EVALUATION HOME ON HOW YOUR CHILD DID.

WE ARE FINISHING OUR MATH CHAPTER ON TIME AND MONEY AND WILL HAVE A TEST ON MONDAY. THEN IT IS ON TO A CHAPTER 9 ON MEASUREMENT. LOOK FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO THE CHAPTER TO COME HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER.

IN READING WE WILL FINISH OUR STORY ABOUT A CATERPILLAR AND GOSLING THAT BECOME FRIENDS. THEN WE WILL START A NONFICTION BOOK, "SEEDS."

IN KID-WRITING WE WILL BE FINISHING OUR MINI-BOOKS ABOUT OUR FRIENDS. CHILDREN WILL BE BRINGING THEM HOME SOON. NEXT WEEK WE WILL WRITING ABOUT WHAT YOUR CHILD WANTS TO BE WHEN S/HE GROWS UP. NOW THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING!

REMEMBER TO STUDY READING WORD LIST 12. IT WILL BE SENT HOME ON MONDAY. THE CHILDREN HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN LEARNING THE LETTERS, THEIR SOUNDS AND BLENDING THOSE SOUNDS; READING THE WORDS IS COMING EASIER TO THEM.

WEEK OF MARCH 8-12, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THE CONSONANT LETTER Dd AS IN DINOSAUR AND DOG. THIS IS THE WEEK WE BEGIN DOING OUR REPORTS ON DINOSAURS. YOUR CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPORT AS WELL AS THE NAME OF THE DINOSAUR AND THE DAY THAT HE/SHE WILL BE PRESENTING HIS/HER REPORT.

IN MATH WE WILL BE STUDYING TIME. WE WILL LOOK AT ANALOG AND DIGITAL CLOCKS. WE WILL KEEP REVIEWING PENNIES, NICKELS AND DIMES. WE WILL ALSO KEEP COUNTING BY 2s, 5s, AND 10s.

IN READING WE WILL FINISH OUR NONFICTION BOOK, "SEE HOW WE GROW." WE WILL START A NEW FICTION BOOK, "FARFALLINA & MARCEL." IN THIS STORY A GOOSE AND A CATERPILLAR BECOME FRIENDS, BUT, THEY CHANGE AND, SO DOES THEIR FRIENDSHIP. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF PLOT IN THIS STORY.

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CHILD'S TAKE-HOME FOLDER-A LOT OF PAPERS CAME HOME LAST FRIDAY. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION TAKES PLACE THIS WEEK(MARCH8-12) WHICH MEANS THE REMEDIAL READING TEACHERS WILL NOT BE SEEING THE CHILDREN THIS WEEK. IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHILD WHO IS READY TO COME TO SCHOOL, YOU CAN STILL REGISTER THAT CHILD THIS WEEK AT NSE.

THE CHILDREN SAW A SPECIAL PRESENTATION LAST WEEK BY A LOCAL AUTHOR. AN ORDER FORM TO PURCHASE HER BOOK OF POEMS, "BEARS, BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER POEMS," WAS ALSO SENT HOME. ASK YOUR CHILD IS S/HE LIKED THE POEMS SHE READ.

ALSO IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER WAS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR SPRING PHOTOS. THE PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN OF ALL CHILDREN ON THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH. THEN YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO VIEW THE PHOTOS AND PURCHASE ANY THAT YOU WANT. YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL OUT ANY FORMS AHEAD OF THAT DATE.

FINALLY, THE MARCH PTO MEETING IS MONDAY, MARCH 8TH. IF YOU HAVE NOT SENT IN YOUR GERTRUDE HAWK ORDER, YOU CAN STILL SEND IT IN TOMORROW MORNING OR TAKE IT TO THE PTO MEETING.

MONDAY, MARCH 8TH IS DAY 3 ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR; WE HAVE ART CLASS WITH MR. BAGLIN.

WEEK OF MARCH 1-5, 2010

***MONDAY, MARCH 1ST IS AN ACT 80 DAY WHICH MEANS STUDENTS ARE OFF AND TEACHERS HAVE AN IN-SERVICE DAY. MRS. DENNIS WILL BE AT A KINDERGARTEN CONFERENCE IN HARRISBURG WITH MISS LEIBIG AND MRS. REINOEHL ON TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY, MARCH 2ND WILL BE A DAY 5-COMPUTERS WITH MRS. GROODY.

DUE TO LAST WEEK'S SNOW DAYS, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LETTER Yy. YES, WE WILL STILL HAVE OUR "YUMMY YOGURT TASTE TEST" WHEN MRS. DENNIS RETURNS ON WEDNESDAY. WE WILL ALSO HAVE OUR SHOW 'N TELL THEN.

WE WILL CONTINUE LEARNING ABOUT MONEY AND, LATER ON IN THE WEEK, WE WILL BEGIN LEARNING ABOUT MEASURING TIME.

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR STORY, "SEE HOW WE GROW."

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22-26, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS-MRS. DENNIS' CLASS

THE LETTER OF THE WEEK IS Yy AS IN YELLOW, YARN AND YAK. WE WILL STUDY THE Yy IN PHONICS AND HANDWRITING ALL WEEK. WE WILL HAVE SHOW 'N TELL ON FRIDAY. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A YOGURT TASTE TEST THIS WEEK-YUMMY!!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND IS A DAY 2, SO WE WILL HAVE LIBRARY CLASS WITH MR. DEMSKO AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE A VISIT FROM OUR 4TH GRADE READING BUDDIES IN THE MORNING.

IN MATH WE WILL BE STUDYING MONEY! PLEASE USE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO COUNT REAL COINS AT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD. IN KINDERGARTEN WE CONCENTRATE ON PENNIES, NICKELS, AND DIMES.

ALSO, KEEP PRACTICING SKIP-COUNTING BY 2S, 5S AND 10S. THE CHILDREN DON'T SEEM CONFIDENT WITH THAT SKILL YET. WE WILL SKIP-COUNT MOST DAYS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

THIS WEEK WE SENT HOME THE MARCH SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER. IF YOU WANT TO BUY BOOKS, PLEASE SEND IN THE ORDER BY WED., FEB. 24TH. THANKS.

IN READING WE WILL START A NEW BIG BOOK, "SEE HOW WE GROW" ABOUT TWIN GIRLS AND HOW CHILDREN CHANGE AS THEY GROW. WE WILL STUDY THE LETTERS D AND K AND TALK ABOUT CAUSE AND EFFECT.

SOON IT WILL BE "NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION WEEK" (THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH). LOOK FOR INFORMATION TO COME HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER ABOUT ACTIVITIES THAT WEEK.

***THE CHILDREN HAD A GOOD TIME AT THE VALENTINE'S PARTY (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A WEEK LATE). SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. ZILKER AND MRS. KECK FOR HELPING WITH THE PARTY.

***SPECIAL NEWS*** KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH AT 9:30 AT NORTH SCHUYLKILL H.S. WE KNOW MANY OF YOU NEED TO TAKE THE DAY OFF FROM WORK, SO, WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GRADUATION PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN ON APRIL 20TH AND 21ST-MORE INFO WILL COME HOME ON THAT IMPORTANT DAY.

REMEMBER PARENTS TO STUDY THE READING WORD LIST #10 EACH NIGHT-10-15 MINUTES SHOULD BE ENOUGH. THE WORD LIST WILL COME HOME MONDAY AFTERNOON.

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16-19, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

MRS. DENNIS' CLASS

HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE BACK TO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AND IT WILL BE A DAY 4. WE WILL HAVE LIBRARY BOOK EXCHANGE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND IN YOUR CHILD'S LIBRARY BOOK, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY.

WE DO NOT KNOW YET WHEN THE VALENTINE'S PARTIES WILL BE HELD. SEND IN YOUR CHILD'S CARDS ASAP, THEN WE CAN KEEP THEM IN THE CLASSROOM UNTIL WE HAVE THE PARTY.

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH LEARNING ABOUT THE LETTER Ee (SINCE WE ONLY COMPLETED TWO LESSONS LAST WEEK) AND YOU CAN SEND IN THE SHOW 'N TELL BAG FOR E ANYTIME UP UNTIL FRIDAY.

WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE READING THE STORY, "LITTLE QUACK."

IN MATH WE WILL CONTINUE WITH CHAPTER 7, WE WILL REVIEW AND THEN HAVE THE TEST LATER THIS WEEK. THEN WE WILL START LEARNING ABOUT TIME AND MONEY.

YOUR CHILD WILL BE BRINGING HOME A BAG OF SIGHT WORDS SOON. WE HAVE LEARNED SOME OF THE SIGHT WORDS IN PHONICS AND READING. SOME OF THE WORDS HAVE NOT BEEN INTRODUCED YET. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, YOUR CHILD SHOULD NOW ALL OF THESE WORDS. PLEASE REVIEW THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK AND WE SHOULD ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL.

PLEASE CONTINUE STUDYING THE READING WORD LIST EACH NIGHT FOR 10-15 MINUTES. THE CHILDREN HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH READING THESE WORDS. THEY SEEM VERY EXCITED ABOUT READING THE WORDS AND I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM (I HAVE TOLD THEM THIS TOO!).

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO PHONE OR E-MAIL ME AT ddennis@northschuylkill.net-----HOPE THAT SPRING IS HERE SOON!!!