This week in Reading, we read the story “Old McDonald” and discussed what tools we use to build. We reviewed the letters Qq and Uu and celebrated their wedding with dancing and treats.

Next week, we will be reading the story “Building Beavers” and learning about how beavers build their homes. We will be reviewing initial and medial /e/ and focusing on main idea.

This week in Math, we were tested on our topic on Sorting, Classifying, Counting, and Categorizing Data. Students did a great job!

Next week, we will be introducing some 1^st grade Math topics and will use our Math skills to prep for an Ice Cream Party!

Reminders:

·  Kindergarten graduation will be on Tuesday, May 24^th at 6:00pm at the High School Auditorium.

·Please continue to have your child practice their sight words for end of the year testing!

·  There will be no more homework for the rest of the year, but please continue to check your child’s folder!

·Library books must be returned by next Friday!

·Carnival Day will be held on Friday, May 27^th.

·There will be no school on Monday, May 3oth. Enjoy Memorial Day!

·Last Day of school is Thursday, June 2^nd. Dismissal will begin at 11:45.

Monday, May 16th will be Day 5 and we will have Gym!

This week in Reading, we read the story “Building with Dad” and discussed how a school is built. We learned all about the letters Yy and Qq and focused on sequencing events.

Next week, we will be reading the story “Old MacDonald had a Woodshop” and learning about what tools we need when we build things. We will be learning about the letter Oo. We will be focusing on characters.

This week in Math, we began our topic on Sorting, Classifying, Counting, and Categorizing Data. We are focusing on how things are alike and different, and how we can sort, group, and classify them. We are making graphs and collecting data as well.

Next week, we will review and be tested on Topic 13.

Reminders:

• ·     Book Fair is scheduled for May 9-13^th. Students will have an opportunity to shop during their library time. Parent night to shop will be Monday, May 9^th from 4-7pm.
•        Kindergarten graduation will be on Tuesday, May 24^th at 6:00pm at the High School Auditorium. More information to follow!
• ·     Q IS MARRYING U! The wedding of Q and U will be on Thursday. Students are allowed to dress up as if they are going to an actual wedding, as long as it is dress code appropriate. We will celebrate the eternal bond of Q and U with cake and dancing! 
•      Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Moms, Grandmothers, Aunts, and special ladies!

Monday, May 9th will be Day 10 and we will have Gym!

Miss Hughes's Kindergarten News

April 25th-29th

Yearbook order forms were sent home last week.  The cost of a yearbook this year is $20.  All orders are due no later than Monday, April 25^th.  If you would like one, then please send in your payment and order form to reserve a copy.  (There will not be extras!!)

      Kindergarten Graduation will be held on Tuesday, May 24^th at 6:00 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 Friday, May 20^th.  **If tickets are misplaced, we will not be able to replace them. 

In Math, we will continue with the Topic of Measurement, comparing objects by length, height, capacity, and weight.  Please review daily workmat pages! We will test next week as we finish up!

In Reading, we will begin a new story, This is the Way We Go to School, an informational fiction story. This story will complete our Unit on Going Places.  Our letters of the week will be Yy and Qq.

In the Thursday April 28^th edition of the Republican Herald, please watch for “A Child’s View” insert. Miss Hughes’s class picture will be in the newspaper along with your child’s answer to the question….When I grow up….

Miss Hughes will be back on Monday April 25^th!!! In honor of her return, our class held a Welcome Back Luau for Miss Hughes! I invited Miss Hughes to join us in the afternoon today.  We enjoyed trying some Vegetables (to celebrate our letter of the week V, Tropical (Huggies) drinks, and even had Flip flop themed nutter butters!!

Miss Hughes’s Kindergarten News

April 11-15

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

Phonics/Grammar- We will continue with the letter 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.

Our United States Projects should be sent in on Monday April 11th. We will be sharing our assigned state with our classmates next week.  I sent home a coloring oversized worksheet for fun and to help with finding facts! Your child should try to memorize the 2-3 facts!

In Math, we started Topic 11 Decomposing Numbers 11-19 and will test next week. Please review math work-mats that come home!

Please continue to practice our Kindergarten Sight Words!

Thank you to ALL who generously donated to our class’ Chinese Auction basket/rolling tote for the PTO Spring Fling Auction coming up on April 16-April 17. Our Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice Basket (3 drawer rolling tote) looks amazing!!

Important Dates

April 11- Day 10 We will have Gym with Mr. Hinkle. 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
May 24th- Kindergarten Graduation

February 8th-11th

This week we will do lots of fun activities to celebrate Valentine’s Day!. Our classroom party will be held on Thursday February 11^th. If you would like your child to share Valentines with their classmates, please send them in for ALL classmates by Thursday or before. A class list was sent home last week. If you should need another copy, feel free to send in a small note.

This week, we will be reading the story “Rooster’s Off to See the World” and learning about adventures. We will continue working with the letter Hh and focusing on the sequence of a story. We will be learning 3 new words: are, do, that. Our new amazing words are: journey, world, trip, lonely, horizon, and homesick. 

In Math, we finished up our topic on counting to 100. Our 100^th day of school was filled with different activities throughout the day and ended with a snack in the shape of 100! This week will start a new Topic (7) Understanding Addition.  This week we may have an extra sheet of homework coming home for a little extra practice in addition! Students will learn to join two groups and tell how many there are altogether.  They will learn how to use the plus sign and the equal sign and learn about addition sentences.  Please review daily workmats/lessons.

REMINDERS:

·      Friday, February 12^th there will be no school for students –Act 80 day!

·     Monday, February 15^th there will be no school for students or teachers!

This week we started reading the story “The Lion and the Mouse” and talked about how our feelings can change. We continued with the letter Oo and discussed the main idea of a story. Our amazing words for this story are: jungle, beast, snarled, nibbling, trembling, and entangled. 

In Math, we started a new topic Numbers to 100, which is just in time for our 100^th day of school. Our 100^th day of school was moved 2 days forward because we had 2 snow days this week, 1/25 and 1/26. The new 100^th day date is now Friday February 5^th, 2016. Please continue to think of fun ideas on how your child can dress as if he/she is 100 years old!!!

New February Reading Logs will be sent home this weekend. Please continue to read with your child and fill in all information on the new log. 

Tuesday February 2^nd is Groundhog Day. We watched a short video on groundhogs and will be voting whether or not Phil will see his shadow!

REMINDERS:

·      Sometimes our classroom is chilly. Please feel free to send in sweater or collared zip up to be left in your child’s cubby to wear during the day, just make sure that it is labeled with their name.

·      Please practice counting to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s with your child.

Monday February 1st, will be day 4 and we will have Art! Please note: if school is closed our scheduled day will bump to the next school day.

Week of January 18-22

This week we finished reading the story “Then and Now” and talked about how things we use today are different from things we use long ago. We reviewed the letter Oo and learned how to draw conclusions. We also added two new words to our word wall: but and they. Next week, we will be reading the story “The Lion and the Mouse” and learning about what causes us to feel the way we feel.

In Math, we were tested on numbers 11-20. Next week, we will start our topic on counting to 100.

REMINDERS:

·      Report Cards will be sent home Friday, January 22nd.

·      Please continue to review Sight Word Lists!

·      Wednesday, February 3rd will be the 100^th day of school –we have a lot of fun activities planned for the day! Kindergarten students will be dressing like we are 100 years old! More details will be sent home soon! Please practice counting to 100 with your child.

Monday, January 25th, will be day 1 and we will have Music!