Week of September 17^th-21^st   

Our Reading story for the week is “Plaidypus Lost”. Our question of the week is: How do families cooperate? The Amazing Words for this story are: platypus, lost, market, around, found, groceries. The high frequency words are: the, little. The text based comprehension skill is sequence. We will learn about hearing the beginning or initial sound for phonological awareness skills. We will identify the letters Oo-Ss. Please practice reading the “Little Me!” decodable story. *Each decodable story can be recorded for the monthly Reading Logs. J

In Math we will begin working on learning how to read, write, identify and count numbers 6-10. Our Math rotations are really moving along nicely. We now know the expectations for voice levels and what to do at signals.  Please work on one to one correspondence with your child. This is counting an object and saying “one”, then moving to the next object and saying “two”.

In Science, we will continue our topic of The Nature of Science. We will learn about questions, observations, how to share what you observe, and safety.

In Social Studies, we will continue learning about what it means to be a good citizen. We will discuss rules in our classroom, school and community.

Sight word testing for LIST 1 will begin this week! Be sure to take out, cut apart and practice recognizing the sight words that were placed in the first plastic sleeve of the daily folder. We will be working on words in school as well.

A yellow Field Trip Form was sent home on Friday. Please be sure to complete the front and back of this form and return it right away.

The Fall Festival Planning Committee has started planning the Kindergarten Fall Festival. The date of the Fall Festival is scheduled for Friday, October 26^th. If you are interested in helping out and have all four clearances on file, please contact Kelly Logozzo at 570-933-1667. The next planning meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 24^th at Francesco’s Restaurant in Shenandoah at 7:00pm. Look for the note in today’s folder.

Upcoming important dates:

·         9/20 District Bon Fire at 7:30

·         9/21NSE PAID Dress Down (Students may wear jeans/sweats or gym shorts with a Spartan shirt. Denim is not permitted on dress down days.)

·         9/24 Fall Festival Planning Meeting, 7pm at Francesco’s Restaurant

·         10/5 Act 80 ½ day

·         10/8 Teacher In-service Day

Monday is Day 5-Computers, Tuesday is Day 6-Art, Wednesday is Day 7-Library, Thursday is Day 8-Gym, and Friday is Day 9-Music.

If you ever need to contact me, please call the school at 570-874-3661 ext. 3243 or email at scapone@northschuylkill.net.