week of April 11, 2016

Week of April 11, 2016

Math- Topic 13 is the last topic in the Kindergarten book and we will then be working on the Step Up to 1st Grade and the class is so excited!  We will also be reviewing some of the topics that were taught earlier in the year.  In Topic 13, we will be: sorting, classifying, counting, and categorizing data.  We will be looking at: same and different, sorting by one attribute, sorting the same set in different ways, sorting by more than one attribute, real graphs, and picture graphs.

Reading- We will be reading: The Little Engine That Could We will be sequencing the story and looking at the plot.  Our amazing words are: engine, passenger, mountain, tracks, roundhouse, valley.

Phonics/Grammar- Our new letters is Uu like in Umbrella and Unicorn.  We will be identifying them in the medial and initial position in words.  We will also be reviewing Nouns and writing letters to someone.

Handwriting/Writing- Our Handwriting for this week includes:  Review of Frog Jump Capitals, review of lowercase that look the same as their capitals (Cc, Oo, etc.), words with the diver letters, sentence builders, phone numbers/addresses.

Our 5 Star Writing Checklist we use to double check our sentences is listed below:
*Capital letter to start my sentence
*Punctuation to end my sentence
*Use finger spaces
*Use neat handwriting
*My sentence makes sense

Important Information

***On April 16 and April 17, the NSE PTO will be hosting a Chinese Auction at the Elementary school for a fundraiser.  Thanks for all of your donations!

***Our practice packets went home this week.  Any time that you may have extra time at home, feel free to practice these Kindergarten skills.  They include: writing words, counting to 100, writing a dictated sentence, nonsense words, segmenting words, and letter/sounds.  If you need any more information or tips, please feel free to contact us.

Important Dates

April 11- Day 10, Computers, On Monday, April 11th please join us in cheering on the Elementary to show their school spirit for the PSSAs! Grades K-6 students and staff are welcomed to dress down in school colors to show their NSE spirit! Students in grades 3-6 will be getting the opportunity to shine on their PSSA tests to show what they have learned and accomplished during their years at NSE.

Students and Staff may wear jeans, sweatpants, or shorts, along with a Spartan T-Shirt or dress code approved shirt.

**Students must wear regular dress code approved clothing for the remainder of the PSSAs, unless they have gym class.


April 12- PSSAs start